Startup Canada’s Noah Redler to Lead Montreal’s Notman House
The Montreal lead for Startup Canada is about to take on a new position as campus director of Montreal’s “Home…
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Former Governor General of Canada Michaëlle Jean Launches Entrepreneurship Drive
Canada’s former Governor General Michaëlle Jean has launched a national program to increase entrepreneurship and business…
Introducing the BetaKit 10 for 2013: This Year’s Top Ten Winners in Tech
The BetaKit family decided to put its heads together this week, and we came up with the ‘BetaKit 10’ for 2013.…
“Best Startup in the World” reelyActive Rides the Hype Bandwagon
One of the more unfortunate realities about the tech startup world is that there’s an unhealthy amount of celebrating…
Courier Services Meets the Sharing Economy: Zipments Expands to Canada
New York-based startup Zipments launched in Vancouver yesterday, and is a site that provides low cost, same day courier services…
Canada’s First Wearable Tech Incubator Announces New Cohort
San Francisco-based startup Mind Pirate and the Canadian Film Centre (CFC) have announced four participants selected to…
Edge to Epic Brings Corporate-Sized Deals to Small Startups
Edge to Epic founder Joelle Parenteau used to work in the insurance industry, as she told us over coffee in Toronto, and it…
Blitztream Games Has Some Grand Visions…In a Non-Violent Kind of Way
Millions of Gen-Y’s have likely played one of the many Grand Theft Auto games, which alternately offer the gamer scenes…
New York Startup Leads Toronto Hackathon for Typhoon Haiyan Victims
NextDayBetter, a social enterprise based in New York City and focused on Philippines-themed entrepreneurship and innovation,…
Waterloo Startups Strut Their Stuff In Toronto at Series 401 Event
Ten out of the 16 startups that pitched at today’s Series 401 event at OneEleven coworking space in Toronto (otherwise…
CFC Announces New ideaBOOST Cohort of Startups
Toronto’s ideaBOOST media and technology startup accelerator announced its latest cohort of six companies yesterday.…
Outer Space Meets the Social Space: Ryan Holmes and Chris Hadfield at Science World
They were introduced as the rock star astronaut and social media giant. Colonel Chris Hadfield and Hootsuite CEO Ryan Holmes…
PasswordBox CEO on Acquisition: “To Get Our Footprint in San Francisco”
PasswordBox CEO Dan Robichaud told me over the phone that this morning’s acquisition news involving San Francisco-based…
Next 36-Born Atlus App Acquired By Ottawa’s Purple Forge Corp
A startup created as a result of the Next 36 program has been acquired by Purple Forge Corp. Atlus is an app serving as a…
Waterloo Startups Hit the 401 for Toronto Pitch Fest Next Week
Two Ontario-based incubator programs have joined forces to create an invite-only startup showcase to investors next week called…