Pebble has now sold 1 million smartwatches
Pebble’s long replacement cycle has been unlike anything we’ve seen in the wearables space thus far. First announced…
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Trippeo’s Adarsh Pallian on finding the gaps in huge industries
When Adarsh Pallian was looking to found his next company after selling Geotoko to Hootsuite in 2011, he started by trying…
Montreal’s Le Doggy CafĂ© is the first recipient of the 2015 ADP Small Business Grant Contest
The annual Small Business Grant contest was announced earlier this month by ADP Canada. Similar to previous years, ADP is offering…
Decoded Fashion touches down in Toronto
Lately, Iâve been thinking a lot about the relationship between fashion and technologyâ mostly in the context of wearablesâbut…
Product Hunt Toronto books top startup talent from around city
Its first meetup in a now-bimonthly tradition didn’t bring quite the same number of revellers as that of the latest San…
CPPIB commits additional $330 million to Canadian private equity, managed by Northleaf
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) announced yesterday that it has committed an additional $330 million to the…
Slyce acquires mobile couponing app SnipSnap for $6.5 million, adds 4 million users
Toronto-based Sylce had a busy 2014, raising a significant amount of capital, striking partnerships with Neiman Marcus and…
Vancouver’s SREDscore launches free online tool that helps SR&ED claimants file faster
Let’s face it. Filling out government forms to apply for a tax credit are tedious and frustrating. Vancouver-based SREDscore…
Nymi CEO Karl Martin: departures âlogical progressionâ from new enterprise customer focus
Yesterday, we reported that Nymi President, Andrew DâSouza, and Director of Platform, Balaji Gopalan, were no longer with…
Slack acquires Screenhero
Slack Technologies, the communication tool that was first started in Vancouver and now located in San Francisco, recently raised…
Seevibes opens Toronto office, announces Franz Fontaine as VP of Strategic Development
FounderFuel Alum Seevibes, who has built a platform that measures social media reaction to television shows and events, has…
BDC now accepting applications for its annual Young Entrepreneurs Award
Starting today, the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) is accepting applications for its annual BDC Young Entrepreneur…
Execution Labs announces first cohort into its Pre-Production Accelerator (PPA) program
Montreal’s Execution Labs recently received $6 million Series A funding from Corus Entertainment, BDC Capital, Real Ventures…
Nymi President Andrew DâSouza out as company struggles to ship
BetaKit has confirmed via multiple sources familiar with the situation that Nymi President Andrew DâSouza is no longer a…
CEO Ryan Holmes rolling out guru employee track across Hootsuite
Hootsuite CEO Ryan Holmes is known for having an unique take, especially when it comes to developing new tech talent. Today,…