27 Finalists announced in the 2013 Canada Post ‘E-commerce Innovation Awards’
Canada Post has announced the finalists in their second ‘E-commerce Innovation Awards’ today. In total there are…
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ContentDJ: The Little Guy doing Big Things for the Little Guy
The vibrancy, vitality, and importance of small business can’t be overlooked when it comes to our economy. It’s estimated as…
Strong Community and Government Support Make Canada One of The Best Places on Earth To Make Videogames
Canada kicks ass at making videogames. From major console game producers in Vancouver and Montreal to the independent mobile…
Cognilab: Joining GrowLab and Crowdsourcing the Answers to the Brain’s Biggest Mysteries
The brain is big business. Both the NHL and the NFL are grappling with the impacts that concussions are having on their…
Extreme Venture Partners Rumored to Close Startup Fund
Tech companies in Canada looking for to raise a seed-round may soon find it even harder to secure funding, as rumors circulate…
Three Canadian Cities Ranked Top 20 Most Active Startup Scenes (Infographic)
Canada is climbing the international ranks when it comes to startup activity. According to Startup Genome’s Startup Ecosystem…
Thought Controlled Computing Company InteraXon Raises $6M Series A Round
Toronto-based InteraXon, the company behind the brain-sensing headband Muse, announced the close of $6 million dollars in a…
Grow Conference 2013: A look back at the highlights from Day One
GROW Conference 2013 kicked off in Vancouver and promised to be the best 3-day startup event yet. Below are some highlights…
Super Angel Boris Wertz says there’s only two ways to get to a $100 million valuation
Grow Conference: Vancouver-based early stage investor Boris Wertz gives entrepreneurs some practical advice on building a company…
A conversation with Nir Eyal about Behavior Engineering and why the last cookie in the jar is so tempting
Some debates end in a draw. There’s no right answer, and there’s no definitive winner. Is entrepreneurship a function…
Bex.io aims to make exchanging virtual money easy and secure
Every US bill in circulation has the words “In God We Trust” printed on them. In reality, when it comes to our…
Edmonton-based Mover Closes $1 Million in Funding
Not long ago most people trusted their precious data to a single cloud storage provider, be it DropBox or Google Drive or one…
10 Canadian Startups To Watch
Last week we featured Mattermark’s list of 10 Hardware Startups on the Rise which included two Canadian companies, Thalmic…
Semios: Big Data and Digitizing the Farm
Since 1793 the Old Farmer’s Almanac is probably best known for it’s sunrise tables and planting charts. For many farmers,…
L33dr.ly ‘takes the suck’ out of Game Leaderboards by making them ‘socially and geographically relevant’
Remember the kids from your school days that were always organizing ways to sell you more candy during recess? Or perhaps the…