LearningLoop captures $20,000 Startup Weekend Toronto EDU grand prize
Over the weekend Toronto was home to Startup Weekend Toronto EDU, a 3-day event that saw 12 education startups pitch their…
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Toronto-based Keek potentially closing in on “a hundred million dollar round,” user base tops 58 million
A few weeks ago The Globe reported that Keek, a free popular video sharing platform, was on the cusp of raising a ‘sizeable’…
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…
Montrealer launches city space rental startup, decides to first open doors in NYC
For people seeking quiet spaces to work or relax in the hustle and bustle of New York City, Julien Smith, an author and former…
SubPac is the New Musical Experience: StudioFeed Brings Music Into The Physical Realm With The Creation of a Tactile Audio Device
On a very basic human level, music is something we all innately understand. It’s the universal language of our species, and…
10 Canadian Startups To Watch
Last week we featured Mattermark’s list of 10 Hardware Startups on the Rise which included two Canadian companies, Thalmic…
Semios: Big Data and Digitizing the Farm
Since 1793 the Old Farmer’s Almanac is probably best known for it’s sunrise tables and planting charts. For many farmers,…
Square Launches National Contest for Canadian Small Business Owners
When the Square Reader crossed the border into Canada last October it was welcomed with open arms by Canada’s small business…
Kickstarter allows Canadians to start creating projects today, official launch is September 9th
Kickstarter, the popular crowd-funding site, has amassed millions of users since its launch in 2009. The site allows people…
Toronto-Based Online Retailer FERKNOT Poised for a Comeback
It’s been a long uphill battle for FERKNOT, but after losing much of their inventory in a tragic flood in Thailand, the Toronto-based…
HootSuite raises $165 million in Largest Deal Ever in Canadian Venture Capital History
In what is Canada’s biggest venture capital investment for a software company ever, social media dashboard HootSuite has…
Shopify Acquires Design Agency Jet Cooper
Shopify, the Ottawa-based startup turned ecommerce platform behemoth, announced today that it has acquired one of Canada’s…
Two Of The Top Ten Hardware Startups Are Canadian
Move over apps, it looks like its hardware’s time to shine again – and two Canadian startups in this space are of the…
HYPERDRIVE’s Third Cohort: Video and pictures from the launch announcement
Earlier today Communitech’s HYPERDRIVE announced its third group of startups to join their accelerator program. In total,…