The Next Big Thing partners with Canada’s largest tech conference for startup competition
After announcing the winners of its 2015 Next Gen startup winners, The Next Big Thing has announced that they are partnering…
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Report: only 10% of Canadians currently make mobile payments
Mobile payments, the act of paying for goods and services with a credit or debit card tied to one’s smartphone, has a…
New Startup Next Toronto cohort gets down to business
Startup Next, the pre-acceleration program run by Techstars, kicked off its new Toronto cohort last night at the MaRS Discovery…
Sequence Bio raises $1 million seed, partners with Newfoundland and Labrador government
Newfoundland and Labrador-based Sequence Bio, a life sciences data and analytics platform, announced that the company closed…
Startup Canada Podcast: Noah Redler on growing Montreal’s startup ecosystem
âWe all have a lot to offer and we all have a lot to learn.â Noah Redler is in the trenches, growing the startup ecosystem…
McMaster University to open new $11 million engineering lab
According to Canadian Architect, McMaster University has broken ground for the Gerald Hatch Centre for Engineering, a facility…
Montreal-founded Logrr relocates to New York, claims staying in Quebec “impossible”
After Logrr graduated from the Founder Institute in Montreal in 2014, Logrr, a platform that allows employees to connect to…
Griffin Farley Search for Beautiful Minds coming to Canada with startup twist
For the past few years, the Griffin Farley Search for Beautiful Minds in New York has honoured the legacy of Griffin Farley,…
Startup Canada helping travelling entrepreneurs with four Atlantic Canada hubs
Following Startup Canada‘s call for proposals for its new Startup Space Fund, the organization announced the first recipients…
Hootsuite adds Sujeet Kini as new CFO and Paul McFeeters to Board
Vancouver-based Hootsuite announced today that it has added two key people to its roster. Sujeet Kini has been named as Hootsuite’s…
Mayor John Tory to put spotlight on Toronto startups in London, England
On October 21-23rd, John Tory will be making a business trip to London, England with six startups to make a case for why Toronto…
Ubisoft acquires Halifax-based Longtail Studios
Ubisoft, one of the largest video game publishers and developers in the world, has acquired Longtail Studios Halifax, the team…
Foodee gobbling up new markets with U.S. expansion
After growing organically in the Canadian market, Vancouver-based startup Foodee entered three major U.S. cities this month.…
Velocity acquires Toronto’s Tab Payments to expand mobile hospitality platform
UK-based Velocity announced today that it has acquired Tab Payments, a Toronto-based startup enabling mobile payments within…
Fresh City makes first acquisition with Fresh Canteen
Toronto-based Fresh City, an online grocer and city farm that delivers organic, local groceries, announced an acquisition that…