Slack approaches $2.6B valuation with rumours of Butterfield stepping aside as CEO
Multiple tech publications pounced on rumours last night that Slack is looking to raise a new round of funding, six months…
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Ticketfly acquires Northern Tickets, reaches milestone of $1 billion in gross sales
San Fransisco-based Ticketfly expanded its operations into Canada early 2013 and has seen rapid success ever since. Perhaps…
#YVR FinTech: the business of your money is changing
Think about Canadian banking. Your first thought is likely of its quarter-over-quarter, hand-over-fist profits. The unlikely…
ePACT is Ready to Rocket, helping turn disasters into manageable events
You’re in your office when the hashtag #Earthquake hits your Twitter feed. You feel a tremor and one of your colleagues curses…
2015 Funding Roadshow starts tomorrow
The 2015 Funding Roadshow starts on March 19th in Ottawa before venturing across Canada to ten cities. Organized by Fundica,…
#Dx32015: How SocialNature’s community helped it pivot and differentiate
EthicalDeal was Canada’s largest green daily deals site, but three years into the project, its community was asking for…
Shining the spotlight on BC Innovation: talking with Chris Hadfield, BCIC’s Greg Caws & Greg Malpass
The Vancouver Board of Trade and the BC Innovation Council are presenting The B.C. Tech Forum: Leapfrogging Innovation to…
#Dx32015: Why Control bet on mobile and Stripe to grow its payments platform
Startups can often measured by the early choices that define their business. For new HIGHLINE portfolio investment Control,…
Girls club opens doors to the boys: Girls Raising becomes The Vinetta Project
Incubators, accelerators, venture capital, and pitch events all contribute to growing a tech ecosystem. But Girls Raising founder…
Hootsuite’s Ryan Holmes shares four important funding tips for Canadian startups
Hootsuite CEO Ryan Holmes has been quite busy recently. In addition to prepping Canada’s first AngelList Syndicate, and…
HIGHLINE extends Emily Carr University partnership to provide startups with design talent
HIGHLINE announced today that it has renewed its partnership with Emily Carr University to match the school’s top design…
Pebble Time just became the most successful Kickstarter ever
Pebble launched its Pebble Time Kickstarter campaign one week ago today. The campaign reached a million dollars in less than…
Neurio launches with hardware lessons learned
When we profiled Vancouver-based Neurio’s Kickstarter campaign, which ended up raising over $250,000, exceeding its goal…
Lighthouse Labs coding bootcamp goes national in new HIGHLINE partnership
Vancouver-based Lighthouse Labs announced today that it is expanding its coding bootcamp school across Canada in 2015. A Toronto…
The opportunity of open data and the importance of hackathons
This past Saturday, coders across Canada took part in CODE 2015, an intense ‘48-hour coding sprint’, creating apps using…