Vaughan’s Techblocks Wants to Build a $30K App for One Lucky Startup
Vaughan-based creative/consulting agency Techblocks wants to build an app worth $30,000 for one lucky startup. The agency…
Canadian Startup News
International Startup Festival Reveals Speaker List, New Location
Montreal’s International Startup Festival has revealed its new location for this year’s big event, and it will…
Eye-Gaze Tracking Startup Mirametrix Takes CVCA Innovation Award
Mirametrix has won the Innovation award from Canada’s Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (CVCA). Mirametrix…
BDC and Growthworks Win CVCA’s “Deal of the Year” for Layer7 Technologies
The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) and Growthworks Capital have jointly won the “Deal of the Year” award,…
SalesForce CEO Doesn’t Use His Own Tool to Post Tweet, Ryan Holmes Trolls Him
Ryan Holmes has made it clear that he doesn’t approve of SalesForce’s new social sharing tool that eerily resembles…
The Infamous Secret App Can Now be Downloaded Outside the US
Secret, the app that’s stirred up so much controversy via its ability to allow anyone to post completely anonymous rumours,…
Here’s Why You Should Probably Take the Startup Train to Montreal This Summer
Once again Guelph’s ThreeFortyNine coworking space and its founder Brydon Gilliss will be taking startup entrepreneurs…
Northleaf Capital Partners Has Raised a $255 Million Private Equity Fund
Toronto, Menlo Park and London, UK-based private fund manager Northleaf Capital Partners have closed on a $255 million fund,…
Code(Love) Hackathon In Montreal Will Tackle Youth, Women’s and Water Issues
The Code(Love) hackathon is nearly here and its organizers are urging developers, designers and startup enthusiasts to sign…
Canadian-Born 5by Wins People’s Voice Winner at 2014 Webbys
Greg Isenberg’s 5by emerged victorious at last night’s Webby Awards in New York, taking home the People’s…
C100 Reveals the 16 Canadian Startups Headed to 48Hrs in the Valley
16 Canadian startups are going to Silicon Valley next month as part of the C100’s 48hrs in the Valley program. The C100,…
The World of Content Is No Longer Flat, Going 360 Degrees with Bublcam
It was 1492 when Columbus sailed the sea to prove his theory that the world wasn’t flat but round instead. His discovery…
Media and Entertainment Companies Expected to Ramp Up the Acquisition Game
Media and entertainment companies are expected to execute more acquisitions over the next year than in the previous two years,…
Project: SPACES To Host Demo Day for Its Two Toronto Coworking Spaces
The recently expanded Project: SPACES coworking space organization will throw a demo day for its roughly 150 startups and freelancers…
Montreal’s GuestDriven Lands The James Hotel As Client, Releases The James Pocket Assistant
Montreal-based startup GuestDriven has released The James Pocket Assistant, an app created specifically for The James Hotels,…