500 Startups announces seed program Batch 20, including seven Canadian companies
by500 Startups has announced the 44 companies accepted into Batch 20 of its seed program, which includes five Canadian companies.…
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Today in company updates: LANDR, Figure 1, and Flexiti Financial
byStartups in Toronto and Montreal have been making positive moves in the past week. Here is the latest in product launches,…
How maker culture is remaking itself
byWhen we last looked at MakerLabs, a space that helped bring the Bay area’s maker culture to Vancouver, they were already…
Mayor John Tory wants to show off Toronto’s startups at Shenzhen innovation competition
byMayor John Tory has announced Toronto’s participation in the first China (Shenzhen) International Innovation and Entrepreneurship…
Kitchener-based EMAGIN represents Canada at Imagine H20’s Water Gala in San Francisco
byEMAGIN, a Kitchener-based startup that leverages artificial intelligence to help water utilities proactively manage their operations,…
BroadbandTV expands Middle East and Asian presence with launches in eight new countries
byVancouver-based BroadbandTV (BBTV), a media and technology company that represents YouTube talent through a global multi-platform…
Former Vision Critical marketing SVP joins Top Hat as its first CMO
byToronto-based Top Hat has announced the hire of Nick Stein, a former senior vice president of marketing at Vision Critical,…
The Hyperloop dream is reality with world’s first pneumatic levitation system demo in Waterloo
byAfter the date for SpaceX’s International Hyperloop Competition got pushed back from August 2016 to January 2017, the…
Slack publishes full-page open letter in New York Times as Microsoft launches its competitor
byThe battle of workplace messaging apps is set to begin today now that Microsoft has launched its Teams app, though it seems…
Shopify reports 89 percent YoY Q3 revenue growth as Gail Goodman joins board
byShopify released its results for Q3 2016, which ended on September 30, 2016. Shopify’s total revenue in the third quarter…
Hexoskin signs contract with Canadian Space Agency to monitor astronaut’s health in space
byWearable technology is quickly becoming more integrated into daily life. Fitness trackers and smartwatches are just the beginning…
C100 announces 22 companies selected for 48Hrs in the Valley December 2016 cohort
byC100 has selected the 22 companies that will take part in its 48Hrs in the Valley program, which brings Canadian startups to…
L-SPARK now exclusively a SaaS-scaling accelerator
byWhen L-SPARK launched two years ago, the goal was to support early stage SaaS businesses looking to scale their companies.…
LEAGUE, SecureKey lead list of Canadian companies atop FinTech 100 list
byFintech Innovators, a collaboration between FinTech investment firm, H2 Ventures and KPMG Fintech, today announced the 2016…
Hootsuite surpasses 15 million users as Slack hits $100M ARR
byIt’s a time for celebration for two Vancouver-based unicorns who, on the same day, announced that they’ve hit some…