Toronto Hipster Denim Startup Calls out Rob Ford to Wear its Pants
A new Toronto startup that makes cycling jeans for women is telling Toronto mayor Rob Ford that if it succeeds in meeting its…
Vancouver’s Curatio Wins $100,000 for Mobile Healthcare App
Vancouver-based startup Curatio is sitting pretty these days. The four-month old company, part of Wavefront’s Venture Accelerator…
Dragons’ Den-Pitching Fitness Geeks Launch App for Personalized Workouts
Waterloo-based fitness startup PumpUp has launched its 2.0 version, adding a fitness community function to its 100,000 user-strong…
MP Tony Clement to Launch “National Open Data Appathon” With U of T
Tony Clement has made a name for himself as Canada’s “techie” MP over the years, from supporting the granting…
McGill Organizers Look to Demystify Hacking At Montreal Events
McGill University academic Gabriella Coleman and her fellow organizers want to take the mystery out of the hacker. On Sunday…
Brooklyn Man’s “@Rogers” Twitter Handle Bares Brunt of Angry Canadians
Now this is funny. A Brooklyn-startup founder named Glenn Rogers has the unfortunate (or fortunate, depending on how you look…
One Man’s Trash Is the Dragons’ Den’s Treasure: Woodstock’s Modern Waste Products Woos Investors
I love Dragons’ Den. I love when old rural Ontario couples who remind me of my parents pitch the dragons and go home…
Montreal’s Public Transit System Showcases New App Amid Race to 520 Million Rides
Montreal’s public transit system hosted a throng of international media today throughout the city, promoting its new…
Is Canada Experiencing A Renaissance for Hardware Startups?
Following the aftermath of BlackBerry’s agreement to a tentative offer from FairFax Financial Holdings (and the inevitable…
Montreal’s La Presse Made the Newspaper Industry’s First Big Bet in the Digital Age: Is It Working?
While the newspaper goliaths were toppling one-by-one, downsizing hundreds and selling off assets that they could no longer…
Vancouver-Born Basis Extends Series B Round to More Than $23 Million
The “wearables” market is poised to grow from 14 million devices shipped in 2011 to as many as 171 million units…
Millennials Are Twice As Likely To Start A New Business In the Next Year
Millennials may not be the “me” generation after all. A new report states that millennials, the group of people…
Waterloo’s VeloCity Renames Venture Fund, Shakes Up Funding Structure
Waterloo-based startup incubator, VeloCity, has changed the name of one of its most successful programs, the “VeloCity…
Seattle Organizer Looks to Make Vancouver Developer Week a Memorable Time
Carter Rabasa is an American from Seattle who’s really enthusiastic about Vancouver’s tech community. So much so…
New Toronto Mobile Payments Startup Wi-Py is the Free PayPal Alternative
Don’t feel like paying PayPal’s annoying transaction fees? One Toronto-based startup is launching today and wants…