FreshBooks named one of the Best Workplaces in Canada
Toronto-based FreshBooks announced today that it has been named one of Canada’s great places to work. The cloud accounting…
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Digifest 2015 announces finalists for IT’S A START pitch competition
Digital creativity showcase Digifest 2015 is set to take over the Corus Quay building on Toronto’s waterfront May 7-9.…
In conversation with Commander Chris Hadfield
A a debt of gratitude is owed to the BC Innovation Council (particularly Director of Communications Lindsay Chan). In preparing…
Kik Interactive is looking for a buyer
Waterloo-based Kik Interactive is reportedly putting itself up for sale. The company has hired San Francisco-based Qatalyst…
Due South: opportunities are not bounded by geography
Welcome to Due South, a new series that profiles Canadian entrepreneurs who have founded companies outside of the motherland.…
Tilt talks money, expansion, and why Canadians are boring
Some services, like Yelp, solve a problem of finding a great restaurant. Others, like Uber, the problem of finding a cab. Tilt…
Velocity Fund Finals winner Vitameter is ready to break through the blood barrier
Vitameter co-founder James MacLean had multiple causes for celebration when I ran into him at the Bombshelter pub after the…
Bruce Croxon wants to wake up the old guard with new show The Disruptors
Bruce Croxon is coming back to television, just over one year after his departure from Dragons’ Den. Airing Thursday…
11 Waterloo-based startups participating in $5k pitch competition in Toronto
Waterloo is once again coming to Toronto. Eleven startups from Waterloo will be travelling down the 401 to participate in a…
Toronto-based MagniWare creates “quantitative second skin” wearable
Toronto-based startup MagniWare announced last week that it has created what it dubs “a quantitative second skin”…
Product-Focused Bootcamp Opens in Toronto
ThoughtKite launches its first series of weekend and evening courses starting April 11th out of Workhaus and Workplace One.…
Uber faces Toronto ban on city-issued smartphones
There are approximately 12,000 smartphones issued to Toronto municipal employees, and one city councillor wants the Uber app…
Freelancer shares Canadian metrics as platform hits 15 million worldwide users
Freelancer.com announced an impressive new milestone today, as the freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace claimed that it…
VarageSale raises $34 million Series B from Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed
Toronto-based VarageSale has raised a $34 million Series B, led by Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation…
Toronto-based Rithm melds music sharing and messaging
How do music labels make money anymore? No one buys anything; everything is free, with a short pre-roll ad. As confident…