Tech Leadership Conference 2015 finds the right mix
Over 800 attendees descended upon Bingemans Conference Center in Kitchener recently for the 2015 Communitech Tech Leadership Conference. As I drove down the drive…
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Report: Canadian consumers set to lead the way in IoT adoption
In a joint survey published by Primus Telecommunications Canada and Ryerson University’s DMZ, about 1,000 Canadians weighed in on what ways they could see…
Wavefront Summits taking place in Ottawa starting May 5th
The 4th annual Wavefront Summits explores the convergence of IoT and Mobile Enterprise – and what it means to business. Put aside what you…
Today in Funding: TouchBistro, Ayogo, McRock INFund + HarbourVest VCAP
Funds are raising funds and April is the month of Series A rounds. Here’s the latest on who raised how much, from whom. …
Neurio launches with hardware lessons learned
When we profiled Vancouver-based Neurio’s Kickstarter campaign, which ended up raising over $250,000, exceeding its goal in just 9 days, we said that the…
Intel’s fashion-first approach to wearable tech: an interview with Ayse Ildeniz
More than the waves of technology before it, wearables face a fashion problem that has become a major barrier to adoption. Laptops, tablets, and…
How Gymtrack scored a 500 Startups invite from Dave McClure
Ottawa has a notorious reputation as a “hard place to start a startup” but once you sit down with Lee Silverstone, co-founder of Gymtrack,…
Ryerson and Rogers team up to launch The Next Big Idea in sports competition
Canada’s Year of Sport just got bigger. Ryerson and Rogers have embarked on a quest to find the “Next Big Idea in Sport” through…
SKE Labs is building a smart world one jar at a time
The Internet of Things (IoT) is real. BI estimates that by 2019, the IoT market will be more than double the size of the…
Miovision raises $30 million Series B to save you from traffic congestion
Kitchener-based Miovision Technologies announced today that it has completed a $30 million Series B round, led by MacKinnon, Bennett & Co., with additional funding…
Gymtrack raises $2.5 million seed round from Real Ventures & White Star Capital
Last October, Gymtrack co-CEO Pablo Srugo, wrote about the benefits of being accepted to 500 Startups, stating that after three months in the program,…
The Internet of Things is invisible
If you’ve been reading CIO.com, or Forbes, you might be under the impression that the Internet of Things is some sort of fad, like…
Cisco and Teralys commit to McRock’s industrial IoT fund
The CVCA is reporting that Toronto-based McRock Capital has announced a second close for its industrial Internet of Things (IoT) focused iNFund LP. The…