Square now integrated with Bigcommerce and Weebly
Square is commonly known for its dongle that attaches to your smartphone or tablet, or possibly its point of sale terminal.…
Canadian Startup News
Ottawa-based Klipfolio raises $6.2 million
Ottawa-based Klipfolio is back in the news with a new round of funding. Coming off a $1.7 million investment last year, the…
Perceptiv Labs is on a mission to make drones smarter
If drones are going to take to the skies in the not so distant future, we all need to become amateur pilots or they need to…
The opportunity of open data and the importance of hackathons
This past Saturday, coders across Canada took part in CODE 2015, an intense ‘48-hour coding sprint’, creating apps using…
Pebble’s new crowdfunding project sets new Kickstarter record
Vancouver-born Eric Migicovsky has found success on a global scale. The CEO and Founder of Pebble gained fame and fortune when…
Q4 Web Systems secures $5 million from Silicon Valley Bank and Plaza Ventures
Another round of funding has found its way into a Canadian company. Toronto-based SaaS start-up Q4 Web Systems has landed $5…
MediaCore lands $4.5 million to help “transform how people teach and learn using video”
Victoria-based MediaCore, a company that developed a cloud-based educational video platform, has received $4.5 million led…
As CTA Conference returns, Unbounce’s Oli Gardner explains why entrepreneurs must learn to write
This morning, Unbounce announced the return of its Call To Action Conference, which will take place this September 13th-15th…
Toronto Startup WINR Games launches Big Time, the first gaming app that pays users to play
WINR Games, founded by Toronto native Jeremy Zuckerman, aims to change the future of gaming with the launch of the first…
Ryan Holmes wants to launch the first AngelList Syndicate in Canada
John Philip Green was fed up. The founder of Toronto’s CareGuide had raised a significant seed round last year from prominent…
20 Year Media’s acquisition strategy has lessons for other startups
If you filmed a dramatic corporate acquisition for the big screen, you’d probably have the big company in New York buying…
Government invests over $26 million into seven Ontario clean tech companies
The Government of Canada is continuing its investment into clean technology projects, this time hitting Ontario, which is considered…
Canada’s FinTech sector in one infographic
MaRS’ FinTech cluster launch this week featured many notable participants in the Canadian financial technology community,…
Ryerson and Rogers team up to launch The Next Big Idea in sports competition
Canada’s Year of Sport just got bigger. Ryerson and Rogers have embarked on a quest to find the “Next Big Idea in Sport”…
EyeCheck accepts the challenge of hardware to close the global vision deficit
In addition to the $25,000 EyeCheck took home last November at the University of Waterloo’s Velocity Fall Fund Finals…