Tips to stay connected while travelling and keep your competitive edge
In such a competitive and mobile landscape, businesses can’t afford the delays and interruptions that were once a main detriment to business travel. Fortunately,…
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CVCA: $362 million in Canadian VC investments in Q1 2015
The Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (CVCA) released its Q1 2015 statistics and revealed a total of $362 million was invested into…
11 Waterloo-based startups participating in $5k pitch competition in Toronto
Waterloo is once again coming to Toronto. Eleven startups from Waterloo will be travelling down the 401 to participate in a $5,000 pitch event…
Velocity announces $25,000 and $5,000 Fund finalists
Waterloo is a hotbed of startups, and many of them have come out of the University of Waterloo Veolocity program, such PiinPoint and Thalmic…
MediaCore lands $4.5 million to help “transform how people teach and learn using video”
Victoria-based MediaCore, a company that developed a cloud-based educational video platform, has received $4.5 million led by Vanedge Capital. The company started in 2011…
Toronto Startup WINR Games launches Big Time, the first gaming app that pays users to play
WINR Games, founded by Toronto native Jeremy Zuckerman, aims to change the future of gaming with the launch of the first mobile gaming app that rewards…
AccelerateAB now accepting applications for its 2015 Roundtable Sessions
Applications are now open for the upcoming AccelerateAB 2015 Roundtable Sessions, which is taking place in Calgary on April 28th. The Startup Roundtables Session…
Saint Mary’s University “Startup 100” program aims to launch 100 businesses in 100 days
A tall task is almost underway at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax. A new student-led program, dubbed the “Startup 100,” has SMU students seeking…
Steve Wozniak says Montreal shouldn’t be like Silicon Valley, but focus on “what do you have that makes you special”
Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs helped bring the computer to everyday people. Woz is largely credited to be the designer of the first personal…
Arlene Dickinson departs Dragons’ Den
A mainstay on the hit Canadian TV Dragons’ Den has departed. Arlene Dickinson, the vibrant CEO of Venture Communications who has been on the…
Slack and Frank & Oak make the list of 2015’s Most Innovative Companies
Innovation is so much more than a buzzword. The official definition is “the action or process of innovating” or creating a new method, idea,…
Founder Institute is seeing the “most applicant demand in history”
The Founder Institute, which is dubbed as the “world’s largest entrepreneur training and startup launch program,” began in 2009 and has graduated over 1,310…
MappedIn secures up to $600,000 from FedDev to offer its indoor map technology in multiple languages
Waterloo-based MappedIn, the makers of an interactive indoor navigation system that offers mobile app or touchscreen kiosk for shoppers, has announced an investment of…