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CTI Life Sciences holds initial close for second fund at $134 million

Douglas Soltys January 16, 2015

The CVCA is reporting that Montreal-based CTI Life Sciences has held an initial close for its second fund, CTI II, with $134…

Canada’s Consul General for San Francisco on validating your startup in the Valley

BetaKit January 16, 2015

Not all Canadian startups know that they have their very own ambassador waiting for them in the Bay Area. Cassie Doyle is the…

Teehan+Lax shutting down as partners join Facebook

Douglas Soltys January 16, 2015

A new era begins for the Toronto design community as the founding partners of Teehan+Lax announced this morning they are shutting…

No one is doing VR like Sulon

Daniel Bader January 16, 2015

You think, “Another VR headset. We’ve seen this before.” Well, you haven’t seen this, because no one…

Today in health tech: GenePOC and Interface Biologics close rounds

Douglas Soltys January 15, 2015

Toronto-based Interface Biologics announced this week that it has closed a Series B financing round led by DSM Venturing and…

With $8M in new funding, the Accelerator Centre launches AC JumpStart Program

Douglas Soltys January 15, 2015

The Kitchener-Waterloo based Accelerator Centre has announced today that it has received up to $8 million in funding from the…

theScore now has over 10 million mobile monthly active users

Douglas Soltys January 15, 2015

Toronto-based mobile sports news provider theScore announced some new user milestones today, as the company closed its Fiscal…

Vidyard Raises $18M To Grow Its Video Marketing Platform

Elena Yunusov January 14, 2015

Kitchener-based Vidyard just announced an epic $18M series B raise, because we’re all watching videos, all the time. “The…

#NoFilters: when technology makes all media social

John Gray January 14, 2015

It’s time we stop prefixing media with the word “social.” It’s media. It’s also a free-for-all, that’s…

Communitech puts brakes on HYPERDRIVE, launches Rev accelerator to push revenue for “highly scalable startups”

Daniel Bader January 14, 2015

Communitech announced this morning that its three-year-old startup accelerator, HYPERDRIVE, is set to undergo a massive transformation.…

Montreal-based Intellitix Launches New Wearable Platform to Create Smart Venues

Tom Emrich January 13, 2015

As consumers are getting more comfortable with wearable technology, we are starting to see some interesting applications at live…

Uber really wants a Vancouver return

Jane McEntegart January 13, 2015

As Hailo pulls out of Canada, rival service Uber is hoping to return to one major Canadian city following problems with taxi…

Persistence Capital Partners invests in mdBriefCase

Douglas Soltys January 12, 2015

The CVCA is reporting that Persistence Capital Partners (PCP) has placed a significant equity investment in continuing health…

U of T’s Munk School to run $9M government-backed Digital Public Square Project

Douglas Soltys January 12, 2015

Last week, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird announced that the federal government has committed $9 million dollars to a…

MaRS-backed Unata raises $1.2M to fuel U.S. grocery retail growth

Douglas Soltys January 12, 2015

Toronto-based Unata announced today that it has secured $1.2 million in funding. The round was lead by MaRS’ Investment Accelerator…

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CTI Life Sciences holds initial close for second fund at $134 million

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theScore now has over 10 million mobile monthly active users

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Montreal-based Intellitix Launches New Wearable Platform to Create Smart Venues

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U of T’s Munk School to run $9M government-backed Digital Public Square Project

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