Citizenship and Immigration Minister to Speak About Startup Visa Program Tomorrow
Canada’s Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander will engage in a roundtable discussion with stakeholders…
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GridCure Wins Next36’s Outstanding Venture Prize as 23 Startups Pitch
GridCure, a platform looking to be the simple, off-the-shelf analytics package to allow utilities to do more than simply bill…
TheRedPin Wants to Make Great Service Ubiquitous in The Canadian Housing Market
It had been a few years since a flood of media outlets covered the new tech kids on the real estate block, TheRedPin. That…
Cash-Strapped Montreal Bike-Sharing Service Says “We’re a Startup” Amid Calls for Transparency
The board of directors of the cash-strapped and heavily subsidized Bixi bike-sharing service have labelled the company a “startup”…
Military Robot-Builder Clearpath Robotics Takes Stand On ‘Killer Robots’
Waterloo’s Clearpath Robotics is saying “hasta la vista, baby” to any involvement within ‘killer robot’…
Just Two Days Left to Apply to York Region’s YEDIInstitute Fall 2014 Cohort
York Region’s YEDIInstitute incubator is giving potential startups until Friday night for its call to applications for…
Canada Has the Most Bitcoin ATMs After CAVIRTEX Unveils Ten More
Bitcoin ATMs- or more specifically, “BTMs” started appearing in Canada last year, with the first one appearing…
Cheap Flights Finder Yulair.com Launches New York City Leg
Entrepreneur and international graffiti photographer Frédéric Prévost-Lebeuf launched Yulair.com after discovering a hidden…
Toronto’s Edusight Says It Won’t Be Another Coffin in the Edtech Graveyard
Toronto edtech startup Edusight is intent on helping teachers make actionable decisions, better addressing their students’…
Calgary-Born Muzooka Raises $3 Million, CEO Takes Shot at Music Startups
Muzooka, a Silicon-Valley startup that was founded in Calgary, has raised $3 million in a series A round of funding. The startup…
BDC and Corus Entertainment Pitch in for New Gibraltar Venture Capital Fund
Toronto is getting a brand new venture capital fund in Gibraltar Partners Fund One. The new fund achieved its first close…
Hackernest Hooks Up With British Consulate-General Toronto for New ‘DementiaHack’
Dementia affects almost a million people in the UK alone and over 35.6 million people worldwide, and early next month Toronto’s…
Waterloo’s Hyperdrive Evolves its Graduation Ceremonies into Dual-Event Show
Hyperdrive, the Kitchener-Waterloo region-based accelerator out of the Communitech startup hub, announced on its blog that…
Highflying Vancouver Snowboard Startup Capturing Major Airtime Through Mobile Solutions
Like many sports enthusiasts, Vancouver native Max Jenke dreamed of becoming a professional snowboarder as soon as he learned…
Hardware Projects on Kickstarter Raised Over Five Times More Investor Funding as Those on Indiegogo
A new report has revealed some interesting facts about crowdfunded hardware projects that graduate from Kickstarter and Indiegogo.…