BDC Venture Capital Is Giving $135 Million to Healthcare Tech
The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) is making one big bet on healthcare technologies. The BDC’s Venture Capital…
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The #100Heroes Campaign Wants to Build 100 Schools in Six Weeks
Congratulations. You’re reading this, which means you’ve attained some level of education. For some, education is like…
BCIC Venture Acceleration Program Has Led to 140 Startups Since Inception
As an Engineering student at the University of British Columbia, Carol Lee was worried about the health of her grandparents…
Canadian Crowdfunder FundRazr to Appear on TV Show
Canada’s largest crowdfunding platform is coming to your television screens. Fundrazr, the Vancouver-based global crowdfunding…
Kitchener’s VeloCity Names Its Next 30 Startups
VeloCity, the University of Waterloo-based startup program, has announced the 30 startups that it will house for the Fall 2013…
Bitcoin ATMs to Come to Five Canadian Cities
Bitcoin ATMs will be placed in five Canadian cities by early December, according to reports. Bitcoiniacs, Vancouver’s…
The Unlikely Entrepreneur: How One Canadian Doctor is Spreading Awareness Through an App
Dr. Jillian Roberts never wanted to run a startup. She just wanted to solve a problem. A registered child psychologist and…
Kitchener’s Desire2Learn Beefs Up Adaptive Learning Platform, Acquires Fellow Canadian Startup Knowillage
Desire2Learn, the Kitchener-based education technology company that created the first integrated learning platform, has announced…
Broadband TV Hits 1 Billion Monthly Visitors After $36 Million Boost
Broadband TV, a Vancouver-based media and technology company that helps businesses to monetize their fan uploaded Youtube content,…
Manaya is a Better Way to Connect Landlords with Future Tenants
In many markets, Craigslist is the de facto service connecting landlords with their future tenants. Sure there are some other…
GrowLab Reveals New Fall Cohort Along with New “Farm Teams”
Vancouver-based startup accelerator GrowLab has announced its new Fall 2013 cohort, and it includes one startup we reported…
Stuck in Public and You Gotta “Go”? Check Out this New Canadian App
George Costanza would love this app. Earlier this week Vancouver and California-based startup Flushd launched on iOS, an app…
From Seed to Scale, Farm at Hand Allows Everything to be Tracked
Creating a list for the entrepreneur’s hall of fame would likely include names like Sir Richard Branson and Elon Musk…
Rogers to Give Five Small Businesses $20K, Release National Survey Findings
Rogers Communications has launched a national contest today that will award five technology grand prize packages worth $20,000…
Hitcase: Film and Share Extreme Moments, While Protecting your Phone like IronMan
Fulfilling a personal desire to work with the most advanced and classified technology means Vancouver entrepreneur Brooks Bergreen…