By Leo Valiquette In an earlier post, Francis Moran shared some highlights from the International Startup Festival in Montreal, which of course raises the obvious question, why do we not have these kinds of
A new startup accelerator program in the Waterloo region is out of the gates. Communitech today announced the first round of budding companies it hopes will build themselves up into competitive players with
INCubes, a Toronto startup accelerator that connects budding tech companies with investors, has announced this year's lineup of startups for its annual program. This year the roster is dominated by social apps: every
By Alexandra Reid Scott Annan is widely known in Ottawa for being a startup champion. He’s an entrepreneur who has strong opinions about the local startup ecosystem and what needs to change to increase
A new network is looking to help small cloud computing providers win government contracts with an online marketplace and accelerator centres in Toronto, Ottawa, and Vancouver.The Canada Cloud Network announced today its Cloud
Incubators seem to have a growing bad rap. A good example is the hearty article Read Write Startup recently posted about the subject entitled: Startup Accelerator Fail: Most Graduates Go Nowhere. As much
Canadian tech startups now have 106 incubators and accelerators to choose from but they shouldn't lose sight of what the programs are really designed for, a venture capital panel warned in Toronto on
Toronto's newest technology startup accelerator debuted today its first cohort with five firms seeking millions in venture capital money and some with investments already locked down.Extreme Startups is a collaboration between Extreme Venture
Here's the startup news making headlines today on other Web sites and blogs.WattPad scores more fundingWattPad announced another fundraising round of $17.3 million led by Khosla Ventures and also including Jerry Yang, Union
Here's the startup news making headlines today on other Web sites and blogs. Calgary connects with Silicon Valley, putting tech incubators to the test, and deadlines loom for aspiring FounderFuel applicants.Incubator plugs into
Here's the startup news making headlines today on other Web sites and blogs for May 29.All about accelerators Ben Yoskovitz was interviewed by a Wall Street Journal reporter about the recent boom in
By Francis Moran My day in Montreal? Twelve straight hours of startups, speakers, schmoozing and social media as I took in both FounderFuel’s second demo day and The C100′s AccelerateMTL. With what I am sure was more
Web and mobile startups accepted into the new Jolt accelerator program will each get $30,000 in initial funding, program organizers announced today.The Toronto accelerator, launched recently by the MaRS DiscoveryDistrict, also said today
Canadian Web and mobile startups are getting a jolt of financing and mentorship opportunities courtesy of Canada's largest tech incubator.The Toronto-based MaRS Discovery District announced a new techaccelerator program called Jolt today. It
