Submit your nominations for the 2015 Startup Canada Awards
Entrepreneurship organization Startup Canada announced that it has opened nominations for its 2015 Startup Canada Awards today.…
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W|W: The Wearable Weekly – What about love?
Welcome to The Wearable Weekly, your trusted guide to all things wearable tech. If you only have time to read one thing about…
FedDev commits $3.2 million to support southwestern Ontario SMB’s through WOCDFCA
Through FedDev, the Harper government has announced it’s investing millions to help businesses succeed in southwestern…
Toronto’s RightBlue Labs selected as Canada’s Start Tel Aviv winner
This morning at the Toronto Global Forum, Ed Fast, Canada’s International Trade Minister, and members of the Embassy of Israel…
Influitive Closes $30.5M Series B Round. CEO Mark Organ shares how
Influitive, a prominent player in advocate marketing category has closed $30.5 million in a Series B round of funding led by…
Vancouver’s ePACT secures $1 million in WINN funding
Vancouver-based online emergency network ePACT announced yesterday that it has received $1 million in funding after being selected…
HomeKit-compatible Ecobee3 now on sale at Apple Stores
Starting today, a new version of the Canadian-designed Ecobee3 smart thermostat will be sold in Apple Stores across the continent.…
Startups, fear not your party round
The New York Times posted this frightful piece yesterday: For Start-Ups, How Many Angels Is Too Many? This is like asking if…
LANDR secures $6.2 million Series A from Nas, Real Ventures, & others
Montreal-based LANDR announced today that it has closed a $6.2 million Series A funding round, led by legendary rapper Nas’…
The highs and lows of crowdfunding
Despite popular belief (and what anomaly projects like Pebble and Neptune have lead us to believe), crowdfunding is not always…
BCTIA kicks off HyperGrowth, its new second-stage revenue accelerator
The BC Technology Industry Association (BCTIA) kicks off its first day of programming today for HyperGrowth, its new second-stage…
Mayor Tory wants one by-law for Uber and taxis in Toronto
Toronto Mayor John Tory called a press briefing this morning following Friday’s decision by the Ontario Superior Court dismissing…
W|W: The Wearable Weekly – Private eyes, they’re watching you
Welcome to The Wearable Weekly, your trusted guide to all things wearable tech. If you only have time to read one thing about…
Tom Emrich explains Canada’s Wearable Wave
Regular readers of BetaKit should be at this point completely familiar with Tom Emrich, one of our Senior Editors and the foremost…
Arcane shines a light on London’s tech scene
Let’s travel down the 401 West – really west. Past Kitchener AND Waterloo, all the way to London, Ontario. There have been…