Sampler and Komodo OpenLab win DMZ and Innovation Birmingham’s Next Big Idea contest
A few months ago, Toronto-based DMZ and Innovation Birmingham announced its Next Big Idea innovation competition for Ontario…
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Ask The Doctor brings house calls to the 21st century with new platform
Toronto-based Ask The Doctor has been working quickly to bring its tech-based health solution, which allows users to ask personalized…
PopRX promises free same-day prescription delivery on #TheDisruptors
With smartphones, almost anything — lunch, taxis, or groceries — can be ordered through an app. One company is adding prescription…
DMZ and TechGirls Canada panel tackling STEM’s diversity problem says ‘get the hell out of the way’
There’s a mythology surrounding many of the world’s best-known CEOs and entrepreneurs — stories of living in parents’…
Startup jobs of the week: ZEITDICE, 88 Creative, Grow, LemonStand, Urbery
Every day, Canada’s best startups post the latest job opportunities on the BetaKit Job Board; from early stage to series…
Vidyard wants to gobble up all the advertising dollars with video
As people pay more attention to their smartphones and less attention to their TV, advertisers are moving away from TV budgets…
#smallrooms podcast: Roger Chabra of Rho Ventures on Investing in Canada
Rob Kenedi has a coffee with Roger Chabra, partner at Rho Canada Ventures. Roger is an entrepreneur turned investor who discusses…
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…
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…