Two MaRS-incubated programs are branching out
MaRS Discovery District has announced it is rolling out two new programs, SVX and the MaRS Talent Development Program, that…
Canadian Startup News
Breather announces two new private working spaces in Toronto
Montreal-based real estate tech company Breather has announced two new leases for a collective 10,200 square feet of private…
AirMatrix awarded $100,000 at Fierce Founders Bootcamp pitch competition
Communitech has awarded $100,000 to Alexandra McCalla, co-founder and COO of AirMatrix, for winning the Fierce Founders Bootcamp…
New Velocity venture fund invests $200,000 in four startups
The University of Waterloo’s entrepreneurship program, Velocity, has announced direct equity investments of $50,000 each…
Clear Blue Technologies receives $1 million loan, backed by EDC
Export Development Canada (EDC) has announced that it is providing a guarantee to support a $1 million credit facility between…
Innerspace closes $3.2 million seed round led by BDC’s Women in Tech Fund
Toronto-based Innerspace has announced the close of a $3.2 million CAD seed round as it looks to expand the presence of its…
Borrowell, Crowdriff, Ada among startups named Best Workplaces for Women 2019
Great Place to Work, an organization that evaluates companies based on company culture, has released its 2019 list of Best…
Next week’s Evoke conference an evolution of Developer 30 Under 30 awards
The annual Developer 30 Under 30 awards is evolving into something bigger, Evoke, a three-day event taking place next week…
New Ventures BC, BioTalent partnership encouraging businesses to hire tech students
New Ventures BC and BioTalent have announced a partnership aiming to assist BC biotech companies in accessing funding to hire…
Ten Canadian tech companies join first cohort of Women in Tech Silicon Valley program
Ten Canadian women-led or women-founded companies down to Silicon Valley to partake in a Canadian government-led program focused…
What #Budget2019 got right for Canadian tech
Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau tabled the 2019 Federal Budget on Tuesday March 19. Overall, it was a positive budget…
Geoffrey Hinton, Yoshua Bengio receive Turing Award, ‘the Nobel Prize of computing’
Two of Canada’s notable pioneers in AI have been named co-winners of the 2018 ACM A.M. Turing Award for their work in deep…
L-Spark, Telus, BlackBerry, Solace launch accelerator to support Canadian IoT ventures
L-Spark, an Ottawa-based SaaS accelerator, has partnered with Telus, BlackBerry, and Solace to launch the Secure IoT Accelerator…
The State of Canadian SaaS
I was in Ottawa recently to present my thoughts on the state of the Canadian SaaS industry. The fact that 500 people showed…
Maple Leaf Angels announces launch of third MLA48 fund
Maple Leaf Angels announced this week that it is launching its third angel investment fund, MLA48 Fund III. The fund will be…