Nymi Band Discovery Kit begins shipping to developers as Bionym rebrands to focus on core product
After an agonizing wait, Nymi Inc. will begin shipping in volume a developer-centric version of its authentication-focused Nymi…
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Intel acquires Montreal-based PasswordBox
Montreal-based PasswordBox, which calls itself the only password manager with a social twist, provides a web and mobile platform…
Vello wins Startup Weekend Toronto: Internet of Things Edition
After 54 hours of brainstorming, building and pitching, Vello was crowned the winner of Startup Weekend Toronto: Internet of…
Startup Canada and Sparks Street Join together to Celebrate Entrepreneurship on Parliament Hill
Startup Canada and the Sparks Street Business Improvement Association (BIA) are working together again this year to celebrate…
Kensington Launches $160 million VC Fund
A new injection of cash has piled itself into Canada as Kensington Capital Partners (Kensington) announced the launch of the…
Blitzen’s Josh Wright on representing Canada at the Startup Nations Summit
On November 23rd, Josh Wright will be in Seoul, South Korea, pitching on behalf of Canada. Wright is the co-founder of Blitzen,…
10 Year-Old Toronto Girl Behind the Love Sandal Inspires Entrepreneurship During Small Business Awareness Month [Update]
Meet one of Toronto’s youngest female entrepreneurs: Abi Smithson. Smithson is a 10-year old Toronto native who had an inventor’s…
Desire2Learn Celebrates Two Years in Toronto
Desire2Learn (D2L) celebrates two years in Toronto by hiring people to join the team and throwing a party. Here’s your…
Google and Actua launch Codemakers project to ‘change the way Canada’s youth think about computer science and technology’
Actua is a Canadian charity that offers “transformational experiences” to youth in science, technology, engineering…
Taking social further: A Conversation with HootSuite CEO Ryan Holmes
June 2009 doesn’t seem that long ago. Still etched in memory is seeing that life size owl mascot for the first time working…
The Funding Portal Launches New Cleantech Financing Platform
Over 17,000 Canadian organizations use The Funding Portal to find funding each month and the company announced today the launch…
TELUS Health acquires web-based prescription technology ZRx Prescriber from Quebec’s ZoomMed
TELUS is Canada’s second largest wireless carrier with over 8 millions subscribers. The company has been backing health…
Nova Scotia-based CelluFuel scores $5 million investment to expand cleantech business
Nova Scotia-based CelluFuel has secured $5 million in funding from a mix of private and public investors. Innovacorp invested…
Airbnb Names former Hubba Advisor as Canada Country Manager
Airbnb, the popular San Francisco-based peer-to-peer marketplace for spaces, has named Aaron Zifkin as its new country manager…
23-Year-Old Nova Scotian Creates New Startup Headhunting Firm for Students
A 23-year-old man from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia has created a new, not-for-profit fellowship program that identifies Canada’s…