AccessNow founder receives David C. Onley Award for Leadership in Accessibility
AccessNow founder Maayan Ziv, who created a crowdsourced web app that allows users to determine the accessibility of restaurants,…
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Digital Dreams leveraging FinTech to enhance its festival experience
For the past five years, Digital Dreams Toronto — which attracts thousands of people for a music festival by the water —…
French Tech Tour supporting international development of France-based startups kicks off in Toronto
Business France, a national agency supporting the international development of France’s economy, is supporting ten startups…
Startup Canada Podcast: Tonya Surman on Building a Caring Economy
As a teen, like most her age, Tonya Surman was faced with the fate-defining question of choosing between good and evil. She…
PetalMD and iamsick.ca partner to make health care more accessible
Toronto-based iamsick.ca and Quebec City-based PetalMD are entering a strategic partnership with the goal of helping Canadian…
Magnusmode partners with ROM to create digital museum guides for people with autism
As part of National Access Awareness Week, Toronto-based Magnusmode has partnered with the Royal Ontario Museum and Easter…
Why Michelle Pinchev brought Social Media Week back to Toronto with #SMWiTO
SMWi Toronto officially kicks off to celebrate all things social media. As official Social Media Weeks take place simultaneously…
Globalive’s charity arm hosting social enterprise pitch competition with $60,000 in prizes
The SHAMBA Foundation, Toronto + Acumen and SVP Toronto are hosting a pitch competition aimed at social enterprises on June…
Shopify’s Tech @ Scale panel says internet is not ready for long-term effects of AI and machine learning
Deep learning and artificial intelligence are set to be the next big innovations that change the way that people run their…
Globalive being sued for $750 million by Catalyst over ‘sabotaged’ Wind acquisition
One of Canada’s largest private equity firm is suing the former owners of Wind Mobile for allegedly breaching an exclusivity…
How a co-op student growth hacked CareGuide into new funding from 500 Startups’ DistroFund
In the past, CareGuide has excelled at securing funding using unconventional methods. For example, raising funding from the…
#smallrooms Podcast: Jane Podbelskaya of Georgian Partners on hands-on investment
Rob Kenedi chats with Jane Podbelskaya, senior associate at Georgian Partners. Jane describes Georgian Partners’ thesis-driven,…
FanXchange raises $5 million Series B for white label ticketing platform
Toronto-based FanXchange, a platform that provides powering white-labeled live event ticketing solutions for loyalty programs,…
As BitGold surpasses one million users, parent company realigns its operations
Goldmoney, the parent company of gold-based payments and savings platform BitGold, is consolidating its operations by merging…
The Next 36 appoints Tony Lacavera and John Kelleher as co-chairs of its board
The Next 36 announced that Globalive founder Tony Lacavera and McKinsey and Company partner John Kelleher will be joining the…