Dikembe Mutombo joins FlipGive as shareholder and ambassador
Toronto-based impact startup FlipGive has announced a major partner in 8-time NBA All-Star Dikembe Mutombo, who is joining…
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Startup Canada Podcast: Radical generosity and investing in women entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs share a common desire to change the world for the better. Change agent and women entrepreneurship advocate, Vicki…
Upside Foundation reaches 100 pledge milestone in its mission to turn equity into charity
The Upside Foundation, a national charity that asks startups to pledge stock options and warrants towards Canadian charities,…
INNOVATE conference wants to get youth engaged with artificial intelligence, VR trends
On August 13, The Knowledge Society (TKS), a Toronto-based innovation program for youth ages 13 to 17, will host the INNOVATE…
Youth-led startups SpitStrips, Candy Cutlery representing Canada at SAGE World Cup
SAGE Canada, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping teenagers become entrepreneurs, announced the winners of The STAGE…
Code for Canada opens applications for public service innovation fellowship
Code for Canada, in partnership with the Government of Ontario, has opened applications for its first-ever fellowship program.…
The RAISE Collective wants to build Canada’s community of women investors
Eight years ago, Katrina Carroll-Foster, currently the CEO of Kollectively Business Strategies, launched a new business and…
TechAide challenges Montreal’s tech community to face AI in charity poker tournament
While Montreal might be one of the biggest and most progressive cities in Canada, it is also the most impoverished metropolitan…
Oneiric’s Emily Rudow wants to break a world record and raise $10,000 for cancer research
Toronto-based Oneiric is taking its efforts to raise money to fight cancer to the next level. As of yesterday, Emily Rudow,…
Startup Canada Podcast: Leveraging startup communities for global innovation
Michael Cayley wants startups to thrive everywhere. That’s why he started up Cdling Capital Services Inc., a platform that…
Startup Canada Podcast: Accessing Entrepreneurship with AccessNow’s Maayan Ziv
Overcoming adversity is not for the faint of heart. Maayan Ziv, founder of AccessNow, an app that finds and rates accessible…
Popup Camp lets parents bring their children to tech events
At the beginning of April, I took my young daughters with me to the Women Techmakers event in Montreal. This wasn’t an event…
theBoardlist launches in Canada to get more women on company boards
In July 2015, Joyus founder Sukhinder Singh Cassidy launched theBoardlist, a curated platform that includes the names of women…
Startup Canada Podcast: Brewing impact through a B-Corp
The greatest ideas are often those written on napkins, coming into fruition over the course of a night with a seemingly endless…
Startup Canada Podcast: Lovell Corp. CEO on inspiring young entrepreneurs
Fourteen-time award-winning thought leader, two-time TEDx Speaker and CEO to Lovell Corporation, Kelly Lovell is a youth motivator…