C100 selects startups for December 48 hours in the Valley cohort
After a month of serious deliberation, the C100, a nonprofit dedicated to helping Canadian startups find connections in Silicon…
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MaRS FinTech panel to discuss future of lending on November 23
FinTech is one of the most exciting sectors to watch in the Canadian startup ecosystem. But as Borrowell CEO Andrew Graham…
Celebrate National Girls Learning Code Day on November 7
For the second year in a row, Ladies Learning Code is celebrating National Girls Learning Code Day, an initiative where more…
Justin Trudeau Should Do Nothing for Startups
Amid the long list of things that newly-elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau needs to “fix”, there has been a flurry of…
Onevest launches 1000 Angels, an invitation-only investor network
Onevest, the New York-based startup investing and equity crowdfunding community, has launched a new initiative in its pledge…
Five reasons WEST will repeat as the year’s best wearables conference
Canada’s first wearable tech conference, WEST, is back again this year, and it’s bringing a heavy-hitting line-up…
L-SPARK chooses four new companies for second accelerator cohort
L-SPARK, an Ottawa-based incubator and accelerator focused on enterprise SaaS and cloud-based startups, has announced the cohort…
McMaster University to open new $11 million engineering lab
According to Canadian Architect, McMaster University has broken ground for the Gerald Hatch Centre for Engineering, a facility…
Montreal-founded Logrr relocates to New York, claims staying in Quebec “impossible”
After Logrr graduated from the Founder Institute in Montreal in 2014, Logrr, a platform that allows employees to connect to…
W|W: The Wearable Weekly – You see the good in everyone
Welcome to The Wearable Weekly, your trusted guide to all things wearable tech. If you only have time to read one thing about…
Velocity acquires Toronto’s Tab Payments to expand mobile hospitality platform
UK-based Velocity announced today that it has acquired Tab Payments, a Toronto-based startup enabling mobile payments within…
Ontario will be the first province to test self-driving cars
At the University of Waterloo this morning, transportation minister Steven Del Duca announced that Ontario will allow road…
Today in MaRS partnerships: TMX joins the FinTech cluster, Unilever joins Consumer & Commerce
MaRS Discovery District jointly announced two new additions to its recently launched clusters today. TMX Group will join the…
Ernst & Young names Michael Donovan Entrepreneur of the Year Atlantic
Michael Donovan, executive chairman of children’s entertainment company DHX Media, is this year’s Ernst & Young…
Sensibill and Hootsuite add new key executives
This week, Canadian companies added key staff to take themselves to the next level. Hootsuite announced that Penny Wilson,…