Hootsuite’s Ryan Holmes shares four important funding tips for Canadian startups
Hootsuite CEO Ryan Holmes has been quite busy recently. In addition to prepping Canada’s first AngelList Syndicate, and…
Canadian Startup News
Today in Funding: Dash Hudson, Vanhawks, RtTech
Lots of east coast love in this addition of ‘Today in Funding’, with rounds being closed in both Halifax and Moncton.…
HIGHLINE extends Emily Carr University partnership to provide startups with design talent
HIGHLINE announced today that it has renewed its partnership with Emily Carr University to match the school’s top design…
Financeit doubles its lending muscle to $75M
This week, Financeit announced that it doubled its lending program partnership with Pacific & Western Bank of Canada, increasing…
CODE 2015 developer challenge saw “record-breaking 1303 participants,” top 15 apps announced
Announced today, CODE 2015 welcomed “a record-breaking 1303 participants” who created 125 different app submissions,…
MaRS Study: Toronto startups with women, foreign founders less likely to raise funding
Last December, the MaRS Data Catalyst team published a study investigating the ethnic and gender diversity of Toronto startups.…
AccelerateAB announces keynote speakers, VIP list
Taking place in Calgary April 28th and 29th, AccelerateAB hopes to bring together over 400 people to network and hear keynote…
Due South: Switch Video puts “zero focus” on Canadian market
Welcome to Due South, a new series that profiles Canadian entrepreneurs who have founded companies outside of the motherland.…
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…
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…