Canadian-Made Basis Sells to Intel for “Around $100 Million”
Intel has won a sweepstakes of sorts, agreeing to buy Canadian-born startup Basis for “around $100 million,” according…
Vancouver Accelerators and Incubators to Put on Cascadia Startup Fest
Several of Vancouver’s accelerator and incubator programs have joined forces to create the Cascadia Startup Fest. GrowLab,…
Calgary’s Slyce Raises $10.75 Million from Beacon Securities and More
Calgary-based startup Slyce has added $10.75 million in venture capital to its arsenal. PI Financial, Salman Partners, Harrington…
Toronto’s AskForTask Gets $500,000 in Seed Funding, Will Launch App
Toronto-based marketplace for tasks, AskForTask, has raised $500,000 in funding and is announcing an April app launch. The…
Best Buy and Future Shop Pick Up Roam Mobility Products
Roam Mobility, the Vancouver-based startup that helps Canadians travelling to the US to not get killed by roaming rates, has…
EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year Program Officially Kicks Off Today
Every year Ernst & Young (EY) professional services firm throw a Canada-wide contest aimed at honouring the nation’s…
U Waterloo Stratford Campus Hands Out its Christie Design Awards
The town of Stratford, Ontario may soon be known for something other than Biebs and the Shakespeare Festival. That’s…
Nspire Student Network’s 13th Annual Tech Conference is Set to Impress
March 21-22 will mark the Nspire student network’s 13th annual National Business and Technology Conference (NBTC’14).…
Hamilton Gets Its Own Crowdfunding Platform
Hamiltonian serial entrepreneur Jim Rudnick has launched a new crowdfunding site for Hamilton entrepreneurs and makers to…
The Maritimes’ Propel ICT Expands to Include Newfoundland, Wants 86 Companies in Five Years
Propel ICT and its New Brunswick-based startup accelerator Launch36 have grand visions for tech innovation in the Maritimes…
Next 36 Students’ New App Helps Solve Your Toughest Decisions
Current Next 36 cohort member Thomas Lee told us that he and his friends were trying to figure out the perfect app idea back…
The First Annual Bitcoin Expo Will Happen in Toronto
The first annual Bitcoin Expo will happen in Toronto from April 11-13 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. The conference…
Life Sciences Startups Have Until March 5 to Apply for Silicon Valley Program
The Consulate General of Canada in San Francisco is accepting applications from Canadian life sciences companies for the Canadian…
Audicus Undercuts Hearing Aid Costs by As Much As 80%, Making Many Canadians Happy
An interesting report from CBC Manitoba this month brought our attention to one New Jersey-based startup that has a ton of…
Tell is a New Private Messaging App Created By Four Ordinary Guys
One of the best parts about the tech game is it doesn’t really have any exclusivity. It’s not like those pretentious…