Justin Trudeau Should Do Nothing for Startups
Amid the long list of things that newly-elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau needs to “fix”, there has been a flurry of…
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Vision Critical puts the Sparq in customer intelligence
What does your customer really want — and when and where do they want it? Vancouver-based Vision Critical has launched…
Reuters: VC Investment in Canada at 14-year high
In the Thomson Reuters Canadian Venture Capital Review for the first three quarters of 2015, Canadian companies collectively…
Five reasons WEST will repeat as the year’s best wearables conference
Canada’s first wearable tech conference, WEST, is back again this year, and it’s bringing a heavy-hitting line-up…
Feast your eyes on this #TheDisruptors pitch
This week, Toronto-based Feast went on The Disruptors to talk about getting a piece of the food delivery pie. Customers can…
W|W: The Wearable Weekly – VR is killing the videostar
Welcome to The Wearable Weekly, your trusted guide to all things wearable tech. If you only have time to read one thing about…
Shoes.com CEO Roger Hardy talks building an e-commerce empire on #TheDisruptors
Roger Hardy was working in e-commerce before it was cool. He founded Vancouver-basedClearly Contacts in 2000 — which was…
L-SPARK chooses four new companies for second accelerator cohort
L-SPARK, an Ottawa-based incubator and accelerator focused on enterprise SaaS and cloud-based startups, has announced the cohort…
Founders on a Bus is back for Mega MTL Demo Day
For its last demo day, FounderFuel partnered with portfolio company Sharethebus for an inspired approach to connect Canada’s…
Don’t worry, Back to the Future fans, Canada has your hoverboard covered
For people of a certain age, a vision of the future is incomplete without that of the most rad form of travel: a hoverboard.…
Meet Canada’s biggest investors at The Upside Foundation charity event
On October 22, The Upside Foundation, a registered charity that encourages Canadian startups and high-growth companies to “share…
D-Wave’s Robert Ewald talks quantum computing on #TheDisruptors
Amber Kanwar, co-host of The Disruptors took on a nacent subject this week during a sit-down with D-Wave Systems’ US…
W|W: The Wearable Weekly – You see the good in everyone
Welcome to The Wearable Weekly, your trusted guide to all things wearable tech. If you only have time to read one thing about…
Scotiabank creates Digital Factory to churn out the best in FinTech
Like many other financial institutions, Scotiabank is turning to tech startups to facilitate the next generation of FinTech…
Mayor John Tory to put spotlight on Toronto startups in London, England
On October 21-23rd, John Tory will be making a business trip to London, England with six startups to make a case for why Toronto…