Play It Interactive Had a Huge World Cup With its Fantasy Football App
Calgary’s Play It Interactive had a validating experience during the world cup, when its fantasy football/soccer app…
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B.C. Judge Dismisses ‘Smear Campaign’ Case Against Hootsuite, Mayor
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has dismissed a conflict of interest petition against Vancouver startup Hootsuite and Vancouver…
Startup Weekend Youth Edition to Hit Atlantic Canada for the First Time
Startup Weekend has made its fair share of fans in Canada, through events across the country, from Vancouver to Calgary to…
Vision Critical Gets $16 Million from Georgian Partners, More
Vancouver’s Vision Critical has raised a $16 million funding round from Georgian Partners, the Northleaf Venture Catalyst…
Canada (Finally) Awards its First Startup Visa
Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Chris Alexander was in Vancouver Thursday morning at GrowLab and Launch Academy to…
[Infographic] 11 Essential Ingredients Every Crowdfunding Campaign Needs
Vancouver’s Fundrazr has released a new infographic explaining the “11 Essential Ingredients Every Crowdfunding…
D-Wave Systems raises $28.4 million to take quantum computers to the next level
British Columbia-based D-Wave Systems is making a name for itself in the quantum computing space. The company was founded in…
SFU Alumni Launch Surrey Coworking Space, Beta Collective
Three Simon Fraser University (SFU) graduates have opened a new coworking space in Surrey, BC, called Beta Collective. Most…
EY Announces Finalists for Entrepreneur of the Year
Ernst & Young’s popular Entrepreneur of the Year award has named its regional finalists for 2014. Entrepreneur Of…
Halifax’s Startup Scene Isn’t Trying to Copy Anyone, Rather Just Trying to Be Itself
About a week ago we published a story on the incoming CEO of Waterloo’s Accelerator Centre, who confidently said Waterloo…
Extreme Startups, FounderFuel and GrowLab to Put on Joint Pitch Event at Startup Fest
Three of Canada’s longest-serving accelerator programs are putting on a joint pitching event for BDC-backed startups…
Hacked: Festival Announces Speakers
Vancouver’s inaugrual Hacked: Festival has announced the first round of programming for its event August 11 –…
Bnotions Spinoff Company Wins Facebook Innovation Award for Mobile Apps
A Canadian company has struck gold with one of Silicon Valley’s finest. Facebook has a twice-yearly competition where…
For CodeCamp 2014 Organizers, Every Kid Deserves to Learn to Code
CodeCamp 2014 is coming up at the end of this month in Vancouver, and it promises kids and teens up to grade 12 the chance…
Getting By With a Little Help from MyBestHelper
âNecessity… the mother of invention.â – Plato Beyond death and taxes the world holds few absolute truths. Yet,…