Vancouver’s ePACT Network Secures $1 Million in Funding
North Vancouver’s ePACT Network has secured a funding round that’s believed to be in the $1 million area, from…
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Four Startups Receive Funding Through Ontario Youth Investment Accelerator Fund
Four Ontario-based startups are receiving funding through a new provincial program. Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne’s…
Vancouver’s Airbnb for Office Space Gets $1.1 Million Funding Round
Vancouver-based startup ShareDesk has raised $1.1 million in funding to aid its Airbnb-like for shared desk space solution.…
London’s Backpackr Looks to Take an Open Market in Traveller Meet-Ups
Having just returned from a short backpacking trip throughout Cuba I know the despairs of solo travellers well. While I’m…
Ottawa-based Klipfolio raises $1.7 million from BDC, FundFire, BOLDstart and others
Data, especially big data, can be complicated. Many moving parts and several variables come into play that help you understand…
Vancouver’s Beanworks Selected to Join Silicon Valley Accelerator
Former Hyperdrive startup Beanworks, the “accounts payable evolved” startup from Vancouver has been selected to…
Quebec Entrepreneurship Contest is Set to Give Away $600,000 in Prizes
Applications are now open for the Quebec Entrepreneurship Contest, a huge province-wide contest that will end up giving over…
Here’s How the Federal Budget 2014 Will Affect Canadian Tech
The federal budget was released yesterday and now all the speculation over where the money will flow is over. Justin gave the…
Clean Techies Axine Water Technologies Close $5.6 Million Series A Round
It’s a day of money in Canadian tech today. First social network API geeks LoginRadius claimed a $1.3 million seed round.…
Georgian Partners VC firm Makes First Close with Help from Northleaf Venture Catalyst Fund
Georgian Partners, a Toronto-based seed stage venture capital fund has completed the first close of its second fund. It came…
Tacit Innovations secures $700,000 investment, teases ‘an exciting collaboration with a local restaurant’
Tacit Innovations recently graduated from Communitech’s 3rd cohort and announced today that they’ve successfully…
Toronto’s Whirlscape scores $500,000 in funding from Y Combinator, BDC and others for its Minuum virtual keyboard
Toronto-based Whirlscape, creators of the one-dimensional Minuum virtual keyboard, have announced that they’ve successfully…
Real Ventures invests $1.1 million into California-based atVenu
California-based atVenu speaks to the thousands of artist and organizers who are on the road touring and attempting to maximize…
Bench raises another $1 million
It was just a couple days ago that we highlighted Vancouver-based Bench and their glorious ways to make accounting and bookkeeping…
Applications now open for the 2014 BDC Young Entrepreneur Award, $100,000 is up for grabs
The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) had a successful 2013 and they hope to continue this trend in 2014. Coming off…