Control raises $1.5 million from Vanedge and BDC Capital
Vancouver-based Control has announced the close of an oversubscribed $1.5 million seed round, led by Vanedge Capital and BDC…
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Hootsuite attains B Corporation status to further social impact focus
Last week, Ryan Holmes, CEO of Hootsuite, announced in a blog post that the company is now a B Corporation. Joining the ranks…
Tech Leadership Conference 2015 finds the right mix
Over 800 attendees descended upon Bingemans Conference Center in Kitchener recently for the 2015 Communitech Tech Leadership…
Pebble CEO to speak at Velocity on June 18th about “the state of hardware startups”
Pebble, the smartwatch that was co-founded by Canadian Eric Migicovsky, is known as one of the first devices to reach mass…
Come see the future of cloud computing with Adrian Cockcroft July 9th
The Vancouver-based Dun & Bradstreet Cloud Innovation Center has announced an event for tech aficionados looking for a…
#ProductHuntTO showcases latest in art and tech
Watching almost 300 people gathered on the sixth floor of the Burroughes building, it’s hard to believe that Product Hunt…
BrainStation announces BrainStation Academy, a coding summer camp for high school youth
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, but coding is the new literacy: with the majority of stable and well-paying jobs…
#WWTO has gone to the dogs
Faithful wearable enthusiasts got a treat last night at the MaRs Discovery District during the June meetup for We Are Wearables…
Picatic launches new freemium payment model
Vancouver-based Picatic, the digital ticketing platform for event management, announced the launch of a new freemium payment…
Wirkn raises $1.2 million, hires Todd Dean as CMO
Toronto-based Wirkn has announced it has successfully raised $1.2 million seed round from “two North American retail…
The BetaKit Job Board is now live!
BetaKit is proud to announce that our job board is now officially open for the Canadian startup community to use. If you attended…
InnoCité MTL accelerator launches to help build a smart Montréal
Earlier this week, Montréal Mayor Denis Coderre, and Harout Chitilian, Vice-chair of the Montréal Executive Committe, jointly…
Plotly raises $5.5 million Series A from Rho Ventures, MHS Capital, Real Ventures, others
Montreal-based Plotly announced the close of a $5.5 million Series A round today, led by MHS Capital, Siemens Venture Capital,…
Allen and Eva Lau’s Small Fish Ventures invests in Toronto-based Hubba
Two Small Fish Ventures, an angel investment firm composed of husband and wife duo Allen and Eva Lau, announced today that…
Vision Critical’s Andrew Reid wants a “Caring Economy”
You hear it all the time in startup pitches: “we’re the AirB&B of this” or “the TaskRabbit of that.”…