BuzzFeed hires Craig Silverman as Founding Editor for Canadian newsroom
New York-based BuzzFeed, the incredibly popular site that’s built off top-10 lists and viral news, recently announced…
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CIBC to launch innovation hub inside MaRS
The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce announced today that it will be creating a new innovation hub inside of the MaRS Discovery…
Magniware moves beyond wearable tech to optimize your life
What happens when you bring together a group of academics dead set on taking their studies out of school to drive change in…
Uber claims it will create 8,000 full-time jobs in Toronto this year
Uber’s business practices may be under scrutiny from Toronto’s politicians, but that hasn’t stopped the company…
Borrowellâs lending marketplace launches
Back in December, Toronto-based raised $5.4 million in seed funding to accelerate the launch of its Canadian lending marketplace,…
Toronto-based WINR games combines gaming and charity to pay it forward
The amount of time playing games on mobile devices has significantly increased. The latest Canadian stat showed gaming as the…
FITC Toronto 2015 breaks records, inspires with ‘heart and wonder’
FITC Toronto 2015 – a three-day celebration of design, development, media, and innovation – broke every record…
Figure 1 brings paging support to its âInstagram for doctorsâ app
Toronto-based Figure 1, which builds a photo sharing service for the medical industry, has garnered a reputation as the go-to…
Vantage adds Magento support as analytics platform approaches $2B in analyzed transactions
When Toronto-based Vantage announced its $1.1 million seed round last summer, President and co-founder Aran Hamilton indicated…
Ryerson DMZ celebrates its 5th birthday with a rebrand and big numbers
Ryerson was in a festive mood last night, as the university celebrated the fifth anniversary of its incubator and co-working…
Today in Funding: TouchBistro, Ayogo, McRock INFund + HarbourVest VCAP
Funds are raising funds and April is the month of Series A rounds. Hereâs the latest on who raised how much, from whom. …
New grocery delivery service InstaBuggy goes live in Toronto
Toronto is now one click away from getting all of our grocery shopping done while waiting in line for that morning coffee.…
Microsoft acquires Torontoâs Datazen Software
Microsoft announced that it has acquired Torontoâs Datazen Software. The terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the entire…
Toronto’s maker movement grows up with Maker Festival
It was only last month I made the claim that Toronto’s maker movement was exploding. The truth, however, is that it has…
EDC and MaRS announce partnership to help Canadian companies “go global”
Export Development Canada (EDC), Canadaâs trade finance agency, and MaRS have announced a new partnership that will assist…