Traction Conference Roundup: Wisdom from the Tech Set (Part 1)
How do you get traction for your tech company? Whether we’re talking customer, revenue, funding, branding or a half-dozen…
Canadian Startup News
Thyme Maternity launches its first app for pregnant women
Thyme Maternity, Canada’s largest retailer for pregnant women, has launched its first app. Bumpfie, a free app available…
John Nicola awarded 2015 BC CEO of the Year
CEO of Nicola Wealth Management has been named BC CEO of the Year Award (small-medium private company). The award will be handed…
Volley raises $500,000 from Version One Ventures to make the Internet actually helpful
Toronto-based Volley announced today that it has raised $500,000 in seed funding from Version One Ventures. The announcement…
Pebble’s Eric Migicovsky shares lessons learned ahead of Velocity event
Later today, Pebble founder and CEO, Eric Migicovsky, will take the stage at the University of Waterloo’s Humanities Theatre…
We Are Wearables heads to our nation’s capital next week
The largest wearable tech community in the world is headed to the nation’s capital next week as We Are Wearables officially…
OMERS Ventures and Salesforce Ventures invest in Halifax-based LeadSift
Halifax-based LeadSift was founded in 2012 by Daniel Allen, Sreejata Chatterjee, Tapajyoti (Tukan) Das, and Hatem Nassrat to…
First five Startup Canada Communities awarded funding to help their ecosystems grow
Startup Canada has announced that five of its communities have been awarded investment from the Startup Canada Ecosystem Investment…
Dun & Bradstreet’s new office keeps your head in the Cloud
As a lifelong entrepreneur, one could say that Mark Cunningham’s head has always been in the clouds. Spending the last few…
Velocity, MaRS, HIGHLINE, FounderFuel + others can now enter startups into Microsoft’s BizSpark Plus
The University of Waterloo’s Velocity program has tipped us off that Microsoft has announced a partnership with over 150…
Crowdfunding 101: no potato salads
My name is Corey Herscu and I am former tech journalist who’s now made the full-time shift to tech-focused public relations.…
Toronto’s KnowRoaming wins spot in ALCATEL ONETOUCH’s Innovation Accelerator
Smartphone manufacturer ALCATEL ONETOUCH has announced the winners of its North American Innovation Accelerator Challenge.…
Today in funding: Snug Vest, Milestone Pharmaceuticals, Lending Loop
A first-time entrepreneur and a new startup one year in the making are finally seeing their hard work pay off. Here’s the…
OMsignal opens pop-up shop in San Francisco
Montreal-based OMsignal, the company behind biometric smart apparel that tracks metrics like heart rate, breathing rate and…
Fatigue Science wins “Canada’s Top Startup” at metabridge
Beautiful Kelowna, British Columbia is where some of Canada’s top startup minds and heavy hitters from around the world,…