SilkStart’s new funding shows it pays to listen to your customers
Victoria-based SilkStart today announced that it has raised a $550,000 oversubscribed seed round, led by Canadian accelerator…
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TinyMob Games Wins Startup of the Year at the 2014 VIATeC Technology Awards
TinyMob Games, an independent gaming studio based in Victoria, was chosen as the winner for the Startup of the Year award…
Youth Innovator Ann Makosinski Wins 2014 Weston Youth Innovation Award
Victoria, B.C. teenager Ann Makosinski has won the Ontario Science Centre’s 2014 Weston Youth Innovation Award, for…
Someone Never Used That Giftcard You Bought Them? Victoria’s Kiind Launches Cash-Back Service
Victoria startup Kiind has today launched its cash-back payment model for gift cards, hoping to help ease the estimated $10…
Victoria’s KeyNexus Stores Cloud-Based Apps in a Really (Really) Secure Way
Speaking of Heartbleed, here’s a little something of interest: âWhen youâre using a software based encryption technology,…
Victoria’s Sendwithus Is Headed to Y Combinator
Getting accepted to join Y Combinator must feel like winning the Super Bowl. With alumni like Reddit, DropBox, AirBnB, and…
Microsoft Lays off 30 in Victoria Gaming Studio Closure
Unfortunate news in B.C this this morning, as the Times Colonist reported that Microsoft has closed its office in downtown…
Victoria’s Crowd Content Connects Content-Hungry eCommerce Businesses with Freelancers
Clayton Lainsbury said that he watched too many businesses face a shortage of original content for thousands of products,…
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…