High school team wins $10,000 coding prize from MasterCard N>XT Developer Challenge
It’s not every day a pack of teenagers wins $10,000 for a fledging app conceived and built in 48 hours, but that’s exactly…
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Staying in the Big Smoke: AppHero Acquired by Fuse Powered
At just 18 Jordan Satok was the youngest CEO to raise venture capital. Today we can throw “exited company at 19”…
Montreal’s International Startup Festival Brings Its “Wacky Event” to Tel Aviv
Montreal’s International Startup Festival is going to the second-ranked startup ecosystem in the world, later this month.…
The Next 36 Announces Mentors for 2014 Cohort
Toronto’s The Next 36 program has named its group of mentors for its 2014 cohort. Each year, 36 promising undergraduates…
“Best Startup in the World” reelyActive Rides the Hype Bandwagon
One of the more unfortunate realities about the tech startup world is that there’s an unhealthy amount of celebrating…
Online Travel Mag Startup Releases “Canada’s Top 20 Streets”
Toronto-based online travel magazine Vacay.ca, an online offshoot of Elevation Media Solutions, has released its list of Canada’s…
14-year-old Montreal Anonymous Hacker Receives 18 Month Probation
According to the Globe and Mail, a Montreal-based 14-year-old computer hacker who was just 12 when he “crippled”…
18-Year-Old Likes GIFs and Memes So Much, He Coded an App for Sharing Them
University of Toronto computer science student Shiv Baijal likes GIFs and Memes. So much so, that the 18-year-old decided…
OCAD’s Imagination Catalyst Cultivates Design-Focused Startups
The Ontario College of Art & Design’s (OCAD) Imagination Catalyst space launched in February of 2012 to decent media…
OMERS’ OneEleven Launches as “Canada’s First Community for Data-Driven Entrepreneurs”
When we covered the Series 401 event last week at the OneEleven space, we hadn’t heard too much about the new space,…
Global Law Firm Dentons Lends a Helping Hand With Startup Program
Toronto-based business law firm Dentons Canada LLP has unveiled its Dentons Canada Startup Program to provide affordable and…
The Crowdfunding Source To Hold “Bootcamp” at INcubes This Weekend
The Crowdfunding Source, a Toronto-based online source of crowdfunding resources, information and trends, is holding its “Extreme…
Canada’s First Wearable Tech Incubator Announces New Cohort
San Francisco-based startup Mind Pirate and the Canadian Film Centre (CFC) have announced four participants selected to…
Edge to Epic Brings Corporate-Sized Deals to Small Startups
Edge to Epic founder Joelle Parenteau used to work in the insurance industry, as she told us over coffee in Toronto, and it…
Blitztream Games Has Some Grand Visions…In a Non-Violent Kind of Way
Millions of Gen-Y’s have likely played one of the many Grand Theft Auto games, which alternately offer the gamer scenes…