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…
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Toronto’s RightBlue Labs selected as Canada’s Start Tel Aviv winner
This morning at the Toronto Global Forum, Ed Fast, Canada’s International Trade Minister, and members of the Embassy of Israel…
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…
How will the NDP’s tax plan affect startups?
With Canada’s next federal election tentatively scheduled for October 19, the country’s party leaders have been…
Is Jim Balsillie right to say that “Canada isn’t equipped for global competition?”
“Canada isn’t equipped for global competition,” says former Research in Motion co-CEO Jim Balsillie in one of…
Tony Clement: Canada #1 amongst G7 in R&D support for tech innovation
Recently, MP and Treasury Board President Tony Clement made an appearance at the INcubes offices in downtown Toronto. The federal…
The opportunity of open data and the importance of hackathons
This past Saturday, coders across Canada took part in CODE 2015, an intense ‘48-hour coding sprint’, creating apps using…
Going Global: Toronto and Chicago startups share dreams of international expansion
Last week, 10 startups from Toronto and Chicago pitched their wares as part of an event to help entrepreneurs from both cities…
CTI Life Sciences holds initial close for second fund at $134 million
The CVCA is reporting that Montreal-based CTI Life Sciences has held an initial close for its second fund, CTI II, with $134…
With $8M in new funding, the Accelerator Centre launches AC JumpStart Program
The Kitchener-Waterloo based Accelerator Centre has announced today that it has received up to $8 million in funding from the…
U of T’s Munk School to run $9M government-backed Digital Public Square Project
Last week, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird announced that the federal government has committed $9 million dollars to a…
Latest Canadian stats reveal $5.8B in government funding and $900M in venture capital investments in first half of 2014
A new report by The Funding Portal reveals new data on the amount of funding Canadian startups have received. The stats show…
Government Introduces Small Business Job Credit, aims to save small businesses $550 million over the next 2-years
Since the height of the recession, Canada has created more than 1.1 million net new jobs and continues to be have the strongest…
Why Startups need to Acqui-Fire Government Policies: Part Two
In “Why Startups Need to Acqui-Fire Government Policies,” guest poster and San Francisco-based entrepreneur Simon…
Federal Government’s #CODE2014 is Officially Underway
The first national Open Data hackathon in Canada, The Canadian Open Data Experience (CODE) is officially underway in Toronto…