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#smallrooms podcast: Wave

Rob Kenedi November 5, 2015

Rob Kenedi sits down with Kirk Simpson, co-founder of Wave, an online finance platform for SMBs, about Wave’s early days…

Tiny Hearts teams up with The Learning Partnership to give young people Real Talk about career choices

Douglas Soltys November 5, 2015

A Canadian non-profit, the Learning Partnership is the organization behind yesterday’s Take Our Kids to Work Day, which…

Today in funding ($39M): Bee Vectoring Technology, VISR, Marketing.AI, Coveo

Jessica Galang November 5, 2015

Today’s funding news runs the gamut from seed round to Series D. Here’s the latest on who raised how much, from…

DMZ named top incubator in North America

Jessica Galang November 5, 2015

Five years after launching and 200 startups later, the DMZ has earned the title of the top incubator in North America by Stockholm-based…

Coveo closes $35 million Series D round on heels of record growth

Douglas Soltys November 5, 2015

Quebec City-based Coveo has announced the close of a $35 million Series D round, led by IQ Venture Capital with participation…

Eric Migicovsky says Pebble’s sales have doubled since Apple Watch launch

Patrick O'Rourke November 4, 2015

Instead of hurting Pebble’s sales, the launch of the Apple Watch has apparently helped the company considerably. In an interview…

Flixel partners with Shutterstock to monetize its community of content creators

Douglas Soltys November 4, 2015

Flixel announced a new partnership yesterday to help drive more revenue from its growing community of content creators. The…

A sold-out WEST conference shows the future of entertainment is nearly upon us

Jessica Galang November 4, 2015

“Wearable technology is really rooted in the human experience,” said Tom Emrich, founder of We Are Wearables and…

Wealthsimple rebrands as the FinTech company sheds its startup skin

Elena Yunusov November 4, 2015

Rebrands are not often the purview of small startups, left usually to larger institutions trying to shed the impression of…

Hired launches in Canada as talent crunch grows

Jonathon Narvey November 4, 2015

As fast-growing firms from tech hubs in Vancouver to Waterloo and beyond scramble for talent, Hired is launching across Canada…

Shopify revenue hits $52.8 million USD in huge Q3

Douglas Soltys November 4, 2015

Ottawa-based Shopify announced its Q3 2015 financial results today, showing the steady growth necessary post-IPO. For its second…

Today in Funding ($10M): Affinio, WHOOSH! & SweetIQ

Douglas Soltys November 3, 2015

It’s that Series A season, as two more startups join the growing club of Canadian companies closing rounds before year…

Suretap partners with Toronto-based Points to expand mobile wallet offerings

Ian Hardy November 3, 2015

In June, Rogers expanded Suretap, its mobile wallet client, to be available to Bell, Telus, Virgin Mobile and Koodo customers.…

Applying the Three Rules of Silicon Valley to #WaterlooRegion

Mike Kirkup November 3, 2015

At the end of September, Velocity held its “Big Dinner” event, where entrepreneurs in our programs are invited to join…

Startup Canada Podcast: RightBlue Labs’ Ronen Benin on being ready for success

Startup Canada November 3, 2015

“Entrepreneurship is about perseverance and not giving up. It’s important to continue to push that boulder up that hill…

An insider’s take on Canada’s AI task force report

Y Combinator reverses decision, will invest in Canadian-domiciled startups again

Neo Financial secures $68.5 million in equity as it adopts big-bank funding playbook

A16z speedrun-backed OpenSesame opens new doors with rebrand to General Magic

Why Y Combinator cut Canada out

Earth is full of power-hungry data centres. Is shooting them into space the answer?

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