Why startups need to raise less and hustle more
If there’s one story that Ron Spreeuwenberg wants startups to remember, it’s the stories of Flooz and Beenz. The…
Canadian Startup News
Today in funding: Resolver, Maintenance Assistant, Unito
SaaS companies raised big in this round of funding. Here’s the latest on who raised how much, and from whom. Maintenance…
PwC, Uber, City of Toronto, and Metrolinx partnering to host hackathon
After announcing its StartUpHere initiative, it seems that the City of Toronto is making good on its promise to support the…
Ottawa-based CareerJSM launches at world’s biggest startup festival
Ottawa-based CareerJSM counted itself among attendees at this year’s Launch Festival, the world’s largest startup…
District 3 boosts Montreal FinTech scene with Fintech Breakfast Parlay
At Concordia University’s entrepreneurial community, District 3, its dedicated entrepreneurial hub, brought together…
Toronto-based Rumble announces partnership with Getty Images
Video licensing platform Rumble, a Toronto-based company that allows viral video creators to license and monetize content,…
Kitchener city council recommends allocating $300,000 to support Communitech
Kitchener City Council endorsed a report recommending that $300,000 from the Kitchener Economic Development Reserve Fund should…
Report: 70 percent of businesses spend more than $1 million on ecommerce; only half see ROI
In a new report from CloudCraze, which works with B2B and B2C companies on Salesforce, only about half of business owners see…
Nano One receives $2 million from Sustainable Development Technology Canada
Nano One, a company that develops processing technology for the production of high performance battery materials used in electric…
IDEO’s Barry Katz hosting design thinking bootcamp at Communitech
Barry Katz, a Fellow at IDEO, professor at Stanford University, and author of six books, is coming to Communitech in Waterloo…
Canadian Bar Association partnering with MaRS LegalX cluster
As part of the Canadian Bar Association’s legal conference this summer, MaRS’ LegalX cluster will be launching…
Globalive’s Tony Lacavera says 5G will “significantly” impact Canada’s mobile landscape
At Mobile World Congress 2016 (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, we sat down with Tony Lacavera, Globalive’s founder, and discussed…
43North $5 million startup competition open to applications
For the third year in a row, applications are being accepted for the 43North startup pitch competition, a competition awarding…
Indochino secures $42 million investment from global apparel manufacturer
Vancouver-based Indochino, an ecommerce retailer that creates made-to-measure suits, has raised CAD $42 million from Chinese…
Lightspeed Retail launches platform combining brick-and-mortar and ecommerce experience
Montreal-based Lightspeed Retail, a cloud-based point-of-sale system which has targeting small and medium-sized businesses,…