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By Douglas Soltys June 29, 2016

Two Hat Security raises $1.6 million from iNovia Capital to fight trolls

Kelowna-based Two Hat Security announced the close of a $1.6 million seed round today, led by iNovia Capital. U.S.-based financial…

By Greg Caws June 28, 2016

I’ve watched the transformation of Victoria over the past 25 years. Back in the 1980s, Victoria was a small regional city…

By Jessica Vomiero June 28, 2016

Have you ever Googled the lyrics of a song you just couldn’t seem to remember? We’ve all been there. To make the…

By Startup Canada June 28, 2016

“Rockstar intrapreneur” Paul Gaspar says there is no better time than right now for Canadian startups to start thinking…

By Douglas Soltys June 28, 2016

Kunal Gupta has been an entrepreneur in the Toronto startup community for quite some time as the head of Polar (formerly Polar…

By Douglas Soltys June 27, 2016

This week’s CanCon podcast is all about mistakes, or at least, how tech companies move forward once they make one. Apple’s…

By James Doyle June 27, 2016

Drew and James open the show with a chat about some DevOps tools. As well as some shortcuts to spinning up new servers. The…

By Jonathon Narvey June 27, 2016

Most attendees at this year’s two-day Traction Conference in downtown Vancouver probably came away with two emotional responses:…

By Jessica Galang June 27, 2016

Montreal-based Busbud, which allows users to search and compare bus tickets from companies across 10,000 cities, has announced…

By Jessica Galang June 24, 2016

After announcing that Deb Mathews would become Ontario’s first-ever Minister Responsible for Digital Government, the…

By Jessica Galang June 24, 2016

Toronto-based QD Solar, which creates quantum dot-based solar cells using nano-engineered, low-cost materials that can absorb…

By Douglas Soltys June 24, 2016

Earlier this week, BetaKit broke the news of significant layoffs at Toronto-based startup Joist. Speaking with CEO Justin Kathan…

By Jessica Vomiero June 24, 2016

In February, Maple Leaf Sports Entertainment announced that it planned to partner with IBM to evaluate and maximize on the…

By Rob Kenedi June 23, 2016

Rob Kenedi shares a coffee with Andrew Graham, founder of Borrowell, a marketplace lending platform. Andrew and Rob discuss…

By Jessica Galang June 23, 2016

This week, Founder Institute Toronto graduated 17 new startups in its fourth cohort after spending four months in its accelerator.…