Toronto’s Alertly is looking to disrupt the home security industry
With monthly recurring revenue streams and potential subscriber lock in’s, the 13 billion dollar home security space has…
Canadian Startup News
Edmonton-based Mover Closes $1 Million in Funding
Not long ago most people trusted their precious data to a single cloud storage provider, be it DropBox or Google Drive or one…
Montrealer launches city space rental startup, decides to first open doors in NYC
For people seeking quiet spaces to work or relax in the hustle and bustle of New York City, Julien Smith, an author and former…
500px Closes $8.8 million in Series A Funding to Launch Online Photo Marketplace
There is no shortage of places to share photos on the Internet today, but only one Toronto-based photo sharing service is nearing…
10 Canadian Startups To Watch
Last week we featured Mattermark’s list of 10 Hardware Startups on the Rise which included two Canadian companies, Thalmic…
Semios: Big Data and Digitizing the Farm
Since 1793 the Old Farmer’s Almanac is probably best known for it’s sunrise tables and planting charts. For many farmers,…
Square Launches National Contest for Canadian Small Business Owners
When the Square Reader crossed the border into Canada last October it was welcomed with open arms by Canada’s small business…
L33dr.ly ‘takes the suck’ out of Game Leaderboards by making them ‘socially and geographically relevant’
Remember the kids from your school days that were always organizing ways to sell you more candy during recess? Or perhaps the…
Jack Dorsey to speak in Waterloo and Toronto on September 19th
Looking for a massive amount of inspiration to give your start-up a boost? No, not Tony Robbins, but Jack Dorsey, co-founder…
Kickstarter allows Canadians to start creating projects today, official launch is September 9th
Kickstarter, the popular crowd-funding site, has amassed millions of users since its launch in 2009. The site allows people…
Wave introduces mobile payments as it approaches 2 million users
Wave, the Toronto-based accounting startup poised to take over the world with its intuitive, free invoicing and payments software,…
ClearlyContacts.ca opens second Vancouver retail store to push more customers to its online portal
Before answering his phone call, I was pretty tired. But Roger Hardy, CEO of ClearlyContacts.ca and its US sister site CoastalContacts.com,…
HootSuite raises $165 million in Largest Deal Ever in Canadian Venture Capital History
In what is Canada’s biggest venture capital investment for a software company ever, social media dashboard HootSuite has…
Shopify Acquires Design Agency Jet Cooper
Shopify, the Ottawa-based startup turned ecommerce platform behemoth, announced today that it has acquired one of Canada’s…
Bitmaker Labs Gives Women in Computing a Boost with Grace Hopper Scholarship
Canadian coding school Bitmaker Labs announced this week that female registrants participating in the bootcamp would be eligible…