Innovation Guelph to Throw ‘Startup Royale’ for Youth-Led Teams
Innovation Guelph is ready to host its first “Startup Royale” pitch competition. The organization helps ideas…
Canadian Startup News
Feds Invest $1.06 Million in Manitoba Technology Accelerator
The government of Canada has invested $1.06 million in the Manitoba Technology Accelerator (MTA). Shelly Glover, Minister…
SFU Student Codes Tinder Tool to Automatically Like Every Woman’s Photo
It’s been a rather grisly few days in the news for the Tinder dating app, but this next story should bring a few laughs…
Seymour Schulich Gives 40 Canadian Students Largest Ever STEM Scholarships
Forty young Canadians are heading into their first year of university with a large financial boost, after Schulich Leader…
Deadline Approaches for PwC’s 2014 Vision to Reality Awards
There’s not too much time left to give a shout-out to those startup entrepreneurs in Canada who deserve to be recognized,…
Kelowna EdTech Startup FreshGrade Raises $4.3 Million Seed Round
Kelowna-based edtech startup FreshGrade has raised a $4.3 million seed round led by NewSchools Venture Fund, Emerson Collective,…
BDC Capital Partners with Creative Destruction Lab, Aims to Reach $1 Billion in Equity Value
Creative Destruction Labs (CDL), who is based at Rotman School of Management at U of T, started in 2012 and has exceeded is…
Vancouver’s Got Game and The Full Indie Summit Proved It
Whenever there’s been news announcing the closing or relocation of a major gaming studio in Vancouver, it’s like a pending…
Vancouver Fashion Startup Wants People To Pay What They Can
Garmentory, a Vancouver and Seattle-based fashion startup bids on curated collections and direct connections between independent…
Notes from Siggraph 2014: The Fusion of Compassion and Technology
In his opening address Siggraph 2014, Dave Shreiner said “this event is all about technology to enhance peoples lives.…
$55K Up for Grabs With Spark Centre’s Ignite Startup Competition
Oshawa’s non-for-profit Spark Innovation Centre is all set to host its second annual Ignite Competition. It’ll…
The Prizes At Next Week’s GROW Hackathon Are Kind of Ridiculous
Next week’s GROW Conference in Whistler is all set to be a great experience revolving around the “connected city,”…
Want to Go to InboundCon 2014 in Toronto? BetaKit is Giving Away Two Tickets
One lucky BetaKit reader will receive two tickets to next month’s InboundCon 2014 in downtown Toronto, and all you have…
Canadian VCs Ranked Favourably in New Deloitte-NVCA Survey
Canadian venture capitalists and private equity firms scored big marks in a recent Deloitte-NVCA survey that revealed global…
Following a Year of Little Progress, Federal Minister Discusses Startup Visa
It hasn’t exactly been the speediest implementation of a government program over the last year in regards to the Startup…