BDC now accepting applications for its annual Young Entrepreneurs Award
Starting today, the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) is accepting applications for its annual BDC Young Entrepreneur…
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Execution Labs announces first cohort into its Pre-Production Accelerator (PPA) program
Montreal’s Execution Labs recently received $6 million Series A funding from Corus Entertainment, BDC Capital, Real Ventures…
Career Skills Incubator helps Canadians transitioning careers with new Menteer app
The Career Skills Incubator announced today the launch of a new mobile app to help Canadian job seekers get matched with mentors…
Tab expands its Uber for restaurants into Montreal
The way people dine out hasn’t changed much over the years. You open a door, wait to be seated, order your meals from…
With $8M in new funding, the Accelerator Centre launches AC JumpStart Program
The Kitchener-Waterloo based Accelerator Centre has announced today that it has received up to $8 million in funding from the…
Communitech puts brakes on HYPERDRIVE, launches Rev accelerator to push revenue for “highly scalable startups”
Communitech announced this morning that its three-year-old startup accelerator, HYPERDRIVE, is set to undergo a massive transformation.…
Montreal-based Intellitix Launches New Wearable Platform to Create Smart Venues
As consumers are getting more comfortable with wearable technology, we are starting to see some interesting applications at live…
TRACE partners with Frankly, Hellaclips & SpeedSociety to enhance its live-streaming content platform
Just before the the holidays, TRACE closed a $2.5 million seed round to fuel the creation of a live-streamed content platform…
Thalmic co-founder Stephen Lake says 24% of Myo pre-orders have shipped
Thalmic Labs finally started shipping pre-orders of the Myo armband this winter. The company showed off its final design for…
Hubba closes $3.1 million in seed funding, blows past growth targets
Hubba, a cloud-based product information network has doubled its team, raised a $3.1M seed round from Brightspark, The Social…
The entrepreneurial traits that get kids in trouble
Many of the successful entrepreneurs I know grew up breaking the rules. To start your own business, especially at a young age,…
UTEST announces cohort three, brings five new startups into its accelerator program
The University of Toronto Early-Stage Technology (UTEST) incubator has been home to many successful Canadian technology startups,…
JUICE Mobile CEO launches Freckle IoT beacon-based ad network
Neil Sweeney, CEO of JUICE Mobile, has announced the launch of Freckle IoT, a new stand-alone company building ad tech for…
Nymi Band Discovery Kit begins shipping to developers as Bionym rebrands to focus on core product
After an agonizing wait, Nymi Inc. will begin shipping in volume a developer-centric version of its authentication-focused Nymi…
Koho wants to create a Canadian bank built for millennials
“We started with the assumption that banking is broken.” I’m speaking with Daniel Eberhard, co-founder and CEO of…