Microsoft Ventures Officially Announces Partnerships with Three Canadian Startup Hubs
Since Microsoft unified several programs for startups into one umbrella “Microsoft Ventures” organization, the…
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Microsoft Plants Massive Xbox One in Downtown Vancouver to Celebrate National Launch
Xbox One or Playstation 4, which will you choose? Today Microsoft made a “large” effort to appeal to gamers in…
Hootsuite’s Ryan Holmes to Unveil a Peter Thiel Fellowship-Like Program for Young Canadians
Ryan Holmes, CEO of Vancouver-based social media dashboard startup HootSuite, has unveiled plans for a new program aimed at…
Vancouver-Based Connected Car App Mojio Secures $2.3 Million in Seed Funding
Vancouver’s Mojio has gained $2.3 million in seed funding to further develop its connected car app, which is in the…
BDC Moves into Launch Academy’s Vancouver Office Space
Launch Academy, the Vancouver-based “pre accelerator” program cofounded by Ray Walia and Mike Edwards, is welcoming…
HootSuite Partners with Syracuse University to Offer Social Media Certificate
It seems like HootSuite is always up to something these days. Today the Vancouver creators of a social media dashboard announced…
Three Startups Nominated to Get a Startup Visa From GrowLab
There’s been enough talk about the perceived shortcomings of the federal government’s Startup Visa program since…
EnergyAware’s Neurio is Your Home’s New Brain
50 billion devices. Cisco estimates by 2020, 50 billion devices will be connected to the internet. Our homes will be a key…
Vancouver’s VIDA Homes Debuts at Exclusive New York Property Launch Party
If you’re going to roll out a new app for the Real Estate market, making a splash in New York City is a pretty good start.…
Hootsuite is Close to 8 Million Users, Boosts Revenues 150%
Vancouver-based social media dashboard startup Hootsuite said today in a release that the company has surpassed 1000 enterprise…
“We need to prepare ourselves for a mobile-first and mobile-only future”: Mobify’s Igor Faletski
Mobile is massive and it’s getting more so everyday. Yet for all of the phones, the tablets, and what I pay my wireless carrier,…
Staples Canada to Carry Roam Mobility Products
It’s been a good few weeks for Roam Mobility, the Vancouver-based startup that charges Canadians between around $3 and…
Victoria’s Tapstream Secures $700K Seed Round From BDC
Victoria-based startup Tapstream is announcing a seed round worth $700,000 this morning, lead by the Business Development…
Metro News Vancouver Initiates Successful Crowdfunding Campaign for Distraught Surrey Resident
It was a contentious topic in journalism school a few years ago when my classmates and I had to debate the merits of “embedded…
Vancouver’s Curatio Wins $100,000 for Mobile Healthcare App
Vancouver-based startup Curatio is sitting pretty these days. The four-month old company, part of Wavefront’s Venture Accelerator…