Volta Cohort invests $25,000 in five Atlantic Canada startups
Volta Labs’ first Volta Cohort Pitch Event, which took place on November 14 in Halifax, awarded five Atlantic Canadian…
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iMerciv named winner of Telus $100,000 small business competition
iMerciv was named the winner of the $100,000 top prize at the Telus Pitch competition. The pitch competition was launched with…
Startup Weekend Ottawa wants to help students build their companies
Carleton University will be hosting Startup Weekend Ottawa, an entrepreneurial initiative to help students develop a real…
On the government tech trail at #FWD50
On October 11 of this year, Canada relaxed the rules on what it takes to become a Canadian citizen. The new requirements —…
Blockchain Debaters event says blockchain may cause the next recession
As Northmark Ventures partner Bernd Petak prepared for Axiom Zen’s Blockchain Debaters event on October 30, he asked…
#GoNorth17 AI discussion walks the line between the power of technology and its social impact
Last Thursday, AI experts and Canadian tech leaders convened at Google’s Go North Summit to discuss some of the issues regarding…
#GONORTH17: Shared values, education system helps Canada lead in AI, says PM Trudeau
The Canadian government is going all in on tech and innovation, and no type of tech has more hype than artificial intelligence…
Communitech announces True North Waterloo conference in 2018
Waterloo Region tech hub Communitech announced the launch of a conference focused on finding ways to establish tech as a force…
Bernie Sanders health care talk shows U.S. not just interested in our tech talent
It appears that Canada and Bernie Sanders share a mutual appreciation. With all eyes focused south in 2016 on the US election…
SkyWatch and Ada Support each take home $50,000 at Communitech Rev Demo Day
Communitech Rev Demo Day split $100,000 in winnings between SkyWatch and Ada Support last week. Following the CIX Summit,…
AccessNow receives $10,000 from #MoveTheDial pitch competition
This past weekend in Toronto, five women founders pitched to a room of 100 people for the first-ever #MoveTheDial hackathon.…
C100 announces 14th 48Hrs in the Valley cohort
C100 has announced the latest companies to join its 48Hrs in the Valley program, which brings 20 Canadian startups to Silicon…
Ontario gov’t challenges students to build digital tools for $30,000 top prize
Ontario has announced a six-week competition that hopes to encourage entrepreneurs and students to develop a digital solution…
#CIX2017 panel says AI’s biggest impact on banks will be on unstructured data
Just like past years, a big focus for this year’s CIX was Canada’s changing FinTech landscape — especially how it will…
Teams from over 32 countries attend Ethereum hackathon in Waterloo
ETHWaterloo hackathon — which calls itself the world’s largest Ethereum hackathon — hosted its inaugural competition…