Banking Fees Are Too High Say Canadian Small Business Owners
Small business owners seem to prefer Scotiabank above all other Canadian banks, but overall satisfaction among these customers…
Canadian Startup News
CVCA Applauds Federal Government’s Venture Capital Action Plan (and Its Recent Wins)
The Canadian Venture Capital Association (CVCA) is extending its “bro-fist” to the federal government, in praising…
Memelabs Changes Name to Brightkit, Raises Seed Round
Vancouver-based Brightkit has launched today, announcing that it raised a seed round led by angel investors Geoff Entress…
Calgary’s Livestock Water Recycling Takes Home $100,000 at The Challenge
Here’s one Canadian startup that has been rewarded for a rather smelly solution. Calgary-based small business Livestock…
Intel Capital Makes Another Investment in Canadian Wearable Tech With Recon Instruments
Update: Recon Instruments has confirmed that “The investment from Intel is an extension of our A round. The value is…
On the Heels of SEC Ruling, Canadians Behind Shyp Raise $250,000 in 53 Minutes
Shyp, a San Francisco-based startup headed up by Canadians Kevin Gibbon and Joshua Scott, has taken advantage of a recently…
BCIC-New Ventures Competition Winners Share $300,000
Money talks. BS walks. And for the 146 different BC technology startups vying for a share of the prize in the 2013 BCIC-New…
HotelTonight Extends Coverage to Six Canadian Cities, Adds Vancouver and Whistler
HotelTonight, the San Francisco-based hotel booking application, is now offering deals in Vancouver and Whistler. The “made…
Ottawa’s Ranovus Secures $11 Million in Funding From BDC, OMERS and More
Ranovus Inc., a Ottawa and San Jose-based leading provider of multi-terabit interconnect solutions for Data Center and communications…
Toronto’s Uniiverse Launches iOS App
Uniiverse, the Toronto-based “eBay for activities”, has launched its iPhone App to ” keep it real”.…
Communitech Joins Google Tech Hub Network
Everything seems to be going right for Kitchener-Waterloo’s startup community these days. Last week Twitter and Square…
Talking with Apes: Creating, Innovating, and Contributing to Vancouver’s Gaming Community
Metrics like headcount and revenue can only go so far in terms of defining a startup. For some startups, its the culture that…
The Biometric Shirt That Helps You Fight Death Beat Its Crowdfunding Goal Today
Google’s not the only company attempting to fight death. Montreal-based Carré Technologies believe they too have found…
11 Months after Launch, Montreal’s 5by Gets Acquired by StumbleUpon
Silicon Valley-based StumbleUpon has acquired Montreal-based video curation startup 5by for an undisclosed sum today. The…
Toronto App Makes Dinner and a Movie a ‘Groovie’ Experience
No, you’re not greasing up your hair to take out your date in your old man’s ’56 Chevy Belair. This is 2013,…