Toronto Region Board of Trade and City of Toronto launch Smart Cities Initiative
At the Toronto Region Board of Trade’s Smart Cities Summit, the Board officially launched its multi-year Smart Cities…
Canadian Startup News
#paid secures major partnership with Denstu Aegis
Toronto-based #paid, which allows brands to connect with social media celebrities for product placement, has found a new —…
Tony Lacavera talks Canada’s innovation strategy with Finance Minister Bill Morneau, Brenda Halloran
As the federal government continues to examine next steps for Canada’s innovation strategy, the country’s entrepreneurs…
Dozr takes home $100,000 in prizes at Communitech Rev Demo Day
Between the Toronto and Waterloo Region corridor, startups are developing a reputation as key pieces to establishing the area…
#smallrooms podcast: Chris Bryson of Unata on success in retail
Rob Kenedi sits down again with Chris Bryson, founder of Unata, a grocery/retail-focused startup that creates personalized…
GoDaddy launches Flare app to give entrepreneurs feedback on ideas and build community
Entrepreneurship and technology are aligned more often than not. However, it seems as if the world’s largest technology companies…
CanCon Podcast Episode 17: Do you give a whut about VR or is it all a Daydream?
After weeks on the road, the CanCon Podcast returns home just as the summer heats up with a variety of tech news. First up,…
Montreal-based AmpMe raises $10 million CAD from Relay Ventures, OMERS Ventures
Montreal-based AmpMe, an app that allows users to play music in perfect sync across multiple devices simultaneously, today…
Rover raises $1.1 million in seed funding to expand platform and team
Toronto-based Rover, a location-based mobile marketing platform, announced $1.1 million in seed funding. BDC Capital, 500 Startups,…
7shifts raises $1.2 million seed round to grow sales team
Saskatoon-based 7shifts, which provides employee scheduling software for restaurants, announced $1.2 million in seed funding.…
Buddybuild raises $7.6 million in funding to disrupt mobile app development
The workflow for launching an app is pretty much broken. Between building it, testing, deploying, and adapting to feedback…
Freightera drives Canada’s green vision forward at G7 Summit
As Canada’s Prime Minister joins the world leaders meeting at the G7 Summit in Japan this week hashing out economic, political…
Report: North American VC-backed FinTech companies raise $1.8 billion in Q1 2016
A new report examining the state of FinTech across the globe suggests that while FinTech investment is in a fairly healthy…
Watch Shopify’s roadshow video that helped take the Canadian unicorn public
Just a little over a year ago today, Canadian tech darling Shopify took their company public. To mark the occasion, Shopify…
Knowledgehook describes how it wants to change traditional math education
With the rise of smartphone and iPad usage, industries across almost all verticals have been trying to figure out how to leverage…