Lighthouse Labs launches DevHub education and coworking space
Lighthouse Labs, a coding school with chapters in cities like Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, and Vancouver, is launching its DevHub…
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Today in Canadian Unicorns: Hootsuite written down, Slack raising at $4B USD valuation
Following Shopify’s successful IPO and strong growth, the Canadian tech community has kept its eye on the nation’s other…
How to name your tech startup
What’s in a name? A lot more than you think, particularly if you’re naming a tech company. Ideally, you’ll get…
Startup Canada Podcast: Just for Laughs co-founder Andy Nulman
“Humour disarms. It educates, and it enlightens when handled properly.” For entrepreneur Andy Nulman, humour is…
Picatic’s Jayesh Parmar explains why startups need to eat their own dog food
While Picatic, at one point, struggled with a pay-what-you-want model before moving on to a freemium model, the hard work that…
Wiivv breaks record as most funded 3D printed product in Kickstarter history
Wiivv Wearables, which recently closed a $3.5 million seed round, has broken the record for most funded 3D printed product…
Startup jobs of the week: Eden, EventMobi, Affinio, RED Academy, Lightspeed
Every day, Canada’s best startups post the latest job opportunities on the BetaKit Job Board; from early stage to series…
Dogfooding and other startup insights from the inaugural #TechVAN
TechVancouver’s inaugural event took place on a Tuesday night at the Unbounce meeting space in a shiny downtown Vancouver office…
Grow and Conexus partner to bring consumer lending platform to Saskatchewan
Vancouver FinTech startup Grow (formerly Grouplend) announced another partnership with a financial institution this morning,…
Cassia Research and TRIDUS partner to give all investors ‘seatbelts’ in time of market volatility
Just a few days before the Canadian cutoff date for topping up RRSPs in hopes of a big tax refund (despite being in a time…
W|W: The Wearable Weekly – Living in 360
Welcome to The Wearable Weekly, your trusted guide to all things wearable tech. If you only have time to read one thing about…
Sepio resurrects analog photos with your smartphone’s digital camera
I was an early adopter of digital scanners to start converting my family’s old photo albums and personal travel images into…
CONTEST: have your say at #TechVAN on February 23
TechToronto has expanded to the West Coast, with its inaugural TechVancouver event sponsored by Lighthouse Labs, happening…
Talentbuddy acquired by San Francisco-based Udemy
Vancouver-based Talentbuddy, an online school that focuses on teaching full stack web development, has been acquired by Udemy,…
Hamilton-based CareKit Health acquired by Moseda Technologies for $2 million
CareKit Health, a healthtech startup based in Hamilton, has been acquired by Vancouver-based Moseda Technologies for $2 million.…