“This is a generational opportunity to increase entrepreneurship”: New Startup Canada Task Force
Startup Canada is up to it again. Today the national, entrepreneur-led and volunteer-run organization that promotes startups…
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Calgary’s Slyce Closes $2.2 Million in Financing
Calgary-based visual search platform Slyce, which enables consumers to buy any item they see in the real world simply by…
Toronto’s TouchBistro Raises $4.5 Million from Relay Ventures
Toronto-based startup TouchBistro has raised $4.5 million in venture capital from several sources. The round was led by Relay…
A CEO’s Perspective: Who’s Your Competition?
I’ve just finished sitting on a judging panel, and reading a stack of applications from eager entrepreneurs looking for funding.…
Taxi Battle Heats Up in Montreal as Hailo Makes Its Presence Known
On the same week that Uber Montreal is offering three free taxi rides under $20 to anyone who downloads the app, its main competitor…
Montreal’s Beyond The Rack Launches iPhone and iPad App
Montreal-based flash sale eretailer Beyond The Rack announced this morning it has released its mobile app compatible with iPhone…
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…
Montreal’s PasswordBox Raises $6 Million in Venture Cap, Hits One Million Users
PasswordBox has already won over a lot of users and now they can call a few high profile angel investors, including a Facebook…
Montreal Kickstarter Project Shutters After Fraud Allegations
In yet another example of crowdfunding projects failing to deliver what they say they will provide backers, apparently a case…
An App in 60 Days? Dandy Wants to Help
Waterloo-based startup Dandy, the group of guys that I first met at the CN Tower Elevator World Tour event last winter in Toronto,…
Kids Health Record Lets Parents Take the Information Online…Forever
Toronto-based startup Kids Health Record launched this weekend at the Babytime Show at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre…
VeloCity Gives 10 Startups the Nod for $100K Competition
University of Waterloo-based student startup and innovation hub VeloCity has named the ten startups that will compete in the…
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…
Montreal Startup Folks Sport the ‘Stache for Prostate Cancer Awareness
A group of Montreal startup founders and investors are joining together to raise money for prostate cancer awareness, forming…
New LinkedIn Data Says Kids Rank Entrepreneurship as Most Desirable Job
A new LinkedIn survey aimed at promoting the company’s recent “LinkedIn Bring In Your Parents Day” suggests…