CanCon Podcast Ep. 27: Canada’s tech GDP
This week on the CanCon podcast, we dive deep into the numbers. A report released by Ryerson University’s Brookfield…
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W|W: The Wearable Weekly – VR’s billion-dollar business
Welcome to The Wearable Weekly, your trusted guide to all things wearable tech. If you only have time to read one thing about…
NetCents launches merchant payment solution aimed at fighting fraud with blockchain technology
Vancouver-based NetCents, which offers a bitcoin wallet to buy, sell, and transact bitcoin, has launched beta testing of its…
500 Startups looking for #TOWRCorridor’s top talent to join 500 Labs
In recent months, Silicon Valley-based 500 Startups has been keeping a keen focus on Canada. The accelerator is setting the…
Influitive lays off 13 percent of staff, citing need to “focus on sustainability”
After a year of aggressive growth, Toronto-based Influitive told BetaKit today that the company is laying off 13 percent of…
Tangerine and PC Financial announce support for Apple Pay
Everyone remembers just a few months back when Apple Pay made a huge splash in the Canadian mobile payments space. On Tuesday,…
Startup Canada Podcast: Building startup communities from the ground up with Camille McInnis
Camille McInnis knows the recipe for building a successful startup community. “Having people both internal and external to…
Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains invites public to question innovation strategy in #AskBains Twitter chat
A day after announcing the federal government’s participation in a $189.8 million investment in the University of Toronto,…
Vancouver Tech Podcast Ep. 37: The Garage
Drew and James open the show reflecting on the last episode that Drew did solo. They also chat about summer and the past couple…
#smallrooms Podcast: #Startupfest Part 2: Zoom.AI, Tunestars, Ubios, Tylio
On a second of two-part special summer-binge-listen version of Entrepreneurs in Small Rooms Drinking Coffee, the #smallrooms…
Techweek’s first event outside the U.S. attempts to capture Toronto’s tech scene
In its first edition outside of the U.S., Techweek — a week-long technology festival — touched down in Toronto with the…
Repable co-founder Heather Anne Carson on the shock of moving from corporate to startup
As startups get more recognition outside of the insulated startup community, more people are leaving corporate for what they…
Idea Couture acquired by New Jersey-based business and technology firm Cognizant
Toronto-based Idea Couture, a Toronto-based firm offering digital innovation, strategy, design, and technology services, has…
Report: Demand for IoT solutions increasing in Canada
The Internet of Things is well on its way to disrupting the Canadian economy, according to a recently report from IDC. The…
Venture for Canada partners with BDC Capital to launch entrepreneur speaker series
Venture for Canada, a not-for-profit that recruits recent graduates to work at leading Canadian startups, announced BDC Capital…