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Spently Launches to Help Merchants Turn Email Receipts Into Marketing Campaigns

Erin Bury October 25, 2012

This week Toronto-based Spently launched its marketing and customer rewards platform for merchants, helping them send branded,…

BufferBox Partners With GO Transit to Offer Parcel Pickup Service to Commuters

Humayun Khan October 25, 2012

Toronto-based BufferBox announced today that it has secured a contract with MetroLinx, the agency that oversees public transit…

Telefónica Digital Acquires Video Chatting Tool TokBox to Bolster Live Video Offerings

Humayun Khan October 25, 2012

Today Spanish wireless carrier Telefónica Digital, which has its headquarters in the UK, announced today its acquisition…

Tackling Information Overload, KiteDesk Launches Cloud Aggregation Tool

Erin Bury October 25, 2012

Every day people use multiple social networks and cloud-based services, from Facebook and Twitter to Dropbox and Google Drive.…

AdYapper Turns Online Ads Into Conversations Between Consumers and Brands

Humayun Khan October 24, 2012

Advertisements usually prompt one of two responses from consumers, they either ignore or watch passively. Chicago-based AdYapper…

Square Takes First International Step With Mobile Payments Launch in Canada

Erin Bury October 24, 2012

Today mobile payments startup Square announced its first international launch in Canada, days after signing a lease for a new…

Laffster Adds $750K, Tackles Comedic Content Discovery With Mock the Vote App

Humayun Khan October 24, 2012

Venice, CA-based Laffster today announced the release of its political satire and humor discovery app, Mock the Vote, and…

Tradesy Launches With $1.5M and a New Spin on Women's Resale Marketplaces

Erin Bury October 24, 2012

Startup Tradesy is trying to solve a problem other fashion resale marketplaces have long been trying to tackle: helping women…

PEX Card Adds $3.2M in Funding to Scale Prepaid Expense Card Solution for SMBs

Humayun Khan October 23, 2012

New York City-based PEX Card, provider of prepaid expense card solutions for the SMB market, announced today that it has secured…

ShelfLife Launches to Help People Manage, Add to and Sell Their Collectibles

Erin Bury October 23, 2012

Today startup ShelfLife is launching its platform, which aims to be the Etsy for collectors, at startup accelerator JOLT’s…

Chirpify Branches Out From Twitter, Adds Instagram to One-Click Commerce Tool

Humayun Khan October 23, 2012

Recently BetaKit wrote an article about the shift from online storefronts to one-click social commerce, and Twitter commerce…

Platfora Targets Average Business Users With Big Data Visualization Platform

Erin Bury October 23, 2012

The data management analytics sector is already worth more than $100 billion and is growing at a rate of 10 percent every year,…

Dwolla Introduces MassPay Feature to Help Businesses Process Bulk Payments

Humayun Khan October 22, 2012

Today Des Moines, IA-based online payments platform Dwolla announced the launch of its MassPay, which will allow anyone…

Affiliate Platform VigLink Partners With GeoRiot to Enable Location-Based Referrals

Humayun Khan October 22, 2012

San Francisco-based VigLink, a content monetization service for publishers, recently announced its partnership with Seattle-based GeoRiot,…

Thought-Controlled Computing Startup InteraXon Launches Muse, a Brainwave-Sensing Headband

Erin Bury October 22, 2012

Toronto-based company InteraXon is taking a new approach to thought-controlled computing with its sensor-powered Muse Headband,…

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a16z says OpenSesame to Canadian agentic AI startup for its speedrun accelerator

Michael Yang departs OMERS Ventures as pension fund refocuses on Canada in “strategic shift”

Why Canada’s federal government keeps talking about quantum tech with Xanadu’s Christian Weedbrook

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