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Index

From 2009-2014 StartupNorth had an index of Canadian emerging technology companies and service providers. We have removed this feature.

  • TTW Startup day: Albert Behr on Exit Strategies

    I attended some of the sessions on Wednesday for Toronto Tech Week, here are my notes from Albert Behr’s session on exit strategies: “If you don’t know where you are going, you might not get there”. Was the…

  • Start Building Empires

    Jevon and I apparently picked a conference name that exists as a registered trademark. We have been informed by our lawyer that our usage of the name did not infringe on the existing trademark. Rather than start with…

  • Have something to say? StartupEmpire call for speakers

    We have launched the official call for speakers for StartupEmpire (more on the name change from Dave later tonight — you are going to have a chuckle). We are looking for great workshop and panel proposals as well…

  • CVCA – Global Customers, Investors and Acquirers – October 15th, 2008

    I will be speaking at the Canadian Venture Capital Association’s upcoming professional development day on October 15th. I will be on a panel with Rob Lane, from Overlay.TV and Maggie Fox from Social Media Group. Our session description…

  • Weekend Reading – The Design Edition

    This weekend: The Design Edition. A number of Canadian Startups (PlanetEye, b5media, LetsCube, etc.) have been working on redesigns. These overhauls are more than a coat of hex paint… in many cases, they reflect a evolution of the…

  • StartupNorth, the Conference, is off to a great start!

    So, we’ve had a bit of a name change, so forgive some of the logos, etc as we make the switch. When you run a conference like your startup, you have to learn to iterate quickly! I am…

  • Announcing StartupNorth – Canada's Conference for Startups – November 13-14

    A lot of you have probably been wondering why we haven’t announced any events lately. That’s because we have been working on something really fun. I am happy to finally go public with StartupNorth, the Conference. David and…

  • On Sunday, Jevon announced that Brightpark, one of Canada?s most famous technology VC?s, has begun doing contract web work. This is the second VC-incubator in Canada, in the last year, that has moved to doing contract web development. Not…

  • CollectionBuddy.com – BrightSpark is back to catalog your collection

    Back in January we broke the news that Brightspark, previously one of the most visible VC firms in Canada, was changing how they did business. Instead of looking for deals to invest in, which they complained were too…

  • Akoha Starter kits – get'em while they're hot

    Montreal based Akoha, who are going on stage tomorrow at the TechCrunch50. We have previously profiled their angel round and I have been watching their progress closely.  We can’t say much about what Akoha is, but what I can…

  • Weekend Reading – September 6, 2008

    Read this week’s Report on Business with inspiring interviews from Austin & Hamnett Hill along with 7 other great Canadian serial entrepreneurs. PlanetEye sent out a mysterious email. Apparently ‘something big’ is in the works, so you’ll probably…

  • Introducing the StartupNorth Event Calendar

    We get emails just about everyday asking for a calendar of startup events across Canada. And it is a damn shame for entrepreneurs to miss a chance to meet up just because there is no event calendar. So…

  • 7 avoidable capital raising mistakes

    Mark McQueen, the guy behind Wellington Financial is quickly becoming a blog rockstar, and his latest post is no exception. Mark deals in the Venture Debt business, a similar product to that of Silicon Valley Bank and a…

  • September: New Year's Resolutions and a few events

    The summer is usually a time when things go a little slower, a little less gets done and people are hard to get in touch with. I’m not sure what is in the water this year, but it…

  • backtype – Search blog comments from all over the web

    Comments on blog posts have always been the forgotten son of web content. When you make a comment, you never know how it will be read, where it will end up, and because of spam issues, they rarely…

  • yourteledoctor – Online Patient/Doctor Consultations

    YourTeleDoctor is a Montreal based startup that wants to transform how we think about a visit to the doctor. I have no doubt, absolutely zero, about the role that telemedicine will play in healthcare delivery in the future. You can search…

  • Devshop.com launches version 2.0

    Devshop.com, which was one of the first profiles we ever did, recently launched a new version of their project management application for development teams. The most unique aspect of Devshop is its focus on using historical data to…

  • Tineye now in Open Beta

    For everyone who didn’t get in on our rounds of TinEye invitations, suffer no more! The service is now in open beta and you can get a free account. The launch is getting a lot of coverage including…

  • classtell.com – easy class websites

    Serve-yourself class websites aren’t entirely new. ChalkSite has come and gone, Engrade is a long-time option and there have been a mish mash of others. Toronto’s own Savvica had Nuvvo.com for a while as well, which was not quite the…

  • PoolExpert acquired by Rogers

    Toronto based PoolExpert, one of Canada’s leading fantasy sports providers, announced their acquisition by Rogers Media earlier this week. While financial details were not released, this has to be a nice little exit for co-owners Ron Watson and…