A new crowdfunding platform akin to Kickstarter or Indiegogo will launch this week with a focus on social innovation and offering a membership at an entrepreneurial hub. Toronto’s Centre for Social Innovation (CSI)
Build a better mousestrap, and the world will beat a path to your door, goes the saying. And if you build a better bottle cutter, the world will beat a path to crowdfund
The face of startup fundraising is changing. Not so long about, it used to be that startup companies had to win venture capital before testing the market, raising money based on the proposition
When the Startup Canada campaign hits its climax in a series of coordinated press conferences across Canada on Tuesday, it should strongly advocate for the path for equity-based crowdfunding to be laid in
The voice control offered on smartphones, such as Siri for iPhone, is pretty impressive. But what if you could have that same sort of technology to control your home?That's what the voice-activated computer
Stact is a modular wine rack that you hang on your wall. It's available in a number of different colours and textures, and the panels can be adapted to any space. What's important
Apparently, carrying around your junk is no longer enough. If a group of Dutch entrepreneurs have their way, your bag will do everything from charge your laptop to remind you when you leave
While the effort to get equity-based crowdfunding legalized is making headway in several provinces across Canada, American startups are already sizing up what platform they’ll be using to raise money.The U.S. passed the
The Cobra is already within striking distance of its target. The Cobra is a project to build the perfect wallet for today's techies.The target is $30,000, which is how much money Toronto-based designerAlex
An independent Web blog is launching a real-time map of active Kickstarter projects Sept. 10, according to one of the site's co-founders.Kickstarter allows individuals and businesses to ask for donations from many different
The Pebble smart watch project that broke Kickstarter records by raising $10 million has announced it will be delivering its product later than originally expected.Originally the team had planned to ship the Pebbles
If Canada is going to support the crowdfunding model here, as the U.S. has decided to do with the passage of the JOBS act, then it must consider one important question: How likely are crowdfunded
Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky’s success raising money on Kickstarter after being ignored by venture capitalists is a startup story that warms the cockles of our collective hearts in the entrepreneurial community. But after
Eric Migicovsky is the creator of Pebble, an e-paper watch that wirelessly connects with your smartphone to serve all sorts of useful functions. As if that isn't cool enough, Pebble is also the
