$55K Up for Grabs With Spark Centre’s Ignite Startup Competition
Oshawa’s non-for-profit Spark Innovation Centre is all set to host its second annual Ignite Competition. It’ll…
Canadian Startup News
The Prizes At Next Week’s GROW Hackathon Are Kind of Ridiculous
Next week’s GROW Conference in Whistler is all set to be a great experience revolving around the “connected city,”…
Want to Go to InboundCon 2014 in Toronto? BetaKit is Giving Away Two Tickets
One lucky BetaKit reader will receive two tickets to next month’s InboundCon 2014 in downtown Toronto, and all you have…
Canadian VCs Ranked Favourably in New Deloitte-NVCA Survey
Canadian venture capitalists and private equity firms scored big marks in a recent Deloitte-NVCA survey that revealed global…
Following a Year of Little Progress, Federal Minister Discusses Startup Visa
It hasn’t exactly been the speediest implementation of a government program over the last year in regards to the Startup…
Hilarious Montreal Fashion Startup Sells Nerd-Wear in New Kickstarter Project
I’m not sure whether wearing a shirt designed with NSA homepage code is funny or if it’s a sign of the apocalypse.…
Canadian Innovation Exchange to Hit Montreal and Toronto Next Month
The dates have been set for the Canadian Innovation Exchange‘s (CIX) Montreal and Toronto events, prior to the big flagship…
VanHawks Poaches Former Cervelo Bikes Designer to Join Team as Head of Design
VanHawks, the Toronto startup that hit it big on Kickstarter with is Valour smartbike, has hired former Cervelo Bikes designer Mark…
Desire2Learn Raises $85 Million Following Record Growth Year
Desire2Learn (D2L) has raised an $85 million series B round, led by Columbus Nova Technology Partners, Graham Holdings, Four…
Citizenship and Immigration Minister to Speak About Startup Visa Program Tomorrow
Canada’s Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander will engage in a roundtable discussion with stakeholders…
GridCure Wins Next36’s Outstanding Venture Prize as 23 Startups Pitch
GridCure, a platform looking to be the simple, off-the-shelf analytics package to allow utilities to do more than simply bill…
TheRedPin Wants to Make Great Service Ubiquitous in The Canadian Housing Market
It had been a few years since a flood of media outlets covered the new tech kids on the real estate block, TheRedPin. That…
Cash-Strapped Montreal Bike-Sharing Service Says “We’re a Startup” Amid Calls for Transparency
The board of directors of the cash-strapped and heavily subsidized Bixi bike-sharing service have labelled the company a “startup”…
Military Robot-Builder Clearpath Robotics Takes Stand On ‘Killer Robots’
Waterloo’s Clearpath Robotics is saying “hasta la vista, baby” to any involvement within ‘killer robot’…
Just Two Days Left to Apply to York Region’s YEDIInstitute Fall 2014 Cohort
York Region’s YEDIInstitute incubator is giving potential startups until Friday night for its call to applications for…