WIND’s Tony Lacavera says entrepreneurs should not restrict themselves to Canada for capital
Yesterday, The Empire Club of Canada hosted an hour long conversation with WIND Mobile Chairman Tony Lacavera. While the conversation…
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Futurpreneur Canada receives $14M investment from the Government of Canada
An $14 million investment is heading towards Futurpreneur Canada from the Government of Canada. Prime Minister Stephen Harper…
Suncayr’s Rachel Pautler on the importance of a killer pitch
Attendees at the Velocity Fall Fund Finals last November were shocked, shocked, when Suncayr didn’t walk home with one of…
Uniiverse becomes Universe, opens office in San Francisco
Another successful Canadian company is making headlines. This time it’s Toronto-based Uniiverse, which has dubbed itself…
CVCA: $1.9B in Canadian VC investments in 2014
The Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (CVCA) has released its 2014 report on investment in Canada.…
Nymi promotes enterprise shift in new blog post
Last week BetaKit broke news that Toronto-based wearable startup Nymi made a significant change to its leadership team, with…
theScore launches new eSports app
Diehard sports fans know all about the stat hole: diving deep into the addictive world of RBI percentage, rebounds per game…
Clarity.fm acquired by Fundable, now a part of Startups.co
Business funding site Fundable.com announced today that it has acquired Moncton-based Clarity.fm. Terms of the deal were not…
Vancouver & the Startup Ecosystem Report: what’s changed from 2012?
“The more it changes, the more it’s the same thing,” French critic, journalist, and novelist Jean-Baptiste Alphonse…
Founder Institute welcomes two Canadian startups into its Winter Founder Lab: Logrr and Elysia
Since 2009, the Founder Institute has graduated over 1,310 companies across 85 cities. The “world’s largest entrepreneur…
Uber’s new insurance policy won’t work in Canada
One of the biggest criticisms plaguing Uber is that of driver insurance. The company has long maintained that its insurance…
Futurpreneur Canada and Propel ICT team up to support entrepreneurs in Atlantic Canada
Toronto’s Futurpreneur Canada, formerly the Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF), has announced its teamed up with…
Tomorrow’s We Are Wearables panel tackles “Wearables for Women”
We Are Wearables, one of the world’s biggest wearables communities, is holding its monthly Toronto event tomorrow in…
Vancouver’s BlueBat Games acquired by Greentube
At the ICE Gaming Conference today, Greentube announced that it had acquired a controlling interest in social gaming startup…
The Next Gen enters the Dragons’ Den
Next Gen Den, Dragons’ Den for the next generation of entrepreneurs, hits the Interwebs today. The new…