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…
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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…
Ashton Kutcher, Photoshopping and the Muse Headband: The Bizarreness that Unfolded Yesterday
Yesterday Ashton Kutcher sent out a tweet to his 16.3 million followers about the Muse “brain-sensing” headband,…
Canada (Finally) Awards its First Startup Visa
Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Chris Alexander was in Vancouver Thursday morning at GrowLab and Launch Academy to…
Next 36’s Trip to New York City Is About Relationships, Not Cheques
Next 36 mentor Christian Lassonde was pretty blunt on the phone about what he tells a handful of startups from every cohort…
20 Years and 150 Million Monthly Uniques Later, Vice Founder Sheds Light on Its Humble Canadian Beginnings
On the Friday afternoon of NXNE 2014’s interactive portion, likely the most anticipated speaker told the story of how…
Startup Culture Needs a New Ethos: Stop Faking and Start ‘Being’
Editor’s note: The Canadian startup community’s (and beyond) greatest attribute is its greatest fault: its positivity.…
Vancouver’s ShoeMe Made a Few Smart Hires Last Week
I’m usually not big on writing articles about people that you’ve never heard of being brought on as “C__”…
Here’s Why You Should Probably Take the Startup Train to Montreal This Summer
Once again Guelph’s ThreeFortyNine coworking space and its founder Brydon Gilliss will be taking startup entrepreneurs…