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TRACE Live Networks partners with Hang w/ livestream platform
TRACE Live Networks, a Toronto-based drone company, will be integrating US-based Hang w/ livestream services into TRACE devices.…
CIX Cleantech reveals 10 most innovative cleantech companies
Today, CIX Cleantech announced the 10 most disruptive Canadian clean technology companies chosen to present at the CIX Cleantech:…
Spotlight Awards shine a light on Canada’s startup moment
When Razor Suleman invites you to his home, don’t arrive underdressed. That was the lesson I learned attending the…
DigitalOcean launches first Canadian data centre in Toronto
New York-based DigitalOcean, a cloud infrastructure provider that focuses on simplifying web infrastructure for developers,…
Shopify named CIX 2015 innovator of the year
The Canadian Innovation Exchange (CIX), a leading Canadian technology innovation showcase where investors, entrepreneurs and…
ScribbleLive founder wants Sam:) to make you happy
What would happen if you could join the opposite of Facebook: something private, messy and honest; a community of people where…
Communitech Rev awards $50,000 to protein testing solution Nicoya
Waterloo-based Nicoya Lifesciences wants to change the way scientists run protein tests, and on Friday night, the company had…
Beyond the Code conference brings diverse perspective to tech
The tech sector has a rep for being a boys’ club, and perhaps rightly so — according to StatsCan, in 2011, 39 per cent…
See Shopify’s Tobi Lutke at AccelerateOTT this Thursday
For AccelerateOTT’s third year, organizers C100 and Invest Ottawa will be bringing in Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke for a fireside…
Applications closing soon for McGill’s Lean Launchpad program
This summer, the McGill Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship at McGill University established itself as a player in the Canadian…
W|W: The Wearable Weekly – Canadian VR gets the Emmy
Welcome to The Wearable Weekly, your trusted guide to all things wearable tech. If you only have time to read one thing about…
Spacefy closes $300,000 seed round using InvestX
A few weeks ago, BetaKit reported that Spacefy would be the first Toronto early-stage startup to use Waverley’s platform,…
Wattpad introduces Wattpad Stars accelerator for viral writers
As accelerators and incubators grow in popularity as essential aspects of fostering tech ecosystems, it seems inevitable that…
SqueezeCMM acquired by its customer, Digital Journal Group
In an interesting acquisition deal, SqueezeCMM, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that helps content marketers assess…