Venture Capital Investment is âBoomingâ in Quebec in 2013
There seems to be a lot of venture capital (VC) being invested in 2013, but the question is whether it may dry up. According…
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Leap Motion Celebrates One Million App Downloads in 3-weeks
Itâs only been three weeks since the official launch of the Leap Motion controller and the Airspace app store and the company…
The Next 36 Venture Day 2013 is happening August 13th, will be live streamed online
Next Tuesday is a big day for The Next 36 as 18 startups will pitch their ideas to a few angel investors and VCs. The Next…
Battling Showrooming? Develop a Mobile Strategy that Makes Sense for Your Brand
Mobile has undoubtedly changed the way we live our lives. It has altered the way we communicate, navigate through an unfamiliar…
ClearlyContacts.ca opens second Vancouver retail store to push more customers to its online portal
Before answering his phone call, I was pretty tired. But Roger Hardy, CEO of ClearlyContacts.ca and its US sister site CoastalContacts.com,…
Rebellion Media expands its digital footprint and acquires Toronto-based HomeSav
Rebellion Media has been on an incredible buying spree. The Waterloo-based company has acquired 13 digital media properties…
Exec Expands to NYC, Chicago, LA, & Boston to Be the Amazon of Local Services
Thereâs been a lot of activity in the peer-to-peer marketplace space, with startups increasingly wanting users to outsource…
Handybook Launches iPhone App, Lets Customers Book Vetted Servive Providers On The Go
BetaKit last covered Handybook, the online home services booking platform, when it raised $2 million in seed funding, recently…
Textbook Price Comparison Tool Slugbooks Expands Beyond U.S., Launches in Canada
San Francisco-based Slugbooks, a textbook price-comparison platform that aims to help students save money, today announced…
Shopigram Pivots From Resale Marketplace to Help Local Merchants Sell Their Wares
Belgium-based Shopigram launched in September as a mobile-first resale platform which let users take a photo of an item, upload…
Indiegogo Expands International Footprint, Brings Localized Versions to Europe and Canada
San Francisco-based crowdfunding platform Indiegogo announced today that it will expand its offerings in key global markets…
Unata Partners With Grocer Longo’s to Power Mobile Loyalty and Orders
Social shopping platform Unata announced this week that it has partnered with Longoâs, a Canadian grocery chain, to launch…
Seevibes Launches Dashboard to Help Measure the Social Impact of TV Shows
Montreal-based Seevibes launched its new TV Dashboard tool this week to help network and media agencies analyze the social…
SafePay Launches to Stop Online Credit Card Fraud Before it Happens
Toronto-based startup SafePay is officially launching today, providing merchants and online shoppers with a method for providing…
CommunityLend Raises $3M for On-Demand Financing Platform
Canadian startup CommunityLend, originally designed as a crowdsourced platform for securing loans, this week announced an additional…