Communitech Rev announces new cohort, program changes
Communitech has announced the second cohort of its sales-focused Rev program. Four companies today will kick off their first…
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Waterloo-based Voltera first Canadian team to win international James Dyson Award
The international James Dyson Award is a design competition open to current and recent design engineering students celebrating…
TechPong raises $72,000 for charities helping global refugee crisis
TechPong, the annual Vancouver charity event now in its second year, has announced that it raised $72,000. Dressed like the…
TSX and Voleo collaborate for equity trading competition
Vancouver-based Voleo, a mobile FinTech company, has gotten a few steps closer to fulfilling its mission of creating a transparent…
MappedIn promises to help disrupted retail on #TheDisruptors
While most people think of brick-and-mortar stores as traditional industries being disrupted by startups, for Hongwei Liu,…
Rover taking its ‘Uber of parking’ service across Canada
Rover, a startup based in Toronto with ambitions to become the “Uber of parking,” has revealed that it has plans…
Best Buy backing Nanoleaf’s new crowdfunded LED bulb
When Gimmy Chu was first developing his smart bulb product, he was certain that he wanted it to be Apple Homekit-enabled. Finding…
Halifax-based Vendeve wants to be the go-to referral network for female entrepreneurs
“It’s not what you know, it’s who you know,” is an often-regurgitated piece of advice when entrepreneurs…
Thalmic’s Myo Market now officially out of beta
This week, Thalmic Labs announced that its Myo Market, having surpassed 100 apps and connectors, is now out of beta. “In…
Ecofuel announces Richard Cloutier as president and CEO
The board of directors at Ecofuel, a cleantech startup accelerator based in Montreal, has just announced Richard Cloutier as…
Startup Canada announces four BC co-working partnerships & funding for women entrepreneurship
Startup Canada has been on a roll in forwarding its mission of giving entrepreneurs the resources to start their own businesses.…
#smallrooms podcast: Wave
Rob Kenedi sits down with Kirk Simpson, co-founder of Wave, an online finance platform for SMBs, about Wave’s early days…
Tiny Hearts teams up with The Learning Partnership to give young people Real Talk about career choices
A Canadian non-profit, the Learning Partnership is the organization behind yesterday’s Take Our Kids to Work Day, which…
Today in funding ($39M): Bee Vectoring Technology, VISR, Marketing.AI, Coveo
Today’s funding news runs the gamut from seed round to Series D. Here’s the latest on who raised how much, from…
DMZ named top incubator in North America
Five years after launching and 200 startups later, the DMZ has earned the title of the top incubator in North America by Stockholm-based…