Even angels are going enterprise

By Francis Moran  There’s been a growing amount of attention paid recently to the surge in interest by startups in working on enterprise-grade products and services rather than the quick-to-market consumer and web

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: November 14th, 2012 Francis Moran

Cream.hr promises to help employers identify best job candidates

A new startup is launching in Canada today and it's declaring war – on resumes, that is.Cream.hr is promising to help employers slice through resume embellishers and interview actors and see the job

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: November 13th, 2012 Brian Jackson

Execution Labs looks to fund videogame developers in Montreal

A new gaming-focused startup incubator and accelerator has launched in Montreal with $1.4 million in funding and the involvement of several videogame-industry luminaries.Execution Labs announced it was open for applications yesterday. It's looking

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: November 9th, 2012 Brian Jackson

How one Canadian media giant is embracing the startup model

The paywalls have gone up. First at Postmedia, publisher of newspapers such as the National Post,Montreal Gazette and the Ottawa Citizen. Then at the Globe and Mail andmost recently at the Toronto Star.

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: November 6th, 2012 Christine Wong

Pitch perfect: Startups should focus on problems, not platforms

This is the ninth article in a continuing monthly series chronicling the growth path of Screach, a startup based in Newcastle upon Tyne in England’s North East. Screach is an interactive digital media platform that

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: November 5th, 2012 Francis Moran

Spently’s strategic shift away from the mobile wallet masses

The mobile wallet space is starting to get just as crowded and jam packed as the traditional wallets the technology was meant to replace. After surveying the increasingly competitive mobile wallet landscape,Toronto startup

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: October 31st, 2012 Christine Wong

Rdigitalife: Kanika Gupta on social change and technology

Kanika Gupta is Head Catalyst at her startup, SoJo, exploring social change, technology, and online education. If someone's got an idea, Sojo helps them find a starting point. Here, she tells us that

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: October 29th, 2012 Karim Kanji

Six startups set to pitch at first Jolt demo day

It's time for six Jolt startups to strut their stuff. They'll be pitching at the first ever demo dayheld Tuesday by Jolt, the accelerator for early stage Web and mobilefirms at Toronto's MaRS

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: October 22nd, 2012 Christine Wong

And the winner of the Multiplicity Accelerator challenge is … cream.hr

Toronto startup firm cream.hr has won the first ever Power Up Sales Challenge held by local accelerator Multiplicity. The company, founded in January this year, uses a proprietary algorithmto show which employees at

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: October 19th, 2012 Christine Wong

VC deal sizes and amounts shrink in U.S. during third quarter

Access to startup funding got tighter south of the border during the third quarter of this year. According to figures reported by the Washington Post in our sourcearticle, startup funding in the U.S.

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: October 19th, 2012 Christine Wong

East Coast startup InNetwork set to unveil social marketing platform, VC deal

Something social is brewing in Halifax and Toronto it's got at least one big name from the East Coast startup scene attached to it. InNetworkInc. is set to launch out of offices in

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: October 18th, 2012 Christine Wong

B.C. startup makes it easier to brand (and browse for) digital content

This is the first article in a continuing monthly series chronicling the growth path of ..duo, a startup based out of Kelowna B.C. that creates simple keywords that use your name, brand, slogan

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: October 17th, 2012 Francis Moran

Startups: Don’t outsource your core competency

This is the seventh article in a continuing series chronicling the growth path of CommentAir Technologies, a startup based in Ottawa, Canada. CommentAir is developing a wireless technology fans can use at sports venues

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: October 10th, 2012 Francis Moran

Fall deadlines loom for Canadian tech startups

It’s a busy Fall season for tech startups, with lots of options available out there to grow your business and gain resources – but with opportunity, comes deadlines. Here’s a few startup programs

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: October 9th, 2012 Brian Jackson