C100 selects startups for December 48 hours in the Valley cohort
After a month of serious deliberation, the C100, a nonprofit dedicated to helping Canadian startups find connections in Silicon…
Milestones
UGO Wallet surpasses 100,000 customer milestone
UGO Mobile Solutions, makers of the digital wallet that allows users to load loyalty, gift, and payments cards, has announced…
McMaster University to open new $11 million engineering lab
According to Canadian Architect, McMaster University has broken ground for the Gerald Hatch Centre for Engineering, a facility…
The Next Big Thing announces 2015’s Next Gen Startup Winners
The Next Big Thing — an entrepreneur-led charitable foundation started by Hootsuite’s Ryan Holmes and serial entrepreneur…
420 jobs coming to KW region thanks to Shopify and TD
In a move that confirms what everyone in the startup community already knows — that Kitchener-Waterloo is one of the hottest…
TELUS doubles size of its Internet of Things Marketplace in less than a year
When TELUS announced the launch of its TELUS IoT Marketplace last year, the vision that the company had was a destination for…
FreshBooks adds Touch ID and Passcode support
Toronto-based FreshBooks today announced the addition of Touch ID and Passcode support for its iOS app. Touch ID is available…
Picatic launches new freemium payment model
Vancouver-based Picatic, the digital ticketing platform for event management, announced the launch of a new freemium payment…
Stingray Digital plans to raise $140 million in IPO
Another Canadian company is on the verge of going public this year. Following Shopify, and soon Shoes.com, is Montreal-based…
Post IPO, Shopify CPO Harley Finkelstein looks forward to the company’s future
A pair of suits stand outside the main room of the Toronto Stock Exchange. They see a group of some thirty or more people getting…
Ryan Holmes chosen as CVCA’s 2015 Entrepreneur of the Year
The founder and CEO of HootSuite has been honoured by the Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (CVCA)…
John Ruffolo honoured with Telfer Private Sector Leadership Award
The CATAAlliance Innovation and Leadership Awards Gala Dinner was held last night in Ottawa. The annual award ceremony recognizes…
RtTech Software wins the 2015 BDC Innovation Award
Moncton-based RtTech Software recently announced a $3 million Series A investment led by McRock Capital, with participation…
Ken Knox Appointed as Chair of the Science, Technology and Innovation Council
The Science, Technology and Innovation Council (STIC), which is an independent advisory body mandated by the Government of…
Top 15 tech startups announced for upcoming metabridge technology event
There is something tangible to exclusivity. metabridge, an annual 1.5-day retreat founded in 2008 by Steve Wandler, is back…