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

  • Rewardli in first 500 Startups accelerator class

    The first cohort to join 500 Startups accelerator has just been announced. Included is a Canadian team led by George Favvas who is working on a project called Rewardli. Not many details on the startup yet, but the focus…

  • Chango closes a $4.5m Round B

    Chango has announced today that they have closed a $4.5 million B round that includes their existing investors as well as lead participation from Rho Ventures (Canada) and iNovia. Roger Chabra lead the deal for Rho and this…

  • CIX Canadian Technology Accelerator

    When I heard about the CIX Technology Accelerator last week I asked the folks at CIX to write a guest post to tell us more about why they decided to partner with a SF based accelerator to put…

  • StartupVisa – The Canadian Edition

    Canada is a great country. One of the defining characteristics are the forward looking immigration policies that appeal to educated potential immigrants. Danny Robinson (@dannyrobinson), Maura Rodgers (@maurar), Boris Wertz (@bwertz) started StartupVisa.ca as a response to the…

  • Reminder: DEMO + VentureBeat in Toronto on Jan 13

    Our friends at Rogers Ventures are hosting a DEMO day with VentureBeat on January 13, 2011. This is part of a east coast swing that includes New York and Toronto. They are looking to finalize the presenting companies.…

  • A vendetta to get you up in the morning

    I always like to say that a little vendetta is healthy for a startup. A vendetta, or keeping frenemies as Mark Suster wrote, can be a positive way to differentiate yourself if you understand the bigger picture. It…

  • Making 2011 a BIG year

    2011 is the year for us to find some winners and to make them explode on to the international scene. 2011 is the year for Canada to pull out of the pit and to hit the track hard.…

  • Why Canada? Habib Kairouz of Rho Ventures explains

  • 5 Thoughts on 5 Things I learned in 48 Hours

    5 Things I learned in 48 Hours – Techvibes.com. Some of my thoughts on some of his thoughts: #1 The Valley Feel- yes, it is true it does exist and it is unique to Silicon Valley.  That is…

  • Cognovision acquired by Intel

    UPDATE: We are hearing that the acquisition price tag is closer to $30m and possibly even higher.  Another great exit for the Toronto startup community and some great news in advance of CIX in a few weeks. Toronto based Cognovision…

  • It's about to get a little crazy out there . . .

    Ok, here’s the thing. The “is this another bubble?” conversation has been going on for a while, and everyone was able to agree that there hasn’t been a bust imminent so far. It might have been dragged out…

  • John Ruffolo joins OMERS to manage new Venture Capital arm

    Some great news for Ontario, and the national startup community, today. We are hearing from multiple sources that John Ruffolo will be joining OMERS as Senior Vice President of Knowledge Investing. He will start in the position on…

  • Has KIK finally arrived?

    I have been using kik pretty much since it launched last April. It was particularly useful for me because I was spending most of my week in the US at that time and kik allowed me to TXT…

  • Coffee, Co-working and Crash Pads in Toronto

    Editors Note: This is the first post by Andrew Peek at Jet Cooper. I love the concept of shared spaces for the collisions of ideas. Albert and I talked about this back at Bubbleshare. I know that it…

  • What do Canada's VCs really think?

    If you were to ask Canadian VCs, which Deloitte did this past April, what they think about Canadian entrepreneurs and startups, and the VC business in Canada in general, you might not get the warm and positive response…

  • Lunch with Howard Lindzon on Nov 4, 2010

    Our friend Howard Lindzon is back in Toronto on November 4, 2010. He’s having lunch with entrepreneurs. Who: Howard Lindzon When: November 4, 10:45am to 1:00pm Where: POD 250 in the Podium Building, 350 Victoria St at Ryerson…

  • Payroll for startups

    The joys of starting a company and setting up the basics, you know things like finding a lawyer, getting articles of incorporation, shareholders agreement, business registration, employment agreements and setting up payroll for employees. It turns out that…

  • Real Ventures closes

    This is great news for Canada, well at least Quebec until additional funds close. Real Ventures has launched today. With both JS Cournoyer and Mark MacLeod writing about the close of approximately $40MM of money that must be…

  • Rogers out to woo mobile devs with Catalyst APIs

    This a.m. in Toronto, the folks at everyone’s favourite big red carrier, invited a collection of local developers and partners to give a sneak preview of their new carrier services API called Catalyst. At first swoopy-rosy-red blush, Rogers’…

  • Social Intranet Summit Vancouver

    One of my favorite startups in the last few years has been ThoughtFarmer. Every few weeks I check in on them and think “Microsoft hasn’t bought them yet?”. ThoughtFarmer’s social intranet is easily the most polished out-of-the-box experiences…