Top Hat raises $29.5 million series C to tackle the textbook industry
Top Hat has raised a CAD $29.5 million Series C. The round was led by Union Square Ventures, who was joined Top Hat’s existing…
Canadian Startup News
eSight launches new smart glasses promising 20/20 vision for the legally blind
Toronto-based eSight, which develops wearables allowing the legally blind to see, has launched a new pair of smart glasses.…
Hack To Start Ep.136: Mike Singleton, co-founder of Iterate
Mike Singleton is the co-founder of Iterate, a product that helps you get the feedback you need to build better products and…
Data breach reports set to “skyrocket” in 2017 thanks to passing of Digital Privacy Act
Reports of data breaches in Canada will “skyrocket” this year, Kevvie Fowler, KPMG’s national leader of cyber response…
Report: Canadian companies take ten years to raise what US companies raise in four
Many founders have been vocal about the lack of growth stage funding in Canada, as well as the challenges of scaling. The Impact…
Today in company updates: Urbery, Lightspeed, RANK Software
This week, several Canadian startups have made announcements, launching new features, partnerships, and more. Here’s the…
MTL NewTech hopes Demo Nights will help entrepreneurs and researchers work together
Pour lire cet article en français, cliquez ici. The second 2017 edition of MTL NewTech’s Demo Night was held at District…
Startup Canada Podcast: Slingshot VoIP founder says communication is key to entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurs are always looking to improve to become the best they can be. This ideology often translates into their work,…
Future of Money event stresses collaboration over competition in FinTech
At the Future of Money event in Toronto last week, I saw something you rarely see at a meetup: there were people in suits talking…
#smallrooms Podcast: Ivan Tsarynny of PostBeyond on bootstrapping an enterprise startup
Rob Kenedi talks to Ivan Tsarynny, founder of PostBeyond, a platform that allows enterprises to manage workforce communications…
BlackBerry partners with Waterloo-based ISARA for quantum cybersecurity
BlackBerry has made a series of telling partnership announcements over the past few weeks, and its most recent pairing is no…
Robin Media thinks it can stop ticket-scalping bots with a concert concierge
Buying concert tickets can be a pain, especially when tickets sell out fast or end up being sold for a much higher price on…
Govt and startups speak candidly on how to make Toronto a world-class startup hub
The tone was tense and the food was good last week, as founders and government actors came together for a no-holds-barred conversation…
Vancouver Tech Podcast Ep.63: Peter Watkins, co-founder of BC Developers’ Exchange
Guest co-host Kim Hansen, CEO of Signl.fm, and Drew Ogryzek open the show with a variety of discussions. They talk about speech…
Blue J Legal building platform that uses AI to predict how judges will make decisions in court
As artificial intelligence and machine learning takes hold across industries, one Toronto-based company is hoping to use it…