Survey reveals that Canadian small businesses don’t know their worth, continually undercharge for goods/services
Canadians entrepreneurs apparently don’t know their worth. According to a recent survey by Intuit, 27 per cent of small businesses…
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ADP brings back Small Business Grant Contest, offers up over $60,000 in prizes
Small businesses and entrepreneurs help drive Canadian businesses forward. ADP wants to recognize this and has announced its…
Emoji soundtrack for your life? There’s an app for that
A new music app Strings.fm creates the soundtrack to your life with music, colours, and emoji. Based on a smart mood-learning…
DailyDealy closes an undisclosed amount of financing, says they will “introduce ground-breaking technologies”
The daily deals websites seem to have been a thing of the past, but not for Vancouver-based DailyDealy.ca. The company states…
Winners announced in the MasterCard N>XT Developer Challenge
Walking into the MaRS Discovery District early Saturday morning, I had little idea what to expect. Corporate-sponsored developer…
Desire2Learn Celebrates Two Years in Toronto
Desire2Learn (D2L) celebrates two years in Toronto by hiring people to join the team and throwing a party. Here’s your…
City of Vancouver to open its first Technology and Social Innovation Centre
The City of Vancouver, Vancouver Economic Commission (VEC) and the Vancity Community Foundation have announced plans to create…
Randall Howard receives the “Canadian Angel of the Year” Award
NACO, the National champion of Canada’s angel investing community, and BDC announced the winner of the “Canadian Angel…
Communitech starts accepting applications for HYPERDRIVE Cohort 5
Communitech HYPERDRIVE Cohort 4 recently graduated and that means it’s time for another round of startups to shine. Applications…
Feel the life of a startup: ‘Startup Open House’ happening in Montreal and Toronto on October 30th
For those interested in feeling the buzz of being involved in a startup can do so on October 30th. The “Startup Open…
Scribble Technologies raises $12 million, plans to ‘open new international offices and make strategic acquisitions’
Coming off its recent acquisition of CoveritLive, Scribble Technologies has received a $12 million Series C investment led…
The Challenge Cup 2015 is coming to Toronto
Toronto will be a host city in the upcoming Challenge Cup 2015 thanks to a partnership between INcubes and Washington-based…
Google and Actua launch Codemakers project to ‘change the way Canada’s youth think about computer science and technology’
Actua is a Canadian charity that offers “transformational experiences” to youth in science, technology, engineering…
Beyond The Rack raises $10 million
Montreal-based flash sale eretailer Beyond The Rack has raised another $10 million, this time from Silicon Valley Bank (SVB).…
Bell Media invests $5 million into Toronto-based Hubub, receives ‘exclusive monetization rights in Canada’
Bell Media has invested $5 million into Toronto-based Hubub, which deems itself as a “new digital platform for exploring…