“Microsoft Ventures” bundles existing initiatives together
Microsoft announced Microsoft Ventures today. A combination of several initiatives that already exist, but now brought together…
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Map showing Canadian tech start-up successes
C100 – the non-profit, member-driven organization that supports Canadian technology entrepreneurship – has creatively…
Apigee Opens Up Enterprise-Level API Management to All for Free
Apigee, the application programming interface (API) management company with clients including Netflix, Getty Images and Walgreens,…
Sqrrl Closes $2M in Funding, Moves to Cambridge to Grow Big Data Solution
Sqrrl announced today that it has raised $2 million in funding from Atlas Venture and Matrix Partners for its new scalable…
LevelUp Raises A $9M Funding Add-On to Help Boost Its No-Fee Mobile Payments
LevelUp, the mobile payments provider that grew out of mobile gaming startup SCVNGR, today announced an add-on round of $9…
Health Wave Raises Seed Funding to Deliver a Digital Dispensary
Ottawa-based startup Health Wave today announced that it has raised a round of seed funding from accelerator Mercury Grove…
Videolicious Raises $1.4M to Give Everyone The Power to Pitch
Just about everything online these days, be it products or services, comes with a video either explaining, selling or showcasing.…
Apigee Raises $20M, Looks to Grow API Business Internationally
Apigee, the Palo Alto-based company that provides application programming interface (API) support, management and service,…
Kiip Releases Consumer-Facing App for Mobile Rewards Network
Kiip, the real world rewards startup that essentially provides prizes for app usage, today introduced its new consumer-facing…
Facebook for Tots and Tweens PixyKids Rebrands to Kazaana, Launches Beta
Previously, we covered startup PixyKids’ pre-launch funding, and now the social network for the younger demographic is…
With $6M in Funding, Twist’s App Launches to Tell People When You’ll Arrive
Twist, a new iOS app from co-founders Bill Lee and Mike Belshe, is hoping to help give back some of people’s time by…
Why Ouya Won’t Be Yet Another Vaporware Gaming Console Upstart
Today, Los Angeles-based startup Ouya launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund its Android-powered, $99 game console designed…
FastPay Raises $25M to Bring Financing Options to Digital Media Companies
LA-based startup FastPay, a company with an innovative approach to providing financing and revenue options to digital media…
Pathbrite Raises $2.5M, Looks to Become Academic Credentials 2.0
Online portfolio startup Pathbrite today announced a Series A funding round of $2.5 million, led by Rethink Education and including…
CommunityLend Raises $3M for On-Demand Financing Platform
Canadian startup CommunityLend, originally designed as a crowdsourced platform for securing loans, this week announced an additional…