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…
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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…
MakeWorks brings the maker movement to shared workspaces, hosting Toronto launch party next week
A converted factory in the base of an old west-end building is the site for Toronto’s first shared workspace for makers.…
Here’s Four Toronto Startups Reinventing The Wheel
Reinventing the wheel and building a better mousetrap are cliches normally thrown around during a terrible elevator pitch.…
Winners Announced For Toronto’s Startup Weekend: Library Edition
Toronto’s Startup Weekend: Library Edition has announced winners of the intense 54-hour hackathon challenge to brainstorm…
With $7K Price Tag, Toronto Accelerator DRIVEN Is Looking for It’s New Cohort
Toronto-based startup accelerator program DRIVEN has opened up the application period for its third cohort. The accelerator…
Founder Institute is Trying to Create a Toronto Chapter
The Founder Institute, fresh off of a Montreal chapter launch, is making a push for Toronto. In a blog post last week the organization,…
Ex-TeamBuy Cofounder is Set to Go After Uber
If there’s a night in shining armour ready to come to the defence of the helpless taxi fleets, losing revenue that could…
Video: Innohub’s Dynamic Mobile Landing Pages Snared 65% Conversion For Pepsi
In our final instalment of the Extreme Startups video series at DX3 2014 conference, our Joseph Czikk chatted with Innohub…
Video: Hurrier is the Toronto-Based “Uber for Goods”
It’s our fourth instalment of our Extreme Startups video series and this time Joseph Czikk asks the million-dollar question:…
New Sniffr App Blurs Line Between a Dating and a Dog-Lovers App
Profis Communications founder Justin Young tells us that “it’s a dog-meet-dog world,” ahead of a planned…
Toronto’s Upverter Lands $2.3 Million, Seeks Profitability
Toronto-based startup Upverter, a GitHub-like platform for hardware engineers, or an online design automation platform, has…
Automotive Photo Community MadWhips is Building on “Above-Average” Engagement
The idea for automotive photography community MadWhips might have started at the University of Guelph where CEO Anthony Carbone…
Video: Extreme Startups Company Dubb Turns Users’ Contacts Into a Discoverable Network
In our third video interview with Extreme Startups, Joseph Czikk chats with Dubb CEO Neven Zeremski at DX3 2014 in Toronto.…
Why Toronto’s New Stock Exchange Should Focus on Nanotech
A monopoly’s favourite casualty – innovation – has thus far not been spared in the case of Canada’s stock markets. But…