CIX showcases what’s next for the Canadian startup landscape
“All of a sudden, Canada is really, really hot. One of the great things this year is that, up until a year ago, we were asking…
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SeamlessMD raises $1.1 million from BDC, Tony Lacavera, & physician angels
Toronto-based SeamlessMD has announced the close of a $1.1 million seed round, led by BDC Capital, FoundersClub, and a group…
Flixel pitches its potential as a long-term disruptor
Flixel has come a long way from trying to establish itself as an Instagram for cinemagraphs. Four years in the making, Flixel…
MaRS, Hacking Health, BDC Capital and Real Ventures launch Hacking Health Accelerator
Today, Hacking Health, BDC Capital, Real Ventures, and MaRS announced a partnership to launch the Hacking Health Accelerator,…
Making sense of early-stage funding options
It’s a good time to be a startup in North America. Venture capital investing in the US reached a record $59.8 billion for…
CTRL ALT DEL: Vancouver talks disrupting with passion
How are you disrupting the status quo? That’s what the CTRL ALT DEL event at SFU Woodward’s in downtown Vancouver last…
First we take Manhattan: How Canadian startups can go big in NYC
Canadian startups with an Empire State of Mind are hitting up the New York VCs for a bite of Big Apple-style funding. While…
Montreal-founded Logrr relocates to New York, claims staying in Quebec “impossible”
After Logrr graduated from the Founder Institute in Montreal in 2014, Logrr, a platform that allows employees to connect to…
Karl Martin talks Nymi’s DNA as company preps for new CEO and new round
Last week, Nymi made its second major organizational change of the year, naming former Chief Business Officer at Yubico, John…
New Dragons’ Den judges bring young perspective to entrepreneurial institution
It doesn’t seem that long ago that Canada fell in love with the Dragons’ Den original judges — Kevin O’Leary,…
9 takeaways from The Man Behind Shopify, Tobi Lütke
On the tail of Shopify’s announcement of its Waterloo expansion, Communitech hosted founder and CEO Tobias Lütke for a casual…
#Firesideconf turns the tech conference into summer camp
What happens when you bring 80 CEOs, CTOs, devs, and tech media together to a summer camp 45 minutes away from Bancroft, Ontario,…
Payso co-founder Nat Cartwright: Women founders in tech can turn the tables
When it comes to the gender imbalance in tech, the numbers still aren’t pretty. Investors are twice as likely to invest in…
VanFUNDING 2015 brings Canada’s crowdfunding leaders to Vancouver
Crowdfunding in Canada’s tech sector is only getting bigger, as startups, enterprises, and everything in between are looking…
The Pocket Guide to Canadian Election Issues for Entrepreneurs
As federal political candidates ramp up their election campaigns, Canada’s next big breadwinning companies are building and…