BuildDirect’s Jeff Booth is Always Learning
“Build it and they will come.” A great movie line, but also the mantra of how many tech companies rolled. Remember the…
Canadian Startup News
Thalmic Labs and ClearPath Robotics Join Forces to Drive Arm-Controlled Robot
Thalmic Labs and Clearpath Robotics, both of which are Kitchener-based and from the University of Waterloo, have joined forces…
Eyeing Its Launch Next Week, Next 36 Grad Bridgit goes on site to solidify thier spot in the toolbox
Free pizza will be a’ plenty today at various construction sites in Toronto. That’s because Toronto-based startup…
Toronto’s JOLT and Moncton’s Launch36 Accelerators Make Calls for Applications
Two Canadian accelerator programs are announcing their calls for applications today, in Toronto’s JOLT and Moncton’s…
Vancouver’s ePACT Network Secures $1 Million in Funding
North Vancouver’s ePACT Network has secured a funding round that’s believed to be in the $1 million area, from…
Thirty Million Gruesome Images Later, Toronto’s Figure 1 Expands to Android and Web
In early December we wrote about Figure 1, a Toronto-based photo-sharing app on iOS for medical professionals. Then the company…
Four Startups Receive Funding Through Ontario Youth Investment Accelerator Fund
Four Ontario-based startups are receiving funding through a new provincial program. Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne’s…
Vancouver’s Airbnb for Office Space Gets $1.1 Million Funding Round
Vancouver-based startup ShareDesk has raised $1.1 million in funding to aid its Airbnb-like for shared desk space solution.…
BDC and CVCA to Award “Canada’s Most Innovative Startup”
The BDC and the CVCA are teaming up to launch the BDC Innovation Award, a new award recognizing an early-stage Canadian company…
Frank & Oak Releases its 2013 Numbers, And They Sold A lot of Pants
We’ve known for a while that Montreal’s men’s efashion startup Frank & Oak has been doing well for itself.…
This Weekend’s FailCamp in Montreal Sold Out in Seven Minutes
Failure might be celebrated in the goliath startup community of Silicon Valley, but as Rami Sayar explained to me this morning,…
GIRLsmarts Program is Fostering the Girl Geeks
There’s a huge disconnect. According Statscan, women represented the majority of university graduates in 2011, yet for only…
Mashable’s Piece on Quebec’s Startup Climate Twisted Reality
Mashable’s January 30th article entitled “Quebec’s Preoccupation With French Is Limiting It’s Startup Scene” didn’t…
Watson Computers and Self-Driving Vehicles: Wavefronts Wireless 2014 Gave a Sign of Things to Come
“I for one welcome our new computer overlords.” Ken Jennings was humble in accepting his Jeopardy defeat to the…
Vicki Saunders’ SheEO Program Makes Call for Applications for New Cohort
Toronto’s SheEO accelerator program for women entrepreneurs is making its call for applications for its Spring cohort,…