18-Year-Old Likes GIFs and Memes So Much, He Coded an App for Sharing Them
University of Toronto computer science student Shiv Baijal likes GIFs and Memes. So much so, that the 18-year-old decided…
Canadian Startup News
VC Insider: The Four Key Players of Venture Capital
Typically one thinks of the entrepreneur and the venture capitalist (VC) as the two main players in venture capital. That’s…
Courier Services Meets the Sharing Economy: Zipments Expands to Canada
New York-based startup Zipments launched in Vancouver yesterday, and is a site that provides low cost, same day courier services…
OCAD’s Imagination Catalyst Cultivates Design-Focused Startups
The Ontario College of Art & Design’s (OCAD) Imagination Catalyst space launched in February of 2012 to decent media…
Waterloo’s Planboard Inks Deal with Ontario Teachers’ Federation for Online Tool
Waterloo-based edtech startup Planboard has reached an agreement with the Ontario Teachers’ Federation to provide its…
This Montreal Startup Is Running a Hackathon to Find its New Developer
The clever folks at Montreal-based startup Brandicted have decided that instead of interviewing potential candidates for a…
Global Law Firm Dentons Lends a Helping Hand With Startup Program
Toronto-based business law firm Dentons Canada LLP has unveiled its Dentons Canada Startup Program to provide affordable and…
Canada’s First Wearable Tech Incubator Announces New Cohort
San Francisco-based startup Mind Pirate and the Canadian Film Centre (CFC) have announced four participants selected to…
Edge to Epic Brings Corporate-Sized Deals to Small Startups
Edge to Epic founder Joelle Parenteau used to work in the insurance industry, as she told us over coffee in Toronto, and it…
Blitztream Games Has Some Grand Visions…In a Non-Violent Kind of Way
Millions of Gen-Y’s have likely played one of the many Grand Theft Auto games, which alternately offer the gamer scenes…
Waterloo’s Dandy Announces Winner of 60 Day Challenge in “Picture Scavenger Hunt”
Waterloo-based community app building platform Dandy has announced a winning app idea to its 60-day challenge, a contest that…
HoHoTo Holiday Bash Returns to Toronto
Just like Montreal’s TechNoel Christmas party, Toronto’s startup community is also announcing its annual holiday…
Waterloo Startups Strut Their Stuff In Toronto at Series 401 Event
Ten out of the 16 startups that pitched at today’s Series 401 event at OneEleven coworking space in Toronto (otherwise…
A Closer Look at ideaBOOST’s Newly Graduated Second Cohort
ideaBOOST’s second cohort graduated this week after an in intense four-month bootcamp. The six companies took the stage to…
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo to Speak at FounderProject Event in December
Twitter‘s CEO will be the keynote speaker at FounderProject‘s December 4 “FounderChallenge” event,…