Wave introduces mobile payments as it approaches 2 million users
Wave, the Toronto-based accounting startup poised to take over the world with its intuitive, free invoicing and payments software,…
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ClearlyContacts.ca opens second Vancouver retail store to push more customers to its online portal
Before answering his phone call, I was pretty tired. But Roger Hardy, CEO of ClearlyContacts.ca and its US sister site CoastalContacts.com,…
Bitmaker Labs Gives Women in Computing a Boost with Grace Hopper Scholarship
Canadian coding school Bitmaker Labs announced this week that female registrants participating in the bootcamp would be eligible…
Change Heroes Wins Startup World Vancouver
Startup World is on a global mission to uncover great startups who are not calling Silicon Valley home. They touched down in…
Longo’s and Unata turn to apps to personalize the grocery shopping experience
It’s a well-known adage that you should not go to the grocery store hungry. It always leads to deviation from “the…
VeloCity’s Spring 2013 Venture Fund Winners: SoundBrush, Blacktree Health, Kite and Planleaf each score $25,000
Waterloo is full of mind blowing ideas. This community is quickly gaining the attention it deserves and the people behind these…
A Social Marketing Dream: Vidyard app for HootSuite now available
Vidyard, the ‘YouTube For Business’ video marketing startup, announced today the launch of the Vidyard app for…
Qriffic puts an end to wait times, brings joy to customers via text alerts
Tom Petty once sang “the waiting is the hardest part.” He was speaking about a girl, but waiting – for anything…
Toronto-based Huddlers aims to facilitate the perfect pick-up game
The summer months beckon for pick-up games, be it on a basketball court or a football field. There is something refreshing…
A message from Erin Bury about the rebirth of BetaKit
When BetaKit launched in February 2012 it was to fill a hole we thought existed in online startups and technology reporting.…
Welcome back to BetaKit – a site dedicated to Canadian Startups!
It takes courage and determination to start your own business. Being a startup is a tough choice, it can sometimes be very…
eBay Announces Ninth Annual ‘Entrepreneur of the Year Awards’ for Canadians
eBay isn’t all used clothing and second-hand electronics. A ton of businesses and startups use the site’s marketplace…
Calgary Startup Takes Taxi Hailing Apps to the Next Level with Physical Fleet
Thanks to the likes of Uber and Hailo, taxi hailing apps are nothing new. But a taxi hailing app that’s backed by its…
“Startup Community” doc about Kitchener-Waterloo hits Indigogo
Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario is probably known best for producing the BlackBerry smartphone and the Oktoberfest beer festival.…
“MasterCard N>XT” developer challenge announced, encourages devs to “build the mobile payment technology of tomorrow”
MasterCard has been doing business in Canada for 40 years and today they’ve announced a partnership with MaRS Discovery…