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…
Canadian Startup News
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…
LX Ventures and Mobio Want You to Get Paid for Being on Twitter
LX Ventures and one of it’s spin-off companies, Mobio INsider, wants “niche social media influencers” to…
Canadian Tire to Unveil Cloud Computing Centre and “App Factory” Next Week
Canadian Tire will unveil the new Canadian Tire Cloud Computing Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, next Tuesday. “One of…
GrindSpaceXL Is an Ottawa-Based Accelerator
Throughout our reporting of Canadian accelerators, we’ve yet to feature GrindSpaceXL, an Ottawa-based startup accelerator…
Waterloo’s BitSent On Track To Be Canada’s Largest Bitcoin ATM Operator
Bitcoins may be a virtual currency but this isn’t stopping it from having a very physical presence all across Canada. Bitcoin…
“Nobody Gives a S*** Anymore”: Life As a Failed Startup CEO
Last month I attended a startup event called FailCamp, which sought to bring entrepreneurs together to celebrate failure. It…
Montreal Startup Bylls Wants You To Live Off Bitcoins
Canada’s largest Bitcoin Expo wrapped up this weekend in Toronto. It was clear from the type of exhibitors on the floor that…
Early Google Employee Reflects on Career, Startups At AccelerateMTL
We don’t often have one of Silicon Valley’s most influential builders speak at local Montreal tech events, so it…
Video: Frank & Oak Cofounder Talks About The Jump From Employee to Entrepreneur
Frank & Oak cofounder Hicham Ratnani recently gave a talk at a free Founder Institute startup event, and the entrepreneur…
Ooomf Raises $2.1 Million, Changes Name to Crew
Montreal-based startup Crew, a marketplace that connects developers and creatives with projects, has raised $2.1 million in…
The Truth About Accelerators: Some Accelerate Success, Others Accelerate Failure
It wasn’t exactly the shining start that FounderFuel general manager Ian Jeffrey envisioned for one of the startup accelerator’s…
Toronto Mayoral Candidate Says He’s Betting on Startups
Toronto mayoral candidate David Soknacki was on hand today at Ryerson University’s Digital Media Zone (DMZ) to announce…