Spring Loaded Technology wins the 2015 BDC Young Entrepreneur Award
byHalifax-based Spring Loaded Technology, makers of the Bionic Boost, has been awarded with the 2015 BDC Young Entrepreneur Award…
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Nicoya Lifesciences, RENOMii and TeTechS graduate from the Accelerator Centre
byKitchener-Waterloo based Accelerator Centre has announced that Nicoya Lifesciences, RENOMii and TeTechS have graduated from…
MasterCard’s Masters of Code Developer Competition happening in Montreal this September
byYou might remember MasterCard Canada’s N>XT Developer Competition from years past. We’ve proudly been judging…
.CA Community Investment Program commits $1 million in funding for 25 projects
byThe Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) launched its Community Investment Program (CIP) last year with a goal to…
Six startups selected to participate in the MasterCard Women in Entrepreneurship program
byBack in March, MasterCard and Ryerson’s DMZ teamed up and announced the “MasterCard Women in Entrepreneurship program.”…
CVCA: $362 million in Canadian VC investments in Q1 2015
byThe Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (CVCA) released its Q1 2015 statistics and revealed a total…
YouTube FanFest happening in Toronto May 2nd
byYouTube has more than 1 billion users with 300 hours of video uploaded every minute. To celebrate its user, Google and YouTube…
Founder Institute is seeing the “most applicant demand in history”
byThe Founder Institute, which is dubbed as the “world’s largest entrepreneur training and startup launch program,” began…
The C100 launches new monthly program called Valley 101 to “learn the basics about how the Valley operates”
byThe C100, a non-profit, member-driven organization that supports Canadian technology entrepreneurship through mentorship, partnership…
Slack acquires Screenhero
bySlack Technologies, the communication tool that was first started in Vancouver and now located in San Francisco, recently raised…
BDC now accepting applications for its annual Young Entrepreneurs Award
byStarting today, the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) is accepting applications for its annual BDC Young Entrepreneur…
Shopify reportedly prepping for 2015 dual-IPO to raise $100M at $1 billion valuation
byOttawa-based Shopify has been rumoured to go public for about a year now. According to the Wall Street Journal, the ecommerce…
One Year Later: Looking back at the seven Canadian wearable tech companies changing the world
byBack in November of last year I introduced seven Canadian wearable tech companies working on technologies that were set to…
BrainStation acquired by Konrad Group
byToronto-based technology education organization BrainStation has been acquired by Konrad Group. The terms of the deal were…
Homejoy to “pause” Canadian operations
byBack in September of 2013, San Fransisco-based Homejoy co-founder and CEO Adora Cheung, said, “part of why we chose Canada…