Today in Funding: TouchBistro, Ayogo, McRock INFund + HarbourVest VCAP
Funds are raising funds and April is the month of Series A rounds. Here’s the latest on who raised how much, from whom. …
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Shopify files for proposed IPO
Ottawa-based e-commerce startup Shopify announced today that it has filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities…
Shed that winter weight with wearable sport tech
Wearable technology might be an emerging favourite in the fashion space, but its first love will always be sports, where use…
EDC and MaRS announce partnership to help Canadian companies “go global”
Export Development Canada (EDC), Canada’s trade finance agency, and MaRS have announced a new partnership that will assist…
PwC’s Vision to Reality Conference focuses on “disruptive innovation”
A lead up to the annual PwC “Vision to Reality” (V2R) Awards, which Waterloo-based Thalmic Labs won last year,…
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…
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…