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

  • MontrealStartup – A new $3m fund for Montreal startups

    We spoke with John Stokes from MontrealStartup last week about an announcement they will be making today. They are announcing a new $3 million fund to invest in early stage startups on the Island of Montreal. MontrealStartup is…

  • One more reason to StartupNorth: Office Skating Rink

    Here’s a perk you don’t see everyday… an office skating rink. This shot of the rink behind the AideRSS office was taken by their chief marketer Kevin Thomason. Hat tip to Ali Asaria of Well.ca.

  • Advertise on Startupnorth.ca

    StartupNorth.ca and WirelessNorth.ca will be offering sponsorship opportunities in the near future. 6 placements will be available on each site and accepted advertisers will match the message and editorial policies of StartupNorth. Specifications 125 by 125 pixel size…

  • friendroll and toplinks – WordPress plugins from Thornley Fallis

    I thought it was worth mentioning that Joseph Thornley, who blogs at ProPr and is based in Ottawa, has decided to eat some of his own Social Media dogfood and has released two wordpress plugins today along with…

  • Alertle – Simplified and Customizable RSS reading

    Alertle, a Toronto, Ontario startup is an RSS Reader that is focused on breaking out beyond the more technically inclined crowd that uses services like Google Reader and Bloglines. The company, which has been bootstrapped so far, has…

  • LearnHub.com launches – Teach and Learn Online

    Jonas and I dropped by the Savvica offices today for the launch of LearnHub.com. LearnHub is the first site from Savvica since their funding in the fall of 2007. We previously covered the return of Savvica’s founders, John…

  • Ontogenix raises funding from GrowthWorks

    Ontogenix, based in Toronto, has been developing its patent pending social media ad serving technology for the last 3 years. Things are looking up, earlier today we heard Ontogenix landed a substantial round from venture capital fund GrowthWorks…

  • Always Be Audacious – Otherwise you are just boring

    You know the drill. You have a good idea, you are pretty excited about it. Sure, you would be lying if you said you had it all figured out, but you are smart enough to know you have…

  • Angel financing – Due diligence

    In this article I will talk about the due diligence process that angels go through in order to assess if they will invest in your company. At this point let’s assume you have made your investment pitch to…

  • IOUCentral – P2P Banking isn't always so simple?

    Well, that didn’t take long. IOUCentral appears to have been essentially shut down by regulators here in Canada and they have disabled their loan and application functionality and are now repaying any fulfilled loans. The startup, which we…

  • Your Facebook app is a disaster, and I was right.

    In the middle of the Facebook App frenzy (was that a whole 4 months ago?!) I wrote “Delusions of Facebook” to try to dissuade as many startups as possible from going down that path. I hate to say…

  • Novell acquires PlateSpin for $205M

    PlateSpin, based in Toronto, has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Novell for $205M. The company, which makes a suite of solutions for the server virtualization market, was founded (for the second time) in 2003.…

  • VeloCity – Incubator 2.0 or something completely new?

    We have a bit of a thesis here at StartupNorth, and part of that thesis is that the biggest problem with the startup environment here in Canada isn’t that VC’s aren’t investing as much as we might like…

  • RubyFringe Conference in Toronto

    A lot of startups seem to be building their web apps in Ruby On Rails and have been for a while, so I thought it was worth mentioning that Toronto is home to the least-boring Rails conference so…

  • Press for Startup Launches – 10 tips

    Here is a great post on getting press for your launch. I can’t tell you how much of a difference there is between startups who make it easy for you to write about them and startups who make…

  • GigPark – share reviews with your friends

    GigPark, a Toronto, Ontario startup, has finally come out of private beta and is now live. GigPark is a site to review and recommend local service providers amongst your friends and contacts. That means that if you hire…

  • StartupCamp Waterloo 2 – Tuesday February 26th

    Just a reminder that next week on Tuesday February the 26th is StartupCamp Waterloo. We will announce the next StartupCamp Toronto there and hopefully a few other things as well. Austin Hill will be kicking things off and…

  • As The Web Turns – The tales of Capazoo

    Montreal seems to be the hotbed for controversy in the Web 2.0 world in Canada. Where else could you find someone who will sell you the Brooklyn Bridge and someone else who will supposedly pay you for joining…

  • IOU Central – Canada gets its first Peer to Peer Lending Company

    IOU Central, a Montreal based startup, is launching today. They have staked their claim as Canada’s first Peer to Peer lending company. We covered the funding announcement of Toronto based CommunityLend back in December. Peer-To-Peer lending has been…

  • Where are all you brilliant startups?

    Just a reminder to all of you, any of you, brilliant (and not so brilliant) startups. You can get in touch with us and tell us about your startup. We can’t promise that we will profile every startup…