Blockstream raises $55 million Series A
Blockstream, which develops sidechain technology meant to improve blockchain, announced a huge $55 million Series A. The Montreal-based…
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Staples and Thinking Capital launch loan service to give SMBs quick access to financing
Thinking Capital and Staples are partnering to launch Staples Business Loans with the aim of giving small businesses easier…
Cybersecurity company eSentire raises $27 million
Cambridge-based eSentire, which provides mid-sized businesses with cybersecurity, has raised $27 million ($19.5 million USD).…
LegalX launching legal innovation challenge with Canadian law firm Blakes
When LegalX launched in June last year, Aron Solomon, innovation lead at MaRS, said that the goal of LegalX is to bring a traditional…
Zak Homuth shares Upverter’s (several) near-death experiences
With regular press and an impressive funding round, Upverter co-founder and CEO Zak Homuth admitted that it looks the company…
Mike Wekerle shares commitment to Waterloo at Entrepreneurs Exchange
Whether you know him as a former trader on Bay Street, the television personality on Dragons’ Den, or simply ‘Wek’, Michael…
Globalive’s Tony Lacavera shares his entrepreneur story (VIDEO)
Earlier in January, Globalive chairman and Wind Mobile founder Tony Lacavera stopped by the MaRS Discovery District to talk…
Communitech Rev launches third cohort to help startups boost sales and marketing
Making a working product may be considered the biggest hurdle when founding a startup, but that’s usually only a part…
UGO adds peer-to-peer pay to mobile digital wallet service
Digital wallets hold the promise that some day technology will remove the need for carrying around money, plastic cards, or…
Magnusmode founder explains how tech can help people with cognitive special needs
Throughout her childhood, Nadia Hamilton and her family helped her brother, Troy, who has Autism, navigate through life at…
A view from the Valley on BC’s new source of tech funding
Vancouver’s tech ecosystem has a supportive community. Until recently, it didn’t match that with access to capital.…
Canadian VC investments hit $2.6 billion in 2015, up 11 percent YoY
Thomson Reuters has so far reported good news for Canadian VC investment in 2015; the organization first reported that Q1 2015…
CanCon Podcast Episode 2: Is Winter Coming for Canadian tech?
“Unicorns are bleeding and Winter is Coming.” That’s what one person told me after a busy week in Canadian…
Oneiric scores a pitch on #TheDisruptors
Since Emily Rudow was eight years old, she’s hated the time-consuming process of putting on hockey gear, of which she…
Quebec City-based Jobillico raises $8 million to fuel westward expansion
Jobillico, an online job market based in Quebec City, announced that it has raised $8 million to further drive its expansion.…