GrowLab Reveals New Fall Cohort Along with New “Farm Teams”
Vancouver-based startup accelerator GrowLab has announced its new Fall 2013 cohort, and it includes one startup we reported…
Funding
Venture Capital Investment is “Booming” in Quebec in 2013
There seems to be a lot of venture capital (VC) being invested in 2013, but the question is whether it may dry up. According…
Waterloo’s Communitech Launches Women in Technology Project
The Waterloo-based Communitech innovation hub officially launched its “Women in Technology” project yesterday. The 36-month,…
A New Kind of Mafia in Montreal? How a Culture of Startup CEOs are Playing the Angel Game
There’s a mafia brewing in Montreal, involving several notable figures. They made names for themselves during their careers,…
High-End Travel Marketplace Demeure Raises $4M to Help Take on Airbnb and HomeAway
Demeure, a Waterloo-based online travel marketplace that launched publicly last week, recently announced that is has raised…
Waterloo Accelerator Centre Announces 2013 JumpStart Cohort, awards $175,000 in funding
The Waterloo Accelerator Centre announced its JumpStart 2013 cohort today, comprised of seven early stage companies who will…
TeamBuy.ca raises another $5 million to become the “leading shopping destination for Canadians”
TeamBuy.ca, the Toronto-based group buying site was founded in 2009 by Edward Yao and Andrew Hutchings, has just announced…
TELUS Ventures makes ‘significant investment’ in Get Real Health
Major Canadian telecommunications player TELUS has continued its foray into the health space by making a ‘significant…
IoT Startup SensorSuite Set to Shake Up Building Automation
Internet of Things startup, SensorSuite, is looking to disrupt the property management space from the boiler room up. They…
Google Ventures Makes Largest Investment To Date as Part of $361 million Investment in Uber Taxi
Google Ventures, the private investment arm of the tech behemoth, is believed to be the lead investor behind a $361.2 million…
Edmonton Transportation Startup Drivewyze Recieves $7.5 Million in Series A Funding
Drivewyze, a subsidiary of Edmonton-based Intelligent Imaging Systems (ISS), a transportation technology company, announced…
Cognilab: Joining GrowLab and Crowdsourcing the Answers to the Brain’s Biggest Mysteries
The brain is big business. Both the NHL and the NFL are grappling with the impacts that concussions are having on their…
TELUS Fund Seeks to Finance Canadian Health and Wellness Productions
Calling all Canadian production companies. TELUS recently announced the launch of a new fund to help Canadian producers create…
Thought Controlled Computing Company InteraXon Raises $6M Series A Round
Toronto-based InteraXon, the company behind the brain-sensing headband Muse, announced the close of $6 million dollars in a…
$900,000 DFATD Grant Helps Deploy Canadian-made Disaster Relief Technology Around the World
A Mississauga-based company that provides mobile solutions for humanitarian aid workers received a $900,000 grant today from…