Four BCIC Ignite Award winners receive total of $2.7 million in funding
The BC Innovation Council announced the first four winners of its Ignite Awards, giving out $838,000 to BC research projects…
Canadian Startup News
Kepler co-founder says entrepreneurship in space is now easier
At the latest TechToronto event, Wen Cheng Chong, the co-founder and chief technology officer at Kepler Communications, presented…
Inbound Retargeting acquires Las Vegas-based Primeloop (and its IP)
Vancouver-based Inbound Retargeting Technologies has acquired Las Vegas-based Primeloop in an effort to strengthen its link…
Relay Ventures raises $200 million third fund to continue focus on mobile tech companies
When Kevin Talbot co-founded Relay Ventures in 2008, he knew two things: that this up-and-coming âmobile thingâ was going…
Hack To Start Ep. 121: Una Kravets, UI engineer at Digital Ocean
Una Kravets is a blogger, podcaster, speaker, and UI engineer at Digital Ocean. In high school, Kravets started to explore…
The Hyperloop dream is reality with world’s first pneumatic levitation system demo in Waterloo
After the date for SpaceX’s International Hyperloop Competition got pushed back from August 2016 to January 2017, the…
Slack publishes full-page open letter in New York Times as Microsoft launches its competitor
The battle of workplace messaging apps is set to begin today now that Microsoft has launched its Teams app, though it seems…
Today in funding ($69.1M): Big Viking Games, Turnstone Biologics, Decisive Farming
Canadian companies are reporting are announcing major rounds today. Here’s the latest on who raised how much, and from…
Shopify reports 89 percent YoY Q3 revenue growth as Gail Goodman joins board
Shopify released its results for Q3 2016, which ended on September 30, 2016. Shopify’s total revenue in the third quarter…
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…
Flexiti Financial raises $5 million Series A to fuel mission of leading the POS financing space
With the presence of all of Canadaâs major financial institutions and a supportive startup ecosystem â 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…