Vision Critical Gets $16 Million from Georgian Partners, More
Vancouver’s Vision Critical has raised a $16 million funding round from Georgian Partners, the Northleaf Venture Catalyst…
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Vancouver Space Watchers Urthecast Installs More Cameras on ISS
Vancouver-based Urthecast, the new and heavily-funded company that’s trying its best to democratizing earth observation,…
Isaac Raichyk’s New Tinder-esque Dating App is Keeping Him Young
68-Year-old Isaac Raichyk sat from his Toronto offices yesterday as we spoke about his new dating app, Clover, over Skype.…
Canada (Finally) Awards its First Startup Visa
Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Chris Alexander was in Vancouver Thursday morning at GrowLab and Launch Academy to…
[Infographic] 11 Essential Ingredients Every Crowdfunding Campaign Needs
Vancouver’s Fundrazr has released a new infographic explaining the “11 Essential Ingredients Every Crowdfunding…
GoalMinded Tackles Mental Wellness in the Work Space
Many of us have heard about the hard-working, hard-playing reality of investment banking and other financial gigs on Wall…
Vancouver’s ClearlyContacts Acquires Former Employee’s Startup in ShoeMe.ca
Vancouver’s ClearlyContacts went on a bit of a shopping spree as it announced this morning the acquisition of both Vancouver-based…
Toronto’s TunnelBear Hits Three Million Users
Toronto’s answer to watching the US version of Netflix, TunnelBear, has hit three million users. More seriously, TunnelBear…
Vancouver-based Wantering acquires StyledOn
Wantering and its online fashion catalog has announced the acquisition of StyledOn, a “social shopping network”…
Montreal’s BusBud Gets $9 Million for Its Bus Ticket Platform
BusBud, the Montreal startup that created a bus ticket buying platform, has raised a $9 million series A round led by Omers…
Montreal/Mississauga’s DataWind Goes Public on Toronto Stock Exchange
DataWind, the company that makes low-cost tablets and a leader in low-cost Internet connectivity for emerging markets, has…
Vancouver’s Tinkerine Wants to Bring “3D Printing Education” to Every School in North America
Some people really love 3D printing, and we can call the folks at Vancouver startup Tinkerine among this group. Tinkerine today…
Vancouver’s AR Builder Helps Brands Launch Augmented Reality Apps
AR Builder, a startup out of Vancouver that offers brands the chance the build their own augmented reality apps, has launched its…
Kitchener Startup ConcertNinja “Overturns” Federal Tour Tax for Musicians
Kitchener startup ConcertNinja says it helped overturn a federal law requiring foreign musicians to pay a hefty $450 “tour…
Getting By With a Little Help from MyBestHelper
“Necessity… the mother of invention.” – Plato Beyond death and taxes the world holds few absolute truths. Yet,…