Hack To Start Ep. 106: Todd Garland, founder and CEO of BuySellAds
Todd Garland is the founder and CEO of BuySellAds. Garland started diving into tech during college and got into startups shortly…
Canadian Startup News
With money from Power and product shipping, Daniel Eberhard awaits the Summer of Koho
Daniel Eberhard walks and talks like a man waiting for a delivery – with polite impatience. Except it’s not a delivery…
inkbox raises $1 million seed round from KGC Capital, Survivor host Jeff Probst
A year after brothers Tyler and Braden Handley launched a Kickstarter campaign for two-week tattoo company inkbox — raising…
Indigo works with Toronto-based Kinetic Café to create social platform for book lovers
These days, there seems to be a social network for every community. Indigo’s latest announcement ensures that avid readers…
Pokémon Go takes us back to the future of augmented reality
“Without the fun, none of us would go on.” That sentiment certainly describes the motivation behind countless blundering,…
LogDNA raises $1.6 million CAD to become “the Apple” of logging systems
After Ryerson University grads Chris Nguyen and Lee Liu snagged the chance to go to join Y Combinator as part of its Winter…
OpenText acquires San Francisco-based Recommind
Waterloo-based OpenText, a provider of enterprise information management systems, announced that it’s closed the acquisition…
Slack reveals that it’s invested $2 million into 14 Slackbot startups to date
Back in 2015, Slack announced the launch of an $80 million fund specifically for early stage companies building integrations…
Shopify-owned Kit launches chatbot on Facebook Messenger
According to a report from Venturebeat, Shopify has launched a chatbot on Facebook Messenger through Kit CRM. Shopify acquired…
#DellSMBchat: can you run your small business from a smartphone (but not the cloud)?
A recent report from Intuit reveals particular insights into the minds of Canadian small business owners (SBOs). The report…
Waterloo-based Tulip Retail hiring 100 employees this year
Waterloo-based Tulip Retail, a platform that allows retailers to access product information via phone or tablet, is expanding…
Canada’s first VR popup cinema opens in Toronto
Three Queens University grads have launched North America’s first VR popup cinema in Toronto, according to a report from…
With Bitstrips acquisition confirmed, Snapchat has dropped Bitmojis into your snaps
Through a delightful comic strip on the company’s website, Snapchat recently announced the integration of Bitmoji into…
Startup Canada Podcast: Stephanie Yong on starting up in Saskatchewan
Nobody ever told Stephanie Yong she might not get a job after studying what she loved. After graduating with a degree in political…
Telus Health acquires Canadian digital healthcare company Nightingale
Telus announced it will soon acquire the Canadian operations of the digital healthcare company, Nightingale Informatix Corp.…