Our focus is to help Canadian startups get noticed and communicate their wins, another world happens outside our glorious land. Below is a recap of what occurred over the past seven days in Canada, along with notable news from around the web:
- Highline and Ontario Centres of Excellence team to launch seed funding program [Read here]
- Velocity Foundry is officially open [Read here]
- Innovation Guelph crowns Redtree Robotics as the winner of its ‘Startup Royale’ [Read here]
- Elastic Path receives $5.3 million to ‘continue driving innovation’ [Read here]
- Hack the North is happening September 19th [Read here]
- Government Introduces Small Business Job Credit [Read here]
- BLiNQ Networks scores $15.1 million in Series B funding [Read here]
- BCIC expands its Venture Acceleration Program into Northwest B.C. [Read here]
- Square opens permanent office in Kitchener [Read here]
- Canada named one of the best countries in the world to launch a startup [Read here]
- CIRA and Startup Canada partner to offer startups a ‘treasure trove of resources’ [Read here]
Around the web:
- Tink Raises $4 Million Series A [TechCrunch]
- Square raises $100 million at $6 billion valuation [Fortune]
- Festicket Raises $2.7 Million in Series A Round [Billboard]
- Looop, An Online Learning Platform For Employees, Raises $2M [TechCrunch]