Toronto Man Crowdfunds Mystery Product, and Yes, People Have Almost Funded It
A 22-year-old Toronto man has nearly hit his funding target for a new product on Crowdtilt. What the product actually is remains…
Canadian Startup News
New Design-Focused Event Seeks to Bridge Toronto and KW Communities
The folks at Heist, Boltmade and GRAND are teaming up to launch the first “Method Jam” event in Toronto, which…
Blynk’s $100,000 Win Just a Small Example of the Ecosystem Working Correctly
Our nation of Canadian entrepreneurs and investors are consistently vowing to improve, and find more ways to get early-stage…
Startup Weekend Youth Edition to Hit Atlantic Canada for the First Time
Startup Weekend has made its fair share of fans in Canada, through events across the country, from Vancouver to Calgary to…
Vision Critical Gets $16 Million from Georgian Partners, More
Vancouver’s Vision Critical has raised a $16 million funding round from Georgian Partners, the Northleaf Venture Catalyst…
BDC Exec Argues for More ‘Catalytic Partner Financing’ Rather Than Just VC Money
A Business Development of Canada (BDC) executive has taken to the Globe and Mail to argue for the case of “catalytic…
Vancouver Space Watchers Urthecast Installs More Cameras on ISS
Vancouver-based Urthecast, the new and heavily-funded company that’s trying its best to democratizing earth observation,…
Isaac Raichyk’s New Tinder-esque Dating App is Keeping Him Young
68-Year-old Isaac Raichyk sat from his Toronto offices yesterday as we spoke about his new dating app, Clover, over Skype.…
Canada (Finally) Awards its First Startup Visa
Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Chris Alexander was in Vancouver Thursday morning at GrowLab and Launch Academy to…
New Event Seeks to Convince Canuck Expats to Return and Work for Canadian Startups
A group of business leaders in Toronto are seeking to convince Canadian techies working abroad to return home and work within…
Vancouver’s LemonStand Now Available to European Merchants
Vancouver’s ecommerce platform LemonStand is expanding to the European market via a new partnership with German online…
Thunder Bay Ventures Invests in Three Companies from Costarter Accelerator Program
Thunder Bay Ventures has invested $50,000 in three companies that recently graduated Thunder Bay’s Costarter accelerator…
[Infographic] 11 Essential Ingredients Every Crowdfunding Campaign Needs
Vancouver’s Fundrazr has released a new infographic explaining the “11 Essential Ingredients Every Crowdfunding…
GoalMinded Tackles Mental Wellness in the Work Space
Many of us have heard about the hard-working, hard-playing reality of investment banking and other financial gigs on Wall…
Life of a Porn ‘Star’: How This Montrealer Helped Build Adult Mobile, Part Three
Brandon Reti had it all: the high-paying gig, the first-class everything and the ability to make decisions that would rake…