Today in funding: Poka, Budge, OCE SmartStart
A wide variety of Canadian funding announcements today, with funds both raising capital and investing it. Here’s the latest…
Toronto
Tech in Motion #HealthTech drinks and demos event hits Toronto tomorrow
Tech in Motion, a new player to the Toronto events scene, is kicking off a series of events hosted in HIGHLINE VC with a drinks…
Tilt releases new metrics on Canadian micro-groupfunding
Tilt’s Canadian branch isn’t even a year old, but already the company is reporting huge growth among its Canadian…
Jon Lax speaks out
News of Teehan+Lax shutting down has reverberated far beyond the Toronto design community. It’s gone global. …
Communitech, Ryerson DMZ, and OneEleven partner to better support Toronto and KW startups
Today, Communitech, the Ryerson University Digital Media Zone (DMZ), and OneEleven jointly announced a partnership to provide…
Going Global: Toronto and Chicago startups share dreams of international expansion
Last week, 10 startups from Toronto and Chicago pitched their wares as part of an event to help entrepreneurs from both cities…
Toronto’s Rubikloud raises $7 million Series A round
Toronto-based Rubikloud announced today that it has secured a $7 million Series A funding round, led by TOM Group and Ule.…
Teehan+Lax is Shutting Down. What’s next for Toronto’s design community?
Following the Teehan+Lax shutdown news, BetaKit reached out to Toronto design community for comment. If you’ve followed the…
Moodi wins Startup Next Toronto
Last Friday, the eight startups selected for Startup Next’s 2014 Winter Cohort pitched to a panel of judges for a spot at…
Teehan+Lax shutting down as partners join Facebook
A new era begins for the Toronto design community as the founding partners of Teehan+Lax announced this morning they are shutting…
No one is doing VR like Sulon
You think, “Another VR headset. We’ve seen this before.” Well, you haven’t seen this, because no one…
Today in health tech: GenePOC and Interface Biologics close rounds
Toronto-based Interface Biologics announced this week that it has closed a Series B financing round led by DSM Venturing and…
theScore now has over 10 million mobile monthly active users
Toronto-based mobile sports news provider theScore announced some new user milestones today, as the company closed its Fiscal…
Persistence Capital Partners invests in mdBriefCase
The CVCA is reporting that Persistence Capital Partners (PCP) has placed a significant equity investment in continuing health…
U of T’s Munk School to run $9M government-backed Digital Public Square Project
Last week, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird announced that the federal government has committed $9 million dollars to a…