University of Waterloo creates facility dedicated to smart transportation
The University of Waterloo has established a new research facility dedicated to researching new breeds of smarter and greener…
Funding
Today in funding: Introhive, Fulcrum Capital Partners, Xagenic, and Canadian Media Fund
Canadian companies in the media, medical, and middle-market industries — plus a couple of former BlackBerry execs — raised…
FedDev commits $3.2 million to support southwestern Ontario SMB’s through WOCDFCA
Through FedDev, the Harper government has announced it’s investing millions to help businesses succeed in southwestern…
Influitive Closes $30.5M Series B Round. CEO Mark Organ shares how
Influitive, a prominent player in advocate marketing category has closed $30.5 million in a Series B round of funding led by…
Vancouver’s ePACT secures $1 million in WINN funding
Vancouver-based online emergency network ePACT announced yesterday that it has received $1 million in funding after being selected…
RSVP Technologies receives $950,000 from FedDev Ontario
The FedDev Ontario program started in 2009 and has seeded millions of dollars to startups in the province. Honing in on the…
Startups, fear not your party round
The New York Times posted this frightful piece yesterday: For Start-Ups, How Many Angels Is Too Many? This is like asking if…
LANDR secures $6.2 million Series A from Nas, Real Ventures, & others
Montreal-based LANDR announced today that it has closed a $6.2 million Series A funding round, led by legendary rapper Nas’…
The highs and lows of crowdfunding
Despite popular belief (and what anomaly projects like Pebble and Neptune have lead us to believe), crowdfunding is not always…
PwC survey shows IPOs generate $823 million in Q2
According to a recent quarterly survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), new issues from companies in the consumer and technology…
SilkStart’s new funding shows it pays to listen to your customers
Victoria-based SilkStart today announced that it has raised a $550,000 oversubscribed seed round, led by Canadian accelerator…
CareGuide raises $1 million from RBC in a way that few Canadian startups can
John Philip Green is an unorthodox entrepreneur. Dressed in bespoke suits, bowties, and the occasional suspenders, Green’s…
Vancouver-based Mogo raises $50 million after completing its IPO
When it comes to IPO news, there’s a good reason the past couple of months have been dominated by Shopify – Canada’s…
Today in funding: Vogogo, Gladius Pharmaceuticals, and Mojio
Canadian FinTech, Healthtech and IoT companies are all receiving new funding. Here’s the latest on who raised how much, from…
Amazon to offer loans to sellers in Canada
Amazon.com Inc will expand its business loan program for small sellers later this year in eight more countries, and Canada…