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Freelancer shares Canadian metrics as platform hits 15 million worldwide users

Douglas Soltys April 2, 2015

Freelancer.com announced an impressive new milestone today, as the freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace claimed that it…

VarageSale raises $34 million Series B from Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed

Douglas Soltys April 2, 2015

Toronto-based VarageSale has raised a $34 million Series B, led by Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation…

Blueprint wants to change Vancouver’s music festival experience with Generate

Donné Torr April 2, 2015

The music festival season is upon us in B.C. With line-ups being announced and summer weekends being filled up, it’s hard…

Making us human again: an interview with Lumo BodyTech’s co-founder Andrew Chang

Tom Emrich April 2, 2015

Our posture is not only connected to our overall health and well-being, but serves as an essential part of how we communicate…

Toronto-based Rithm melds music sharing and messaging

Daniel Bader April 2, 2015

How do music labels make money anymore? No one buys anything; everything is free, with a short pre-roll ad. As confident…

#YVR FinTech: a cultural shift towards money

John Gray April 1, 2015

New technology alone will not change an industry. Change is about a collective shift in attitude and behaviour. Less than ten…

Stressed? There’s a wearable for that

Ian Hardy April 1, 2015

The wearable tech space in on the rise as many manufacturers are launching new products. Research firm IDC recently predicted…

Chango acquired by Rubicon in a $122M bid to accelerate advertising automation

Elena Yunusov April 1, 2015

Digital marketing is going mainstream, as the advertising industry gets more sophisticated, programmatic, and moves beyond…

10 most recent state-of-the-art research facilities built in Canada

Ian Hardy March 31, 2015

Innovation is driving the Canadian economy and the Canada Foundation for Innovation has compiled a great list of 10 newly-opened…

MappedIn raises $1.51 million seed round to chart a global course

Douglas Soltys March 31, 2015

Waterloo-based MappedIn announced the close of a $1.51 million seed round today, led by Amolino with participation from select…

YouTube FanFest happening in Toronto May 2nd

Ian Hardy March 31, 2015

YouTube has more than 1 billion users with 300 hours of video uploaded every minute. To celebrate its user, Google and YouTube…

Next generation of Velocity startups shows great promise at Fund Finals

Douglas Soltys March 30, 2015

“I feel sorry for our judges,” said Mike Kirkup, upon addressing the crowd at Velocity‘s Fund Finals pitch…

Traction Conference brings global talent to Vancouver this June

Ian Hardy March 30, 2015

Rarely does an event come along that concentrates so much global talent, especially in Canada. June 18th brings the Traction Conference…

Slack’s been hacked

Daniel Bader March 27, 2015

Slack has been hacked. Today, the company posted about “unauthorized access to a Slack database storing user profile…

Technological tensions: voicing opposition to Bill C-51

John Gray March 27, 2015

Have you ever wondered what the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) or Communications Security Establishment Canada…

Why Koho won’t bet on prediction markets

Calgary philanthropist donates $30 million to fund drone facility at SAIT

Canada’s initial real-time rail rollout likely won’t include big banks, sources say

Mecka AI reveals $60-million USD Series B round backed by Sequoia, Nvidia

“We want to partner with you,” Canadian military procurer tells startup founders

Software startup Polygrade emerges from stealth to build AI for home warranty claims

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