Shopify IPO priced at $17 per share, company raises $131 million
Ottawa-based Shopify officially announced today that it has successfully raised $131 million in its IPO and sold 7,700,000…
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Helpling sets sights on Canadian expansion with new mobile app
Whether you live alone, with roommates or a significant other, having the time (or the energy) to clean always seems to be…
Keep Up With Your Dreams at Creative Destruction Lab
Can your startup make the cut? The Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), a Dragonâs Den style startup accelerator based at the…
FameBit Acquires Video Marketing Agency Refame
Former Extreme Startups graduate FameBit, a Toronto and Santa Monica-based company that helps brands connect with Youtube celebrities/influencers…
Pressboard pitches its story marketplace on #TheDisruptors
BetaKit has written about the problems digital media publishers face before, but it has unlikely been uttered as succinctly…
Jeff Ryzner wins the 2015 BDC Mentorship Award
You might already know the name Jeff Ryzner. He’s the Winnipegger who’s been leading tech initiatives in Canada…
Salesforce partners with Communitech, launches Salesforce for Startups in Canada
Salesforce and Communitech today announced a new partnership that will see the CRM software company and innovation hub work…
Top 15 tech startups announced for upcoming metabridge technology event
There is something tangible to exclusivity. metabridge, an annual 1.5-day retreat founded in 2008 by Steve Wandler, is back…
Slyce raises $8.7 million, plans to launch new visual search fashion app “Craves”
Toronto-based Slyce had a busy 2014 and raised a significant amount of capital, striking partnerships with Neiman Marcus and…
MaRS launches Retail and Digital Commerce Cluster
Following the success of its recently announced FinTech cluster, MaRS today announced the launch of a new retail cluster at…
Six startups selected to participate in the MasterCard Women in Entrepreneurship program
Back in March, MasterCard and Ryerson’s DMZ teamed up and announced the “MasterCard Women in Entrepreneurship program.”…
Is Jim Balsillie right to say that “Canada isnât equipped for global competition?”
“Canada isnât equipped for global competition,” says former Research in Motion co-CEO Jim Balsillie in one of…
Wave Accounting raises $10 million from CRV, The Social+Capital Partnership, OMERS Ventures
Toronto-based Wave Accounting, the free small business web-based accounting solution, has announced it has closed a Series…
PCH Hardware Hackathon hits #KWRegion this June
As a sponsor of the first ever Hardware Hackathon in Toronto, we an attest to the care and attention PCH puts into such community…
InteraXon raises $10 million
Toronto-based InteraXon has secured its additional funding with a $10 million Series B investment led by OMERS Ventures and…