500 Startups announces seed program Batch 20, including seven Canadian companies
500 Startups has announced the 44 companies accepted into Batch 20 of its seed program, which includes five Canadian companies. According to TechCrunch, the…
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Today in company updates: LANDR, Figure 1, and Flexiti Financial
Startups in Toronto and Montreal have been making positive moves in the past week. Here is the latest in product launches, partnerships, and company…
How maker culture is remaking itself
When we last looked at MakerLabs, a space that helped bring the Bay area’s maker culture to Vancouver, they were already growing fast, from…
Mayor John Tory wants to show off Toronto’s startups at Shenzhen innovation competition
Mayor John Tory has announced Toronto’s participation in the first China (Shenzhen) International Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition. The competition, which offers a top prize…
Kitchener-based EMAGIN represents Canada at Imagine H20’s Water Gala in San Francisco
EMAGIN, a Kitchener-based startup that leverages artificial intelligence to help water utilities proactively manage their operations, has been selected as one of the top…
BroadbandTV expands Middle East and Asian presence with launches in eight new countries
Vancouver-based BroadbandTV (BBTV), a media and technology company that represents YouTube talent through a global multi-platform network (MPN), announced today that it is launching…
Former Vision Critical marketing SVP joins Top Hat as its first CMO
Toronto-based Top Hat has announced the hire of Nick Stein, a former senior vice president of marketing at Vision Critical, as its first-ever chief…
The Hyperloop dream is reality with world’s first pneumatic levitation system demo in Waterloo
After the date for SpaceX’s International Hyperloop Competition got pushed back from August 2016 to January 2017, the Waterloop team — one of only…
Slack publishes full-page open letter in New York Times as Microsoft launches its competitor
The battle of workplace messaging apps is set to begin today now that Microsoft has launched its Teams app, though it seems Slack, the…
Shopify reports 89 percent YoY Q3 revenue growth as Gail Goodman joins board
Shopify released its results for Q3 2016, which ended on September 30, 2016. Shopify’s total revenue in the third quarter was $99.6 million, or…
Hexoskin signs contract with Canadian Space Agency to monitor astronaut’s health in space
Wearable technology is quickly becoming more integrated into daily life. Fitness trackers and smartwatches are just the beginning of what cheap, durable electronics can…
C100 announces 22 companies selected for 48Hrs in the Valley December 2016 cohort
C100 has selected the 22 companies that will take part in its 48Hrs in the Valley program, which brings Canadian startups to Silicon Valley…
L-SPARK now exclusively a SaaS-scaling accelerator
When L-SPARK launched two years ago, the goal was to support early stage SaaS businesses looking to scale their companies. Until that time, the…