100,000 Different Businesses Are Now Using Shopify
According to Shopify founder Tobias Lutke, a major milestone has been crossed for the company that helps businesses sell their…
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You Don’t Have to Go to University, Says This Toronto Startup, Because There’s a Lot More Out There
A colleague recently commented to me that some people in life are just on a mission. They have a “cause,” and they’ll…
Secure Social Network myApollo Aims to Connect the World from Peer to Peer to Peer
myApollo is more than just another social network. It would have to be in order to be taken seriously in 2014. And, in some…
Say Goodbye to the Lunchtime Blues: Foodee Delivers On a High Note
âAn army marches on its stomachâ – Napoleon Bonaparte This time tested and true observation is so often overlooked…
Halifax’s Mobile Doctor Community The Rounds Gets $1 Million Seed Round
Halifax-based The Rounds, a leader in physician-to-physician collaboration, today announced a $1 million seed round. The…
Visual Search Platform Slyce to Go Public
Calgary and Toronto-based startup Slyce, the company that recently raised nearly $11 million in venture capital, is going…
Innovation Management Tool SoapBox Lands Coca-Cola as Client
Toronto startup SoapBox, a SaaS-based tool that allows organizations to communicate with their community both publicly and…
Dragons’ Den Star to Launch $200M Fund in Waterloo
New Dragons’ Den star Michael Wekerle is launching a $200 million investment fund in Waterloo, to be aimed at startups…
Billionaire Mark Cuban Invests in Vancouver’s Procurify
Procurify, an international cloud procurement software firm headquartered in Vancouver, has closed a $1.2 million seed round…
Montreal-Born 5By To Partner Up with VICE Media, Tribeca Film
Montreal-born and San Francisco-based startup 5by announced today it has entered a partnership with VICE Media, Tribeca Enterprises,…
Vancouver’s Pulse Energy Announces Multi-Million Dollar Deal With British Gas
Vancouverâs Pulse Energy has secured a multi-million-dollar, three-year contract with British Gas, the United Kingdomâs…
New Invoke Labs Startup Cleanify Joins the Home-Cleaning Race
Vancouver’s incubator Invoke Labs has welcomed a new startup to the rolling program in Cleanify. Cleanify is a service…
Victoria’s KeyNexus Stores Cloud-Based Apps in a Really (Really) Secure Way
Speaking of Heartbleed, here’s a little something of interest: âWhen youâre using a software based encryption technology,…
Video: Frank & Oak Cofounder Talks About The Jump From Employee to Entrepreneur
Frank & Oak cofounder Hicham Ratnani recently gave a talk at a free Founder Institute startup event, and the entrepreneur…
Wattpad Secures $46 million in Funding, Aims to “Become One of the Most Successful Consumer Internet Companies in the World”
I always wonder at what point a company just has enough money. I suppose the Toronto-based writing platform Wattpad didn’t…