Vodafone Ventures joins Flybits’ $4.75 million Series A
Toronto-based Flybits, a company that originally incubated at Ryerson University’s Digital Media Zone (DMZ), has announced…
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Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield pledges personal shares at Equity Giving event
As the co-founder of Flickr, and the CEO of Slack, Stewart Butterfield is no stranger to success. So it is exciting to hear…
VEC and Microsoft Canada want you to break something in Vancouver
The Vancouver Economic Commission is partnering with Microsoft Canada to kickstart one Canadian’s tech career with a trip…
Lighthouse Labs expands to the Yukon with hybrid remote bootcamp
When last we checked in with Lighthouse Labs, the coding bootcamp was expanding its presence to Calgary and Toronto. This week,…
Payso wins OCE FinTech Investor Pitch Competiton
The OCE Discovery conference is taking place today in downtown Toronto at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. New to the conference…
BCAMA VISION Conference provides startup lessons from thought leaders in marketing & branding
Canada is home to many great citizens, thinkers, inventors, activists, and marketers. We often forget that culture bubbles…
#WWTO is all about Apple Watch May 5th
The next monthly edition of We Are Wearables is fast descending on the MaRS Discovery District. May 5th’s event will be almost…
Kensington Capital Partners opens Calgary office to focus on cleantech opportunities in Western Canada
Kensington Capital Partners announced the Kensington Venture Fund last November with an initial closing of $160 million, and…
Waterloo’s Aeryon Labs stepping up to help Nepal relief efforts
Well over 3,000 people have lost their life due to a massive earthquake that hit Nepal on Saturday. Reports are still coming…
These three Canadian companies are helping shape the Apple Watch’s future
With over three thousand applications available at launch, it’s clear that third-party developers are excited about the Apple…
Lazaridis and Ontario government invest $35 million to create a tech management school
One of the “most powerful Canadians” has stepped up and pledged to donate millions towards Wilfrid Laurier University.…
Sarah Prevette launches Future Design School in MaRS
The Future Design School launched in Toronto this week, a new initiative to encourage entrepreneurship in high schools around…
BuzzFeed hires Craig Silverman as Founding Editor for Canadian newsroom
New York-based BuzzFeed, the incredibly popular site that’s built off top-10 lists and viral news, recently announced…
Kik answers questions about potential sale and IPO on #TheDisruptors
Another Thursday night, another episode of The Disruptors. This week’s episode was all about straight talk, as hosts Amber…
Deloitte forms innovation hub within Communitech called d { }
So far, 2015 has proven to be for Communitech. In the first quarter, the innovation center has shut down its HYPERDRIVE accelerator…