Tony Clement: Canada #1 amongst G7 in R&D support for tech innovation
Recently, MP and Treasury Board President Tony Clement made an appearance at the INcubes offices in downtown Toronto. The federal…
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How Gymtrack scored a 500 Startups invite from Dave McClure
Ottawa has a notorious reputation as a “hard place to start a startup” but once you sit down with Lee Silverstone,…
Ontario second in life sciences sector, but VC funding down 20%
A first of its kind report has been released by Life Sciences Ontario (LSO) that shows the economic impact the sector is having…
Lighthouse Labs coding bootcamp goes national in new HIGHLINE partnership
Vancouver-based Lighthouse Labs announced today that it is expanding its coding bootcamp school across Canada in 2015. A Toronto…
Square now integrated with Bigcommerce and Weebly
Square is commonly known for its dongle that attaches to your smartphone or tablet, or possibly its point of sale terminal.…
Ryerson and Rogers team up to launch The Next Big Idea in sports competition
Canada’s Year of Sport just got bigger. Ryerson and Rogers have embarked on a quest to find the “Next Big Idea in Sport”…
Neptune’s new wearable wants you to quit your smartphone addiction cold turkey
If wearable technology is going to succeed, it will need visionaries who think outside the box and aren’t afraid to make…
Slack celebrates 1st anniversary, tops 500,000 daily users
With a year under the belt, Slack is not slacking off. The communication tool that was started by Flickr founder Stewart Butterfield…
Frank & Oak’s new reality: stores, stories, brands and beards
Frank & Oak is in a good place. The Montreal-based men’s clothing ecommerce site has expanded beyond the border,…
David Chilton departing Dragons’ Den next year, still remains “a huge fan of the show”
Another dragon is leaving the den. David Chilton, the Canadian author and investor who’s best known for his Wealthy Barber…
Montreal’s Le Doggy Café is the first recipient of the 2015 ADP Small Business Grant Contest
The annual Small Business Grant contest was announced earlier this month by ADP Canada. Similar to previous years, ADP is offering…
Tilt releases new metrics on Canadian micro-groupfunding
Tilt’s Canadian branch isn’t even a year old, but already the company is reporting huge growth among its Canadian…
Teehan+Lax shutting down as partners join Facebook
A new era begins for the Toronto design community as the founding partners of Teehan+Lax announced this morning they are shutting…
Vidyard Raises $18M To Grow Its Video Marketing Platform
Kitchener-based Vidyard just announced an epic $18M series B raise, because we’re all watching videos, all the time. “The…
Communitech puts brakes on HYPERDRIVE, launches Rev accelerator to push revenue for “highly scalable startups”
Communitech announced this morning that its three-year-old startup accelerator, HYPERDRIVE, is set to undergo a massive transformation.…