JOLT Accelerator Unveils Fall ’13 Cohort Along with New Online Look
Toronto’s JOLT technology accelerator, housed in the MaRS Discovery District, is announcing its Fall 2013 cohort along…
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Kingston’s Sparq Systems Gets $2.75 Million for Solar Power Solution
Kingston-based cleantech startup Sparq Systems as raised $2.75 million from three Ontario cleantech venture capital firms…
Ten Themes That Will Define the Next Decade of EdTech
This article was written by James Colliander, Ian Fordham and Aron Solomon. The conversation began, innocently enough, in…
PayMint and MovieTickle Win MasterCard NXT Developer Challenge, Each Takes Home $10,000
The winners of the MasterCard NXT Developer Challenge were announced yesterday evening after 20 teams of developers had coded…
Check Out Some of These Ideas from Mastercard’s NXT Developer Challenge
Update: The two “student” teams heading to the semifinals are “The Coyotes” and “Paymint”,…
MasterCard’s NXT Developer Challenge Is Underway in Toronto
The MasterCard NXT Developer Challenge is lively and underway at MaRS Discovery District in Toronto. Scores of laptop wielding…
MaRS’s new Social Venture Connection Marries Impact Investors with Social Ventures
Thursday marked MaRS Discovery District’s launch of its new Social Venture Connection (SVX), an online impact investing…
At MaRS’s $15 Million Announcement, Don Tapscott Urges All Business to Take On A Collaborative Approach
Last week the MaRS Discovery District hosted an event to celebrate its $15 million funding extension, first announced back…
Toronto Edtech Startup Raises $1 Million, Changes Name That Was Previously Really Bad
Toronto-based startup Class Messenger, formerly called WDWDT? (“What Did We Do Today?) has raised $1 million in funding from…
MaRS Set to Host Entrepreneurship 101 Series, Now in It’s Ninth Straight Year
MaRS Discovery District is set to bring back Entrepreneurship 101 beginning September 25. Now in its 9th year (not all of which…
MaRS to Host Energy Hackathon This Weekend
The MaRS Discovery District in Toronto is holding its free Energy Hackathon this weekend. Approximately 150 developers, designers,…
BetaKit is the official online sponsor of the MasterCard N>XT Developer Challenge!
We’re incredibly proud to announce that BetaKit is the official online sponsor of the upcoming MasterCard N>XT Developer…
A look at Canadian startup accelerators (Infographic)
Since 2010 there has been over 30 accelerators, or accelerator-like programs, launch in Canada. Some say that this influx of…
“MasterCard N>XT” developer challenge announced, encourages devs to “build the mobile payment technology of tomorrow”
MasterCard has been doing business in Canada for 40 years and today they’ve announced a partnership with MaRS Discovery…
OSC approves impact investing portal application MaRs VX
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has granted an exemption to allow an online portal to operate in order to facilitate…