Progressa announces partnership with Vancouver-based Alpine Credits
Progressa, a short-term lending platform that recently raised an $11.4 million Series A, announced that it has partnered with…
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Today in Canadian Unicorns: Hootsuite written down, Slack raising at $4B USD valuation
Following Shopifyâs successful IPO and strong growth, the Canadian tech community has kept its eye on the nationâs other…
How to name your tech startup
Whatâs in a name? A lot more than you think, particularly if youâre naming a tech company. Ideally, youâll get…
Today in funding: Buddybuild, RentMoola, BioEnterprise Corporation, Changeit, SourceKnowledge
Early-stage companies raised impressive rounds in this weekâs roundup of funding. Hereâs the latest on who raised how much,…
Picatic’s Jayesh Parmar explains why startups need to eat their own dog food
While Picatic, at one point, struggled with a pay-what-you-want model before moving on to a freemium model, the hard work that…
Wiivv breaks record as most funded 3D printed product in Kickstarter history
Wiivv Wearables, which recently closed a $3.5 million seed round, has broken the record for most funded 3D printed product…
Dogfooding and other startup insights from the inaugural #TechVAN
TechVancouverâs inaugural event took place on a Tuesday night at the Unbounce meeting space in a shiny downtown Vancouver office…
Vision Critical sells its Research Consulting division, CEO addresses possible IPO this year
Vision Critical, which provides customer intelligence software and support, has sold its North American Research Consulting…
Grow and Conexus partner to bring consumer lending platform to Saskatchewan
Vancouver FinTech startup Grow (formerly Grouplend) announced another partnership with a financial institution this morning,…
Cassia Research and TRIDUS partner to give all investors âseatbeltsâ in time of market volatility
Just a few days before the Canadian cutoff date for topping up RRSPs in hopes of a big tax refund (despite being in a time…
Sepio resurrects analog photos with your smartphone’s digital camera
I was an early adopter of digital scanners to start converting my familyâs old photo albums and personal travel images into…
CONTEST: have your say at #TechVAN on February 23
TechToronto has expanded to the West Coast, with its inaugural TechVancouver event sponsored by Lighthouse Labs, happening…
Grow Financial and First West Credit Union signal beginning of FinTech partnership trend
FinTech startups in Canada have a reputation for taking direct aim at the traditional bank status quo, working against a bogged-down…
Hamilton-based CareKit Health acquired by Moseda Technologies for $2 million
CareKit Health, a healthtech startup based in Hamilton, has been acquired by Vancouver-based Moseda Technologies for $2 million.…
Tips from Founder Summit: how to scale your startup
Forget the word âstartupâ for a second. How do you scale up a business? Some of the cityâs early entrepreneurial hopefuls…