Recon co-founders close $14.1 million to target western Canada startups with Vancouver Founders Fund
Vancouver is increasingly being seen as a boom-town when it comes to tech startup innovation. That assessment goes down a few…
Canadian Startup News
Flexiti Financial raises $5 million Series A to fuel mission of leading the POS financing space
With the presence of all of Canada’s major financial institutions and a supportive startup ecosystem — including incubators…
Startup Canada Podcast: African Bronze Honey founders on being a sustainable for-profit social enterprise
Startups often struggle to tell their story. Who are they? What is their purpose? How are they changing the way people interact…
Government unveils Global Skills Strategy with fast-track visa process
During the Canadian government’s fall economic update, it was revealed that the government is proposing a fast-track…
Waterloo-based Axonify raises $36 million to accelerate growth of employee knowledge platform
Waterloo-based Axonify, a corporate learning platform that allows businesses to deliver information to employees in a more…
Intellijoint Surgical announces $11 million Series A to continue US expansion
Waterloo-based Intellijoint Surgical, which develops 3D surgical navigation solutions for surgery, announced the close of an…
Startup Canada and Launch Academy develop program to help entrepreneurs get better at startup experiments
Today, Vancouver-based incubator Launch Academy announced a partnership with Startup Canada to help Canadian entrepreneurs…
CanCon Podcast Ep. 40: Toronto’s got (tech) talent
Canadian entrepreneurs and investors are looking for more tools to fund the nation’s innovation economy. With AngelList…
Google’s Go North conference examines the Canadian tech industry’s strengths and challenges
Canadian entrepreneurs may have a reputation for not being the best at selling themselves, but there’s no denying that big…
Vancouver Tech Podcast Ep. 50: Windows Platform Developer Group
Alex Moxin and Drew Ogryzek open the show talking a bit about reasonable assumptions of how things are versus how they end…
L-SPARK’s Leo Lax says SaaS North is the destination for Canada’s growing SaaS community
SaaS North, Ottawa’s first-ever global SaaS event takes place in the nation’s capital from November 29th to December…
What banks can learn from FinTech startups
When it comes to managing finances, Canadians have more choice than ever: they can stick with the traditional financial institutions…
W|W: The Wearable Weekly – Funding Frenzy
Welcome to The Wearable Weekly, your trusted guide to all things wearable tech. If you only have time to read one thing about…
First Stone Venture Partners call quality of life biggest benefit of building startups in small towns
While Canada is well-known worldwide as a resource-based economy, the fact that the oil and gas industry has been undergoing…
Nectar Desk wants to modernize call centres with the cloud
With a need to house servers and other hardware, operating a call centre can be a costly endeavour. But one Prince Edward County-based…