Persistence Capital Partners invests in mdBriefCase
The CVCA is reporting that Persistence Capital Partners (PCP) has placed a significant equity investment in continuing health…
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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…
MaRS-backed Unata raises $1.2M to fuel U.S. grocery retail growth
Toronto-based Unata announced today that it has secured $1.2 million in funding. The round was lead by MaRS’ Investment Accelerator…
Decoded fashion + tech event descends on Toronto January 22nd
Global fashion + tech event startup Decoded is touching down in Toronto Thursday, January 22nd. The event series is designed…
Canopy Labs CEO Wojciech Gryc says most business don’t realize the data they have access to
Toronto-based Canopy Labs provides a predictive customer analytics tool to help businesses leverage data from past purchases…
The #HTML500 is More Than Another Learn to Code Event
“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.” ― Mark Twain Participating…
Slyce breaks into grocery retail with PDN’s Shopper app integration
This week, Slyce announced that Purchase Decision Network has integrated the startup’s image recognition platform into…
Hands on the Nymi Band Discovery Kit
The Nymi Band is one of the most anticipated wearables of 2015. The wristband, which promises to do away with passwords and…
TRACE partners with Frankly, Hellaclips & SpeedSociety to enhance its live-streaming content platform
Just before the the holidays, TRACE closed a $2.5 million seed round to fuel the creation of a live-streamed content platform…
Bruce Croxon hosting Entrepreneurship 101 event at MaRS this week
Bruce Croxon, former CBC Dragon and Managing Partner of Round13 Capital, will be hosting a free event taking place this Wednesday,…
My Top 14 Canadian Tech Moments of 2014
This year, I found myself in Toronto’s tech community. I don’t just mean “found myself” as in I stumbled…
theScore acquires fantasy sports game Swoopt and team from ApptheGame
Toronto-based mobile sporting news provider theScore has announced an acquisition of daily fantasy sports game Swoopt from…
Gob’s Jason Chung on validating your business at any cost
On his first day at his new company, Jason Chung was kindly asked to leave the premises. It wasn’t his office, though. The…
Anthony Lipkin wants to show you how digital is shaping culture at Dx3
As we approach the holiday season, few of us are likely thinking about March 2015. Anthony Lipkin, VP and Partner of Dx3, Canada’s…
One Year Later: Looking back at the seven Canadian wearable tech companies changing the world
Back in November of last year I introduced seven Canadian wearable tech companies working on technologies that were set to…