The Accelerator Series: FounderFuel
The Accelerator Series is a multi-part spotlight on Canada’s startup accelerators and the people who lead them. Canada’s…
TIME Magazine Says D-Wave Systems’ Quantum Computer Has “Revolutionary Consequences”
TIME Magazine has shown some serious love to Burnaby, BC-based quantum computing company D-Wave. (And kudos to fellow tech…
2014 CRC Robotics Competition Showcases Student Innovation Today and Tomorrow
The 2014 CRC Robotics Competition at Vanier College in Montreal has already been underway for a day now. The competition’s…
Google, Tech Stars and Steve Blank-Backed Pre-Accelerator Program to Hit Montreal
Montreal’s Real Ventures, the FounderFuel accelerator program and Blakes Law Firm are all ready to launch the NEXT pre-accelerator…
Thalmic Labs and ClearPath Robotics Join Forces to Drive Arm-Controlled Robot
Thalmic Labs and Clearpath Robotics, both of which are Kitchener-based and from the University of Waterloo, have joined forces…
Player.Me Looks to Give the Gamers a Unified Social Network
With some estimates pegging the global video game industry at a valuation of $83 billion by 2016, its no surprise why we’re…
Eyeing Its Launch Next Week, Next 36 Grad Bridgit goes on site to solidify thier spot in the toolbox
Free pizza will be a’ plenty today at various construction sites in Toronto. That’s because Toronto-based startup…
Toronto’s JOLT and Moncton’s Launch36 Accelerators Make Calls for Applications
Two Canadian accelerator programs are announcing their calls for applications today, in Toronto’s JOLT and Moncton’s…
Thirty Million Gruesome Images Later, Toronto’s Figure 1 Expands to Android and Web
In early December we wrote about Figure 1, a Toronto-based photo-sharing app on iOS for medical professionals. Then the company…
Four Startups Receive Funding Through Ontario Youth Investment Accelerator Fund
Four Ontario-based startups are receiving funding through a new provincial program. Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne’s…
Vancouver’s Airbnb for Office Space Gets $1.1 Million Funding Round
Vancouver-based startup ShareDesk has raised $1.1 million in funding to aid its Airbnb-like for shared desk space solution.…
Bionym Is Partying it Up at SXSW This Year (And They Want You to Join)
Bionym is partying it up at next month’s SXSW Interactive 2014. Well, not exactly, but Toronto’s wearable tech…
Frank & Oak Releases its 2013 Numbers, And They Sold A lot of Pants
We’ve known for a while that Montreal’s men’s efashion startup Frank & Oak has been doing well for itself.…
This Weekend’s FailCamp in Montreal Sold Out in Seven Minutes
Failure might be celebrated in the goliath startup community of Silicon Valley, but as Rami Sayar explained to me this morning,…
Hotel Helpers GuestDriven Raises $3 Million Seed Round
GuestDriven, a Montreal startups that helps hospitality brands build guest engagement, loyalty and drive advocacy, has raised…