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Neptune Duo
MontrƩal

Neptune Duo has now raised over $800,000 on Indiegogo

Mar 17, 2015

Neptune made a splash back in mid-February when it announced its second generation smartwatch. The Neptune Duo is a bold concept…

Pebble Time
Funding

Pebble Time just became the most successful Kickstarter ever

Mar 3, 2015

Pebble launched its Pebble Time Kickstarter campaign one week ago today. The campaignĀ reached a million dollars in less than…

Uber

Uber’s new insurance policy won’t work in Canada

Feb 3, 2015

One of the biggest criticisms plaguing Uber is that of driver insurance. The company has long maintained that its insurance…

Tilt
Toronto

Tilt releases new metrics on Canadian micro-groupfunding

Jan 21, 2015

Tilt’s Canadian branch isn’t even a year old, but already the company is reporting huge growth among its Canadian…

uber
Vancouver

Uber really wants a Vancouver return

Jan 13, 2015

As Hailo pulls out of Canada,Ā rival service Uber is hoping to return to one major Canadian city following problems with taxi…

Thalmic Myo

Thalmic co-founder Stephen Lake says 24% of Myo pre-orders have shipped

Jan 2, 2015

Thalmic Labs finally started shipping pre-orders of the Myo armband this winter. The company showed off its final design for…

Thalmic Myo

Nielsen says only 40% of Canadians are familiar with wearable tech

Nov 27, 2014

The wearables space is growing and evolving at an incredibly fast pace but it seems Canadians aren’t put off by the quickly…

Square announces two coding events geared towards women

Oct 28, 2014

Back in September, MasterCard Canada partnered with Ladies Learning Code to launch a campaign to encourage girls to enter STEM…

Hailo Taxi app reportedly pulling out of North America, Toronto ‘service will continue’ and seeking a licensing deal

Oct 14, 2014

Taxi hailing app Hailo has been available in Canada for just over two years. In fact, Toronto was the first North American…

TELUS and Vancouver’s Mojio to offer Canadians a connected car solution in Q4

Sep 23, 2014

TELUS and Mojio have announced plans to launch the Mojio connected car solution in Canada later this year. The IoT movement…

MasterCard Canada partners with Ladies Learning Code and University of Waterloo for ‘National Girls Learning Code Day’

Sep 19, 2014

MasterCard Canada is hoping to encourage more girls to learn how to code after a study revealed that a third of women highlight…

Hootsuite announces exclusive integration with BBM Channels

Sep 16, 2014

BlackBerry announced that its social engagement platform BBM Channels service is now compatible with social media management…

HIGHLINE and Ontario Centres of Excellence team to launch seed funding program for Ontario startups

Sep 12, 2014

Startup accelerator platform HIGHLINE and the Ontario Centres of Excellence have announced a new partnership that will see…

Toronto

Bitmaker Labs Gives Women in Computing a Boost with Grace Hopper Scholarship

Jul 31, 2013

Canadian coding school Bitmaker Labs announced this week that female registrants participating in the bootcamp would be eligible…

Montreal’s Execution Labs Announces $150K Loan Fund for Indie Game Studios

Jul 29, 2013

Execution Labs today announced a partnership with BDC Venture Capital that will see the two firms offer $150,000 in convertible…

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