Heading to ‘Murica? Vancouver’s Roam Mobility Has You Covered
A new small wireless carrier based out of Vancouver is pitching frequent Canadian travellers on its roaming-safe service. Roam…
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98.2% of Businesses in Canada Have Fewer Than 100 Employees: BDC
According to a nice infographic from the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), “small business is big in Canada”.…
Is Canada Experiencing A Renaissance for Hardware Startups?
Following the aftermath of BlackBerry’s agreement to a tentative offer from FairFax Financial Holdings (and the inevitable…
Montreal’s La Presse Made the Newspaper Industry’s First Big Bet in the Digital Age: Is It Working?
While the newspaper goliaths were toppling one-by-one, downsizing hundreds and selling off assets that they could no longer…
Vancouver’s RentMoola Means No Paper and All Perks
The payment industry is being disrupted by companies like Stripe and Payfirma, and the smartphone is becoming our wallet.…
eBay Canada Announces Ninth Annual Entrepreneur of the Year Awards
Around 2003 it was a really cool time for younger people who recognized the money-making potential of eBay. I was 15 or 16…
BEST Funds Makes a $3 Million Bet on Mobile Sales Tool
Oakville-based mobile sales technology company Skura Corporation has received $3 million in venture capital funding from Toronto’s…
Check Out Some of These Ideas from Mastercard’s NXT Developer Challenge
Update: The two “student” teams heading to the semifinals are “The Coyotes” and “Paymint”,…
UPS Report States Online Shoppers Demand More as E-Commerce Spending Increases
Canadian shoppers are increasingly demanding more from eretailers, and they’re spending more money. The new data came…
PwC Vision to Reality Short List: The BetaKit Cheat Sheet
PwCâs Vision to Reality awards is back for their 10th year and earlier this week PwC announced their short list of twenty…
EstateBlock Combines Vancouver Area Home Searching with Heat Mapping Information
Vancouver-based startup EstateBlock is a nice tool for homebuyers in the Lower Mainland area. The site is calling itself the…
Kids Consignment Clothes Startup MiniTrade.Ca Secures $650,000 Seed Round
Minitrade.ca, a Quebec City-based online clothing consignment service, has announced a seed round of $650,000 from several…
Kitchener’s VeloCity Names Its Next 30 Startups
VeloCity, the University of Waterloo-based startup program, has announced the 30 startups that it will house for the Fall 2013…
Five Startups Graduate from INcubes Latest Cohort
Yesterday was a big day for Toronto-based accelerator INcubes, as it graduated its fourth cohort of startups. The companies…
GrowLab Reveals New Fall Cohort Along with New âFarm Teamsâ
Vancouver-based startup accelerator GrowLab has announced its new Fall 2013 cohort, and it includes one startup we reported…