CYBF Changes Its Name to “Futurpreneur Canada”
In today’s mention of Ryan Jackson’s BDC Mentorship Award win, the Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF) quietly…
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UWaterloo to Open New Velocity Foundry as Kitchener-Waterloo’s Hardware Revolution Continues
Hardware startups are outnumbering software startups for the first time in the University of Waterloo VeloCity Garage program’s…
FounderFuel Head Ian Jeffrey Resigns, Will Join PasswordBox as VP Marketing
Ian Jeffrey is leaving the accelerator program that he helped build to 45 portfolio companies over five cohorts to join Montreal…
Netflix Raises Monthly Price by $1
Netflix has increased the price of its popular video and television streaming service up to $9 for new customers in Canada…
Silicon Valley’s AppDirect Opens Montreal Office
Silicon Valley-based startup AppDirect, a cloud service marketplace company dedicated to connecting businesses, brands, and…
GROW Conference Heads to Whistler This Year
GROW Conference, the American-made startup conference typically held in Vancouver, is changing its venue location this year.…
Brainstation’s Mobile Development Education Takes its Act to Extreme Startups
Toronto-based technology education organization Brainstation has taken up residence at its new home: Extreme Startups. It’s…
The Maritimes’ Propel ICT Expands to Include Newfoundland, Wants 86 Companies in Five Years
Propel ICT and its New Brunswick-based startup accelerator Launch36 have grand visions for tech innovation in the Maritimes…
Vancouver’s ClearlyContacts Is Now Accepting Bitcoin as Payment
More and more businesses are buying into Bitcoin. Every few months it seems that another Canadian startup is beginning to embrace…
Microsoft Lays off 30 in Victoria Gaming Studio Closure
Unfortunate news in B.C this this morning, as the Times Colonist reported that Microsoft has closed its office in downtown…
Former Top Hat COO Andrew D’Souza Joins Bionym As President
Bionym, the company behind the Nymi heartbeat authentication bracelet set to disrupt the authentication and password space,…
Startup Visa Program Officially Launches “Business Incubator Stream”
Canadian MP Tony Clement wasn’t lying when he told us last month that the nation’s Startup Visa (SUV) program was…
Hootsuite is Hiring 100 and They Want You to Come Over Tomorrow
It was only a matter of time before Ryan Holmes and Hootsuite opened the wallet following their massive $165 million Seried…
Extreme Startups Orchestrates Major Shake-Up, Splits into Three Categories
We didn’t hear much from Marcus Daniels since he took on the position of Extreme Startups’ Managing Director earlier…
Is Big Data A ‘Big Hype’ Or a Really Big Deal?
According to Gartner’s 2013 hype cycle for emerging technologies, big data resides almost at the summit of “the peak of…