W|W: The Wearable Weekly – Lap of Luxury
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Montreal-based Radialpoint becomes Appdirect’s fifth acquisition
AppDirect, a San Francisco-based cloud service commerce platform, announced that it has acquired Montreal-based Radialpoint.…
360incentives raises $10 million in funding
Whitby-based 360incentives, a cloud-based incentives software platform for businesses, announced $10 million in new financing.…
Gallop Labs “sold for parts” to Big Viking Games as CEO, founding team part ways
BetaKit has learned that Toronto-based Gallop Labs has been acquired by London, Ontarioâs Big Viking Games. While employees…
Tony Lacavera commits to Series A & B investments following âmeaningfulâ Wind exit
Fresh off the news of Shawâs intention to purchase Wind Mobile for $1.6 billion CAD, Tony Lacavera was at the MaRS Discovery…
Mark MacLeod (@StartupCFO) on achieving financial success in 2016
Iâm not one for making bold predictions. So, rather than offering up a list of things that may or may not happen this year,…
Shopify’s Satish Kanwar in Forbes’ Retail & Commerce 30 under 30
For its fifth annual 30 under 30, featuring 600 young entrepreneurs demonstrating impressive entrepreneurship, Forbes looked…
We Are Wearables: top 10 moments of 2015
2015 was definitely a big year for wearables. IDC forecasts that this year, 80 million wearable units will have shipped globally,…
InteraXon swaps CEOs as Muse founder Ariel Garten moves to Board
In what has become a common theme in the Canadian hardware space this year, yet another founder has swapped their CEO position…
W|W: The Wearable Weekly – No Star Wars Spoilers
Welcome to The Wearable Weekly, your trusted guide to all things wearable tech. If you only have time to read one thing about…
Hexoskin raises $1.3 million in second round of financing
As part of an exciting year for Montreal-based smart shirt maker Hexoskin â which already partnered with Best Buy earlier…
How PageCloud plans to save the web (and why customers should pay for it)
Last week, I sat down with Craig Fitzpatrick, the CEO of PageCloud, a web hosting company that aims to reinvent the design…
Progressa closes $11.4 million Series A, announces marketplace investor platform for 2016
Short-term lending platform Progressa, which offers unsecured installment loans, announced the closing of an $11.4 million…
Today in acquisitions: Wantering, Playerize Network, SecureReset, Zoomission
Canadian companies got a lot of attention from American acquirers in this round of funding. Hereâs the latest on who acquired…
Harley Finkelstein attributes CIX award to Shopify’s culture on #TheDisruptors
On the heels of Shopify accepting the CIX Innovator of the Year Award this week, Amber Kanwar talked to chief platform officer…