Toronto’s Wagepoint is the First Payroll Software Allowing Employees to Get Paid in Bitcoin
Toronto-based startup Wagepoint is saying that it is the world’s first payroll software that allows employees to be paid…
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The Next 36 Announces Mentors for 2014 Cohort
Toronto’s The Next 36 program has named its group of mentors for its 2014 cohort. Each year, 36 promising undergraduates…
Online Travel Mag Startup Releases “Canada’s Top 20 Streets”
Toronto-based online travel magazine Vacay.ca, an online offshoot of Elevation Media Solutions, has released its list of Canada’s…
Courier Services Meets the Sharing Economy: Zipments Expands to Canada
New York-based startup Zipments launched in Vancouver yesterday, and is a site that provides low cost, same day courier services…
Waterloo’s Planboard Inks Deal with Ontario Teachers’ Federation for Online Tool
Waterloo-based edtech startup Planboard has reached an agreement with the Ontario Teachers’ Federation to provide its…
This Montreal Startup Is Running a Hackathon to Find its New Developer
The clever folks at Montreal-based startup Brandicted have decided that instead of interviewing potential candidates for a…
Global Law Firm Dentons Lends a Helping Hand With Startup Program
Toronto-based business law firm Dentons Canada LLP has unveiled its Dentons Canada Startup Program to provide affordable and…
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…
Beyond The Rack Secures $25 Million, Brings on New Exec
About six months ago I took the bus out to the St. Laurent neighbourhood of Montreal to interview Beyond The Rack CEO Yona…
Waterloo’s Dandy Announces Winner of 60 Day Challenge in “Picture Scavenger Hunt”
Waterloo-based community app building platform Dandy has announced a winning app idea to its 60-day challenge, a contest that…
After a Failed Funding Mission and an Axed CEO, What Will Become of Keek?
Before the summer had started, the Financial Post had already dubbed then Keek CEO Isaac Raichyk as “clearly an anomaly”…
New York Startup Leads Toronto Hackathon for Typhoon Haiyan Victims
NextDayBetter, a social enterprise based in New York City and focused on Philippines-themed entrepreneurship and innovation,…
As CIX 2013 Crowns Champion, Here’s a Few Canadian Startups We Enjoyed
This year’s Canadian Innovation Exchange (CIX) wrapped up yesterday evening after an energetic day, involving Canada’s…
Toronto’s Distilus is The World’s Largest Interactive Catalog and Community for Spirits
Spirits- no, not those things from Poltergeist that fly around your great aunt’s house at night, but rather, distilled…
It’s a Winner! First AngelHack Vancouver Spreads the Love
The hackathon is no longer new or novel. On any given weekend you’ll find a collection of coders hunched over their laptops,…