FreshBooks named one of the Best Workplaces in Canada
Toronto-based FreshBooks announced today that it has been named one of Canada’s great places to work. The cloud accounting…
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Digifest 2015 announces finalists for IT’S A START pitch competition
Digital creativity showcase Digifest 2015 is set to take over the Corus Quay building on Toronto’s waterfront May 7-9.…
Meta Glasses get their Canadian debut as augmented reality goes mainstream
The small hotel room I’m in barely holds two people, never mind six, but I am close quarter chatting with a bevy of Meta…
Due South: opportunities are not bounded by geography
Welcome to Due South, a new series that profiles Canadian entrepreneurs who have founded companies outside of the motherland.…
Tilt talks money, expansion, and why Canadians are boring
Some services, like Yelp, solve a problem of finding a great restaurant. Others, like Uber, the problem of finding a cab. Tilt…
Bruce Croxon wants to wake up the old guard with new show The Disruptors
Bruce Croxon is coming back to television, just over one year after his departure from Dragons’ Den. Airing Thursday…
Freelancer shares Canadian metrics as platform hits 15 million worldwide users
Freelancer.com announced an impressive new milestone today, as the freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace claimed that it…
VarageSale raises $34 million Series B from Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed
Toronto-based VarageSale has raised a $34 million Series B, led by Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation…
Making us human again: an interview with Lumo BodyTech’s co-founder Andrew Chang
Our posture is not only connected to our overall health and well-being, but serves as an essential part of how we communicate…
Chango acquired by Rubicon in a $122M bid to accelerate advertising automation
Digital marketing is going mainstream, as the advertising industry gets more sophisticated, programmatic, and moves beyond…
Winners announced in the CODE 2015 Developer Challenge
The Canadian Open Data Experience (CODE) kicked off its 48-hour hackathon last month and the event once again was a massive…
BDC names Gerry Pond as first-ever BDC Entrepreneurship Champion
BDC (the Business Development Bank of Canada) has awarded Gerry Pond with the prestigious title of “Entrepreneurship…
Dream Payments secures $6 million in funding from Blue Sky Capital, Real Ventures, and Rouge River Capital
Cash continues to flow into Canadian startups. The latest is Toronto-based Dream Payments who has secured $6 million in funding,…
Sensibill raises $2 million seed round from Impression, Six Squared + Ryerson Futures
Toronto-based Sensibill announced today that it has raised $2 million in seed funding, led by Impression Ventures with participation…
CareGuide raises another $2.5 million, ponders acquisitions
When we last checked in with Toronto’s CareGuide, it was in the midst of closing a $1.5 million seed round from an impressive…