GrindSpaceXL Is an Ottawa-Based Accelerator
Throughout our reporting of Canadian accelerators, we’ve yet to feature GrindSpaceXL, an Ottawa-based startup accelerator…
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Piper, The Home Security System that Did Really Well on Indiegogo, Launches Today
In late August we covered Piper, a smart home security gadget and app system that shows people how their homes are doing via panoramic…
The Bitcoin ATM Craze Continues in Montreal and Ottawa
The craze for Bitcoin ATMs continues this week as CoinDesk has reported that Ottawa installed a crytocurrency-spitting machine.…
The GoPad is A Mobile iPad Wielder’s Best Friend- Even if it Looks a Bit Geeky
If there’s one Canadian-designed product that deserves to be on Dragons’ Den, it might be the GoPad, for “people…
Shopify Adds $100 Million in Series C Money to Its Arsenal
Everything in life seems to go in circles: yesterday we sold stuff in a shop, today we do it online and tomorrow we’ll…
Leapfrog Lighting Shines a Path for “Intelligent Optics” LED Lighting
With the worldwide market for LED bulbs projected to grow to $107 billion US annually within three years, and a recent surge…
LiveQoS’ New “LiveQaas” Platform Makes Mobile Internet Connection A Lot Cleaner
Since acquiring former FounderFuel startup Openera in late October, Ottawa’s LiveQoS has been toiling away at its “Quality…
Ottawa’s Blue Line Launches App for Home Energy Monitoring
Ottawa-based startup Blue Line Innovations Inc., a leader in home energy monitoring solutions, is launching its mobile app…
Edge to Epic Brings Corporate-Sized Deals to Small Startups
Edge to Epic founder Joelle Parenteau used to work in the insurance industry, as she told us over coffee in Toronto, and it…
Next 36-Born Atlus App Acquired By Ottawa’s Purple Forge Corp
A startup created as a result of the Next 36 program has been acquired by Purple Forge Corp. Atlus is an app serving as a…
Ottawa’s Nuvyyo Announces $4 Million Funding Round, Initiates Crowdfunding
Ottawa-based Over-the-Air (OTA) HDTV startup Nuvyyo announced this week that earlier in the year Celtic House Ventures committed…
Security Software Makers Elliptic Technologies Gets $4 Million from BDC
Ottawa-based startup Elliptic Technologies, a leading provider of security for digital content, today announced $4 million…
Don’t Want to Miss Out When That Album Goes on Sale? Check Out This Ottawa Startup
Hype Badger cofounder Brad Rach told us that too many times while following favourite bands he’s missed out on the album…
Ottawa’s LiveQoS Raises $4 Million in Series C Round
Just two weeks after acquiring former FounderFuel graduate startup Openera, Ottawa-based company Live QoS is announcing a…
Capital Acquisition: Openera Exits to LiveQos in All-Ottawa Deal
For some reason I’ll always remember the first words of Openera CEO Peter Lalonde’s pitch to nearly 1000 investors…