Uniiverse becomes Universe, opens office in San Francisco
Another successful Canadian company is making headlines. This time it’s Toronto-based Uniiverse, which has dubbed itself…
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Nymi promotes enterprise shift in new blog post
Last week BetaKit broke news that Toronto-based wearable startup Nymi made a significant change to its leadership team, with…
Vancouver & the Startup Ecosystem Report: what’s changed from 2012?
“The more it changes, the more it’s the same thing,” French critic, journalist, and novelist Jean-Baptiste Alphonse…
Wattpad says over 100 million stories have been shared on its platform, 45 million registered users
Toronto-based Wattpad, the company who created a community of readers and writers to share books for free, was last pegged…
Uber’s new insurance policy won’t work in Canada
One of the biggest criticisms plaguing Uber is that of driver insurance. The company has long maintained that its insurance…
Futurpreneur Canada and Propel ICT team up to support entrepreneurs in Atlantic Canada
Toronto’s Futurpreneur Canada, formerly the Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF), has announced its teamed up with…
Tomorrow’s We Are Wearables panel tackles “Wearables for Women”
We Are Wearables, one of the world’s biggest wearables communities, is holding its monthly Toronto event tomorrow in…
Vancouver’s BlueBat Games acquired by Greentube
At the ICE Gaming Conference today, Greentube announced that it had acquired a controlling interest in social gaming startup…
Google Glass is dead. Long live Google Glass
This isn’t the headline you’d probably expect me to write about Google Glass. At least not lately, with news that Google…
Slyce acquires mobile couponing app SnipSnap for $6.5 million, adds 4 million users
Toronto-based Sylce had a busy 2014, raising a significant amount of capital, striking partnerships with Neiman Marcus and…
Career Skills Incubator helps Canadians transitioning careers with new Menteer app
The Career Skills Incubator announced today the launch of a new mobile app to help Canadian job seekers get matched with mentors…
Cisco and Teralys commit to McRock’s industrial IoT fund
The CVCA is reporting that Toronto-based McRock Capital has announced a second close for its industrial Internet of Things…
Onyx Motion, HWKI some of the early stage startups entering the Next Gen Den
For many early stage startups, the right exposure at the right time can have a huge impact. While the ‘realness’ of…
Carrier invests in smart thermostat maker ecobee
Toronto-based ecobee is quietly becoming a major player in the connect home space. After launching its ecobee3 smart thermostat…
#HTML500 by the numbers, words, pictures
They came, they sat, and they coded. Vancouver hosted its second #HTML500, which happens to be stop number one of a four city…