#VanStartupCity: tech entrepreneurship tips from the leaders
“If you want to be successful, follow your contribution, not your passion.” This and other bits of wisdom resulted from a conversation about how…
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Startup Canada and Intuit team up to give entrepreneurs a crash course in financial literacy
From September 28 until October 4, Startup Canada and Intuit are teaming up with entrepreneur community leaders across Canada for Startup Finance Week. The…
Flystro opens first online marketplace for drones
Born at the Montreal Founder Institute earlier this year, Flystro‘s mission to become the ultimate online marketplace for connecting drone operators and clients came…
CIX Cleantech reveals 10 most innovative cleantech companies
Today, CIX Cleantech announced the 10 most disruptive Canadian clean technology companies chosen to present at the CIX Cleantech: 2015 Game Changers event at…
Lightspeed secures $61 Million (USD) in funding, company says it now processes over $10 billion annually
Montreal-based Lightspeed has secured $61 million (USD) in funding that was co-led by Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) and Investissement Québec…
HitchBOT ends its trek across the United States early after being vandalized in Philadelphia
HitchBOT, the hitchhiking Robot developed by a couple Canadian professors, started his American journey on July 17th. However, unfortunately, the dream of hitchhiking across…
Sharethebus wins the $100,000 Investment Prize at the 2015 International Startup Festival
The 2015 International Startup Festival was another great success this year. Hundreds of startup and leaders from around the world gathered in Montreal over…
Homejoy decides to shut down operations July 31st
Following its decision to “pause” Canadian operations back in December, cleaning services company Homejoy is completely ceasing its operations on July 31st. In a…
Qoints wins N100 Startup Competition and $100,000 in equity financing
The winner of the annual N100 Startup Competition has been announced and Toronto-based Qoints secures $100,000 in equity financing. Now in its 3rd year,…
Pictures from the 2015 International Startup Festival in Montreal
The annual International Startup Festival is happening in Montréal this week and we are there live attending all the exciting keynote presentations, and catching…
How a tablet can help you get the job done
Tablets are a great tool for reading, browsing and playing Angry Birds, but businesses are increasingly recognizing the wide variety of advantages that come…
Montreal-based Sportlogiq receives $1.7 million led by Tim Tokarsky and includes an investment from Mark Cuban
Montreal-based Sportlogiq has announced it’s received an investment of $1.7 million, lead by Tim Tokarsky and includes an investment from famed entrepreneur and owner…
TRACE Live Networks Raises $7 million to take live-streamed content “to an entirely new level”
Toronto-based Trace has followed-up its 2.5 million seed round from late 2014 and announced a $7 million ‘B’ financing led by Salman Partners and…