Unbounce’s Rick Perreault is Leading the Post-Click Marketing Surge
Talking about PC these days can lead us into the minefield of political correctness, which is best left to the “Ivory…
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Who is John Chen, BlackBerry’s New Man in Charge?
News struck quickly this morning that BlackBerry, the embattled Canadian smartphone maker that had apparently found a buyer…
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…
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”…
Former “Grandmother’s Pick” Winners Onavo Acquired by Facebook for $150 Million
Sunday’s news that Tel Aviv-based app analytics startup Onavo had been acquired by Facebook for $150 million wasn’t…
Vancouver’s Indicee is Leading the Consumerization of Business Intelligence Software
If you were constructing a lineage list of Vancouver’s technology business, contributors from Aerospace, Fuel Cell/Clean-Tech,…
Why Should People Care About the Crowdfunding Campaign You’re Launching Tomorrow?
It’s been official for about five or six months now: the crowdfunding craze has hit entrepreneurs and startups. An ordinary,…
Startup Canada’s Noah Redler: “We Will Be Successful In The Long Term”
It’s true that since launching its national grassroots initiative aimed at mobilizing Canada’s entrepreneurial…
Venture Capital Insider: What Do Venture Capitalists Do Everyday?
While some of us might think the job of a venture capitalist mostly entails socializing at events with people who want their…
Conservatives Visit Vancouver Amid Concerns About the Startup Visa
Immigration is our story. Immigrant brawn helped settle our Prairies and connect our country with a railroad. Immigrant brains…
On the Heels of SEC Ruling, Canadians Behind Shyp Raise $250,000 in 53 Minutes
Shyp, a San Francisco-based startup headed up by Canadians Kevin Gibbon and Joshua Scott, has taken advantage of a recently…
11 Months after Launch, Montreal’s 5by Gets Acquired by StumbleUpon
Silicon Valley-based StumbleUpon has acquired Montreal-based video curation startup 5by for an undisclosed sum today. The…
U of T Startup ChipCare Corporation Closes $2.05 Million Angel Investment
Famed Canadian physician Dr. Norman Bethune would have liked this news coming out of the University of Toronto today: Chipcare…
Kitchener’s VeloCity Names Its Next 30 Startups
VeloCity, the University of Waterloo-based startup program, has announced the 30 startups that it will house for the Fall 2013…
Five Startups Graduate from INcubes Latest Cohort
Yesterday was a big day for Toronto-based accelerator INcubes, as it graduated its fourth cohort of startups. The companies…