From 2009-2014 StartupNorth had an index of Canadian emerging technology companies and service providers. We have removed this feature.
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StandoutJobs acquired
A 2nd win in as many days for angel investor Austin Hill, StandoutJobs has been acquired. From Ben Yoskovitz’s blog: Around 3 years ago I started Standout Jobs with two great guys – Fred Ngo and Austin Hill.…
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Bumptop acquired by Google. The gPad is coming?
Something was definitely up with Bumptop in the last few weeks, and the rumours were flying all over the place. Not wanting to kill a deal, we decided not to post anything here on Startupnorth, especially something we…
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Week in Review
Should the trend not turn around, there will be barely a handful of VC funds North of 49 left to raise capital from – http://bit.ly/9NIbpZ # New job posted: Network Administrator / VIZIYA Corp. / Hamilton, ON, Canada…
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C100 – 48 hours in the Valley
Our friends at the C100 have issued the reminder that the submission deadline is April 29, 2010 for their 48 hours In the Valley. Did you wonder what entrepreneurs thought about the last mentoring session? Check out the…
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Digital Puck and Mentor Mondays
There are bound to be more US-led foreign investment firms making their way across the border with the elimination of the long dreaded Section 116. There have been a number of US firms that were making investment in…
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Week in Review
New job posted: Business Partners / StoreMob Inc. / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/aCsTMA # #mustread (or re-read) Crossing the Chasm and checking out @rww's updated thoughts http://bit.ly/cz3Pk4 #marketing #startups # Should startups outsource product development? http://tcrn.ch/cHK4zn by @vwadhwa…
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Week in Review
#startups #designers #engineers connect with startup lawyer to the stars @rhh at #DemoCamp in Guelph http://bit.ly/d8sh36 #dg13 # RT @aprildunford: Registration is now open for HackTO – Get your tix now hacker people http://bit.ly/bkPsgO # New job posted:…
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48 hours in the Valley
Our friends at the C100 are hosting 20 Canadian companies on May 18-20, 2010 in Silicon Valley. Interesting tradeoff, accepted startups will need to weigh participation in the C100 with participation at OCE Discovery, MeshU and Mesh (assuming you…
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Week in Review
New job posted: Junior to Senior Software Engineers / gShift Labs / Barrie, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/9wW2nV # The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa) http://bit.ly/dau2bJ by @msuster #canada #immigration # New job…
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What happened to MontrealTechWatch?
Ben wrote a post about reviving MontrealTechWatch and how the Montreal startup community needs MontrealTechWatch now more than ever. Heri started MTW about the same time that we started writing StartupNorth. He has become a good friend of…
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Meet The Woz
Ontario Centres of Excellence are hosting their innovation-to-commercialization conference again in Toronto. The OCE Discovery 10 conference is happening May 17-18, 2010 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. They have a history of bringing great keynote speakers including…
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Calling all enterprise startups: Enterprise 2.0 Launchpad
The Enterprise 2.0 Conference hosts a startup launchpad every year that has proven to be a great way for high quality Enterprise 2.0 focused startups to get in front of a group of potential partners, analysts, press and…
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StartupSquare Montreal and MTL NewTech
Montreal is a happening place. There’s StartupDrinks. There’s the launch of a new seed fund, Founder Fuel. The announcement of another StartupCamp. There comes two new players: StartupSquare and MontrealNewTech. StartupSquare StartupSquare is hosting their kick off event…
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Build Locally, Market Globally
I read The Mark’s special on venture capital in Canada and while I agree with all of the hub-bub about a lack of early stage financing in Canada, what I want to talk about is the other side…
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Week in Review
RT @propelict: At #startupweekendnb with new company Bringbax! http://ow.ly/i/S7K << Sounds like StartupWeekend NB is off to a quick start! # iMockup from @endloopstudios is looking sweet! http://bit.ly/cJwWyh #iPad # RT @byosko @asaunders: Case Studies in Freemium: Pandora,…
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Jonas Brandon joins Rogers Ventures
I am happy to let you all know that Jonas Brandon, a co-founder of StartupNorth, has recently taken a position as Director at Rogers Ventures, who we profiled last year. He will be working with Mike Lee and…
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On hired guns
Dear Startups, Please do not hire PR firms or marketers to contact us (or anyone else for that matter). It gives us a sinking feeling that your priorities are totally out of whack if you are willing to…
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Going Public with Capital Pool Companies
For this article I thought I would explore Capital Pool Companies (CPCs) as a vehicle for emerging companies to go public and raise capital. I recently met with Mark Lawrence of NorthCrest Partners. NorthCrest Partners provides advisory services…
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CrowdReel Launches
CrowdReel launched in Toronto. CrowdReel is a web service that combs through Twitter’s real-time feed for photo data and URIs including Twitpic, Yfrog and Tweetphoto to build a real-time feed and trending of photo-only data. There are real-time…
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Week in Review
" the beginning of increased rules" RT @suziedingwall: What legal obligations do angel investors have to each other? http://bit.ly/aKPk4q # The Revenge of the Fat Guy http://bit.ly/bC0Zmu includes 4 Product Market Fit Myths #mustread # New job posted:…