Ride the “Python on Rails” Train to Montreal in Style for PyCon 2014
When it was announced back in 2011 that the Python Conference was coming to Montreal for 2014 and 2015, the Canadian community…
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BDC Invests $3 Million into New Seed-Stage Fund BrandProject
Toronto and New York-based investment fund BrandProject LP has secured $3 million in funding from the Business Development…
San Francisco’s Versant Ventures Makes Splash in Vancouver; $10 Million to Biotech Company
San Francisco and Menlo Park-based US venture capital firm Versant Ventures is “venturing” up north. The life sciences…
Next 36 Grad Michael Cheng Launches platform for Discovering the Greatest Musicians You’ve Never Heard Of
Michael Cheng couldn’t sit still for long after graduating Toronto’s The Next 36 program and launching a startup…
Female Head of Twitter Canada to Publish New Book, “Our Turn”
Move over Sheryl Sandberg, there’s another female social media exec ready to push her manifesto to the shelves. Twitter…
Several Tech Companies Make Canada’s Top Small & Medium Employers for 2014
Canada’s Top 100 Employers, an annual editorial competition to recognize the nation’s best places to work, has…
Canadian Sports App theScore Lands Spot in 100 Best Android Apps of 2013
theScore’s Canadian-made sports app has been named among the “100 Best Android Apps of 2013” in PC Mag. theScore was…
MaRS Accelerator Impact8 to Graduate Teams at TSX Today
The MaRS Discovery District will graduate its first cohort of socially-minded businesses today at the Toronto Stock Exchange…
Offline Magazine Seeks to Pay Writers a Fair Buck
After working at Apple’s Cupertino headquarters for three years, Tom Smith got the entrepreneurial itch. Armed with a…
UBC Student Wins R&D Competition With Anti-Whiplash Car Seat
University of British Columbia (UBC) student Daniel Mang won the AUTO21 TestDRIVE competition, receiving a $10,000 scholarship…
Introducing the BetaKit 10 for 2013: This Year’s Top Ten Winners in Tech
The BetaKit family decided to put its heads together this week, and we came up with the ‘BetaKit 10’ for 2013.…
Startup Weekend Maker Edition Showcases Products That Marry Offline with Online
Startup Weekend Maker Edition wrapped up last weekend in Toronto. The 54-hour event saw eleven teams present working prototypes…
Calgary’s Slyce Acquires Former INcubes Startup Hovr.It
Toronto-based startup Slyce, the advanced visual search platform which enables smartphone users to discover and buy any product…
Broadband TV CEO First Female to Win Digi for Executive of the Year
Last week I issued a challenge to Montreal women leaders in tech to step forward and make their presence known like many of…
December Deadline Looms for Canada’s Doodle for Google Contest
Google Canada is calling out to all those future artists aged K-12, saying that there’s not much time left. The application…