BCIC expands its Venture Acceleration Program into Northwest B.C.
The BC Innovation Council (BCIC) is a province-wide acceleration program that gives entrepreneurs the opportunity to expand…
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CIRA and Startup Canada partner to offer startups access to a ‘treasure trove of resources’
A recent report by Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA), the organization that manages the .CA domain registrations,…
TELUS Health acquires web-based prescription technology ZRx Prescriber from Quebec’s ZoomMed
TELUS is Canada’s second largest wireless carrier with over 8 millions subscribers. The company has been backing health…
BDC Capital Partners with Creative Destruction Lab, Aims to Reach $1 Billion in Equity Value
Creative Destruction Labs (CDL), who is based at Rotman School of Management at U of T, started in 2012 and has exceeded is…
Calgary Student Claims Victory in Google Science Fair’s Canadian Local Award
The Google Science Fair, which is now the largest online science fair in the world, is back again and offer students from around…
Government of Canada will continue “to address emerging risks, including virtual currencies, such as Bitcoin”
Bitcoin, the cryptography digital currency, has popped up on Canadian soil over the past number of months. Bitcoin ATMs, or…
TELUS embraces M2M with new smartphone passcode technology for entry into corporate buildings
Machine-to-Machine (M2M) is increasing in Canada and TELUS, Canada’s second largest wireless carrier, sees value in allowing…
Bench raises another $1 million
It was just a couple days ago that we highlighted Vancouver-based Bench and their glorious ways to make accounting and bookkeeping…
Square removes deposit limits, says Canadians will now receive funds within 2 business days
Square launched its mobile commerce platform in Canada over a year ago in Canada and the San Francisco-based company recently…
Applications now open for the 2014 BDC Young Entrepreneur Award, $100,000 is up for grabs
The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) had a successful 2013 and they hope to continue this trend in 2014. Coming off…
Bookkeeping isn’t Fun. Bench Makes it Better.
Bookkeeping sucks. The only people who like it, are bookkeepers. Not many business owners are doing cartwheels at month-end…
The Accelerator Series: GrowLab
The Accelerator Series is a multi-part spotlight on Canada’s startup accelerators and the people who lead them. GrowLab…
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’…
BDC Venture Capital invests $1.5 million into 10 Canadian start-ups
BDC Venture Capital has announced a $1.5 million investment into 10 Canadian start-ups, each receiving $150,000. BDC declared…
Montreal-based Bunch raises $1 million, aims to be the “mainstream platform for discussion”
A new avenue to get your social fix has arrived. Montreal-based Bunch have released what they’re calling a “home…