CIBC report: Canadian small businesses face tough times without growing export markets
As Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) were responsible for 80 percent of private sector jobs in the past year,…
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Buzz Connect and mnubo partner up to power up IoT-connected brands
Mnubo, a Montreal-based IoT analytics company, is partnering with Australia-based IoT product development agency Buzz Connect.…
Vision Critical rumoured to hire BMO for IPO preparation
A report from Bloomberg Business claims that Vancouver-based Vision Critical has hired BMO to help it prepare for a potential…
Why Kik lets co-ops build major features
University of Waterloo Systems Design Engineering student Katherine Carras recently shared a Medium post about her time as…
Montreal-based Spotful partners with Shopify for new video commerce app
Although Spotful launched only three months prior, the Montreal-based startup has scored a major partnership with one of Canada’s…
Sarah Prevette gives startups brainstorming tips on Breakfast Television
BetaKit and Future Design School founder Sarah Prevette was on Breakfast Television Vancouver this week to dole out advice…
First we take Manhattan: How Canadian startups can go big in NYC
Canadian startups with an Empire State of Mind are hitting up the New York VCs for a bite of Big Apple-style funding. While…
Meet Canada’s biggest investors at The Upside Foundation charity event
On October 22, The Upside Foundation, a registered charity that encourages Canadian startups and high-growth companies to “share…
The Next Big Thing partners with Canada’s largest tech conference for startup competition
After announcing the winners of its 2015 Next Gen startup winners, The Next Big Thing has announced that they are partnering…
Report: only 10% of Canadians currently make mobile payments
Mobile payments, the act of paying for goods and services with a credit or debit card tied to one’s smartphone, has a…
New Startup Next Toronto cohort gets down to business
Startup Next, the pre-acceleration program run by Techstars, kicked off its new Toronto cohort last night at the MaRS Discovery…
Sequence Bio raises $1 million seed, partners with Newfoundland and Labrador government
Newfoundland and Labrador-based Sequence Bio, a life sciences data and analytics platform, announced that the company closed…
Startup Canada Podcast: Noah Redler on growing Montreal’s startup ecosystem
“We all have a lot to offer and we all have a lot to learn.” Noah Redler is in the trenches, growing the startup ecosystem…
McMaster University to open new $11 million engineering lab
According to Canadian Architect, McMaster University has broken ground for the Gerald Hatch Centre for Engineering, a facility…
Montreal-founded Logrr relocates to New York, claims staying in Quebec “impossible”
After Logrr graduated from the Founder Institute in Montreal in 2014, Logrr, a platform that allows employees to connect to…