Two Canadian Startups Are Competing in the Launch: Silicon Valley World Cup Tech Challenge
Two Canadian startups are currently competing in the Launch: Silicon Valley World Cup Tech Challenge. The companies are Toronto-based…
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Canada’s Coding School Battle Heats Up As Bitmaker Labs Makes Its Next Move
There’s a high-priced coding school battle going on in Canada and the three companies pitted against each other, Bitmaker…
Cool New Search Website Removes the First Million Results
Remember the days when we had to lift the huge encyclopedia off of the book shelf in order to search for a concept? At my…
Waterloo’s Boltmade Might Be the Regions Next Success Story
On a call with Ben Morris, the Boltmade founder revealed to BetaKit that his startup grew from four to 12 people over the past…
Shop.ca Raises Healthy $31 Million Series B Funding Round
Drew Green’s Shop.ca has raised $31 million in venture capital from Shaw Ventures, an affiliate of Shaw Communications…
Extreme Startups Alum Shoebox Raises $1.2 million from BDC
Former Extreme Startups alumnus Shoebox has raised $1.2 million in venture capital from the Business Development Bank of Canada…
Communitech’s HYPERDRIVE Accelerator is Raising a New $10 Million Fund
Earlier this week at the Series Round Venture Investment Forum in Toronto, HYPERDRIVE‘s managing director Doug Cooper…
Ontario’s Public Spending on Tech: “Like Handing Out Food Vouchers in Rosedale”
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne has certainly been in a giving mood to both the technology and business sectors lately, and…
Canada Post Launches Application Call for ECommerce Awards
Applications have opened for the 2014 Canada Post Ecommerce Awards, now in its third year. Small, large, leading and emerging…
Rogers Spinoff Vicinity Helps Small Businesses Build Loyalty
From restaurants and coffee shops to dry cleaners and yoga studios, Canadians can now earn points and redeem offers at local…
Ryerson’s DMZ Turns Four, Has Created 1080 Jobs
It’s a celebration of sorts for Ryerson University’s Digital Media Zone (DMZ), as the startup hub that houses an…
OpenText to Hire 1200 Over Seven Years, Ontario Commits $120 Million
OpenText has signed an agreement with Kathleen Wynne’s Liberals that will see the Waterloo-based enterprise management…
Five Women to Watch in Wearable Tech
The wearable space is seeing a tremendous amount of activity, and here in Canada is no exception. Canada is home to a number…
Montreal’s GreenCopper To Produce App for Huge Bud Light EDM Festival
The organizers of 2014 Bud Light Digital Dreams Festival have partnered with a few technology systems innovators located in…
UofT’s Mobile App Lab Demo Night Crowns Its Winner in XTouch App
A mobile app that can allow any flat surface to act in a tap-sensitive manner has won the $1,000 University of Toronto 2014…