Bruce Croxon: vision and values are everything
The 1980’s were transformative years for technology. This generation brought forth the Sony Walkman, Nintendo NES, Epson…
Canadian Startup News
Pressly Raises $2.1 million from Gibraltar Ventures, iNovia and OMERS
Toronto-based content marketing company Pressly has raised another round of funding. Led by Gibraltar Ventures, and with participation…
Carleton University to undertake new study on women entrepreneurs
Carleton University announced today that its Centre for Women in Politics and Public Leadership will undertake a new national…
Google’s Waze hires first Canadian employee
Popular crowdsourced traffic app Waze was acquired by Google last year for an astounding $1.3 billion. Google stated at the…
HIGHLINE is using Dx3 to help its startup portfolio go from speed to sales
As Canada’s largest conference and trade show dedicated to digital marketing, advertising, and retail, Dx3 is not a typical…
Pebble Time just became the most successful Kickstarter ever
Pebble launched its Pebble Time Kickstarter campaign one week ago today. The campaign reached a million dollars in less than…
MasterCard and Ryerson partner for new Women in Entrepreneurship program
Ryerson University and MasterCard jointly announced today a new program designed to foster women-led startups in Canada. The…
ChipCare raises $5 million in Series A financing
Canadian health care startups are receiving both attention and investment in 2015. The latest infusion goes to Toronto-based…
Myo now available on Amazon as Thalmic ships 100% of pre-orders
When last we checked in with Kitchener-Waterloo based Thalmic Labs, co-founder Stephen Lake said the company had shipped 24%…
Neurio launches with hardware lessons learned
When we profiled Vancouver-based Neurio’s Kickstarter campaign, which ended up raising over $250,000, exceeding its goal…
Balzac’s Coffee now accepting mobile payments via Smoothpay
Balzac’s is the latest coffee house to introduce a mobile payment and loyalty program. The coffee chain today announced…
Today in funding: SecureKey, FundThrough, AVAC
Toronto and Calgary lead the latest round of FinTech and AgTech funding announcements. Here’s the latest on who raised…
Microsoft knows that speed kills
In just two weeks, hundreds of marketers will descend upon Dx3 Canada to learn new ways to present their brands to customers.…
Hardware Hackathon takes over MaRS next weekend
You can’t throw a stick without hitting a hackathon these days. But a hardware hackathon? That’s new. Organized…
Musician, Entrepreneur, Author: Riffing with David Usher on Creativity and His New Book
“If I was going to make a book in the digital world, I wanted there a reason for it to exist. I wanted it to feel like an…