Cool New Search Website Removes the First Million Results
Remember the days when we had to lift the huge encyclopedia off of the book shelf in order to search for a concept? At my…
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Silicon Valley-born Founder Institute Officially Opens in Toronto
The “World’s Largest Startup Accelerator” has planted its foot in the Toronto-Waterloo Corridor. The Founder…
Ryerson’s DMZ Turns Four, Has Created 1080 Jobs
It’s a celebration of sorts for Ryerson University’s Digital Media Zone (DMZ), as the startup hub that houses an…
VIDEO: Check Out How This Short Film Views Toronto’s Tech Ecosystem
West Toronto-based NicheID, a media production company, has come up with a pretty interesting take on Toronto’s startup…
You Don’t Have to Go to University, Says This Toronto Startup, Because There’s a Lot More Out There
A colleague recently commented to me that some people in life are just on a mission. They have a “cause,” and they’ll…
UofT’s Mobile App Lab Demo Night Crowns Its Winner in XTouch App
A mobile app that can allow any flat surface to act in a tap-sensitive manner has won the $1,000 University of Toronto 2014…
Visual Search Platform Slyce to Go Public
Calgary and Toronto-based startup Slyce, the company that recently raised nearly $11 million in venture capital, is going…
40 Days Left to Apply for “World’s Largest Business Plan Competition”
43North‘s executive director Andrew Pulkrabek is heading back to the Toronto area today to espouse the virtues of his…
Is Techstars Coming to Toronto-Waterloo?
The CEO and founder of Techstars, the popular US-based startup accelerator present in six cities (as well as London, UK), is…
Innovation Management Tool SoapBox Lands Coca-Cola as Client
Toronto startup SoapBox, a SaaS-based tool that allows organizations to communicate with their community both publicly and…
New York’s Handybook, the “Uber for Household Services” Expands to Toronto
Yesterday was a big day for Handybook, the New York-based startup backed with $15.7 million in venture capital. The startup…
Video: Frank & Oak Cofounder Talks About The Jump From Employee to Entrepreneur
Frank & Oak cofounder Hicham Ratnani recently gave a talk at a free Founder Institute startup event, and the entrepreneur…
Toronto Tool Library Turns One
Toronto Tool Library had much to celebrate on the night of its one-year anniversary. When its co-founders Ryan Dyment and Lawrence…
Toronto’s BrandProject Creates, Invests in New Company, TUNED Brands Inc.
Toronto-based BrandProject, a “company creation studio” that builds, buys and makes seed stage investments in…
Wattpad Secures $46 million in Funding, Aims to “Become One of the Most Successful Consumer Internet Companies in the World”
I always wonder at what point a company just has enough money. I suppose the Toronto-based writing platform Wattpad didn’t…