Investor Analytics Platform HockeyStick Lands The NAO-O as a Client
One might think that the best kind of client to land might be an venture capital firm. It looks like Toronto’s HockeyStick…
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Extreme Startups and 500 Startups Grad FameBit Allows Youtube Celebs to Get Paid (A lot)
There’s a 24-year-old Swedish guy who makes videos on Youtube, where he comments on horror and action video games. To…
Wearable Tech Startup OMsignal Raises $10 Million Series A Round
Montreal’s OMsignal, which calls itself “the leader in smart clothing technology” and maker of the first-ever…
LX Ventures Transitions from Investor to Startup, Is Now Mobio Technologies
LX Ventures has changed its name to Mobio Technologies, as it pushes forward with greater focus on its popular and fast-growing…
Ontario “Cheese Whiz” Wins BDC’s Young Entrepreneur Award Contest
The votes are in and the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) has named its 2014 Young Entrepreneur Award winner, in Gunn’s Hill…
After Seven Years of Bootstrapping, UBC-Born TaskTop Technologies Raises $11 Million
TaskTop Technologies, a startup out of Vancouver that created a software development toolkit integration technology, has raised…
Why We Work Remote: The Evolution of the Work Place
Last year in December of 2013, we made a decision to give up our office space in the Accelerator Center in Waterloo and become…
Montreal’s Chic Marie Rents Out Designer Dresses and Suits for a Fraction of the Price
Marie-Philip Simard, a long-time Montreal lawyer, said going to law events meant that she had to look sharp, and that came…
The OCE and Extreme Startups are Extending the SmartStart Program
According to the Ontario Centres of Excellence and Toronto-based startup accelerator Extreme Startups, dozens of entrepreneurial-minded…
Toronto’s SnapSaves Gets Aquired By Groupon
Toronto startup SnapSaves has announced on its website that it has been acquired by Groupon. The terms of the deal were not…
Project: SPACES Demo Day Shows Off Six Toronto Startups
Toronto’s Project: SPACES coworking space network hosted its first ever “demo day” last week at one of its…
Former Twitter Developer Advocate Joins FounderFuel as New Head
Sylvain Carle, a former senior developer advocate at Twitter, will lead Montreal’s FounderFuel accelerator program as…
Next 36’s Trip to New York City Is About Relationships, Not Cheques
Next 36 mentor Christian Lassonde was pretty blunt on the phone about what he tells a handful of startups from every cohort…
Toronto Video Advertising Startup mDialog Acquired by Google
Toronto-based video advertising startup mDialog has been acquired by Google. Relay Ventures made the announcement today…
GrowLab and Extreme Startups Teamed Up to Get on Harper’s Golden CAIP List
At Waterloo’s Communitech Hub Friday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced the 15 accelerator or incubator programs…