Postmedia commits to $40 million in Indochino advertising for a cut of revenue
Indochino has announced a strategic partnership with national media brand Postmedia. The Vancouver-based made to measure clothing…
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Canadian video games are fuelling the nation’s tech innovation. No, really.
Some of the world’s most popular video game franchises have been developed in Canada. The original Mass Effect trilogy…
Startup Canada Podcast: The Future of Fashion with Peter Simons
Like any other age-old industry, fashion retailers must innovate or die. Peter Simons, President of the Quebec-born La Maison…
Kindred closes $35.4M Series B from Tencent, launches pilot program with major retailers
Vancouver-based AI company Kindred announced today that it had closed a $35.4 million CAD Series B round ($28 million USD),…
ATB Financial launches chatbot banking on Facebook Messenger
ATB Financial has officially launched its Facebook Messenger chatbot, following a beta phase that began in February this year.…
Hootsuite’s Ryan Holmes launches charity supporting young entrepreneurs
Hootsuite CEO Ryan Holmes is launching a new charity to support youth entrepreneurship. Holmes started Hootsuite in 2008 as…
BC Tech Association launches mixed reality hub
Canada’s first-ever virtual, augmented and mixed reality hub has opened in Vancouver. Known as the BC Tech Cube (or “The…
Calgary will fight a bear, Toronto offers monetary savings in Amazon HQ2 showdown
As Amazon’s RFP from cities interested in hosting its second headquarters ends at midnight, governments across Canada…
Report: Canada among top 10 countries for marketplace expansion
Canada ranked in the top 10 marketplaces for expansion on Hyperwallet’s inaugural 2018 Marketplace Expansion Index. The…
Startup Canada Podcast: Capital ideas with Seafair Capital’s Anne Whelan
Did you set up shop when days became warmer and you knew the demand would rise for thirst-quenching juice? That may have been…
Navdeep Bains says not-for-profit model will keep superclusters accountable
Minister of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Navdeep Bains announced the last shortlisted supercluster yesterday…
Report: US tech workers more likely to search for Canadian jobs
Indeed has released a report that studies the rise in numbers of US tech workers applying for jobs in Canada. In particular,…
Hive receives $7 million equity investment from Genesis Mining
Vancouver-based Hive, which is building a platform to power blockchain computing, has raised $7 million in financing from Genesis…
Launch Academy hosting blockchain hackathon on October 21
Vancouver’s Launch Academy, an early-stage tech incubator, is hosting a blockchain hackathon with Bluzelle, a decentralized…
Competitor intelligence platform Klue launches with $4 million in funding
Vancouver-based Klue has launched out of stealth with $4 million in funding. The round was led by OMERS Ventures, with participation…