Startup jobs of the week: StackAdapt, Vena Solutions, Hifyre, Unbounce, Finn.ai
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VentureLAB looking for entrepreneurs to develop affordable housing solutions for York Region
VentureLAB’s communityBUILD program, a program focused on building a social innovation ecosystem in the York Region, is introducing…
HackerYou puts bootcamp program on hold as it seeks private career college accreditation
While coding bootcamps have become increasingly popular for people looking to learn new tech skills or build on existing knowledge,…
IBM launches Toronto-based innovation space as part of $54 million Innovation Incubator Project
IBM, in partnership with Ontario Centres of Excellence and the Government of Ontario, has launched the IBM Innovation Space,…
PayPal Canada moving into MaRS Discovery District
Toronto’s innovation hub, the MaRS Discovery District, just found a new FinTech resident. PayPal Canada announced this morning…
#ProductHuntTO celebrates 2nd anniversary with speakers from Vidyard, Shopify on Sept. 29
On Sept. 29, startups interested in learning how to build innovative products from some of Canada’s top companies will…
CanCon Podcast Ep. 34: The wrong way to run a billion-dollar company
Last year, the TO-KW corridor was home to a frenzy of tech events coinciding with the Toronto International Film Festival.…
Toronto-based Chefs Plate raises $6 million in funding
Chefs Plate, which delivers gourmet ready-to-cook meal deliveries, today announced $6 million in new funding led by Munich-based…
FreshBooks releases first major design change since 2003 launch
In early February, FreshBooks CEO Mike McDerment revealed in an open letter to customers that the company was planning on launching…
Fortay believes in developing a startup culture beyond free booze and office dogs
As startup success stories get more publicity, many large companies have attempted to emulate startup culture within their…
Hootsuite opening Toronto and Sydney offices
Buried deep in a media release about Hootsuite achieving cash flow positive status last week was this little tidbit: the Vancouver-based…
TouchBistro talks building in Canada and scaling globally on #TheDisruptors
When a large group of people go out for dinner after work, it can be a tedious and time-consuming process for waiters to manually…
Vantage’s growth a reminder that great product is nothing without market fit
2015 was a good year for Vantage. Following a $1.1 million seed round the year prior, the Toronto-based ecommerce analytics…
How Edusight’s platform wants to help school boards make better decisions with data
While school boards regularly collect data about students’ grades and performance, they aren’t always able to collect and…
BetaKit Next selectee Sampler pitches a solution to in-store sampling on #TheDisruptors
When stores hand out product samples in-store, they lose out on potentially valuable data like who is buying their product…