Yourika, VoiceHero accepted to third class of Techstars’ Amazon Alexa Accelerator
Two Canadian startups, EdTech company Yourika, and voice technology startup VoiceHero, have been selected to participate in…
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Highline Beta, Aviva Canada launch road safety, smart city accelerator
Highline Beta, alongside insurance company Aviva Canada, today launched an accelerator focused on addressing road safety and…
L-Spark announces startups in first cohort of Secure IoT Accelerator program
Ottawa-based L-Spark has announced the first cohort of its Secure IoT Accelerator, a program being launched in partnership…
Ontario accelerators in flux after government lapses on CLA program funding
Following sweeping tech cuts from the Province of Ontario, a large number of publicly funded programs were recently either…
BlackBox, Age of Minds join Centech’s AI accelerator program
Montreal-based accelerator AI@CENTECH has selected the five startups to be participating in its first cohort, two of which…
$5 million USD up for grabs at sixth annual 43North startup competition
Startup pitch competition 43North is accepting applications for its sixth annual competition in Buffalo, New York, where $5…
Propel opens applications for Phase 2 of Incite program
Moncton-based accelerator Propel is currently looking for early-stage tech startups to participate in Phase 2 of its Incite…
L-Spark Accelerator opens applications for sixth B2B SaaS cohort
Ottawa-based L-Spark Accelerator, has opened applications for its sixth cohort. Through participation in the accelerator, L-Spark…
Creative Destruction Lab signs on as founding partner of Facebook’s new cryptocurrency
Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) will be a founding partner of the Libra Association, a foundational consortium that will develop…
Microsoft Cloud Accelerator for women-led companies comes to Canada
Microsoft’s Cloud Accelerator Program, a six-month accelerator designed to help women-led companies scale through Microsoft’s…
Energia to receive $500,000 investment from New Brunswick Innovation Foundation
Fredericton-based Energia Ventures, an accelerator offshoot from the University of New Brunswick, has announced it will receive…
Diagram Ventures raises $55 million CAD for second fund
Diagram Ventures has announced the close of its second fund, raising $55 million CAD as the firm also brings on Smooch.io co-founder…
Five Atlantic Canada startups recognized at Volta Ecosystem Impact Awards
Five Atlantic Canada companies were recognized for their community impact at the Ecosystem Impact Awards this week, hosted…
HackerYou accepted to Y Combinator on back of new tuition model
The HackerYou College of Technology has announced it has been accepted to Y Combinator’s summer 2019 batch, months after…
Performance platform Side Door wins Propel’s Gerry Pond Sales Award
Laura Simpson, CEO of Halifax-based Side Door, is the first winner of the Gerry Pond Sales Award, presented by Atlantic Canada…