HootSuite launches HootSuite Labs, a team focussed on developing the next generation of social technologies
Vancouver-based HootSuite has had a banner year. The company successfully raising a massive $165 million Series B venture capital…
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Canadian-Made Basis Sells to Intel for “Around $100 Million”
Intel has won a sweepstakes of sorts, agreeing to buy Canadian-born startup Basis for “around $100 million,” according…
Three Toronto-Based Web Agencies Merge Into One Big Monster: Powered By Search
It’s not too often that we get to hear about three separate web agencies in the marketing and development space merge…
Best Buy and Future Shop Pick Up Roam Mobility Products
Roam Mobility, the Vancouver-based startup that helps Canadians travelling to the US to not get killed by roaming rates, has…
VC Investment in Canada Jumps by Nearly a Third in 2013 (452 deals with an average size of $4.3 million)
Last year saw 31 percent more venture capital investment in Canada compared to 2012, up to $2 billion from $1.5 billion. In…
Investment Quebec Pitches Ryan Holmes and Hootsuite to Relocate
According to a new blog post by Hootsuite‘s Ryan Holmes, Investment Quebec tried luring the Vancouver-based social media…
Donde Helps You Find The Stuff You Want, Where You Want
Moving forward often involves pulling up well-established roots. Having taken flight from the Vancouver startup community,…
Coastal.com Offering Several Hundreds of Frames For Google Glass Later This Year
Google Glass is about to get a whole lot more stylish as Coastal.com, best known as ClearlyContacts.ca, has announced that…
Nanotips Touchscreen Glove Solution Raises Seven Times its Goal on Kickstarter
Tony Yu and his Vancouver-based startup are in the clear. Nanotips produces and markets a liquid solution designed to make…
2014 Funding Roadshow Formally Invites Entrepreneurs and Funders
Last time we wrote about Fundica’s 2014 Funding Roadshow founder Mike Lee told us the Montreal company had booked nine…
Air Miles Names Winners of the First Annual Small Business Achievement Awards
The Air Miles Reward Program named its winners of the first annual Small Business Achievement Awards at a ceremony in Toronto…
LGTmedical’s “Phone Oximeter” Could Prevent Deaths on a Global Scale
Death is inevitable, but preventable death is a tragedy. In the poorest regions of the world, tragedy happens everyday. The…
The Accelerator Series: FounderFuel
The Accelerator Series is a multi-part spotlight on Canada’s startup accelerators and the people who lead them. Canada’s…
BuildDirect’s Jeff Booth is Always Learning
“Build it and they will come.” A great movie line, but also the mantra of how many tech companies rolled. Remember the…
GIRLsmarts Program is Fostering the Girl Geeks
There’s a huge disconnect. According Statscan, women represented the majority of university graduates in 2011, yet for only…