14 Wearable Tech Predictions for 2015
Itâs that time of year: tech predictions! If you thought 2014 was the year of wearable tech, hang on to your connected hats.…
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One Year Later: Looking back at the seven Canadian wearable tech companies changing the world
Back in November of last year I introduced seven Canadian wearable tech companies working on technologies that were set to…
Series 401 builds bridge between Toronto and Kitchener-Waterloo
The second annual Series 401 event took place this past week at MaRS. Initially a joint venture between Communitech and OneEleven,…
HIGHLINE Brings Silicon Valley Tech Networking Series ‘Startup Socials’ to Canada
Startup Socials, a tech event series that originated in Silicon Valley, is coming to Canada powered by HIGHLINE and SoftLayer…
Taking social further: A Conversation with HootSuite CEO Ryan Holmes
June 2009 doesnât seem that long ago. Still etched in memory is seeing that life size owl mascot for the first time working…
Pebble’s CEO talks how they found success by making ‘the biggest bets of their entire company life’
âNever give up,â was the advice Pebble CEO and founder, Eric Migicovsky, gave to aspiring entrepreneurs at the JOLT Uncensored…
Cossette Labs Incubator Launches in Toronto, Opens Call for Applications
Attention Toronto startups: The call for Cossette Lab incubator applications is now officially open. Cossette, a well-known…
iNovia’s Shawn Abbott Explains the Epic #icebucketchallenge Video
Here at GROW Conference in Whistler we had a chance to speak with iNovia Capital investor Shawn Abbott about his team’s…
3D Content Startup Verold Raises $1.6M Funding Round Led by GrowthWorks
Toronto’s 3D content startup Verold has raised its second round of funding, this one a $1.6 million round from GrowthWorks…
To The Startup City! Grow Your Startup at Creative Destruction Lab
Attention Toronto startups: Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) is now accepting applications for its third cohort. Founded in…
Private Jets and Expensive Trips: The New ‘Arms Race’ in Wooing Entrepreneurs
iNovia Capital partner Chris Arsenault said he was sitting down at dinner last night with a Canadian entrepreneur in Silicon…
Chance Trip to Montreal Leads Guelph Startup into FounderFuel
Jason Ernst said that when the leaders of Montreal’s FounderFuel accelerator program asked them for their investor deck…
Freshbooks Founder Opens Up On Growing a Global Brand Out of Toronto
FreshBooks, Torontoâs online cloud accounting software startup, recently closed an epic $30 million funding round from Oak…
CareGuide Sets Sight on Rapid Growth
Toronto-based CareGuide has closed its seed round and attracted venture backing from 35 prominent investors in Canada and…
Why Startups need to Acqui-Fire Government Policies: Part Two
In “Why Startups Need to Acqui-Fire Government Policies,” guest poster and San Francisco-based entrepreneur Simon…