Toronto’s Wattpad featured in “Small Empires” by The Verge and Alexis Ohanian
Toronto-based Wattpad, which gives the ability to read, vote and create books for free, has achieved massive success and with…
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Rogers launches Rogers Ignite program for companies to pitch their market-ready products and innovative ideas
Rogers has just made it easier than ever for companies to pitch their market-ready products and services to a major telecommunications…
JUST EAT Canada acquires Edmonton-based DELIVERY TOWN
Toronto-based JUST EAT, who is dubbed as “Canada’s largest and fastest-growing online restaurant and food ordering…
Latest Canadian stats reveal $5.8B in government funding and $900M in venture capital investments in first half of 2014
A new report by The Funding Portal reveals new data on the amount of funding Canadian startups have received. The stats show…
LinkedIn says app developers have the “most desirable skills” for employment, Calgary is the most active job market in Canada
Popular business social networking site LinkedIn launched in Canada in 2010 and the company recently announced that its surpassed…
JOLT portfolio companies have raised a total of $10.5 million
Since launching in 2012, MaRS’ accelerator program JOLT and its portfolio of startups has surpasses $10.5 million in…
Rent frock Repeat raises $1.15 million to expand its dress rental business
The term “frock” is defined “as the name for an article of clothing for men and women. It is sometimes synonymously…
Sunnybrook Hospital to live-tweet a colon cancer surgery on Twitter
Toronto’s Sunnybrook Hospital already made history on February 20th last year by live-Tweeting a heart surgery. The goal…
Sentrian receives $12 million from TELUS Ventures, Reed Elsevier Ventures and Frost Data Capital
Canadian telecom player TELUS has continued its foray into the health space by investing into California-based Sentrian, a…
Be inspired: Startup Empire Conference keynote presentations now online
If you missed out on the Startup Empire Conference that took place in Halifax in September you can now watch a few choice clips…
Industry Minister says ‘Alibaba is seriously considering a new campus in Vancouver’
In September, Alibaba Group set a record $25 billion IPO on the New York Stock Exchange. The Chinese-based company is considered…
Execution Labs receives $6 million in funding, unveiles two new programs for independent game developers
Execution Labs, the Montreal-based accelerator and incubator for independent mobile game developers, has received $6 million…
Nova Scotia entrepreneurs now have access to GE intellectual property through Government partnership
The Nova Scotia Government is partnering with GE Canada and GE Ventures Licensing to help entrepreneurs bring their ideas to…
This Space Works shows how This Space Works
During her 12 years working for a leading technology company, Lise Snelgrove noticed how drastically the workplace was changing…
Square has processed one billion payments
Square, the popular mobile commerce system that was developed by Jack Dorsey, has been live in Canada since October 2012 and…