Vancouver’s Curatio Wins $100,000 for Mobile Healthcare App
Vancouver-based startup Curatio is sitting pretty these days. The four-month old company, part of Wavefront’s Venture Accelerator…
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Thalmic Labs Awarded One of Ten Breakthrough Awards from Popular Mechanics
Every once in a while a product is invented that changes our lives. Amazon’s Kindle, Apple’s iPhone and Microsoft’s Kinect…
One Man’s Trash Is the Dragons’ Den’s Treasure: Woodstock’s Modern Waste Products Woos Investors
I love Dragons’ Den. I love when old rural Ontario couples who remind me of my parents pitch the dragons and go home…
PUSH Wants to Measure Strength, Not Steps
Toronto-based startup PUSH wants to be the first fitness tracking device that measures strength not steps. The device is designed…
Is Canada Experiencing A Renaissance for Hardware Startups?
Following the aftermath of BlackBerry’s agreement to a tentative offer from FairFax Financial Holdings (and the inevitable…
Vancouver-Born Basis Extends Series B Round to More Than $23 Million
The “wearables” market is poised to grow from 14 million devices shipped in 2011 to as many as 171 million units…
Waterloo’s VeloCity Renames Venture Fund, Shakes Up Funding Structure
Waterloo-based startup incubator, VeloCity, has changed the name of one of its most successful programs, the “VeloCity…
Seattle Organizer Looks to Make Vancouver Developer Week a Memorable Time
Carter Rabasa is an American from Seattle who’s really enthusiastic about Vancouver’s tech community. So much so…
New Toronto Mobile Payments Startup Wi-Py is the Free PayPal Alternative
Don’t feel like paying PayPal’s annoying transaction fees? One Toronto-based startup is launching today and wants…
Creating an Email Campaign With Video? Vidyard Just Came Out With a New Tool
According to Waterloo-based startup Vidyard, modern marketers say that video is one of the most powerfully engaging pieces…
Montreal Startup Open House Event Gives People a Chance to Peek into the Startup Life
BetaKit is excited to sponsor the Montreal Startup Open House Event on October 30. The event, organized by Busbud founder LP…
Life Long Employment is Dead, Long Live the Entrepreneur
The entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well amoung young Canadians. According to a new report from the Council of Ontario…
Why Should People Care About the Crowdfunding Campaign You’re Launching Tomorrow?
It’s been official for about five or six months now: the crowdfunding craze has hit entrepreneurs and startups. An ordinary,…
WB Games Montreal Looks to Hire 100 After $1.5 Million in Quebec Funding
WB Games received a bunch of money from the province of Quebec and it’s ready to make it rain…on 100 new employees…
Hootsuite is Hiring 100 and They Want You to Come Over Tomorrow
It was only a matter of time before Ryan Holmes and Hootsuite opened the wallet following their massive $165 million Seried…