Vancouver’s Launch Academy Releases Startup Stats After 18 Months
Vancouver-based Launch Academy recently released an infographic detailing some of the stats revolving around the incubator-coworking…
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McRock Capital Announces Initial Closing of New $50 Million Fund
McRock Capital, the Toronto-based investment firm cofounded by Scott MacDonald and Whitney Rockley, has announced the initial…
Introducing the BetaKit 10 for 2013: This Year’s Top Ten Winners in Tech
The BetaKit family decided to put its heads together this week, and we came up with the ‘BetaKit 10’ for 2013.…
Beyond The Rack Secures $25 Million, Brings on New Exec
About six months ago I took the bus out to the St. Laurent neighbourhood of Montreal to interview Beyond The Rack CEO Yona…
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo to Speak at FounderProject Event in December
Twitter‘s CEO will be the keynote speaker at FounderProject‘s December 4 “FounderChallenge” event,…
An App in 60 Days? Dandy Wants to Help
Waterloo-based startup Dandy, the group of guys that I first met at the CN Tower Elevator World Tour event last winter in Toronto,…
Positive Vibes Were Abuzz as FounderProject’s Toronto Event Kicks off November Series
On the heels of a newly redesigned logo and website, FounderProject kicked off their November series of events on Wednesday…
Execution Labs Creates Post-Graduation Program, But Devs Must Give up 70% Revenue
Execution Labs, the Montreal-based accelerator and incubator for independent, mobile game developers, today announced that…
Extreme Startups Alum Granify Raises $1.5 Million from Peter Thiel and More
Granify has raised $1.5 million in seed funding from several investors, including Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures, iNovia…
Passing the GrowLab Torch: Talking Entrepreneurship with Mike Edwards and Jonathan Bixby
They come in different flavors, and they’ve been around for a while too. Accelerators and incubators are nothing really new…
Montreal’s SmartReno.com Secures $500,000 in Angel Money
Montreal-based startup SmartReno.com, an online matching service that pairs people with renovation projects with qualified…
CVCA Says Venture-Backed Companies Perform Better, But is it the Money or the Advice?
After the Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association’s (CVCA) Peter van der Velden spent ten minutes espousing…
Vancouver-Based Connected Car App Mojio Secures $2.3 Million in Seed Funding
Vancouver’s Mojio has gained $2.3 million in seed funding to further develop its connected car app, which is in the…
FounderProject’s Student VC Fund Gears Up for Ambitious November
FounderProject, the Canadian student-run venture capital firm originally based in Montreal, is throwing it’s “FounderExpo”…
Five New Trends That Will Have a “Permanent Impact” on Canadians’ buying habits
The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) has come out with a report this morning urging entrepreneurs and startups to…