Gallop Labs “sold for parts” to Big Viking Games as CEO, founding team part ways
BetaKit has learned that Toronto-based Gallop Labs has been acquired by London, Ontario’s Big Viking Games. While employees…
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#WWTO panel predicts widespread wearables adoption in 2016
Not many people can say they’ve celebrated their birthday with hundreds of people while decked out in a bionic exoskeleton…
#FinTech startups cash in at #ProductHuntTO on February 4
In the first Product Hunt Toronto event of the year, three FinTech startup demos and a panel with an industry leader is putting…
Dragons’ Den hosting open auditions starting February 6 in Toronto
As Dragons’ Den begins production for its 11th season, its producers are starting a 33-city audition tour on February…
Uber is now licensed in Toronto
Uber is now a licensed taxi brokerage in the City of Toronto, according to a statement issued by the company to multiple local…
Upverter pitches GitHub for hardware on #TheDisruptors
The latest season of The Disruptors has officially kicked off, and one of the pitching companies demonstrated how a GitHub…
Feast takes a ‘full-stack’ approach to food delivery
It’s warm for mid-December and I’m sitting on a park bench on Toronto’s east side, bare trees swaying softly…
Flywire acquires Toronto-based ScholarFX
Toronto-based ScholarFX, which offers a tuition payments platform for international students attending Canadian postsecondary…
Female Funders kicks off Breakfast Series to inspire 1,000 new angel investors
Kicking off an eight-city event in Toronto, Katherine Hague stood before a full room of female investors — both active and…
Ontario Centres of Excellence grants $180,000 to four Entrepreneurship Hatchery startups
Four startups from The Entrepreneurship Hatchery, U of T engineering’s accelerator for student business ventures, have…
Tony Lacavera commits to Series A & B investments following “meaningful” Wind exit
Fresh off the news of Shaw’s intention to purchase Wind Mobile for $1.6 billion CAD, Tony Lacavera was at the MaRS Discovery…
Hurrier rebrands to foodora
Back in September, Toronto-based Hurrier was acquired by Rocket Internet-owned Foodora, which initially launched its on-demand…
Upside Foundation names Howard Gwin its first ambassador
Howard Gwin is having a great week. After announcing that he would be a venture partner in the newly-launched $100 million…
RateHub’s Digital Money Trends report shows power of search for FinTech startups
RateHub, a search engine for Canadian mortgage rates that boasts 300,000 monthly users, released its first Digital Money Trends…
Axiom acquiring part of lean law firm Cognition LLP
Joe Milstone and Rubsun Ho were two overworked lawyers at major law firms — at some point, both were vice president of legal…