Future Shop to Donate $150,000 to Canadian High Schools for Tech Lab Grants
Future Shop has committed $150,000 for Canadian high schools through its Future Generation Tech Lab grants program. A total…
Funding
Vancouver-Born Slack Raises $42.5 Million
Update: Techcrunch confirmed today that Slack has raised $42.5 million from The Social + Capital Partnership, Accel Partners…
Recon Instruments is on a Roll with New Funding from Motorola Solutions
“It’s so tough to make a prototype in this space. You need money.” Said Recon Instruments co-founder and CEO Dan Eisenhardt.…
40 Days Left to Apply for “World’s Largest Business Plan Competition”
43North‘s executive director Andrew Pulkrabek is heading back to the Toronto area today to espouse the virtues of his…
Billionaire Mark Cuban Invests in Vancouver’s Procurify
Procurify, an international cloud procurement software firm headquartered in Vancouver, has closed a $1.2 million seed round…
Alumnus Donates $150K To Let U of Windsor Students Make Investments
John Simpson, the managing director for Ridgeview Capital Asset Management, has donated $150,000 to the University of Windsor’s…
Ooomf Raises $2.1 Million, Changes Name to Crew
Montreal-based startup Crew, a marketplace that connects developers and creatives with projects, has raised $2.1 million in…
U of Waterloo Student Startup Wearability Takes $13K At Norman Esch Awards
A University of Waterloo student startup has received $13,000 for its victorious “Wearability” product design at…
Canadian-Made AppDirect Raises $35M in Series C Money
AppDirect CEO Daniel Saks says his company doesn’t actually need the $35 million it just raised from Mithrill Capital…
Toronto’s BrandProject Creates, Invests in New Company, TUNED Brands Inc.
Toronto-based BrandProject, a “company creation studio” that builds, buys and makes seed stage investments in…
Fundica and FundRazr Team Up for the $10K “Fundees Awards”
Montreal-based Fundica, creators of the 10-city, 2014 Funding Roadshow that began today in Toronto, is teaming up with crowdfunding…
Canadian Student Wins $10,000 “Kiss My App” Contest
To see one of Canada’s busiest labour and delivery hospital networks facilitate a national app contest that benefits…
Wattpad Secures $46 million in Funding, Aims to “Become One of the Most Successful Consumer Internet Companies in the World”
I always wonder at what point a company just has enough money. I suppose the Toronto-based writing platform Wattpad didn’t…
Seamless Mobile Health, Learning Bird Among Winners at TiEQuest 2014
Canada’s largest business venture competition announced its winners late last week, when TiEQuest 2014 crowned Seamless…
Head of Facebook Canada Invests In Montreal Startup TrackTik
Montreal-based startup TrackTik, an integrated guard management solution provider, has raised $1 million in seed funding from…