L33dr.ly scores the $80,000 Startupfest 2013 grand prize
The Startupfest 2013 in Montreal was a grand success and the big $80,000 grand prize, which includes design and branding support,…
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Toronto Team Nabs $250,000 Prize with Human-powered Helicopter
A team of students from the University of Toronto has successfully created a human-powered helicopter and claimed a $250,000…
Marc Garneau on building your business: Trust your crew
Marc Garneau is a proud Canadian, retired astronaut turned politician. He was the first Canadian in space and during his career…
Gallery: A few pictures from Startupfest 2013
Montreal has once again been lit up with Startup dreams. For the 3rd year in a row, Startupfest has come back to the city and…
Calgary Startup Takes Taxi Hailing Apps to the Next Level with Physical Fleet
Thanks to the likes of Uber and Hailo, taxi hailing apps are nothing new. But a taxi hailing app that’s backed by its…
Molson Coors aims to make beer cans more intuitive with Vented End technology
Molson Coors, creators of two of Canada’s most popular beer brands, Molson Canadian and Coors Light, have introduced…
Morgan Solar takes on the sun, CEO says they’ve ‘cracked the code’
Big dreams are pretty much a given for any entrepreneur but even against the backdrop of Canada’s thriving start up industry,…
“Startup Community” doc about Kitchener-Waterloo hits Indigogo
Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario is probably known best for producing the BlackBerry smartphone and the Oktoberfest beer festival.…
Inside the Mind of a Startup Entrepreneur
This infographic came our way and is bang on. Anyone who’s ever wanted to gain insight into the incredible and courages…
Vancouver-based OneGigabit promises to bring you 60x faster internet speeds
If you’re looking for fast internet speeds you best be moving to Vancouver. Start-up OneGigabit, who’s backed by…
Deetectee patents digital identification technology for mobile devices
Victoria-based Deetectee Microsystems is claiming to have invented “the first and only technology that enables secure,…
Small Alberta town gets Canada’s first 1Gbps fibre network…by building it themselves
Small Alberta town, Olds, has taken internet performance into its own hands by building Canada’s first 1Gbps fibre network.…
“MasterCard N>XT” developer challenge announced, encourages devs to “build the mobile payment technology of tomorrow”
MasterCard has been doing business in Canada for 40 years and today they’ve announced a partnership with MaRS Discovery…
Here’s the Startupfest $70k Investment Prize
$70,000 worth of prizes are up for grabs in the Startupfest 2013. The 3-day event is happening June 10-12 in Montreal and promises…
NBIF receives $20 million investment to expand the “innovation capacity of the province”
A $ 20 million investment over five years to support research and innovation in New Brunswick was announced today by Post-Secondary…