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…
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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 youâll find a collection of coders hunched over their laptops,…
New Coding School in Toronto Set for January Launch
Brainstation, a new Toronto-based coding school that demands a smaller time and money commitment than other schools like Bitmaker…
DMZ Startup Flybits Teams Up With City of Ottawa for Navigation App
Toronto-based startup Flybits has teamed up with the City of Ottawa to launch an impressive navigation app. It can tell drivers…
Online Menswear Innovators Frank & Oak Open Brick and Mortar Locations
Frank & Oak are taking their threads offline by opening two new brick and mortar locations in Montreal and Toronto. The…
Former FounderFuel Startup InfoActive Eyes a Few Big Months Ahead
Former FounderFuel startup InfoActive and its CEO Trina Chaisson have slowly plied away at their trade since graduating the…
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…
Calgary’s Play It Gaming Raises $700,000, Directs Product to Emerging Markets
Calgary-based social game developers Play It Gaming is announcing its “oversubscribed round” of seed financing…
FinancialForce Acquires Burlington’s Vana Workforce for HCM Software Solution
It’s been interesting to observe the rise of “HCM” (Human Capital Management) software and the various acquisitions…
Canadian Startup A Thinking Ape Donates $100,000 in Game Proceeds to Typhoon Victims
Update: A Thinking Ape (ATA) has raised $100,000 for the Red Cross. “The generosity of our gamer communities never ceases…
EY and RBC Report “Hidden” Opportunity for Startups to Build More Diverse Teams
Newsflash: employees have biases, will argue their ideas because of those biases, and CEOs must remain impartial. That’s…