27 Finalists announced in the 2013 Canada Post ‘E-commerce Innovation Awards’
Canada Post has announced the finalists in their second ‘E-commerce Innovation Awards’ today. In total there are…
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Waterloo Accelerator Centre Announces 2013 JumpStart Cohort, awards $175,000 in funding
The Waterloo Accelerator Centre announced its JumpStart 2013 cohort today, comprised of seven early stage companies who will…
Toronto-Based Sweatpants Designer Lazypants Reveals Innovative Plans for Cozy Attire
Everybody likes a good pair of sweatpants. From a lazy Sunday afternoon to an autumn stroll in the park, there are few items…
Gamification Conference Attracts Top Talent to Stratford Ontario
First there was the Shakespeare Festival, then there was Justin Bieber, and now The University of Waterloo’s Stratford Campus…
TeamBuy.ca raises another $5 million to become the “leading shopping destination for Canadians”
TeamBuy.ca, the Toronto-based group buying site was founded in 2009 by Edward Yao and Andrew Hutchings, has just announced…
PayPal Teams Up With TouchBistro to Add Check-In Feature to Mobile Payments
PayPal and Canadian restaurant technology provider TouchBistro announced an agreement today that will make it easier for restaurants…
Do You Even Lift Bro? Wearable Tech Startup PUSH Wants to Quantify Your Workout
A new entrant in the fitness tracking wearable space is set to bench press the competition. PUSH is a device coming out of…
Shopify launches its own POS System to balance online and offline retail
The Ottawa-based retail titan, Shopify, which recently purchased design firm Jet Cooper, has announced a point of sale system…
EY Ranks Canada Top 5 for Entrepreneurship in Spite of Funding, Education Struggles
Less than two weeks after Startup Genome ranked three Canadian cities as the top 20 most active startup scenes in the world,…
ContentDJ: The Little Guy doing Big Things for the Little Guy
The vibrancy, vitality, and importance of small business can’t be overlooked when it comes to our economy. It’s estimated as…
Atomic Reach Unveils Algorithm that Can Predict Content’s Success Before it’s Published Online
Bradley Silver is a master of providing valuable information. Now on his third startup, Silver has already helped brands scour…
TELUS Ventures makes ‘significant investment’ in Get Real Health
Major Canadian telecommunications player TELUS has continued its foray into the health space by making a ‘significant…
Thalmic Labs Partners With The Next 36 For Wearable Tech Hackathon
Young entrepreneurs, engineers and coders who dream to make Minority Report a reality will have their chance at The Next 36’s…
Ottawa-Based Smart Home Monitoring Solution Piper Nears its Fundraising Goal
Piper, a smart home security provider, is nearing its fundraising goal of $100,000 to take their innovative home monitoring…
Motiph Wants Your House Crawling with Robots
“Where are the robots?” Nick Stedman asked me. “People have been promising the robotics revolution for over a decade…