Ridejoy Raises $1.3 Million to Become AirBnb for Drivers
It seems like there’s a startup for everything to do with cars. There’s Parking Panda for finding or renting out a parking spot; Cherry…
Canadian Startup News
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Ledger one of “small number” of additional Shopify merchants affected by 2020 data breach
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Shopify VP Loren Padelford on four things e-commerce entrepreneurs need to keep in mind for 2021
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Pandemic (Year Two) Action Plan
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Shopify hires new VP of engineering, looks to add 2,021 new technical staff this year
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The perils of bad design
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Year from Hell, year in review
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Toronto R&D team won’t join Aurora in Uber ATG acquisition
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Pilots over pitches: how to accelerate growth through corporate-startup collaboration
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Minister Bains says orgs committed to diversity will get “preferential access to government programming”
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AppDirect megadeal casts long shadow over Montréal startup funding in Q3 2020
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Clio Drags Law Firms Into the Cloud, Adds $6 Million in funding
Quick – think of stodgy, old-fashioned companies or departments who are reluctant to adopt technology. Without naming names, it’s evident that startups are increasingly…
How Long Should This Article Stay on the Front Page? Visual Revenue Can Predict
Half the battle for online publishers is how to get visitors to their site. But once visitors get there, what content should be served?…
Publishers Looking to Leverage Big Data to Understand Readers
An article today earlier today outlined Tynt’s acquisition by 33Across, which will help give publishers insights into what readers are doing on their sites,…
33Across Acquires Tynt to Allow Publishers to Tap Into "Interest Graph"
Publishers find themselves in an increasingly competitive environment – with the barrier to create content so low, and with so many sources for people…
Plancast Hits the Deadpool After Battling Busy Event Promotion Space
If someone had asked entrepreneur Mark Hendrickson his own plans three years ago, chances are he wouldn’t have put ‘entering the deadpool’ on his…
Polar Mobile Raises $6 Million to Launch One-Size-Fits-All-Devices Publishing Platform
One of the most successful app development companies in Canada, with over $3 million in existing funding, the company counts some of the world’s…
Facebook Opens the Timeline Apps Floodgates to Startups and Developers
Often a startup’s success is dependent on distribution. Tools like Apple’s App Store have been instrumental in getting apps and startups out to the…
Twitter Acquires Summify, Eyes Social News Curation
Unlike several personalized news startups that have ended up in the deadpool in past years, startup Summify announced today that they’ve been acquired by Twitter. “Our…
Napster Founders Planning to Disrupt with Live Video Startup
Napster co-founder and Facebook founding president Sean Parker has disrupted the media industry before, and he’s hoping to do it again with his new…
Stealth Startup Circa Hopes to Overhaul How News is Created and Shared
Stealth startups aren’t uncommon in Silicon Valley, and Circa is one of the latest to keep their mission shrouded in secrecy. Founded by Matt…