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Indiegogo raises $40 million, plans to hire staff and expand globally

Ian Hardy January 28, 2014

Crowdfunding site Indiegogo has been around since 2008 and has seen several rounds of funding themselves. The first was a $1.5…

John Gray January 27, 2014

By February 7th its just a memory. But, from February 4th through 6th Wavefront’s Wireless Summit will certainly be making…

Joseph Czikk January 27, 2014

Vancouver’s LX Ventures has agreed to acquire Las Vegas-based Copper.io, a startup that provides a full stack developer…

Joseph Czikk January 27, 2014

The Accelerator Series is a multi-part spotlight on Canada’s startup accelerators and the people who lead them. Despite…

Joseph Czikk January 24, 2014

We all know what happened three weeks ago, when embattled Canadian smartphone maker BlackBerry filed papers to sue Ryan Seacrest’s…

Joseph Czikk January 24, 2014

A quick peruse over the both stimulating and everyday-useful articles at UsefulScience can find something for everyone. In…

Joseph Czikk January 24, 2014

Les Affaires, the french language weekly business newspaper, has named its “Five Quebec Startups to Watch in 2014“.…

BetaKit January 24, 2014

TechCrunch has reported that Toronto-based startup startup Shoplocket, a former Extreme Startups graduate, has been acquired…

Joseph Czikk January 23, 2014

Toronto-based SuiteQ launched this week, a startup that offers home decor shoppers a “try before you buy” online…

Joseph Czikk January 23, 2014

5by, the San Francisco-based company that was founded in Montreal in 2012, has launched its app in the Google Play store, for…

Tom Emrich January 23, 2014

Six Canadian companies have been selected as finalists in the sixth annual SXSW Accelerator competition. More than 500 companies…

Joseph Czikk January 23, 2014

Waterloo-based startup Plasticity, the workplace engagement platform cofounded by former professional lacrosse player Jim Moss,…

Joseph Czikk January 23, 2014

We know that Bitcoin seems be accepted by more and more Canadian businesses, small or large, but now it appears that non-profits…

John Gray January 23, 2014

Technology is not the health care system’s silver bullet, but individuals choosing to live healthier is. Believing in…

Joseph Czikk January 22, 2014

Thus far in Hootsuite‘s well-documented and successful ride as king of the “social relationship platform”…