Canadian Startup A Thinking Ape Donates $100,000 in Game Proceeds to Typhoon Victims
Update: A Thinking Ape (ATA) has raised $100,000 for the Red Cross. “The generosity of our gamer communities never ceases…
EY and RBC Report “Hidden” Opportunity for Startups to Build More Diverse Teams
Newsflash: employees have biases, will argue their ideas because of those biases, and CEOs must remain impartial. That’s…
Waterloo Startups Hit the 401 for Toronto Pitch Fest Next Week
Two Ontario-based incubator programs have joined forces to create an invite-only startup showcase to investors next week called…
Heading to Canada? Toronto’s Similicious Helps Non-Canucks Avoid Crazy Roaming Fees
Toronto-based startup Similicious may be the answer to Americans, Europeans and anyone else frequently travelling to Canada…
Two Canadians Selected for EY’s Entrepreneurial Winning Women Program
Two Canadians have been given the nod for Ernst and Young’s 2013 Entrepreneurial Winning Women Program. Kelsey Ramsden,…
Ottawa’s Nuvyyo Announces $4 Million Funding Round, Initiates Crowdfunding
Ottawa-based Over-the-Air (OTA) HDTV startup Nuvyyo announced this week that earlier in the year Celtic House Ventures committed…
Toronto’s HQVB is the First Full-Service Ad Agency to Accept Bitcoins as Payment
Toronto-based ad agency HQVB is shaking things up in how it accepts currency from clients. Today the ad agency started accepting…
Toronto Startup Hooks Up with Youth Group to Create Virtual Citizen Program
Toronto-based startup Locolo is partnering up with the Coalition of Youth Councils (CYC) to create the Virtual Citizen Program…
“This is a generational opportunity to increase entrepreneurship”: New Startup Canada Task Force
Startup Canada is up to it again. Today the national, entrepreneur-led and volunteer-run organization that promotes startups…
Calgary’s Slyce Closes $2.2 Million in Financing
Calgary-based visual search platform Slyce, which enables consumers to buy any item they see in the real world simply by…
Quebec Experiencing Best Year in Venture Cap in Over a Half Decade
The first three quarters of 2013 has turned out to be a pretty good for Quebec in terms of venture capital being invested-…
Toronto’s TouchBistro Raises $4.5 Million from Relay Ventures
Toronto-based startup TouchBistro has raised $4.5 million in venture capital from several sources. The round was led by Relay…
Taxi Battle Heats Up in Montreal as Hailo Makes Its Presence Known
On the same week that Uber Montreal is offering three free taxi rides under $20 to anyone who downloads the app, its main competitor…
Software Companies Dominate Deloitte’s Fast50 Canadian Companies
Deloitte has released its yearly Fast50 list of overachieving Canadian startups and other companies for 2013. Since its inception…
Prosperous Landing: CDMN Secures $8.75 Million Over Five Years
The Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN), organizers of the popular Soft Landing Program for startups, has announced today…