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In recent weeks, Canadian startups have made announcements, launching new features, partnerships, and more. Here’s the latest…
Canadian Startup News
Kamloops Innovation awarding $10,000 cash, six months of mentorship to one early-stage startup
Kamloops Innovation, a tech-based business accelerator for early-stage startups, has partnered with the City of Kamloops, British…
Hack To Start Ep.146: Anthony Pompliano, managing partner of Full Tilt Capital
Pompliano is the co-founder and managing partner of Full Tilt Capital, an early stage venture capital firm. Pompliano served…
Hootsuite launches $5 million fund to get more devs building enterprise integrations
Hootsuite has launched the Integration Fund, a $5 million, multi-year fund to support developers building enterprise integrations…
WeWork wants Toronto startups and nonprofits to apply for part of $20 million Creator Awards
WeWork announced that it is opening up its Creator Awards initiative to Toronto. The Creator Awards will award more than $20…
National Bank investing $6 million in Nest Wealth, plans to integrate its robo-advisor tech
Toronto-based Nest Wealth, a digital wealth management platform, announced that it will receive a $6 million investment from…
Zymeworks plans to raise $110 million from its IPO
Vancouver-based Zymeworks plans to raise $110 million from a sale of as many as 5.2 million common shares at $13 USD to $16…
Startup Canada Podcast: Dribbble’s Michael Sacca shares the path of building Crew
Serial entrepreneur Michael Sacca is all about making sure freelancers reach their maximum potential. When he is not interviewing…
theBoardlist launches in Canada to get more women on company boards
In July 2015, Joyus founder Sukhinder Singh Cassidy launched theBoardlist, a curated platform that includes the names of women…
PwC MoneyTree report: Q1 deal activity hits 2015 low, while foreign investment heats up
Canadian VCs invested $623 million ($460 million USD) in Canadian companies in Q1 2017, according to a new MoneyTree Report…
Rubikloud now using Microsoft Azure to support retailers moving “terabytes” of data to the cloud
Toronto-based Rubikloud announced that it has selected Microsoft Azure as its preferred cloud computing platform to power its…
The Money Finder closes $1.5 million seed round from Build Ventures, Innovacorp
Halifax-based The Money Finder has raised a $1.5 million seed round from Build Ventures, with participation from Innovacorp.…
Vancouver Tech Podcast Ep.73: Keith Ippel, CEO of Spring Activator
Special guest Keith Ippel, co-founder and CEO of Spring Activator speaks with host Drew Ogryzek about the interdisciplinary,…
Why is your team so angry all the time?
I learned it by watching you. In the late eighties, there was a reasonably famous anti-drug commercial. Maybe you’ve seen…
CanCon Podcast Ep. 64: Is Shopify targeting Square or Amazon?
It is possible that in the future, the words you are reading right now may have been typed without a conventional keyboard,…