HotelTonight Will Put Up Some Pretty Sweet Deals on Canada Day
We usually don’t hear too much out of HotelTonight regarding Canadian news, but here’s some pretty cool info for people…
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…
New Mobile App Reads Kids’ Respiratory Rate Faster, More Accurately
A new mobile app developed by University of British Columbia (UBC) researchers can measure respiratory rate in children roughly…
New BDC-Backed Accel-Rx Health Sciences Accelerator Will Give Startups $500,000
More government money is going towards Canadian startups, this time to those in the health sciences sector. The Business Development…
SalesForce to Beef Up Canadian Presence, Will Open Two New Data Centres
SalesForce today announced that it will launch two new data centres in Canada in a bid to further increase both investment…
Extreme Startups and 500 Startups Grad FameBit Allows Youtube Celebs to Get Paid (A lot)
There’s a 24-year-old Swedish guy who makes videos on Youtube, where he comments on horror and action video games. To…
Wearable Tech Startup OMsignal Raises $10 Million Series A Round
Montreal’s OMsignal, which calls itself “the leader in smart clothing technology” and maker of the first-ever…
LX Ventures Transitions from Investor to Startup, Is Now Mobio Technologies
LX Ventures has changed its name to Mobio Technologies, as it pushes forward with greater focus on its popular and fast-growing…
Ontario “Cheese Whiz” Wins BDC’s Young Entrepreneur Award Contest
The votes are in and the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) has named its 2014 Young Entrepreneur Award winner, in Gunn’s Hill…
After Seven Years of Bootstrapping, UBC-Born TaskTop Technologies Raises $11 Million
TaskTop Technologies, a startup out of Vancouver that created a software development toolkit integration technology, has raised…
Montreal’s Chic Marie Rents Out Designer Dresses and Suits for a Fraction of the Price
Marie-Philip Simard, a long-time Montreal lawyer, said going to law events meant that she had to look sharp, and that came…
The OCE and Extreme Startups are Extending the SmartStart Program
According to the Ontario Centres of Excellence and Toronto-based startup accelerator Extreme Startups, dozens of entrepreneurial-minded…
Former Twitter Developer Advocate Joins FounderFuel as New Head
Sylvain Carle, a former senior developer advocate at Twitter, will lead Montreal’s FounderFuel accelerator program as…
Next 36’s Trip to New York City Is About Relationships, Not Cheques
Next 36 mentor Christian Lassonde was pretty blunt on the phone about what he tells a handful of startups from every cohort…
Toronto Video Advertising Startup mDialog Acquired by Google
Toronto-based video advertising startup mDialog has been acquired by Google. Relay Ventures made the announcement today…