Five Startups to Take a Four-Month Residency at the Google Innovation Space at Communitech
Google and Waterloo’s Communitech have a deep relationship and sincerely want startups to thrive. Back in December both…
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Vancouver’s Beanworks Selected to Join Silicon Valley Accelerator
Former Hyperdrive startup Beanworks, the “accounts payable evolved” startup from Vancouver has been selected to…
Startup Career Expo is Set to Connect Students with Hiring Companies
The Startup Career Expo is just two weeks away and already the team at You’re Next Career Network has gathered 80 startup…
Quebec Entrepreneurship Contest is Set to Give Away $600,000 in Prizes
Applications are now open for the Quebec Entrepreneurship Contest, a huge province-wide contest that will end up giving over…
Here’s How the Federal Budget 2014 Will Affect Canadian Tech
The federal budget was released yesterday and now all the speculation over where the money will flow is over. Justin gave the…
Clean Techies Axine Water Technologies Close $5.6 Million Series A Round
It’s a day of money in Canadian tech today. First social network API geeks LoginRadius claimed a $1.3 million seed round.…
Georgian Partners VC firm Makes First Close with Help from Northleaf Venture Catalyst Fund
Georgian Partners, a Toronto-based seed stage venture capital fund has completed the first close of its second fund. It came…
Tacit Innovations secures $700,000 investment, teases ‘an exciting collaboration with a local restaurant’
Tacit Innovations recently graduated from Communitech’s 3rd cohort and announced today that they’ve successfully…
Applications now open for Google for Entrepreneurs Demo Day
This could be your chance to grab the attention of Silicon Valley. Google and Communitech have opened up applications for Canadians…
Ara Labs secures a $500,000 investment from New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF) and Technology Ventures Corporation
Fredericton-based Ara Labs Security Solutions has received a half million investment from both the New Brunswick Innovation…
Government of Ontario Announces first four recipients of the Youth IAF: PUSH, Soapbox, Rubikloud and Greengage Mobile
The Youth Investment Accelerator Fund (Youth IAF) was officially announced in 2013 with a goal to help entrepreneurs under…
The Accelerator Series: INcubes
The Accelerator Series is a multi-part spotlight on Canada’s startup accelerators and the people who lead them. Riding…
WeSellSocks will deliver awesome socks to your front door every month
Socks are boring, right? This extra layer of protection for your feet usually comes in black and white, but Toronto’s…
Toronto’s Whirlscape scores $500,000 in funding from Y Combinator, BDC and others for its Minuum virtual keyboard
Toronto-based Whirlscape, creators of the one-dimensional Minuum virtual keyboard, have announced that they’ve successfully…
Keep the ‘Startup City’ alive: City of Kitchener proposes ‘Landing Pad Grant’ for property owners to renovate
The Waterloo region has raised some of the brightest startups that Canada has ever seen. Pebble, BufferBox and Thalmic Labs…