A conversation with Nir Eyal about Behavior Engineering and why the last cookie in the jar is so tempting
Some debates end in a draw. There’s no right answer, and there’s no definitive winner. Is entrepreneurship a function…
Canadian Startup News
$900,000 DFATD Grant Helps Deploy Canadian-made Disaster Relief Technology Around the World
A Mississauga-based company that provides mobile solutions for humanitarian aid workers received a $900,000 grant today from…
Bex.io aims to make exchanging virtual money easy and secure
Every US bill in circulation has the words “In God We Trust” printed on them. In reality, when it comes to our…
Canadian Colo’s New State of The Art Data Centre in Montreal Passes Unexpected Test
After passing the ultimate test, successfully keeping its lights on while the rest of the area remained in darkness, Canadian…
Communitech and Partners Launch Big Data Project called DATA.BASE
Communitech, a Warterloo-based hub for the region’s emerging and established technology community, announced today a new…
Wattpad’s new Fan Funding pilot program hopes to revive struggling publishing industry
The publishing industry is currently experiencing turmoil it hasn’t seen since the invention of the printing press, but one…
Shopify Unveils New Payment Program for Vendors to Rival Third Party Processors
Canadian startup Shopify – who recently acquired Jet Cooper – announced the introduction of Shopify Payments today,…
LearningLoop captures $20,000 Startup Weekend Toronto EDU grand prize
Over the weekend Toronto was home to Startup Weekend Toronto EDU, a 3-day event that saw 12 education startups pitch their…
Toronto-based Keek potentially closing in on “a hundred million dollar round,” user base tops 58 million
A few weeks ago The Globe reported that Keek, a free popular video sharing platform, was on the cusp of raising a ‘sizeable’…
TandemLaunch receives $5 million from BDC Venture Capital
TandemLaunch announced the closing of a $5 million commitment from BDC Venture Capital, an investment matched by angels and…
The Next 36 Venture Day 2013 is happening August 13th, will be live streamed online
Next Tuesday is a big day for The Next 36 as 18 startups will pitch their ideas to a few angel investors and VCs. The Next…
Toronto’s Alertly is looking to disrupt the home security industry
With monthly recurring revenue streams and potential subscriber lock in’s, the 13 billion dollar home security space has…
Edmonton-based Mover Closes $1 Million in Funding
Not long ago most people trusted their precious data to a single cloud storage provider, be it DropBox or Google Drive or one…
Montrealer launches city space rental startup, decides to first open doors in NYC
For people seeking quiet spaces to work or relax in the hustle and bustle of New York City, Julien Smith, an author and former…
500px Closes $8.8 million in Series A Funding to Launch Online Photo Marketplace
There is no shortage of places to share photos on the Internet today, but only one Toronto-based photo sharing service is nearing…