BTL Group goes public to fuel its blockchain technology
Apparently, the real money in bitcoin is in the technology behind bitcoin. Vancouver-based BTL Group Ltd. going public with…
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TSX and Voleo collaborate for equity trading competition
Vancouver-based Voleo, a mobile FinTech company, has gotten a few steps closer to fulfilling its mission of creating a transparent…
Michael Garrity talks Goldman Sachs and Financeit’s new equity financing round
Financeit, a Toronto-based FinTech company offering a cloud-based point-of-sale platform, announced the closing of an equity…
UGO Wallet surpasses 100,000 customer milestone
UGO Mobile Solutions, makers of the digital wallet that allows users to load loyalty, gift, and payments cards, has announced…
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…
Mayor John Tory to put spotlight on Toronto startups in London, England
On October 21-23rd, John Tory will be making a business trip to London, England with six startups to make a case for why Toronto…
Clearbanc promises entrepreneurs modern banking
The shift in the way that people work gave Andrew D’Souza, formerly of Nymi and Top Hat, an idea to do banking differently.…
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…
MasterCard invites applications for Start Path Global partnership program
MasterCard is inviting startups to apply for its newly-launched Start Path Global, a six-month partnership program that helps…
Real Ventures raises $89 million for “a more national fund”
The Globe and Mail is reporting that VC firm Real Ventures has raised $89 million for its third fund. Real Ventures Fund III…
#GROWconf 2015: How banks are fighting disruption by startups with startups
If there’s one thing you can bank on, it’s that institutions with hundreds of billions of dollars in their war chest won’t…
PlentyofFish CEO Markus Frind leads Grouplend’s $10.2 million funding round
Vancouver-based Grouplend announced this week that it has closed a new $10.2 million funding round, led by PlentyofFish CEO,…
OMERS Ventures raises $260 million CDN from Cisco and Bank of Montreal
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that OMERS Ventures has raised a whopping $260 million CDN, or $199 million USD, from…
Mogo CEO David Feller on Big Data and Busted Banks
Mogo is in the money. The Vancouver startup recently raised $50 million via IPO for its innovative online credit lending platform,…