Toronto’s Vantage Analytics Wants People to Understand Data Without Actually Being Analysts
Vantage Analytics wants to help business managers compete on analytics without actually being professional data geeks. It seems…
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U of T Startup ChipCare Corporation Closes $2.05 Million Angel Investment
Famed Canadian physician Dr. Norman Bethune would have liked this news coming out of the University of Toronto today: Chipcare…
The #100Heroes Campaign Wants to Build 100 Schools in Six Weeks
Congratulations. You’re reading this, which means you’ve attained some level of education. For some, education is like…
Former iStock Photo Cofounder Launches New Video Footage Startup
Patrick Lor, a former cofounder at the trailblazing licensed photo site iStock Photo, has launched his new startup for video…
BCIC Venture Acceleration Program Has Led to 140 Startups Since Inception
As an Engineering student at the University of British Columbia, Carol Lee was worried about the health of her grandparents…
Kids Consignment Clothes Startup MiniTrade.Ca Secures $650,000 Seed Round
Minitrade.ca, a Quebec City-based online clothing consignment service, has announced a seed round of $650,000 from several…
Toronto’s Buytopia Named #3 on Hot Profit List + Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist
It’s been a positive few months for Buytopia.ca, the Canadian daily deal site. Earlier this month the Toronto-based company…
Five Startups Graduate from INcubes Latest Cohort
Yesterday was a big day for Toronto-based accelerator INcubes, as it graduated its fourth cohort of startups. The companies…
Pair of Canadian University Students Win Big at Nokia Hackathon in Sweden
Two second-year University of Waterloo students emerged victorious at the Nokia Imaging Hackathon last week in Lund, Sweden.…
Canadian Cofounders Behind Umano Are Achieving Big Success in Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley-based startup SoThree launched the Umano app for commuters or news junkies last year, and since then its been…
Seamless is the Mobile Answer to Reducing Hospital Readmissions
Tax-time can be tough on the wallet, root-canal therapy isn’t much fun and moving doesn’t count as one of life’s…
Canadian Duo Behind AppDirect Secures $9 Million Series B Round
Daniel Saks and Nicolas Desmarais, the two Canadian cofounders behind Silicon Valley-based startup AppDirect, have secured…
Head of Student VC Fund Challenges Canada to “Prevent the Glaciers from Melting”
The following is an exclusive guest post written by Ilan Saks, CEO of The Founder Project Recently, I’ve done some reading…
MaRS to Host Energy Hackathon This Weekend
The MaRS Discovery District in Toronto is holding its free Energy Hackathon this weekend. Approximately 150 developers, designers,…
500px Brings on a Few Tech Heavy-Hitters in Andy Yang and Patrick Lor
It’s been a productive few months for 500px, the popular Toronto-based photo community powered by creative people. Last…