US Telecomm Equipment Giant Acquires Mississauga’s SeaWell Networks
A public, US-based telecommunications equipment giant located in Georgia has acquired venture-backed Canadian company SeaWell…
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British Columbia is Becoming the Planet’s Smartest Coast
Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) has announced a collaboration with IBM to create the “smartest coast on the planet”. A three-year,…
40 Days Left to Apply for “World’s Largest Business Plan Competition”
43North‘s executive director Andrew Pulkrabek is heading back to the Toronto area today to espouse the virtues of his…
Open Text Opens South American Hub in Sao Paulo
Waterloo’s Open Text, the global leader in Enterprise Information Management (EIM), has announced the opening of a…
Is Techstars Coming to Toronto-Waterloo?
The CEO and founder of Techstars, the popular US-based startup accelerator present in six cities (as well as London, UK), is…
Chinese Incubator Partners Up with InvestOttawa, Names Initial Four Startups
The Chinese Zhongguancun Development Group (ZDG) has officially announced the selection of four Ottawa-based companies chosen…
Innovation Management Tool SoapBox Lands Coca-Cola as Client
Toronto startup SoapBox, a SaaS-based tool that allows organizations to communicate with their community both publicly and…
BlackBerry To Reward Student App Developers with New Award at Canada-Wide Science Fair
BlackBerry is about to help out a handful of student app developers in a big way. Today the embattled Canadian smartphone maker…
Industry Veterans at TinyMob Games Are Really Bullish on Mobile RTS Games
After a positive mobile game launch at last weekend’s PAX East 2014 conference in Boston, TinyMob Games is back at work…
Dragons’ Den Star to Launch $200M Fund in Waterloo
New Dragons’ Den star Michael Wekerle is launching a $200 million investment fund in Waterloo, to be aimed at startups…
International Startup Festival Has A Lot of Things to Tell You About
Phil Telio and his team at the International Startup Festival are officially accepting applications to pitch at this summer’s…
Google Named Best Large Firm to Work At in Canada
Google is a great place to work in Canada, according to the 2014 List of Best Workplaces in Canada. The large, California-headquarted…
Check Out This Creative Infographic Showing How Startups Can “Make it to the Big Leagues”
While we try our best to keep the site Canadian-specific, we couldn’t help but cover this amazing infographic comparing…
ShopLocket moves into content creation with Blueprint, a how-to portal for hardware entrepreneurs
No longer forced to stay lean after its acquisition by PCH International, Toronto-based ShopLocket has expanded from e-commerce…
Billionaire Mark Cuban Invests in Vancouver’s Procurify
Procurify, an international cloud procurement software firm headquartered in Vancouver, has closed a $1.2 million seed round…