Four BCIC Ignite Award winners receive total of $2.7 million in funding
The BC Innovation Council announced the first four winners of its Ignite Awards, giving out $838,000 to BC research projects…
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Inbound Retargeting acquires Las Vegas-based Primeloop (and its IP)
Vancouver-based Inbound Retargeting Technologies has acquired Las Vegas-based Primeloop in an effort to strengthen its link…
Startup Canada Podcast: African Bronze Honey founders on being a sustainable for-profit social enterprise
Startups often struggle to tell their story. Who are they? What is their purpose? How are they changing the way people interact…
Startup Canada and Launch Academy develop program to help entrepreneurs get better at startup experiments
Today, Vancouver-based incubator Launch Academy announced a partnership with Startup Canada to help Canadian entrepreneurs…
L-SPARK’s Leo Lax says SaaS North is the destination for Canada’s growing SaaS community
SaaS North, Ottawa’s first-ever global SaaS event takes place in the nation’s capital from November 29th to December…
Startup jobs of the week: NEXT Canada, Hifyre, MobyTrip, VIVA Lifestyle and Travel
Every day, Canada’s best startups post their latest and greatest job opportunities on the BetaKit Job Board. From early stage…
Canada-EU Trade Agreement may be on hold, but Canada still has a French tech connection
Celebrated Vancouver social media unicorn Hootsuite opened an office of 20 employees in Paris, France back in the summer of…
Today in AI: Machine learning heavyweights launch AI startup factory, D-Wave co-founder reveals stealth AI company
Two big machine learning stories popped off this morning. Here are the latest developments sure to continue setting up Canada…
Lazaridis Institute announces 10 companies accepted into its Scale-Up program’s first-ever cohort
After doing a national tour with the goal of recruiting startups to join its Scale-Up program, the Lazaridis Institute has…
Startup Canada Podcast: Rebel.com’s Rob Villeneuve says culture and brand are a reflection of each other
Rob Villeneuve’s DNA reveals a tech geek, a branding guru, and a startup culture maven. When joining Rebel.com six years…
Lendful pitches its consumer lending marketplace on #TheDisruptors
To make it easier for Canadians to get loans, one Vancouver-based startup has created an online lending solution. Lendful,…
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – SaaSquatch hunting
The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering the major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe. S|W is sponsored by none…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Trust disruption
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
Kensington Capital Partners to manage $100M BC Tech Fund
In December, the British Columbia government announced that it was establishing a $100 million BC Tech Fund. The goal of the…
The Next Big Thing announces 12 ventures selected for 2016 cohort
Vancouver-based The Next Big Thing showcased the 12 new entrepreneur-led ventures that made it into the program’s third cohort…