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…
Canadian Startup News
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…
U of W Students Create Indoor Positioning System to Help Navigate Buildings on Campus
Another school year is just around the corner, and over the coming weeks students of all ages will fill their backpacks, make…
IoT Startup SensorSuite Set to Shake Up Building Automation
Internet of Things startup, SensorSuite, is looking to disrupt the property management space from the boiler room up. They…
Google Ventures Makes Largest Investment To Date as Part of $361 million Investment in Uber Taxi
Google Ventures, the private investment arm of the tech behemoth, is believed to be the lead investor behind a $361.2 million…
Edmonton Transportation Startup Drivewyze Recieves $7.5 Million in Series A Funding
Drivewyze, a subsidiary of Edmonton-based Intelligent Imaging Systems (ISS), a transportation technology company, announced…
Strong Community and Government Support Make Canada One of The Best Places on Earth To Make Videogames
Canada kicks ass at making videogames. From major console game producers in Vancouver and Montreal to the independent mobile…
Toronto-based Qwyrk Media launches App that adds Audio to Messaging and Social Media
Between email, text messages, Facebook, Instagram, and Vine, there are many ways to send and share photos and videos already,…
New Study Suggests Canadians Don’t Like to Shop Online
According to a by RetailMeNot.ca, the Texas-based digital coupon retailer that made its way into Canada earlier this summer,…
Canadian Military Tests Waterloo-Made Stealthy Snowmobile
When the Canadian Military wanted to reinvent the snowmobile, they didn’t have to look far for help. Reaching out to manufacturers…
Cognilab: Joining GrowLab and Crowdsourcing the Answers to the Brain’s Biggest Mysteries
The brain is big business. Both the NHL and the NFL are grappling with the impacts that concussions are having on their…
Kreyonic added to HYPERDRIVE Cohort 3, becomes its first international startup
Communitech recently announced its third group of startups to join their HYPERDRIVE accelerator program. In total, 11 startups…
Minuum expands its reach by launching a public beta of its unique keyboard on Google’s Play Store
Toronto-based Whirlscape has released version 1.1 of its experimental, forward-thinking keyboard for Android devices. Minuum,…
Extreme Venture Partners Rumored to Close Startup Fund
Tech companies in Canada looking for to raise a seed-round may soon find it even harder to secure funding, as rumors circulate…