OMERS Ventures Looks for These Three Attributes When Investing Into a Startup
OMERS Ventures, the investment arm of pension fund OMERS, has a core focus in the technology, media, telecommunications, clean…
Thalmic Labs shows Myo prototype history
Thalmic Labs recently announced that pre-orders for Myo, its gesture control armband, topped 40,000 units. Developers have…
Cape Breton University’s UIT Startup program now accepting applications, five spots reserved for women
UIT Startup is a new 11-month program based out of Cape Breton University. The goal is incredibly inspiring: Developing Startup…
Snip.ly surpasses 10 million clicks, a whopping increase of 9 million in 1-month
Michael Cheng previously stated in an interview with us that he’s a “always been a believer of go big or go home.”…
Vancouver’s BuildDirect brings on Tal Ball as CTO
BuildDirect, the Vancouver-based company that is rumoured by OMERS Ventures’ John Ruffalo to be going public, has hired Tal…
eBay Canada Announces Entrepreneur of the Year Awards
eBay Canada has announced its annual Entrepreneur of the Year Awards today. Now in its 10th year, eBay sellers have a chance…
Xagenic receives additional financing from BDC Capital
December of last year saw MaRS Innovation’s first start-up Xagenic announce a $20 million Series B financing round. The…
Toronto’s ScribbleLive acquires CoveritLive
Toronto’s ScribbleLive has acquired live blogging platform competitor CoveritLive from Demand Media. The terms of the…
Blynk scores $100,000 Investment Prize at the International Startup Festival
The International Startup Festival happened this week in Montreal and over 1,500 attendees gathered for knowledge, partnerships,…
Vancouver-based Wantering acquires StyledOn
Wantering and its online fashion catalog has announced the acquisition of StyledOn, a “social shopping network”…
Calgary Student Claims Victory in Google Science Fair’s Canadian Local Award
The Google Science Fair, which is now the largest online science fair in the world, is back again and offer students from around…
Vancouver’s Tinkerine adds a couple key execs to the team, plans to ‘aggressively enter the US market’
Vancouver-based Tinkerine recently unveiled “Tinkerine U,” a bold initiative that aims to bring 3D printing education…
Toronto’s SnapSaves Gets Aquired By Groupon
Toronto startup SnapSaves has announced on its website that it has been acquired by Groupon. The terms of the deal were not…
Canadian Digital Media Trends for March 2014 that impacted Canada’s digital economy (infographic)
Each month the Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN) releases stats based on the growing trends of the Canadian media landscape…
Startup Community — A Film about startups in the Kitchener/Waterloo area — premiering on April 14th
Startup Community, the film by Taylor Jackson about the startups in the Kitchener-Waterloo area, found immediate success when…