Vancouver’s ClearlyContacts Acquires Former Employee’s Startup in ShoeMe.ca
Vancouver’s ClearlyContacts went on a bit of a shopping spree as it announced this morning the acquisition of both Vancouver-based…
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Xagenic receives additional financing from BDC Capital
December of last year saw MaRS Innovation’s first start-up Xagenic announce a $20 million Series B financing round. The…
Toronto’s ScribbleLive acquires CoveritLive
Toronto’s ScribbleLive has acquired live blogging platform competitor CoveritLive from Demand Media. The terms of the…
Vancouver’s Imaginary Games Gets $400,000 from the CMF
The CMF (Canadian Media Fund) has announced the recipients of its “Experimental Stream Production Program”. Among…
Wound-Sensing Shirts and Wireless Umbilical Cords Were on Display at The Fashion Zone’s Hack N’ Talk Event
Last week’s HackânâTalk event at Ryerson University’s new Fashion Zone brought together entrepreneurs, researchers,…
Cisco Invests in Toronto’s Georgian Partners, Likely Under $50 Million
Cisco made it clear in June that it was ready to head up a fund-of-funds for Canadian innovation and it looks like it has…
Communitech to Host ‘Women Entrepreneurs Bootcamp’
Waterloo’s Communitech startup hub is accepting applications for a new “Women Entrepreneurs Bootcamp” on…
Toronto’s TunnelBear Hits Three Million Users
Toronto’s answer to watching the US version of Netflix, TunnelBear, has hit three million users. More seriously, TunnelBear…
“I Left to Save My Life”: Up With Women CEO Shares Uplifting Tale at Startup Fest
At International Startup Festival we chatted with the inspiring and charismatic Lia Grimanis, founder and CEO of Up With Women,…
Are Too Many Accelerators a Problem? Extreme Startups and INcubes Heads Drop Knowledge at Startup Fest
“Czikk, Daniels and Zlotnick to join forces for new, ‘super-accelerator’ in Canada.” Well no, not really,…
Blynk scores $100,000 Investment Prize at the International Startup Festival
The International Startup Festival happened this week in Montreal and over 1,500 attendees gathered for knowledge, partnerships,…
Startup Fest Founder Phil Telio Tells Us His Favourite Festival Memories
At International Startup Festival in Montreal we caught up with the founder of the event himself, Phil Telio. As head of the…
D-Wave Systems raises $28.4 million to take quantum computers to the next level
British Columbia-based D-Wave Systems is making a name for itself in the quantum computing space. The company was founded in…
Video: Busbud’s LP Maurice Tells Us What it’s Like Having $9 Million in Funding
At International Startup Festival in Montreal, we caught up with Busbud founder LP Maurice, who leads the startup that recently…
Vancouver-based Wantering acquires StyledOn
Wantering and its online fashion catalog has announced the acquisition of StyledOn, a “social shopping network”…