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Onyx Motion, HWKI some of the early stage startups entering the Next Gen Den

Douglas Soltys January 26, 2015

For many early stage startups, the right exposure at the right time can have a huge impact. While the ‘realness’ of…

Carrier invests in smart thermostat maker ecobee

Douglas Soltys January 26, 2015

Toronto-based ecobee is quietly becoming a major player in the connect home space. After launching its ecobee3 smart thermostat…

#HTML500 by the numbers, words, pictures

John Gray January 26, 2015

They came, they sat, and they coded. Vancouver hosted its second #HTML500, which happens to be stop number one of a four city…

Velocity’s Wes Worsfold understands your startup pain

Douglas Soltys January 24, 2015

While Director Mike Kirkup talks a big game about Velocity’s capacity to scale startup community, being in the community…

CapTherm’s cool tech is hot

Jonathon Narvey January 23, 2015

Leading one of B.C.’s hottest tech companies (at least according to a recent NextBC competition) and winning acclaim with…

Making beautiful music: Singspiel raises $350,000 seed round as the company narrows its customer focus

Douglas Soltys January 23, 2015

Arian Rahbari knew he was onto something when parents started offering him money. The then University of Waterloo…

Wearables have gone to the dogs (no, really)

Tom Emrich January 23, 2015

Another year and another CES 2015 over. It was clear from the amount of devices on the showroom floor that this year is going…

Gallop Labs is betting on big data to crack mobile marketing

Elena Yunusov January 22, 2015

Your Facebook ads are about to become smarter than you. Toronto-based startup Gallop has bet on data science and machine…

Mike Kirkup explains how Velocity scales community

Douglas Soltys January 22, 2015

The University of Waterloo’s Velocity program is by far one of the most successful incubators in Canada, with an excellent…

Tab expands its Uber for restaurants into Montreal

Daniel Bader January 22, 2015

The way people dine out hasn’t changed much over the years. You open a door, wait to be seated, order your meals from…

Toronto’s SceneDoc closes $4 million Series A

Douglas Soltys January 22, 2015

Toronto-based SceneDoc, recently named by PwC as one of the top 10 Up-and-Coming technology companies in Canada, announced…

Today in funding: Poka, Budge, OCE SmartStart

Douglas Soltys January 22, 2015

A wide variety of Canadian funding announcements today, with funds both raising capital and investing it. Here’s the latest…

Tech in Motion #HealthTech drinks and demos event hits Toronto tomorrow

Douglas Soltys January 21, 2015

Tech in Motion, a new player to the Toronto events scene, is kicking off a series of events hosted in HIGHLINE VC with a drinks…

Tilt releases new metrics on Canadian micro-groupfunding

Jane McEntegart January 21, 2015

Tilt’s Canadian branch isn’t even a year old, but already the company is reporting huge growth among its Canadian…

Jon Lax speaks out

Elena Yunusov January 21, 2015

News of Teehan+Lax shutting down has reverberated far beyond the Toronto design community. It’s gone global. …

Women without sponsorship face larger barriers to career advancement in tech, new report finds

Thinkific lays off 30 percent of employees as part of enterprise push

Heidi invests nearly $26 million to establish Toronto as North American headquarters

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Onyx Motion, HWKI some of the early stage startups entering the Next Gen Den

Carrier invests in smart thermostat maker ecobee

#HTML500 by the numbers, words, pictures

Velocity’s Wes Worsfold understands your startup pain

CapTherm’s cool tech is hot

Making beautiful music: Singspiel raises $350,000 seed round as the company narrows its customer focus

Wearables have gone to the dogs (no, really)

Gallop Labs is betting on big data to crack mobile marketing

Mike Kirkup explains how Velocity scales community

Tab expands its Uber for restaurants into Montreal

Toronto’s SceneDoc closes $4 million Series A

Today in funding: Poka, Budge, OCE SmartStart

Tech in Motion #HealthTech drinks and demos event hits Toronto tomorrow

Tilt releases new metrics on Canadian micro-groupfunding

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