Twitter Cofounder’s Startup Square Opens Office in Waterloo
Square, the Silicon Valley payment processing startup of Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey, has opened up an office in Kitchener-Waterloo.…
Canadian Startup News
Government of Canada Invests $1.7 Million in Montreal Incubator
The government of Canada has invested $1.7 million in the Centre d’entreprises et d’innovation de Montreal. Industry…
Small, Remote Thunder Bay’s Startup Scene is Growing
Tucked up all the way in northern Ontario and sitting on top of Lake Suprerior is the small city of Thunder Bay, a 16-hour…
Vancouver’s Earth Camera Makers UrtheCast Spent $3.9 million in Q1 2014
If you’ve ever wondered just how much it costs to build one of Canadian technology’s most anticipated innovations…
FounderFuel Head Ian Jeffrey Resigns, Will Join PasswordBox as VP Marketing
Ian Jeffrey is leaving the accelerator program that he helped build to 45 portfolio companies over five cohorts to join Montreal…
Canadian Startups Want to Exit But Show a “Startling Lack of Acquisition Preparedness”
Contrary to our “build Canada’s billion dollar company” cheerleading, Canadian startup founders are apparently…
This Guy’s No Slacker: In Conversation with Slack’s Stewart Butterfield
Having recently raised $42.5 million in new funding Vancouver’s Slack is proving to be anything but a bunch of coffee-sipping…
Kiwi Wearables Launches Motion Library for iOS To Pave the Road for Its Wearable
We’re used to touch and voice to control our smartphones but when it comes to gestures and movement it’s a whole new…
Netflix Raises Monthly Price by $1
Netflix has increased the price of its popular video and television streaming service up to $9 for new customers in Canada…
Both Failure and Success Define Entrepreneurs Like Snip.ly’s Michael Cheng
I’ll admit it in all its biased glory: I’m a big fan of Michael Cheng. He’s the 24-year-old founder of Snip.ly but…
Vancouver’s Payfirma Partners with Cloud Ecommerce Enablers LemonStand
Vancouver-based multichannel payments company Payfirma has partnered up with LemonStand, a cloud-based ecommerce platform…
Vancouver Set to Welcome First Ever Hacked: Festival This Summer
The inaugural Hacked: Festival has launched its calls for participation, with the first round of early bird passes currently…
Montreal’s OMsignal Debuts Its Biometric Wearable Shirts
Montreal startup OMsignal has officially launched its new collection of Biometric Smartwear, comprised of four smart shirts…
Waterloo Startups Voltera, Edusight and TrendRadius all Shine at GTAN|START Competition
Three startups from Kitchener-Waterloo region have been awarded $5,000 after pitching their ideas at the GTAN|START Competition…
Vancouver’s Medeo Joins Forces with AnxietyBC for Better Treatment
Vancouver-based startup Medeo, the video chat platform that helps doctors visit their patients virtually, has partnered up…