FIVARS invites us to experience the future of film
Last week, all eyes were on King Street for TIFF, but around the corner from the celebrities and red carpets, a small fringe…
Canadian Startup News
Montreal-based Fika sets its sights on U.S. market with move to New York City
Fika, a graduate of the Founder Institute in Montreal, has announced that it has been accepted into the Fall 2015 cohort at…
Shopify wants its merchants to save on shipping with new feature
On Thursday, Shopify announced that merchants can now buy and print discounted shipping labels within its platform using a…
AppCarousel acquired by San Francisco-based AppDirect
AppCarousel, a Calgary-based app management platform for connected cars, smartphones, smart screens, and tablets, as well as…
Flystro opens first online marketplace for drones
Born at the Montreal Founder Institute earlier this year, Flystro‘s mission to become the ultimate online marketplace…
CIX Cleantech reveals 10 most innovative cleantech companies
Today, CIX Cleantech announced the 10 most disruptive Canadian clean technology companies chosen to present at the CIX Cleantech:…
ZenHub announces free tier for students and open-source community
ZenHub, a Vancouver-based provider of GitHub-embedded project management and collaboration, announced a new tier for students…
RBC asks Canadians what’s stopping them from embracing entrepreneurship
A recent RBC survey found that while 57 percent of Canadians would like to start their own business, only 36 percent of Canadians…
Pebble’s new smartwatch, the Pebble Time Round, will land this November
Pebble has announced the Pebble Time Round, its newest product and the first one of its smartwatches to feature a round watch…
TruLeaf launches $1.37 million campaign on AgFunder to close Series A
TruLeaf, a Halifax-based agtech company dedicated to developing multi-layer plant farm technology to provide predictable supplies…
Why Indiegogo’s Steve Tam says work-life balance doesn’t exist
In case you missed it, #Firesideconf brought together 80 people from the tech community for speeches from fellow entrepreneurs,…
ScribbleLive raises $35 million Series D
ScribbleLive, a Toronto-based company focused on digital content marketing, just announced that it closed $35 million in expansion…
Chicago-based Avant expands to the Canadian FinTech market
Avant, a marketplace lending platform, announced that Canada will be its newest international market, as the company already…
Startup Canada Podcast: John Ruffolo and the Rise of the Canadian Entrepreneur
“View the entrepreneur as the planter of the seed…The role of venture capital is the water and it is creating the fuel…
Kik adds two senior executives to its management team
Kik Interactive, the Waterloo-based company behind the popular Kik messaging app, announced two new executive appointments…