“We Wanted to Do Something Bigger Than Vancouver”: HIGHLINE’s Bixby Talks New Accelerator Program
What started as a simple collaboration on a CAIP funding application ended in one of Canada’s most talked-about stories in the startup space. It…
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Extreme Startups and GrowLab Merge to Become New ‘Highline’ Accelerator
Toronto’s Extreme Startups and Vancouver-based startup accelerator GrowLab Ventures have announced their merger and the launch of HIGHLINE, the first pan-Canadian accelerator platform, at the…
Canada (Finally) Awards its First Startup Visa
Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Chris Alexander was in Vancouver Thursday morning at GrowLab and Launch Academy to announce Zeetl cofounders Stanislav Korsei and…
Extreme Startups, FounderFuel and GrowLab to Put on Joint Pitch Event at Startup Fest
Three of Canada’s longest-serving accelerator programs are putting on a joint pitching event for BDC-backed startups at this week’s International Startup Festival. Two startups…
GrowLab and Extreme Startups Teamed Up to Get on Harper’s Golden CAIP List
At Waterloo’s Communitech Hub Friday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced the 15 accelerator or incubator programs that have reached the due diligence stage of…
Vancouver’s SpaceList Says It’s Now the #1 Marketplace for Commercial Real Estate
Vancouver startup SpaceList is claiming that it’s now the #1 marketplace in Canada for commercial real estate. A company spokeperson said in an email…
Launch Academy Names its Six Finalists for Student Startup Challenge
Vancouver’s Launch Academy, the coworking space that houses several of the west coast city’s prominent startup institutions, has named its six startup finalists for…
Vancouver’s GrowLab Partners Up with Emily Carr, Lighthouse Labs and UBC
The final call for startups applying to be part of GrowLab‘s new cohort is June 6, and the Vancouver-based accelerator wants them to know…
Launch Academy Brings Back Lean Entrepreneur Program
Vancouver-based tech incubator Launch Academy is bringing back its Lean Entrepreneur Program, a 16-week program designed to provide first-time entrepreneurs and career-changers with the essential…
PrintToPeer’s Software is Driving 3D Printing Innovation for the Masses
Talk about serendipity. Two guys who don’t know each other move into the same Calgary coworking space discover they’ve been working on the same…
Launch Academy to Student Startups: Tell Us Your Idea and Win $5,000 Cash Prizes
Launch Academy has launched its annual student startup challenge to post-secondary students and recent grads to embrace entrepreneurship and build their startup ideas. Finalists will…
Cascadia Shines As Vancouver’s “Startup-Palooza”
It was like “startup-palooza,” as Vancouver’s five key accelerators and incubators got together to throw a massive party. Wavefront’s Brad Lowe said that from…
Vancouver’s GrowLab Freshens Up For Spring, Introduces Its Newest Cohort
For the next three weeks it might as well be called GoLab, because a van full of founders has hit the road. With new…
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