Toronto mayor John Tory creates Big Data Innovation Team to combat traffic congestion, hackathon coming in September
To combat frustration with Toronto’s growing congestion problems, Toronto Mayor John Tory unveiled a plan this week…
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11 Waterloo-based startups participating in $5k pitch competition in Toronto
Waterloo is once again coming to Toronto. Eleven startups from Waterloo will be travelling down the 401 to participate in a…
Toronto-based MagniWare creates “quantitative second skin” wearable
Toronto-based startup MagniWare announced last week that it has created what it dubs “a quantitative second skin”…
Product-Focused Bootcamp Opens in Toronto
ThoughtKite launches its first series of weekend and evening courses starting April 11th out of Workhaus and Workplace One.…
Uber faces Toronto ban on city-issued smartphones
There are approximately 12,000 smartphones issued to Toronto municipal employees, and one city councillor wants the Uber app…
VarageSale raises $34 million Series B from Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed
Toronto-based VarageSale has raised a $34 million Series B, led by Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation…
Toronto-based Rithm melds music sharing and messaging
How do music labels make money anymore? No one buys anything; everything is free, with a short pre-roll ad. As confident…
Chango acquired by Rubicon in a $122M bid to accelerate advertising automation
Digital marketing is going mainstream, as the advertising industry gets more sophisticated, programmatic, and moves beyond…
Casey McKinnon shares how FreshBooks regained its design groove at Product Hunt Toronto
To an outsider, FreshBooks looks like one of those startups that can do no wrong. In just the past year, the company secured…
Winners announced in the CODE 2015 Developer Challenge
The Canadian Open Data Experience (CODE) kicked off its 48-hour hackathon last month and the event once again was a massive…
Dream Payments secures $6 million in funding from Blue Sky Capital, Real Ventures, and Rouge River Capital
Cash continues to flow into Canadian startups. The latest is Toronto-based Dream Payments who has secured $6 million in funding,…
Sensibill raises $2 million seed round from Impression, Six Squared + Ryerson Futures
Toronto-based Sensibill announced today that it has raised $2 million in seed funding, led by Impression Ventures with participation…
Toronto-based Quickplay raises $57 million
Toronto-based Quickplay has secured $57-million in funding to further expand its growth in the OTT (over-the-top) video market.…
CareGuide raises another $2.5 million, ponders acquisitions
When we last checked in with Toronto’s CareGuide, it was in the midst of closing a $1.5 million seed round from an impressive…
Bridging bricks and clicks: how Frank & Oak wins millennial males online and IRL
At the Frank & Oak retail store in Toronto, 20- and 30-something men wander in and out. Some are regulars, while others…