Shoplocket Wants to Improve The Dreaded Post-Crowdfunding Purgatory
Crowdfunding is increasingly becoming a successful option for makers and entrepreneurs to get their product out to market.…
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Over $3 Million Pledged to 301 Kickstarter Projects One Month After Canadian Launch
Kickstarter recently released figures pertaining to its first month in business, and it’s impressive. The New York-based…
Metro News Vancouver Initiates Successful Crowdfunding Campaign for Distraught Surrey Resident
It was a contentious topic in journalism school a few years ago when my classmates and I had to debate the merits of “embedded…
Is TellSpec The Star Trek Tricorder We Have Been Waiting For?
One of my favorite internet memes is one that says Star Trek has been predicting the future since 1966. And perhaps it’s…
PUSH Wants to Measure Strength, Not Steps
Toronto-based startup PUSH wants to be the first fitness tracking device that measures strength not steps. The device is designed…
Why Should People Care About the Crowdfunding Campaign You’re Launching Tomorrow?
It’s been official for about five or six months now: the crowdfunding craze has hit entrepreneurs and startups. An ordinary,…
Can Toronto-based Kiwi Wearables Do for Wearables What Apple Did For Smartphones?
Kiwi Wearables isn’t interested in just building the next fitness tracker, health monitor or home automation tool. They actually…
CTV’s New Show “The Social” To Give Crowdfunding Pitches A National Audience
If pitching an idea to four women who likely don’t know anything about tech is your thing, then this opportunity might…
The Biometric Shirt That Helps You Fight Death Beat Its Crowdfunding Goal Today
Google’s not the only company attempting to fight death. Montreal-based Carré Technologies believe they too have found…
Shaping Tomorrow’s Makers at Toronto’s Mini Maker Faire
This weekend Toronto’s Wychwood Barns transformed into a world of robots, wearable lights and 3D printed objects. The two-day…
Alertly Launches On Indiegogo, A DIY Smart Home & Car Security System
Back in August, BetaKit wrote about Alertly, a Toronto-based startup set to disrupt the consumer security space by creating…
Kickstarter Canada Sees 12 Projects Reach Their Goals After Opening Week
It’s been one week since Kickstarter opened its platform to Canadian projects. The crowdfunding site launched September 9…
Backers Beware: Bionym Crowdfunding Faker Found on Indiegogo
Crowdfunding backers beware. I woke up this morning to find a Facebook post in my feed from Toronto-based Bionym, the creators…
Canadian Crowdfunder FundRazr to Appear on TV Show
Canada’s largest crowdfunding platform is coming to your television screens. Fundrazr, the Vancouver-based global crowdfunding…
Toronto Native Helps Dash Robotics Make World’s First Foldable Origami Robot
Dash Robotics, creators of Dash, the the world’s first foldable, programmable origami robot that you can build yourself,…