14-Year-Old Ontario Boy Develops App, Proceeds Go Towards Entrepreneurs in Developing Nations
We’re pretty sure that 14-year-old “Thomas” from Bolton, Ontario has won life. The grade 8 student from Bolton’s Allan…
Canadian Startup News
GuestDriven Upgrades App, Now Servicing 115 Hotel Properties
Montreal’s GuestDriven has released the latest version of their mobile guest engagement platform, with new features…
Microsoft is Giving One Startup Seed Money and Mentorship at Its New “Surface Cafe”
Microsoft Canada is unveiling its new tablet and it wants to party. The software giant will award one startup seed money and…
Expert Panel Report Warns Canada Needs to Allow More Access to Open Data
An expert panel report that outlines the opportunities to achieve sustainability through information and communication technologies…
Montreal’s Lightspeed Retail Adds Big Data Analytics to Its Cloud-Based POS System
Lightspeed Retail, the Accel Partners and iNovia Capital-backed startup that offers a retail commerce platform has added big…
Uh-Oh: Nearly 60% of Canadian IT Teams Don’t Think They Can Stop Data Theft
In one of the more optimistic stories of the day, nearly three in every five Canadian IT professionals don’t feel that…
Canada is the Best Place in the World for Business Tax: KPMG Report
Startups working out of the Great White North may be living the good life after all. Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver placed…
Youth Innovator Ann Makosinski Wins 2014 Weston Youth Innovation Award
Victoria, B.C. teenager Ann Makosinski has won the Ontario Science Centre’s 2014 Weston Youth Innovation Award, for…
Hitchhiking, Tweeting Robot to Trek Across Canada
A Canadian-made robot will trek from Halifax to Victoria beginning on July 27. <ahref=”http://www.hitchbot.me/”>hitchBOT,…
The Funding Portal Wants to Make It Easier for HealthTech Companies to Get Money
The Funding Portal, a Toronto-based government grants consultancy service that also offers a searchable database of over 7,000…
Waterloo Startup Connects Internet of Things to the Live Sporting Experience
It’s a connected world, according to Waterloo startup StartLight Labs Inc. The company wants to bring hardware beacons,…
Trio of Startups Win VentureLynx’s “Ready for Funding” Competition
Three startups were selected as winners of VentureLynx‘s “Ready for Funding” Competition. Altranex, an innovator…
7,000 Saint Elizabeth Employees Now Using SoapBox, the Social Media Platform for Workers
SoapBox, the Toronto startup that a social media platform that allows its employees to suggest, discuss and vote on ideas,…
Why Do Fewer Women Have STEM Jobs? Online Panel Discussion Points to Childhood Education
Toronto-based venture capital firm Georgian Partners and ScribbleLive, a content engagement platform, held a live online chat…
New Toronto Coworking Space Wants You to Design a Waterslide Beside the Building
BrightLane, an upcoming Toronto coworking space at the corner of King St. West and Spadina Avenue, wants to build something…