FounderFuel’s Accelerator Rally is Coming Back to the International Startup Festival
Montreal’s FounderFuel accelerator program and the International Startup Festival are throwing their second annual Accelerator…
Funding
Wearable Tech Startup OMsignal Raises $10 Million Series A Round
Montreal’s OMsignal, which calls itself “the leader in smart clothing technology” and maker of the first-ever…
Ontario “Cheese Whiz” Wins BDC’s Young Entrepreneur Award Contest
The votes are in and the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) has named its 2014 Young Entrepreneur Award winner, in Gunn’s Hill…
After Seven Years of Bootstrapping, UBC-Born TaskTop Technologies Raises $11 Million
TaskTop Technologies, a startup out of Vancouver that created a software development toolkit integration technology, has raised…
Microsoft is Giving One Startup Seed Money and Mentorship at Its New “Surface Cafe”
Microsoft Canada is unveiling its new tablet and it wants to party. The software giant will award one startup seed money and…
The Funding Portal Wants to Make It Easier for HealthTech Companies to Get Money
The Funding Portal, a Toronto-based government grants consultancy service that also offers a searchable database of over 7,000…
Trio of Startups Win VentureLynx’s “Ready for Funding” Competition
Three startups were selected as winners of VentureLynx‘s “Ready for Funding” Competition. Altranex, an innovator…
4D Geospatial Imaging Startup in Ottawa Secures Funding from EnerTech Capital
GeoDigital, an Ottawa-based provider of next‐generation 4D Geospatial imaging and business intelligence solutions, has raised…
Vancouver’s Big Data + Human Resources Company Visier Gets $25 Million
Several media outlets confirmed yesterday that Vancouver-headquartered Visier Workforce Analytics, a company that combines…
New Incubator Program for Students Launches at University of Guelph
Just as much as entrepreneurship is the lifestyle through which people can start businesses and earn money, entrepreneurship…
Crowdfunding as the Pre-Equity Investment and Validation Tool
Typical tech start-up funding starts when all personal savings have been exhausted, and credit cards and lines of credit have…
Communitech and BMW Grand River’s “Ultimate Technology Prize” to Hand Out $28K to Startups
Waterloo’s Communitech startup hub is teaming up with BMW Grand River to give one startup $25,000. “Do you have…
Extreme Startups to Graduate Its Fifth Cohort Tonight
Toronto startup accelerator Extreme Startups is set to formally unveil its fifth cohort of startups tonight after the entire…
ReturnMe Wins Montreal Portion of Fundica’s Funding Roadshow
Fundica, Montreal’s online tool for finding funding sources for startups, is nearly finished its country-wide Funding…
Applications for VeloCity Fund Finals Are Open Again and A Few Past Winners Are Doing Well
The application period for the University of Waterloo’s VeloCity incubator space “VeloCity Fund Finals” pitch…