Spotlight Awards shine a light on Canada’s startup moment
When Razor Suleman invites you to his home, don’t arrive underdressed. That was the lesson I learned attending the…
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ScribbleLive raises $35 million Series D
ScribbleLive, a Toronto-based company focused on digital content marketing, just announced that it closed $35 million in expansion…
ScribbleLive founder wants Sam:) to make you happy
What would happen if you could join the opposite of Facebook: something private, messy and honest; a community of people where…
W|W: The Wearable Weekly – Canadian VR gets the Emmy
Welcome to The Wearable Weekly, your trusted guide to all things wearable tech. If you only have time to read one thing about…
CIX Top 20 calling for applications from Canada’s most innovative companies
The CIX Top 20, a program from the Canadian Innovation Exchange that showcases Canada’s most innovative companies, is…
BetaKit and HIGHLINE are taking over Thursday night at #VSW2015 (with some help from our friends)
BetaKit and Canadian pre-seed fund and accelerator, HIGHLINE, have collaborated in the past to great effect, most notably this…
Venture North answers age-old question: why invest and grow in Canada?
At the MaRS Discovery District yesterday, members of the venture capitalist and startup community gathered for Venture North,…
Spacefy closes $300,000 seed round using InvestX
A few weeks ago, BetaKit reported that Spacefy would be the first Toronto early-stage startup to use Waverley’s platform,…
Wattpad introduces Wattpad Stars accelerator for viral writers
As accelerators and incubators grow in popularity as essential aspects of fostering tech ecosystems, it seems inevitable that…
Q4 Web Systems acquires Oxford Intelligence Partners
Toronto-based Q4 Web Systems, who is fresh off a $5 million investment, announced today that it has acquired Oxford Intelligence…
Breather raises USD$20 million Series B from Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures, others
Breather, the Montreal-originated startup that focuses on providing people with on-demand private workspaces, announced today…
SqueezeCMM acquired by its customer, Digital Journal Group
In an interesting acquisition deal, SqueezeCMM, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that helps content marketers assess…
#Firesideconf turns the tech conference into summer camp
What happens when you bring 80 CEOs, CTOs, devs, and tech media together to a summer camp 45 minutes away from Bancroft, Ontario,…
Zonetail secures $2.3 million Series A for its hotel app platform
Toronto-based Zonetail, an app developer that creates anchored mobile apps for hotels and condos, has secured a $2.3 million…
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…