Startup Canada Podcast: The man behind Hootsuite
The Great One summed it nicely for Hootsuite CEO Ryan Holmes: “You miss 100 per cent of the shots you don’t take.” It’s…
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Kaizena raises $900,000 in seed funding to bring “good change” to students worldwide
Kitchener-Waterloo based startup Kaizena announced today the close of $900,000 in seed funding, led by NewSchools Seed Fund,…
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…
Koho closes $1 million seed round, moves one step closer to building 21st-century banking
Koho is a litmus-test startup. Ask anyone in the Canadian FinTech space for their thoughts on the company, and you’ll get…
Payso CEO Jake Tyler explains how social is the future… of money
A few weeks back, social giant Facebook announced that U.S. users would soon be able to send money to each other via the company’s…
Velocity Fund Finals winner Vitameter is ready to break through the blood barrier
Vitameter co-founder James MacLean had multiple causes for celebration when I ran into him at the Bombshelter pub after the…
MappedIn raises $1.51 million seed round to chart a global course
Waterloo-based MappedIn announced the close of a $1.51 million seed round today, led by Amolino with participation from select…
#Dx32015: Pressboard is building a story marketplace
The sudden death of Gigaom is just the most recent reminder that the current business model for digital media publishers is…
#Dx32015: Why Control bet on mobile and Stripe to grow its payments platform
Startups can often measured by the early choices that define their business. For new HIGHLINE portfolio investment Control,…
EyeCheck accepts the challenge of hardware to close the global vision deficit
In addition to the $25,000 EyeCheck took home last November at the University of Waterloo’s Velocity Fall Fund Finals…
Ansik knows that sales are sexier than sector
Ansik is fighting the perception that they have a perception problem. The Velocity Foundry company, which produces ShockLock,…
Suncayr’s Rachel Pautler on the importance of a killer pitch
Attendees at the Velocity Fall Fund Finals last November were shocked, shocked, when Suncayr didn’t walk home with one of…
Medella Health is in the right place at the right time
It’s not easy being a wearable hardware startup. It’s also hard being an impact health tech startup. Now, a wearable health…
Velocity’s Wes Worsfold understands your startup pain
While Director Mike Kirkup talks a big game about Velocity’s capacity to scale startup community, being in the community…
Mike Kirkup explains how Velocity scales community
The University of Waterloo’s Velocity program is by far one of the most successful incubators in Canada, with an excellent…