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…
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Dogfooding and other startup insights from the inaugural #TechVAN
TechVancouver’s 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 ‘seatbelts’ 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 family’s 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 ‘startup’ for a second. How do you scale up a business? Some of the city’s early entrepreneurial hopefuls…
Today in funding: Mobify, ScarX Therapeutics, Chronogolf
Whether they’re changing the world of medicine or mobile, Canadian startups raised impressive rounds in this week’s…
Slack celebrates second birthday with 2.3 million daily active users
Almost a year ago today, Slack celebrated its first birthday with 500,000 daily active users and more than 60,000 teams using…
ModernAdvisor wants to disrupt investment management with robots
Robots are set to eventually take over almost every industry, and for one pitching company on The Disruptors, the future is…
Travis Kalanick speaks out: Uber’s CEO on risk, regulation, and women in tech
In downtown Vancouver’s Launch Academy hub for a ‘fireside chat’ moderated by SheTalks’ Barinder Rasode and Launch…
Lessons learned from pitching tech on Dragons’ Den
Auditions for CBC’s Dragons’ Den TV show have begun again – and for tech startups from coast to coast, this can be a…