Manulife Financial Joins as Federal Fund-of-Funds Reaches Second Close
The federal government’s fund-of-funds for startups has achieved its second close, bringing total commitments to date…
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OMERS Ventures Looks for These Three Attributes When Investing Into a Startup
OMERS Ventures, the investment arm of pension fund OMERS, has a core focus in the technology, media, telecommunications, clean…
Doing it All: Hardware Meets Software at the IoT Design Shop
“Software is eating the world, but hardware gives it teeth,” was Renee DiResta’s (Principle, OATV) comment at the first…
WSU Business School Names Canada Second Best Location to Start a Company
A new infographic put together by Washington State University’s School of Business has named Canada as the second best…
InboundCon 2014 Looks to Please the Startup Marketers
The St. James Conference Centre in downtown Toronto will play host to InboundCon 2014, a conference that will bring together “world…
Five Essential Tips for the Travelling Entrepreneur
Small business owners can rarely afford to take a step out of the office, let alone the country, which make travel plans — even…
Whistler a “Perfect Place to Make Decisions and Iterate” Says GROW Conference CEO
Deb Landa and her yearly GROW Conference was the subject of a recent Financial Post article detailing how next month’s…
BC Invests $6 Million in New Okanagan Centre for Innovation
The government of British Columbia has invested $6 million towards a new innovation centre in Kelowna. Premier Christy Clark…
Former MaRS Manager to Lead New Cossette Labs Business Incubator
Cossette has announced a new business incubator in Toronto seeking to help startups who develop technologies that will benefit…
MakeWorks Nears Crowdfunding Goal, Calls Itself The”Startup Factory of the Future”
Toronto’s MakeWorks has raised over half of its targeted $20,000 crowdfunding project, in which the creative marker studio…
Forget the Cottage, Startup Weekend is Coming to Muskoka
Startup Weekend, the 54 hour global marathons that bring together developers, designers, marketers and startup enthusiasts,…
Here’s Five Tricks To Help Your Crowdfunding Project Win
The Next 36’s Chris Grouchy recently took to the Financial Post to drop a bit of knowledge about how crowdfunding projects…
MaRS’ Jolt Accelerator Announces New Summer Cohort
MaRS’ JOLT accelerator announced today the latest group of companies to join its growing portfolio of startups. “Next-level…
Waterloo Job Fair Tomorrow Promises to Fill 20 Jobs in Silicon Valley
A new job fair in the Kitchener-Waterloo region tomorrow will look to fill 20 positions within Silicon Valley startups. The…
Why Startups need to Acqui-Fire Government Policies: Part Two
In “Why Startups Need to Acqui-Fire Government Policies,” guest poster and San Francisco-based entrepreneur Simon…