B.R.A.K.E.R.S. is one part of the connected car revolution
While emergency vehicles rely on loud sirens to get the attention of cars around them, this system isn’t foolproof; sometimes…
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Lighthouse Labs to help Venture for Canada grads get code-savvy
Lighthouse Labs and Venture for Canada, a nonprofit dedicated to recruiting top grads to work at Canadian startups, are partnering…
MaRS, Hacking Health, BDC Capital and Real Ventures launch Hacking Health Accelerator
Today, Hacking Health, BDC Capital, Real Ventures, and MaRS announced a partnership to launch the Hacking Health Accelerator,…
Today in funding ($51M): Turnstone Biologics, Invixium, Qvella, Elastic Path Software
This week, three Toronto-based companies raised impressive Series A rounds – two of them in healthtech. Here’s…
Lendified joins MaRS FinTech cluster
Toronto-based alternative lender Lendified announced today that it has joined the MaRS FinTech cluster. Launched in only August…
Nymi a partner in MasterCard’s new Commerce for Every Device program
This week, MasterCard introduced a new program that will turn customer products — ranging from industries like automotive,…
Five reasons WEST will repeat as the year’s best wearables conference
Canada’s first wearable tech conference, WEST, is back again this year, and it’s bringing a heavy-hitting line-up…
Feast your eyes on this #TheDisruptors pitch
This week, Toronto-based Feast went on The Disruptors to talk about getting a piece of the food delivery pie. Customers can…
Michael Garrity talks Goldman Sachs and Financeit’s new equity financing round
Financeit, a Toronto-based FinTech company offering a cloud-based point-of-sale platform, announced the closing of an equity…
#smallrooms podcast: Tiny Hearts
Rob Kenedi sits down with Robleh Jama, founder and CEO of Tiny Hearts, one of the most popular iOS app developers in the world.…
Meet Canada’s biggest investors at The Upside Foundation charity event
On October 22, The Upside Foundation, a registered charity that encourages Canadian startups and high-growth companies to “share…
The Next Big Thing partners with Canada’s largest tech conference for startup competition
After announcing the winners of its 2015 Next Gen startup winners, The Next Big Thing has announced that they are partnering…
New Startup Next Toronto cohort gets down to business
Startup Next, the pre-acceleration program run by Techstars, kicked off its new Toronto cohort last night at the MaRS Discovery…
Griffin Farley Search for Beautiful Minds coming to Canada with startup twist
For the past few years, the Griffin Farley Search for Beautiful Minds in New York has honoured the legacy of Griffin Farley,…
InteraXon’s Ariel Garten makes the case for mindfulness on #TheDisruptors
InteraXon, the company behind the brain-sensing headband Muse, has been having a good run since it launched five years ago.…