Startup Canada Podcast: Chic Geek founder Kylie Toh on building a community for female entrepreneurs
Kylie Toh is an incendiary social entrepreneur igniting the Calgary tech, social entrepreneurship, and women-in-business community.…
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Former Gilt director Laura Buhler takes the helm of C100 as executive director
C100 has officially announced that Calgary native Laura Buhler will act as C100’s executive director. For the past few…
Today in funding: The Money Finder, Leankor, Integrate.ai, CSDC Systems
This past week, startups all across Canada got a boost with rounds of funding. Here’s the latest on who raised how much,…
Fundica Roadshow offering $1 million investment award to one startup
For its fifth year, the Fundica Roadshow is partnering with First Stone Venture Partners to offer a $1 million investment award…
HTML500 expands to nine cities to teach 2500 Canadians to code
After a year-long hiatus, HTML500, a free learn to code event hosted by Lighthouse Labs, is kicking off in Toronto on February…
Today in funding: Symend, TruLeaf, Beagle
Canadian companies from all over Canada have announced boosts in funding as the year comes to a close. Here’s the latest…
Deloitte releases its list of Canada’s 50 fastest-growing companies
For almost 20 years, Deloitte has used the Technology Fast 50 program to celebrate Canadian companies that the firm says demonstrate…
Grow Financial says next face of FinTech is working with enterprise following Celero partnership
Grow Financial, the enterprise FinTech company, and Celero, which provides IT solutions to Canadian financial institutions,…
Craves pivots its clothing image search app to focus on celebrity fashion
Last year, Calgary-based Craves launched to help users to search for retail items by uploading images from their camera roll,…
As 500 Canada team grows nationally, focus is on fueling next generation of entrepreneurs
Sanjay Singhal’s start as the head of 500 Canada — 500 Startups’ $30 million fund dedicated to Canadian startups —…
BDC Capital and ATB Financial contributing $1 billion to Alberta-based small businesses
BDC Capital and ATB Financial have negotiated a $1 billion agreement to support Alberta-based small businesses. Each institution…
IBM partners with University of Calgary to accelerate genomic health research
IBM and the University of Calgary have established a five-year partnership to accelerate genomic research in common childhood…
C100 announces 2016 summer cohort for 48 Hours in the Valley program
C100, a nonprofit organization supporting Canadians working in Silicon Valley, announced the 17 startups that have made it…
LendingArch enters Canadian FinTech space with customized loan platform
Canada has been called a leader in the global FinTech space, so it’s no surprise that those with banking expertise are…
Canadian entrepreneurs can spend a 15-minute ride with investors using UberPITCH
Uber is testing the idea of an entrepreneur “elevator pitch” with UberPITCH, a service inviting entrepreneurs to…