Toronto’s Top Hat Gets $10 Million in Series B Money
Toronto’s Top Hat has raised a $10 million series B round from Georgian Partners. Funny, we just wrote about the guy…
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Take Your Bookshelf Anywhere: BitLit Gives Readers an eBook Version of a Book They Already Own
“There is no friend as loyal as a book.” – Ernest Hemingway Just hauling around your favourite books, or even worse,…
Coursera Names Toronto Among New Learning Hub Locations
Coursera, the Silicon Valley-based education platform that partners with top universities and organizations worldwide to offer…
The Vanhawks Valour SmartBike Blows By Kickstarter Target, Passes $200K
The Vanhawks Valour smartbike has officially blown by its initial crowdfunding goal, doubling up on its $100,000 target on…
The Metabridge Startup Retreat Has Selected the 15 Companies Headed to Kelowna
Every year Accelerate Okanagan selects 15 high-performing startups from across Canada and fly them out to British Columbia’s…
Montreal Startup Leaders to Convene Thursday for Talk on Innovation and Creativity in Business
Several Montreal startup leaders will chat about the power of innovation and creativity in business this Thursday night Novotel…
Staples to Acquire Vancouver’s PNI Digital Media for $74 Million
Staples is about to acquire Vancouver’s PNI Digital Media for $74 million, at a value of CDN$1.70 per share. Large companies…
A Cease And Desist Letter Didn’t Stop Andrew D’Souza From Aggressively Growing Top Hat to 80 Heads
If there’s one guy who knows a thing or two about building up a startup it might be current Bionym president Andrew D’Souza.…
Toronto’s ArtLocal Wants to be the Art Gallery’s Quintessential Marketing Tool
According to Artlocal CEO Sean Green, online sales from art work is pegged to rise to almost $2.1 billion over the next few…
Blind Man in Toronto is Crowdfunding a Netflix for the Visually Impaired
A Toronto man has launched a “Netflix for the blind” in the form of Zagga Entertainment, a video-on-demand platform…
Two Canadian Startups Are Competing in the Launch: Silicon Valley World Cup Tech Challenge
Two Canadian startups are currently competing in the Launch: Silicon Valley World Cup Tech Challenge. The companies are Toronto-based…
Canada’s Coding School Battle Heats Up As Bitmaker Labs Makes Its Next Move
There’s a high-priced coding school battle going on in Canada and the three companies pitted against each other, Bitmaker…
Cool New Search Website Removes the First Million Results
Remember the days when we had to lift the huge encyclopedia off of the book shelf in order to search for a concept? At my…
Launch Academy to Student Startups: Tell Us Your Idea and Win $5,000 Cash Prizes
Launch Academy has launched its annual student startup challenge to post-secondary students and recent grads to embrace entrepreneurship…
First “Affordable” 3D Printer Launches in Vancouver for $1,999
Tinkerine Studios Ltd. (TSX-V: TTD), a Canadian 3D printer company that manufactures and distributes 3D printers and software,…