Montreal’s Engagement Labs Acquires Social Media Analytics Agency Entrinsic
Montreal-headquartered Engagement Labs, a publicly traded company that provides social media performance analysis and optimization…
startup
After Quietly Reaching Profitability, Toronto’s ParkBench Looks to Expand
In the beginning, ParkBench CEO Grant Findlay-Shirras said he was simply looking for a solution for himself and his business…
Play It Interactive Had a Huge World Cup With its Fantasy Football App
Calgary’s Play It Interactive had a validating experience during the world cup, when its fantasy football/soccer app…
B.C. Judge Dismisses ‘Smear Campaign’ Case Against Hootsuite, Mayor
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has dismissed a conflict of interest petition against Vancouver startup Hootsuite and Vancouver…
Wattpad Rolls Out Creative Commons, Users Can Access Millions of Stories
Wattpad has established a rather significant partnership today, bringing the realm of creative sharing to written story-telling.…
Blynk’s $100,000 Win Just a Small Example of the Ecosystem Working Correctly
Our nation of Canadian entrepreneurs and investors are consistently vowing to improve, and find more ways to get early-stage…
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…
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”…