| Date | Title | Description |
| 25.09.2024 | Bloks.app Raises US$1.5M in Seed Funding | Blocks.app, an Ottawa, Ontario, Canada-based provider of an AI-powered platform designed to eliminate tedious busywork for investment teams, raised US$1.5M in Seed funding.
The round was led by Storytime Capital and Mistral Ventures, with p... |
| 18.09.2024 | Mosaic raises $28 million to expand the adoption of its automated FDM 3D printers | Canadian 3D printing hardware manufacturer Mosaic Manufacturing has raised $28 million CAD in a financing round led by Idealist Capital, with follow-on participation from Freycinet Ventures.
The funding will be used to expand the global ado... |
| 11.09.2024 | The Future of E-commerce and Health Tech: A Tale of Two Startups | In the bustling world of startups, two companies are carving their paths through innovation and rebranding. Ecomtent and Kyri are not just names; they are symbols of a shifting landscape in e-commerce and health technology. Each company is ... |
| 10.09.2024 | SEO startup raises $850,000 to help companies navigate AI-powered search | Ecomtent, an AI start-up that helps sellers and retailers prepare for the AI-driven future of ecommerce search, has secured $850,000 in pre-seed funding. The funding was led by MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund (IAF), and includes Techstars ... |
| 18.06.2024 | SUNDENSITY OPENS SUNDENSITY CANADA TO EXPAND ITS GLOBAL SOLAR SOLUTIONS | Acquisition of QD Solar Fuels Growth
ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- SunDensity, Inc. announces the formation of its new, wholly-owned subsidiary, SunDensity Canada, with the acquisition of QD Solar, Inc., a solar materials c... |
| 13.05.2024 | Ryerson Futures Alumni Litmus Automation Raises 1.5MM USD Funding | The Internet of Things (IoT) space now has another key player, as Litmus Automation has attracted $1.5 million USD in funding from several private angel investors in both Canada and the US to expand their business.
Litmus Automation allows ... |
| 09.04.2024 | Canada's AI Industry Set to Soar with Upcoming $2.4 Billion Federal Funding | John Lopez, Tech Times 09 April 2024, 11:04 am
Canada's artificial intelligence (AI) industry is set for a significant growth with the announcement of a $2.4 billion federal funding injection aimed at boosting AI research, development, and ... |
| 05.09.2023 | Good investment: The ambitious fund that shows how social impact can pay dividends | Amplify Capital’s Kathryn Wortsman wants every dollar to make a difference |
| 08.04.2023 | Google Maps умеет не все. Канадский стартап Ecopia сделал карты, которые на порядок круче Google. EcoTech. Mapping | Я точно не могу пропустить этот канадский стартап, который таки побил карты от Google качеством своей картографической информации. Хотя, конечно, у этих карт разные потребители, но тем не менее.
Ecopia была первой, кто нанес на карту каждое... |
| 30.03.2023 | MaRS Launches New Growth Acceleration Program | MaRS, a Toronto, Canada-based urban innovation hub, launched its latest Growth Acceleration Program.
Funded by FedDev Ontario, Growth Acceleration Program is a multi-sector initiative designed to support executives of scaling, high-growth c... |
| 10.03.2023 | Стартапы Канады набирают на работу. Cleantech, healthcare, fintech and software startups are hiring right now | Иногда полезно искать своих конкурентов в Канаде по популярным доскам обявлений. Если компания начала нанимать сотрудников, это значит, что она уже получила первый раунд инвестиций, скорее всего. Потребность в кадрах также сигнализирует в к... |
| 07.02.2023 | Supply Chain Firm Wisor AI Raises $8 Million Seed Round | Supply chain startup Wisor AI has raised an $8 million seed round led by Team8.
The funding round also included participation from Ocean Azul and Hico Investment Group, as well as pre-seed investors fresh.fund, Atooro Fund, The Dock, Seed I... |
| 10.01.2023 | IonQ acquires quantum networking specialist Entangled Networks | IonQ, the trapped ion quantum computing company that went public via a SPAC in late 2021, today announced that it has acquired Entangled Networks, a Toronto-based startup that helps industrial and academic users build and optimize multi-qua... |
| 13.11.2021 | Startup VISA Canada: как во время пандемии перенести бизнес в Канаду | В начале 2020 года у всех игроков рынка инвестиций была общая цель – не потерять потенциал инновационного развития, который критически влияет на восстановление экономики в целом.
Как оказалось, не все так мрачно, как прогнозировали в начале... |
| 04.11.2021 | Opinion: How tech companies can make the most of the media spotlight | If Oscar Wilde worked at Switchboard, his most famous quip would be slightly different: “There are only two things in the world worse than being talked about. One is not being talked about, and the other is not being ready to be talked abou... |
| 29.08.2021 | Welcome to Unicorn County. Population: 9 | The Sunday Briefing | Good morning and welcome to the new subscribers reading this Sunday. I invite you to stay connected with us all week on Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn. Better yet, join us for coffee (in person) to chat all things Vancouver tech this Tuesd... |
| 27.07.2021 | Svante Receives $25M in Cleantech Funding From the Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) – Net Zero Accelerator | The Canadian government has invested $25 million in Svante Inc., a renewable natural resources company in Burnaby, British Columbia. This investment was made through the Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) – Net Zero Accelerator Program. The pu... |
| 19.07.2021 | Leading Experts Weigh In On Growing Canada's Cleantech Sector Post Covid-19 | TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA - 2018/05/21: Aerial view of Lakeshore Boulevard including the Toronto Wind ... [+] Turbine. WindShare's ExPlace wind turbine was erected on December 18, 2002. (Photo by Roberto Machado Noa/LightRocket via Getty Ima... |
| 15.06.2021 | Canadians are polite, but we’re still recruiting your biotech talent, America | Michael May Contributor
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| 31.05.2021 | Bill Gates-backed Carbon Engineering captures 'Climate Impact Challenge' birth | Top row, second from left: Anna Stukas, Carbon Engineering’s VP of business development.
“In a world where brilliant science and innovation brought us vaccines within one year to combat the global pandemic,” says MaRS CEO Yung Wu, “we have ... |
| 22.04.2021 | MaRS, RBC launch women-focused cleantech accelerator | Innovation hub MaRS and Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) have launched a new accelerator aimed to connect and support women-led clean technology ventures.
The 12-month program, which is called the RBC Women in Cleantech Accelerator, will provide ... |
| 28.11.2020 | As Silicon Valley gets disrupted by the pandemic, this CEO says tech companies should look to Canada to expand | Yung Wu is the CEO of MaRS Discovery District, an innovation hub located in Toronto, Canada. Yung Wu
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| 27.11.2020 | As Silicon Valley gets disrupted by the pandemic, this CEO says tech companies should look to Canada to expand | Yung Wu is the CEO of MaRS Discovery District, an innovation hub located in Toronto, Canada. Yung Wu
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| 27.11.2020 | As Silicon Valley gets disrupted by the pandemic, this CEO says tech companies should look to Canada to expand | Yung Wu is an entrepreneur, VC, and the CEO of MaRS Discovery District, a startup innovation hub located in Toronto.
Amid the pandemic and surge in remote work options, Wu says tech founders and workers should look beyond Silicon Valley to ... |
| 27.08.2020 | Verto Health : Raises $2.0M to Transform Healthcare Interoperability and Care Coordination | Verto Health, a leader in connection and communication software for the healthcare industry, announced today it has raised a $2.0M seed round led by MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund in conjunction with Verstra Ventures, Amplify Capital and ... |
| 11.08.2020 | Business Incubators Across Canada: Help for Start-ups & Entrepreneurs | It’s abundantly clear that running a small business can be risky and the ongoing pandemic has only added to that difficulty. About 30% of small businesses won’t survive longer than two years, and 50% won’t survive longer than five years, ac... |
| 21.07.2020 | How Startups Are Leading The Next Phase Of Covid-19 Response And Economic Recovery | CEO of MaRS Discovery District (the largest innovation hub in NA), a serial entrepreneur, investor, and institutional board director. |
| 24.06.2020 | Cyclica secures $23 million as it looks to create “the future biotech pipeline” | Biotech startup Cyclica has raised $23 million CAD in Series B financing. The company offers a drug discovery platform that leverages artificial intelligence and computational biophysics.
The equity round, which closed around the end of Apr... |
| 24.06.2020 | A lesson from Canada: Startups can lead the economic recovery | Big Tech has generally done well in this pandemic. Zoom, Slack, Netflix, Amazon – these are the COVID economy’s big winners.
But the experience for startup tech companies, on the other hand, has been altogether different. Venture capital is... |
| 24.06.2020 | A lesson from Canada: Startups can lead the economic recovery | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Big Tech has generally done well in this pandemic... |
| 22.02.2020 | We need to address streaming’s massive carbon footprint | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
While many of our lives increasingly play out pub... |
| 22.02.2020 | We need to address streaming’s massive carbon footprint | While many of our lives increasingly play out publicly online, very few of us think about the massive environmental impact of all the data coursing through our devices. The issue goes much deeper than browsing, email, and social media. Acco... |
| 20.01.2020 | ArcTern Ventures’ Fund II reaches $200 million CAD in total capital commitments | Cleantech-focused venture capital firm ArcTern Ventures has raised an additional $35 million CAD for its second fund, bringing the fund’s total commitments to $200 million CAD.
The second close of Fund II, totalling $165 million, was announ... |
| 07.08.2019 | BlueDot announces second Series A round, this time worth $9.2 million CAD | Toronto-based healthtech startup, BlueDot, which builds solutions that aim to track, contextualize, and anticipate infectious disease risks, has raised $9.2 million CAD ($7 million USD). The round was co-led by Canadian insurance group The ... |
| 21.07.2019 | Cities must plan ahead for innovation without leaving people behind | Yung Wu Contributor
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| 19.04.2019 | 7 Business Killers — Thoughts Startups Ought to Consider | Being an entrepreneur is one of the quickest thoughts which comes to the mind of a young person when thinking about a career. However considering the risks and challenges which comes with starting a business — most are unprepared for this c... |
| 19.03.2019 | In big tech’s future expansion plans, public good should be the corporate incentive | Yung Wu Contributor
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| 13.03.2019 | The move-fast-and-break-things era is over. The future is about inclusive innovation. | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
As global industry and government leaders convene... |
| 13.03.2019 | The move-fast-and-break-things era is over. The future is about inclusive innovation. | As global industry and government leaders convene in Austin for SXSW 2019, it’s clear that Big Tech’s era of “move-fast-and-break things” has come to an end. We see a growing societal rejection of growth-at-all-costs venture capitalism. Con... |
| 06.02.2019 | Ontario Regional Innovation Centres (RIC) Tech Startup Resources | DISCLAIMER on July 12, 2021: The Ontario Network of Entrepreneurs (ONE) is no longer in operation and as their website now directs to the general Ontario government’s Business and Economy page.
Establishing your tech business in Ontario can... |
| 30.10.2018 | To actually change the world, Big Tech needs to grow up | Yung Wu Contributor
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| 04.09.2018 | What incubators and tech ecosystems can offer health startups | Kate Merton Contributor
Kate Merton, PhD, is the head of NYC + Boston @JLABS, a global life sciences and health innovation hub.
Access to connections with industry and market know-how is critical for ventures looking to scale beyond a Serie... |
| 29.08.2018 | Talent will determine the world’s next tech investment hubs | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
For years, Silicon Valley wasn’t the main place m... |
| 29.08.2018 | Talent will determine the world’s next tech investment hubs | For years, Silicon Valley wasn’t the main place many venture capitalists looked for deals — it was the only place. But the Bay Area is beginning to lose its once vice-like grip on talented workers, and its startup investment market is looki... |
| 12.08.2018 | The Secret To A Successful Startup | BY Michael J. Armstrong, Brock University and Tatyana Sokolyk, Brock University
Starting a new business can be satisfying but stressful. Among other tasks, entrepreneurs must raise enough funds for their ventures. But it turns out the type... |
| 23.05.2018 | Cleantech needs more AI talent to help save the world | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
The International Energy Agency recently confirme... |
| 28.03.2018 | Canadian tech companies report an uptick in international applicants in 2017 | While Silicon Valley is still the place to be for many tech workers, Canadian tech companies say they are seeing an unprecedented level of interest from international applicants.
MaRS, an innovation hub in Toronto, surveyed more than 100 Ca... |
| 28.03.2018 | Canadian tech companies report an uptick in international applicants in 2017 | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
While Silicon Valley is still the place to be for... |
| 22.03.2018 | Why achieving diversity in tech requires firing the industry’s ‘cultural fit’ mentality | Lekan Olawoye Contributor
Lekan Olawoye is the lead executive, Venture Talent Development at Toronto-based MaRS Discovery District.
If you have interviewed for a technology job, there’s a good chance the words “culture” and “fit” made an ap... |
| 22.12.2017 | Toronto’s thriving AI ecosystem serves as a model for the world | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
While you were looking the other way, Toronto hum... |
| 20.11.2017 | How to charm the bots in charge of hiring for your dream job | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
As artificial intelligence technology rapidly evo... |
| 14.11.2017 | New York and Toronto business leaders discuss an ‘East Coast alliance’ | Silicon Valley may still be the best-known tech hub in the U.S., but startup leaders in New York City and Toronto are betting that by building a super-connected “East Coast corridor” they can lure more talent and money away from the West Co... |
| 14.11.2017 | New York and Toronto business leaders discuss an ‘East Coast alliance’ | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Silicon Valley may still be the best-known tech h... |
| 21.09.2017 | Tech Workers Are Actually Moving to Canada More, Thanks to Trump | The phrase “if you like it so much, why don't you move there” has long been deployed as a way to get someone to shut up. Recent news on the upswing in Canada's tech jobs following the change in the U.S.'s presidential administration this Ja... |
| 27.06.2017 | How AI can be a force for good | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
You probably know that by 2022 an estimated 5 mil... |
| 09.06.2017 | MaRS giving startups up to $50,000 for embedded executive program | The MaRS Discovery District has opened applications for another round of its embedded executive funding program.
The program helps Ontario-based high-growth tech startups reach their next milestone by pairing them with a C-level or another ... |
| 08.06.2017 | What’s next for 360-degree photography? | 360-degree photography and VR are breaking new ground, not just in gaming but also in business. Leading companies are finding that a more immersive experience pulls their users in.
Some of the world’s biggest players, such as General Motors... |
| 08.06.2017 | What’s next for 360-degree photography? | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
360-degree photography and VR are breaking new ground, not just in gaming but also in business. Leading companies are finding that a mo... |
| 08.05.2017 | Uber is setting up a research hub in Toronto | Toronto’s position as a world-class artificial intelligence hub has grown even more certain as companies from around the world have turned to the talent and expertise found in Canada’s largest city.
On Monday, Uber announced the creation of... |
| 20.04.2017 | Canada is North America’s up-and-coming startup center | Conrad Egusa Contributor
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| 20.03.2017 | FarmLead’s Online Grain Marketplace Raises $6.5m Series A Led by Monsanto | FarmLead, an online grain marketplace, has raised $6.5 million in Series A funding in a round led by Monsanto Growth Ventures.
FarmLead helps growers, who typically sell to a handful of local buyers, to negotiate better prices for their gra... |
| 13.12.2016 | Today in government: Ontario launching open data initiatives in 2017, investing up to $4.5 million in Stereo D | In the past week, the Ontario government made two announcements as part of an ongoing effort to better embrace digital processes. Here are the latest two developments. Ontario investing up to $4.5 million in Stereo D
The Ontario government ... |
| 09.11.2016 | 5 rules for preparing a killer board package | Presented by Klipfolio.
You want each meeting with your board to build the confidence the board and CEO needs to grow the business. In my experience, a free-form discussion hurts more than it helps.
I meet with our board of directors at the... |
| 08.11.2016 | CanTech Update: Equifax Partners with MaRS Discovery District to Explore Co-Development & Co-Innovation Opportunities | Equifax Canada (NYSE: EFX) has partnered with MaRS Discovery District, a Toronto-based innovation hub. MaRS supports promising young ventures tackling key challenges in the health, cleantech, finance & commerce, and work & learning ... |
| 24.05.2016 | Revenue of sharing economy platforms set to treble | Sharing economy revenues are set to triple, reaching $20 billion globally by 2020, says Juniper.
Sharing economy platform providers are likely to reap the benefits from an explosion in service uptake by the end of the decade.
This is accord... |
| 28.04.2016 | Shared space platform revenues set to surge | The shared space industry, which includes provider Airbnb, is set to significantly impact the hotel industry, says Juniper.
Shared space providers including Airbnb and WeWork are set to see platform revenues surpass those taken by ride-shar... |
| 04.01.2016 | 5 Ways Startups Can Attract Talent on a Tight Budget | It's no secret that startups are considered highly volatile; fewer than half of all new businesses make it to their fifth year. On average, startups lucky enough to see age five retain 80 percent of their initial total employment, but it ta... |
| 13.11.2015 | MaRS Teams up with Cyberport to Link Asian and Canadian Markets for Fintech Startups | MaRS Discovery District, a Toronto, Canada-based urban innovation hub, has partnered with Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company, an innovation hub based in Hong Kong.
The two organizations will focus on driving financial technology innovat... |
| 02.06.2015 | How Your Company Must Co-opt the Business Model Canvas | When edtech entrepreneurs hustle and undertake a fruitful customer discovery process, product pilots are easy to come by. Scaling, however, can be tough going. In five years of advising edtech startups at the Toronto-based incubator MaRS Di... |
| 18.05.2015 | The Halifax Consciousness Scanner Wants to Change How We Care For the Brain | A new brain-scanning technology from Nova Scotia startup Mindful Scientific could change the way concussions are handled in professional sports—and revolutionize care for people with catastrophic brain injuries in the process.
Called the Ha... |
| 11.05.2015 | Department of Education Kicks Off "Edtech Developers' Tour" | Oh, what a time to be a fledgling edtech entrepreneur!
North America is home to more than a dozen edtech incubators, LearnLaunch in Boston to Imagine K12 in California -- and MaRS in Toronto. Now the Department of Education is amping up tho... |
| 05.03.2015 | MaRS Study: Toronto startups with women, foreign founders less likely to raise funding | Last December, the MaRS Data Catalyst team published a study investigating the ethnic and gender diversity of Toronto startups. The study showed that, while ethnically diverse, female participation in Toronto startups at a founder level fai... |
| 03.12.2014 | MaRS study says the Toronto startup money is in health and cleantech | Last week, MaRS’ Data Catalyst team released the results from its survey of Toronto region startups. In addition to demographic information of startup founders, which pointed to ethnic diversity marred by a lack of female leadership positio... |
| 12.11.2014 | Mobile health startup League raises $4M in seed funding | “The future of health is preventative, and it’s about the consumer,” said Michael Serbinis, CEO and founder of League, in a statement. The company was incubated through the MaRS Discovery District in Toronto, which was established in 2000 t... |
| 01.10.2014 | Lumira makes investment in AvidBiologics Inc. | SOURCE: MaRS Innovation |
| 28.05.2014 | Askuity Closes $1.8M Seed Round Funding | Askuity Inc., a Toronto, Ontario, Canada-based provider of a cross-retailer analytics platform, closed a $1.8m seed round funding.
Backers included dunnhumby Ventures, the venture investing arm of dunnhumby, MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund... |
| 10.12.2013 | “It was long, tedious, and extremely stressful”: An Insider’s View Into Canadian EdTech Fundraising | My motivation for writing this piece was very simple.
From the time I began to work with startups and fellow entrepreneurs, I sensed a collective frustration about the lack of transparency of information around venture deals. Far too infreq... |
| 28.11.2013 | In Search Of A Co-Founder: The Importance Of Teaming Up | Innovation does not occur by the individual. You need a team effort to push an idea through the innovation funnel and turn it, eventually, into an implemented product or service. The team does not necessarily have to be the same over the wh... |
| 17.09.2013 | At MaRS’s $15 Million Announcement, Don Tapscott Urges All Business to Take On A Collaborative Approach | Last week the MaRS Discovery District hosted an event to celebrate its $15 million funding extension, first announced back in February. The federally funded Network of Centres of Excellence (NCE) was responsible for the funding extension.
T... |
| 21.08.2013 | RBC Generator Makes $500,000 Investment in MaRS Cleantech Fund | RBC Generator, a $10 million investment pool designated for companies addressing social and environmental issues, closed its first deal today, providing the MaRS Cleantech Fund with $500,000 to finance environmental initiatives.
The MaRS Cl... |
| 14.08.2013 | GShift reveals which half of your SEO marketing budget you're wasting | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| 14.08.2013 | GShift reveals which half of your SEO marketing budget you're wasting | VANCOUVER — If you want to watch hundreds of millions of dollars of investment fight a vicious live battle in .14 seconds, Google “seo software.”
One result that doesn’t appear immediately, but perhaps should, is gShift Labs, a “web presenc... |
| 29.01.2013 | Atomic Reach Raises $1.25M in Seed Funding | Atomic Reach, a Toronto, CA-based content marketing startup, secured $1.25m in seed funding.
The round was led by Genwealth Venture Partners with participation from the Investment Accelerator Fund (IAF).
The company intends to use the capit... |
| 11.12.2012 | MaRS Future of Medicine | MaRS, one of Toronto’s most reputable Regional Innovation Centres (RIC), is hosting a new event series called the Future of Medicine. The event is intended for businesses and researchers in the med-tech and life science sectors that are int... |
| 16.11.2012 | A Trip To MaRS, Downtown Toronto’s Massive Tech Hub [TCTV] | If you harbored any doubts about Toronto’s seriousness about being a major center of technology and innovation, they’d probably be quickly put to rest with a look at MaRS Discovery District.
Housed in a massive historical building — a forme... |
| 16.11.2012 | Meet The 6 New Startups Launched Out Of JOLT, The Toronto Tech Incubator | A group of us TechCrunchers bundled up and headed to the Great White North last week to kick off our three-city Northern Meetup tour with a stop in Toronto, the largest city in Canada.
While we were in town, we visited the MaRS Discovery Di... |
| 07.05.2012 | Sweet Tooth Raises $2.25M in Funding | Sweet Tooth Inc., a Waterloo, Ontario, Canada-based developer of eCommerce customer loyalty software, has raised $2.25m in funding.
Backers include OMERS Ventures, which committed $1.5m in seed financing, MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund (I... |
| 25.04.2012 | MaRS Launches JOLT | Toronto, Canada-based innovation centre MaRS has created a new technology accelerator dedicated to building high-growth web and mobile companies that promise to transform the way consumers and enterprises connect, work and play.
Based in th... |
| 29.03.2012 | MaRS Launches $30M Early-Stage Cleantech Venture Fund | MaRS Discovery District, a mission-driven innovation centre located in Toronto, has launched a $30m early-stage cleantech venture fund dedicated to Canada.
The MaRS Cleantech Fund LP will co-invest with angels and other institutional funds,... |
| 09.11.2011 | Winston: Order A Limo Or Cab At The Touch Of A Button | Editor’s note: Guest writer Joseph Puopolo is an entrepreneur and start-up enthusiast, who blogs on a variety of topics including green initiatives, technology and marketing.
Have you been waiting for a taxi to come take you to an airport a... |
| 17.10.2011 | MaRS Workbooks – Guides for Marketing, Business Plans, Financing, HR & More | Strong leaders are constantly looking for new information and resources to expand their knowledge. The Regional Information Centre, MaRS, offers a number of valuable free workbooks that cover a number of key business topics. The workbooks a... |
| 28.07.2011 | Locationary Secures $2.5M in Funding | Locationary, Inc., a Toronto, Canada- and Palo Alto, California-based provider of mobile & web solutions to manage local business places information, has secured $2.5m in funding.
Investors include new backers the Investment Accelerator... |
| 09.07.2011 | How Hydrostor Aims To Change The Power Game By Storing Energy Under Water | Editor’s note: Guest writer Joseph Puopolo is an entrepreneur and start-up enthusiast, who blogs on a variety of topics including green initiatives, technology and marketing.
There has been a fair bit of concern in recent years about the ab... |
| 28.01.2008 | Showcasing UK excellence in nanotechnology Research & Development: 17-19 March 2008, Canad... | Showcasing UK excellence in nanotechnology Research & Development: 17-19 March 2008, Canad...
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| - | Ontario Innovation Networks Receive $52.4M for Scale-Up Platform | Ontario tech businesses generate good middle class jobs, drive innovation, and improve the overall economic health of Canada. To continue to secure Canada as a leader in tech, the federal government has invested into three innovation networ... |
| - | Existem outras opções além do Vale do Silício, já pensou em internacionalizar para o Canadá? | Quando se fala de ecossistema de empreendedorismo de sucesso, logo vem à nossa cabeça o Vale do Silício. Ele pode ser o maior polo de inovação do mundo, mas não é o único que abriga grandes unicórnios e importantes empresas de tecnologia. A... |
| - | Cybersecurity Fintech Innovation Pilot Program: Financial Technology Funding | The financial technology (fintech) sector is a growing component within Canada’s knowledge-based industries and focuses on the development of innovations and technologies for the financial services industry. By 2018, it is expected financia... |
| - | Start-up Resources for Entrepreneurs: MaRS Fall Intensive Program | MaRS helps entrepreneurs bring innovative ideas to the marketplace through a variety of resources including Ontario small business grants through their MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund, and discounted open courses for Ontario entrepreneurs.... |
| - | Mobile health startup League raises $4M in seed funding | League Inc., a Toronto-based mobile health startup focused on wellness, has raised $4 million in seed funding to support its official launch in early 2015.
The first round of investment was led by OMERS Ventures, Foundation Capital, Real Ve... |
| - | MaRS Start-up Funding Program Offers Opportunity to Hire Experienced Executives | Earlier this week, Jacob Serebrin of TechVibes reported on Toronto MaRS Discovery District’s plan to support as many as 30 start-ups expand their business by hiring on an outside executive.
The program is being dubbed, “The Embedded Executi... |