TechPong raises $72,000 for charities helping global refugee crisis
TechPong, the annual Vancouver charity event now in its second year, has announced that it raised $72,000. Dressed like the…
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Startup Canada announces four BC co-working partnerships & funding for women entrepreneurship
Startup Canada has been on a roll in forwarding its mission of giving entrepreneurs the resources to start their own businesses.…
Today in funding ($39M): Bee Vectoring Technology, VISR, Marketing.AI, Coveo
Today’s funding news runs the gamut from seed round to Series D. Here’s the latest on who raised how much, from…
Hired launches in Canada as talent crunch grows
As fast-growing firms from tech hubs in Vancouver to Waterloo and beyond scramble for talent, Hired is launching across Canada…
Lighthouse Labs to help Venture for Canada grads get code-savvy
Lighthouse Labs and Venture for Canada, a nonprofit dedicated to recruiting top grads to work at Canadian startups, are partnering…
Today in funding ($51M): Turnstone Biologics, Invixium, Qvella, Elastic Path Software
This week, three Toronto-based companies raised impressive Series A rounds – two of them in healthtech. Here’s…
Early-stage startups: tips and tricks to get traction faster
You’ve got your big idea (or at least, you think you do) for something that’s going to disrupt the marketplace. You’re…
BCTIA and PayPal Canada partner to launch Vancouver FinTech cluster
PayPal Canada is collaborating with BCTIA to launch a new FinTech cluster, which the partners hope will establish Vancouver’s…
CTRL ALT DEL: Vancouver talks disrupting with passion
How are you disrupting the status quo? That’s what the CTRL ALT DEL event at SFU Woodward’s in downtown Vancouver last…
Vision Critical puts the Sparq in customer intelligence
What does your customer really want — and when and where do they want it? Vancouver-based Vision Critical has launched…
Shoes.com CEO Roger Hardy talks building an e-commerce empire on #TheDisruptors
Roger Hardy was working in e-commerce before it was cool. He founded Vancouver-basedClearly Contacts in 2000 — which was…
Vision Critical rumoured to hire BMO for IPO preparation
A report from Bloomberg Business claims that Vancouver-based Vision Critical has hired BMO to help it prepare for a potential…
Sarah Prevette gives startups brainstorming tips on Breakfast Television
BetaKit and Future Design School founder Sarah Prevette was on Breakfast Television Vancouver this week to dole out advice…
Report says cities in Western Canada the best for starting businesses
While many Canadians might think our nation’s largest cities, Toronto or Montreal, are the top places to start a business,…
Hootsuite adds Sujeet Kini as new CFO and Paul McFeeters to Board
Vancouver-based Hootsuite announced today that it has added two key people to its roster. Sujeet Kini has been named as Hootsuite’s…