Canada’s Consul General for San Francisco on validating your startup in the Valley
Not all Canadian startups know that they have their very own ambassador waiting for them in the Bay Area. Cassie Doyle is the…
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Teehan+Lax shutting down as partners join Facebook
A new era begins for the Toronto design community as the founding partners of Teehan+Lax announced this morning they are shutting…
No one is doing VR like Sulon
You think, “Another VR headset. We’ve seen this before.” Well, you haven’t seen this, because no one…
With $8M in new funding, the Accelerator Centre launches AC JumpStart Program
The Kitchener-Waterloo based Accelerator Centre has announced today that it has received up to $8 million in funding from the…
theScore now has over 10 million mobile monthly active users
Toronto-based mobile sports news provider theScore announced some new user milestones today, as the company closed its Fiscal…
Vidyard Raises $18M To Grow Its Video Marketing Platform
Kitchener-based Vidyard just announced an epic $18M series B raise, because we’re all watching videos, all the time. “The…
Communitech puts brakes on HYPERDRIVE, launches Rev accelerator to push revenue for “highly scalable startups”
Communitech announced this morning that its three-year-old startup accelerator, HYPERDRIVE, is set to undergo a massive transformation.…
Montreal-based Intellitix Launches New Wearable Platform to Create Smart Venues
As consumers are getting more comfortable with wearable technology, we are starting to see some interesting applications at live…
Uber really wants a Vancouver return
As Hailo pulls out of Canada, rival service Uber is hoping to return to one major Canadian city following problems with taxi…
Persistence Capital Partners invests in mdBriefCase
The CVCA is reporting that Persistence Capital Partners (PCP) has placed a significant equity investment in continuing health…
MaRS-backed Unata raises $1.2M to fuel U.S. grocery retail growth
Toronto-based Unata announced today that it has secured $1.2 million in funding. The round was lead by MaRS’ Investment Accelerator…
Shopify reportedly prepping for 2015 dual-IPO to raise $100M at $1 billion valuation
Ottawa-based Shopify has been rumoured to go public for about a year now. According to the Wall Street Journal, the ecommerce…
Decoded fashion + tech event descends on Toronto January 22nd
Global fashion + tech event startup Decoded is touching down in Toronto Thursday, January 22nd. The event series is designed…
TRACE partners with Frankly, Hellaclips & SpeedSociety to enhance its live-streaming content platform
Just before the the holidays, TRACE closed a $2.5 million seed round to fuel the creation of a live-streamed content platform…
ORBCOMM acquires Ottawa M2M service provider SkyWave Mobile Communications
The CVCA is reporting that ORBCOMM has completed its acquisition of Ottawa-based M2M service provider SkyWave Mobile Communications.…