500px updates iOS app to engage user base beyond photographers
Photographers and photo enthusiasts, take note: the 500px iOS app just got a major update. What you’ll find once…
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August #WWTO redefines disability
There’s a perception that tech communities can be self-serving. We read the news that startups like Uber have raised another…
Toronto-based Rumble wants to help video creators and publishers get paid
Since YouTube started taking over the video content space, the Internet has only gotten noisier. Between scrolling through…
UGO Wallet has doubled its user base this year
UGO Wallet was announced back in 2013 before being released last November. Dubbed as “Canada’s First Open Mobile Wallet,”…
The life-changing potential of wearable tech
For many, the term “wearable technology” evokes thoughts of step counting and wrist-vibrating notifications. But the potential…
#MakerFestivalTO gets bigger, better
Following a week of satellite events around the city, Maker Festival Toronto arrived at the Toronto Reference Library this…
Today in funding: Sequence Bio, icejam games, Kensington Venture Fund & more
This week, government funding came through for many Canadian startups. Here’s the latest on who raised how much, and from…
SheEO partners with FreshBooks to offer support network and $1M funding pool for Canadian Female Entrepreneurs
Toronto-based SheEO and FreshBooks have teamed together to launch An Act of Radical Generosity, a new program designed to provide…
It’s time for ‘Code’ to become Canada’s third language
Canada needs to step up its game on code literacy. Software is at the core of almost every industry today. It’s at the…
Compass report: Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal all top 20 global startup ecosystems
Compass, a startup data benchmarking company, has released its second Startup Ecosystem Report. Three years after the initial…
#MakerFestivalTO alert: ReDeTec hosting 3D printing innovation night this Tuesday
ReDeTec, a 3D printing company dedicated to using recyclable materials (like 3D printing waste and plastic bottles), is hosting…
Perimeter Medical Imaging secures $5 Million Series A funding
Toronto-based Perimeter Medical Imaging, a company that develops real-time imaging systems for in-surgery tissue assessment,…
eSight is going public
Damon Capital Corp, a Canadian capital pool company, has agreed to combine with eSight. eSight, which helps the legally blind…
Maker Festival kicks off with Electric Runway exhibition, boldly mixing tech with fashion
What do LED lights, science experiments, and a giant dancing praying mantis made of paper have in common? These were…
Today in Funding: Benevity, Northleaf Capital Partners, and Viafoura
A variety of Canadian companies and funds raised big money this week. Here’s the latest on who raised how much, and from…