Building the 21st century business council
The Council of Canadian Innovators’ (CCI) origin story mirrors that of a tech startup in many ways. The organization started…
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Manny Padda wins Angel of the Year award from NACO
Last week, the National Angel Capital Organization (NACO) announced that the Angel of the Year award, presented by BDC Capital,…
F|T: The FinTech Times – VCs, place your bets
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
One young woman entrepreneur’s 5-day journey representing Canada in Tel Aviv’s Startup Nation
With a deep network of prominent companies and a healthy venture capital environment, Silicon Valley is often hailed as the…
Fuckup Nights reveal the honest side of entrepreneurship
How do you move on when your startup has blown through $1 million, with nothing to show for it? How do you pull the plug on…
Canadian Innovation Exchange releases its list of Canada’s top 20 companies
The Canadian Innovation Exchange, which celebrates Canadian innovation and startups with an annual event, released its list…
ILKOS Therapeutics $21 million seed round is “record-breaking”, according to CVCA
The Fonds de solidarité FTQ, CTI Life Sciences Fund, and Servier Canada have announced a combined investment of $21 million…
Startup Canada Podcast: Larry Shaw on Fredericton’s growing startup scene
“Innovation is a full contact sport and research parks are the playing grounds. University Research Parks are places where…
MaRS takes its FinTech community national with #FinTechCA series
FinTech is one of the hottest tech sectors in Canada, and with a new event series, MaRS is looking to capitalize on the interest.…
Experience Tectoria wants to show you why Victoria is Canada’s next big startup hub
It’s early afternoon, and many entrepreneurs and tech enthusiasts are moderately rested and ready for a long night of great…
Today in startup updates: Shopify, BuildDirect, BroadbandTV & Encircle
This week, several startups have made announcements regarding the launches of new divisions, apps, and platforms for their…
Microdermics takes top prize in BCIC-New Ventures BC competition
Vancouver Startup Week kicked off with a bang, with New Ventures BC and the BC Innovation Council (BCIC) announcing their top…
Slack partners with Salesforce on new integration
Slack has partnered with Salesforces to add another integration into its enterprise chat app. Since several companies already…
Startup Canada Podcast: Aman Mann on looking inward to scale
Aman Mann, the founder and CEO of Procurify, a cloud-based procurement platform used by tech heavyweights like Hootsuite, shares…
Tech salaries are rising faster in BC than in rest of Canada
British Columbia’s tech leaders may be the first to complain about the dire need to attract local tech talent. Now it seems…