Recon Instruments and the Ironman Triathlon of startup success
Getting to the winner’s circle in the tech startup game requires the grit, determination and laser-like focus of an Ironman…
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Control raises $1.5 million from Vanedge and BDC Capital
Vancouver-based Control has announced the close of an oversubscribed $1.5 million seed round, led by Vanedge Capital and BDC…
Come see the future of cloud computing with Adrian Cockcroft July 9th
The Vancouver-based Dun & Bradstreet Cloud Innovation Center has announced an event for tech aficionados looking for a…
BrainStation announces BrainStation Academy, a coding summer camp for high school youth
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, but coding is the new literacy: with the majority of stable and well-paying jobs…
Picatic launches new freemium payment model
Vancouver-based Picatic, the digital ticketing platform for event management, announced the launch of a new freemium payment…
Tinkerine wins Best 3D Printing Product at CES Asia
Vancouver-based Tinkerine Studios announced this week that its DittoPro printer won the Best 3D Printing Product award at the…
Not at #BetaKitIPO? Here’s what you missed
Last Tuesday evening, BetaKit went public. An event held in the historic Burroughes building, #BetaKitIPO was our Initial Public…
Koho closes $1 million seed round, moves one step closer to building 21st-century banking
Koho is a litmus-test startup. Ask anyone in the Canadian FinTech space for their thoughts on the company, and you’ll get…
#TechisBack: viva the Canadian tech renaissance
Tech and finance are starting to intertwine in Canada. A few short hours after Shopify opened trading at the Toronto Stock…
Payfirma raises $13 million led Dundee Capital Markets
Vancouver-based multichannel payments company Payfirma has announced its raised a Series A round of $13 million, led by Dundee…
Post IPO, Shopify CPO Harley Finkelstein looks forward to the company’s future
A pair of suits stand outside the main room of the Toronto Stock Exchange. They see a group of some thirty or more people getting…
H+Technology projects a vision of success at NextBC 2015
“Our biggest challenge? This is such a new technology, that just getting people to understand what we do can take a really…
Shoes.com planning IPO this fall
It’s IPO season in Canada. After Shopify stunned the markets late last week by going public, which brought its value…
Hootsuite CEO on its IPO plans: “timing is everything… but we are moving closer”
Coming off the stellar opening of Ottawa-based Shopify’s IPO yesterday — which closed at $25.68 USD and gained…
Ryan Holmes chosen as CVCA’s 2015 Entrepreneur of the Year
The founder and CEO of HootSuite has been honoured by the Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (CVCA)…