“This is a generational opportunity to increase entrepreneurship”: New Startup Canada Task Force
Startup Canada is up to it again. Today the national, entrepreneur-led and volunteer-run organization that promotes startups…
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Knock Back the Eggnog and Help A Good Cause at Montreal’s TechNoel Celebration
Four Montreal organizers are excited to bring back the annual TechNoel startup Christmas bash. The BetaKit-sponsored event…
Calgary’s Slyce Closes $2.2 Million in Financing
Calgary-based visual search platform Slyce, which enables consumers to buy any item they see in the real world simply by…
Quebec Experiencing Best Year in Venture Cap in Over a Half Decade
The first three quarters of 2013 has turned out to be a pretty good for Quebec in terms of venture capital being invested-…
Toronto’s TouchBistro Raises $4.5 Million from Relay Ventures
Toronto-based startup TouchBistro has raised $4.5 million in venture capital from several sources. The round was led by Relay…
Twitter’s self-serve ad platform now open to Canadian Small and Medium sized businesses
Twitter has over 232 million active users and the company is on an upward trajectory. Usage for its quick messaging service…
A CEO’s Perspective: Who’s Your Competition?
I’ve just finished sitting on a judging panel, and reading a stack of applications from eager entrepreneurs looking for funding.…
Software Companies Dominate Deloitte’s Fast50 Canadian Companies
Deloitte has released its yearly Fast50 list of overachieving Canadian startups and other companies for 2013. Since its inception…
Prosperous Landing: CDMN Secures $8.75 Million Over Five Years
The Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN), organizers of the popular Soft Landing Program for startups, has announced today…
Montreal’s Beyond The Rack Launches iPhone and iPad App
Montreal-based flash sale eretailer Beyond The Rack announced this morning it has released its mobile app compatible with iPhone…
Security Software Makers Elliptic Technologies Gets $4 Million from BDC
Ottawa-based startup Elliptic Technologies, a leading provider of security for digital content, today announced $4 million…
Hilarious New App Tells Former Bosses to “Shove it!”
So this is kind of funny, but also kind of not funny if you have to actually use it. Basically, if you get fired, and you want…
Former Top Hat COO Andrew D’Souza Joins Bionym As President
Bionym, the company behind the Nymi heartbeat authentication bracelet set to disrupt the authentication and password space,…
Don’t Want to Miss Out When That Album Goes on Sale? Check Out This Ottawa Startup
Hype Badger cofounder Brad Rach told us that too many times while following favourite bands he’s missed out on the album…
Montreal Startup Folks Sport the ‘Stache for Prostate Cancer Awareness
A group of Montreal startup founders and investors are joining together to raise money for prostate cancer awareness, forming…