Dragons’ Den Star to Launch $200M Fund in Waterloo
New Dragons’ Den star Michael Wekerle is launching a $200 million investment fund in Waterloo, to be aimed at startups…
Canadian Startup News
International Startup Festival Has A Lot of Things to Tell You About
Phil Telio and his team at the International Startup Festival are officially accepting applications to pitch at this summer’s…
Google Named Best Large Firm to Work At in Canada
Google is a great place to work in Canada, according to the 2014 List of Best Workplaces in Canada. The large, California-headquarted…
Check Out This Creative Infographic Showing How Startups Can “Make it to the Big Leagues”
While we try our best to keep the site Canadian-specific, we couldn’t help but cover this amazing infographic comparing…
ShopLocket moves into content creation with Blueprint, a how-to portal for hardware entrepreneurs
No longer forced to stay lean after its acquisition by PCH International, Toronto-based ShopLocket has expanded from e-commerce…
Billionaire Mark Cuban Invests in Vancouver’s Procurify
Procurify, an international cloud procurement software firm headquartered in Vancouver, has closed a $1.2 million seed round…
Montreal-Born 5By To Partner Up with VICE Media, Tribeca Film
Montreal-born and San Francisco-based startup 5by announced today it has entered a partnership with VICE Media, Tribeca Enterprises,…
Vancouver’s Pulse Energy Announces Multi-Million Dollar Deal With British Gas
Vancouver’s Pulse Energy has secured a multi-million-dollar, three-year contract with British Gas, the United Kingdom’s…
New Invoke Labs Startup Cleanify Joins the Home-Cleaning Race
Vancouver’s incubator Invoke Labs has welcomed a new startup to the rolling program in Cleanify. Cleanify is a service…
Regional Finalists Revealed for the BDC Mentorship Award
The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) and the Canadian Business Youth Foundation (CYBF) today announced the regional…
Vancouver’s Webtech Wireless Shows it’s Not Just Startups That Pivot
Since 1999, Vancouver’s Webtech Wireless has been a leader in the telematics business. They deliver fleet intelligence solutions…
New York’s Handybook, the “Uber for Household Services” Expands to Toronto
Yesterday was a big day for Handybook, the New York-based startup backed with $15.7 million in venture capital. The startup…
Alumnus Donates $150K To Let U of Windsor Students Make Investments
John Simpson, the managing director for Ridgeview Capital Asset Management, has donated $150,000 to the University of Windsor’s…
Ontario Lets Citizens Vote on Access to Open Data Sets
The government of Ontario is letting its citizens vote on a master list of 1,000 data sets they collect over which ones should…
Waterloo Man Creates Fake PR Agency In Ploy to Get Hired
Uniqueness seems to sell. We like what we aren’t and we want to surround ourselves with people who go against the status…