Product-Focused Bootcamp Opens in Toronto
ThoughtKite launches its first series of weekend and evening courses starting April 11th out of Workhaus and Workplace One.…
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Toronto-based Rithm melds music sharing and messaging
How do music labels make money anymore? No one buys anything; everything is free, with a short pre-roll ad. As confident…
Traction Conference brings global talent to Vancouver this June
Rarely does an event come along that concentrates so much global talent, especially in Canada. June 18th brings the Traction Conference…
Michele Romanow and Manjit Minhas tapped as the newest Dragons
Dragons’ Den has been re-born. The last few weeks saw the departure of both Arlene Dickinson and David Chilton, but also…
Spark Centre announces first six startups accepted into its Thrive Accelerator Program
Oshawa-based Spark Centre has officially unveiled the first six start-ups to be inducted into its inaugural four month Thrive…
Vancouver’s Vision Critical expands customer insight portfolio with Retail Intelligence Suite
Vancouver-based Vision Critical announced today a new product targeted towards retail. Built off the company’s cloud-based…
Accelerator Centre announces first AC JumpStart cohort
With a fresh $8 million under its belt to develop the next group of startups, Kitchener-Waterloo based Accelerator Centre has…
Amazon to expand Canadian presence with new Toronto office space
Last week, BuzzFeed announced plans to open an editorial office in Toronto. This week, it’s Amazon that has decided to…
Communitech Rev announces first cohort
Early in the year, Communitech made the major announcement that it was shutting down HYPERDRIVE, its three-year-old startup…
Velocity announces $25,000 and $5,000 Fund finalists
Waterloo is a hotbed of startups, and many of them have come out of the University of Waterloo Veolocity program, such PiinPoint…
MasterCard and Ryerson partner for new Women in Entrepreneurship program
Ryerson University and MasterCard jointly announced today a new program designed to foster women-led startups in Canada. The…
Neurio launches with hardware lessons learned
When we profiled Vancouver-based Neurio’s Kickstarter campaign, which ended up raising over $250,000, exceeding its goal…
Balzac’s Coffee now accepting mobile payments via Smoothpay
Balzac’s is the latest coffee house to introduce a mobile payment and loyalty program. The coffee chain today announced…
Perceptiv Labs is on a mission to make drones smarter
If drones are going to take to the skies in the not so distant future, we all need to become amateur pilots or they need to…
Toronto Startup WINR Games launches Big Time, the first gaming app that pays users to play
WINR Games, founded by Toronto native Jeremy Zuckerman, aims to change the future of gaming with the launch of the first…