Popular US Online Retailer Newegg to Accept Bitcoin as Payment in Canada
Newegg, a California-based ecommerce site that sells consumer tech products, is now accepting the world’s most famous…
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Toronto’s Smart Energy Instruments Gets $5.6M Round Led by 3M New Ventures
Toronto’s Smart Energy Instruments, a company that develops electronic chipsets with high-precision, real-time monitoring…
Markham EHR Tech Startup Nightingale Receives $3.5M Secured Loan
Markham’s Nightingale Informatix Corporation, a technology company on the TSX-V that provides Electronic Health Record…
Vancouver’s Mio Global Shows Off the ‘Alpha’ Strapless Heart Rate Wearable
At GROW Conference in Whistler, BC, Mio Global CEO Liz Dickinson engaged in a spirited panel discussion about the future of…
Toronto Fishing App Reveals Big Numbers at GROW Conference Startup Smackdown
Kyle Reid impressed a panel of four judges (including our Joseph Czikk) enough to win himself a trip to the Startup Smackdown…
Free eBook by FounderFuel Alum Helps Make Confusing Data Visually Beautiful
Former FounderFuel startup InfoActive is coming off a very successful few years. It’s desire to help companies create…
Need Cash to Go to Coding School? This Canadian Cofounder Can Help You
LendLayer, a Silicon Valley-based startup founded by a University of Waterloo grad, has raised a $400,000 seed round. The startup…
Hootsuite to Hire Another 100, Prepares for Next #HootHire Event
Vancouver’s Hootsuite, the social media dashboard company that raised the largest round of venture capital in Canadian…
Kelowna EdTech Startup FreshGrade Raises $4.3 Million Seed Round
Kelowna-based edtech startup FreshGrade has raised a $4.3 million seed round led by NewSchools Venture Fund, Emerson Collective,…
BDC Capital Partners with Creative Destruction Lab, Aims to Reach $1 Billion in Equity Value
Creative Destruction Labs (CDL), who is based at Rotman School of Management at U of T, started in 2012 and has exceeded is…
Vancouver Fashion Startup Wants People To Pay What They Can
Garmentory, a Vancouver and Seattle-based fashion startup bids on curated collections and direct connections between independent…
Canadian VCs Ranked Favourably in New Deloitte-NVCA Survey
Canadian venture capitalists and private equity firms scored big marks in a recent Deloitte-NVCA survey that revealed global…
Hilarious Montreal Fashion Startup Sells Nerd-Wear in New Kickstarter Project
I’m not sure whether wearing a shirt designed with NSA homepage code is funny or if it’s a sign of the apocalypse.…
VanHawks Poaches Former Cervelo Bikes Designer to Join Team as Head of Design
VanHawks, the Toronto startup that hit it big on Kickstarter with is Valour smartbike, has hired former Cervelo Bikes designer Mark…
Military Robot-Builder Clearpath Robotics Takes Stand On ‘Killer Robots’
Waterloo’s Clearpath Robotics is saying “hasta la vista, baby” to any involvement within ‘killer robot’…