From 2009-2014 StartupNorth had an index of Canadian emerging technology companies and service providers. We have removed this feature.
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Startup Life: Trough of Sorrow or Crest of Success?
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Kimchi Ho (LinkedIn, @kymchiho). Kim is an architect by training and has been working to build community spaces in the physical and virtual worlds. Kim’s post, “The Startup Girlfriend” was featured in…
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Startup Down Under
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Alyssa Richard (@AlyssaJRichard), Founder of RateHub, a Canadian mortgage rate comparison engine. While StartupNorth is focused on Canadian startups, with Winter on the horizon we thought some readers would enjoy…
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CIX TOP 20
This morning Rick Nathan, Robert Montgomery, and Chris Arsenault announced the 20 Canadian technology companies that have been selected to present at this year’s CIX conference. Many you’ve heard of, a few are well on their way, all definitely…
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The Untold Story of Kobo
So I read most of the news this morning around Kobo and the links being passed around. Generally I was miffed. When folks in the startup scene complain about media doing a lame job covering entrepreneurial stories, this…
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FounderFuel cohort explodes onto the scene
Disclosure: I am a mentor at FounderFuel, and I traveled to Montreal in August 2011 to see most of these companies during the mentor matching. I’ve also mentored Willet as part of my role as Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) at…
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The Changing Landscape of Venture Capital
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Kevin Swan (LinkedIn, @kevin_swan). Kevin has cut his chops doing product management at Nexopia.com before becoming it’s CEO. He moved to the dark side with Cardinal Venture Partners and is now a Principal at iNovia…
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Everyday be hustlin’
Some rights reserved by concheven Congratulations to Hussein, Kristaps and their team at adParlor. In case you missed it, Toronto-based adParlor has been acquired by AdKnowledge. adParlor is the second Canadian acquisition for AdKnowledge, who acquired Vancouver’s Super Rewards in July…
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Wave Accounting acquires Small Payroll
Emboldened with financing from OMERS Ventures and Charles River Ventures, Wave Accounting is consolidating their position as a leading provider of SaaS business applications, expanding from accounting into payroll with the acquisition of Small Payroll. “Our intention is to do…
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Startup Weekend Toronto & GEW
Startup Weekend Toronto is coming back for it’s third event in just over year. The city is making a name for itself amongst the global Startup Weekend community, having held some of the highest quality events, including last…
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Startup Blood Bath – What a Recession Feels Like
Today looks like a bit of a blood bath on the markets, so I figured it is as good a day as any to talk about what an economic downturns feels like for startups. I was “fortunate” enough…
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Where are the Canadian VC bloggers?
Some rights reserved by Fonzie’s cousin I’m awarding Mark MacLeod (@startupcfo) of Real Ventures the Canadian VC Blogging Superhero Badge. Mark is producing world-class class content focused on SaaS Math including: SaaS Math: Why I love SaaS The ABCs of SaaS Math SaaS Math Funnel: Acquisition…
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Wave Accounting closes $5MM from CRV & OMERS
Looks like US VCs are continuing to look at deals in Canada. Wave Accounting announced a $5MM Series A led by Charles River Ventures (CRV) with follow on participation from OMERS Ventures. It is great to see Devdutt…
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Oct 12, 2011 – DemoCamp feat. Elmer Sotto
#DCT30 Details Date: October 12th, 2011 Time: 6:30 – 9:00 PM EST Location: Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University: 55 Dundas St. W, Toronto, ON Register to Attend: Count me in on Plancast Register Now » Keynote Speaker – Elmer…
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Getting Attention
Some rights reserved by hebedesign Mark Evans’ post about Do Canadian Startups Get Enough Attention? annoys me. It is not Mark, it is not Canadian startups, it is the assumption that Canadian media outlets should write about Canadian startups. “But the…
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Your Funnel is a Finite State Machine
Editor’s note: This is a cross post by Joseph Fung (LinkedIn, @josephfung), the CEO of TribeHR (@tribehr). Joseph has recently raised $1MM from David Skok (@bostonVC) at Matrix Partners in Boston, MA. He is building and automating the SaaS metrics…
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Summer’s over, but it feels a little like Spring
Editor’s note: This is a cross post from Let the Sparks Fly! written by Mark Skapinker. It is a delightfully positive outlook on the prospects for the Canadian startup union. Mark is Cofounder and Managing Partner at Brightspark, which earlier…
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EmmaActive launches at DEMO
EmmaActive, based in Abbotsford BC, is bringing to market an in-image ad unit that consumers will love. The platform turns images across the web into interactive units and enables crowd sourced tagging of photos. Publishers just have to…
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Another Monster Raise – Paymentus Closes Big Round From Accel-KKR
Yesterday we posted about iLoveRewards closing a big growth round from Sequoia. Well today, another JLA Ventures company did a big round of growth money as well. Paymentus raised a big round from Accel-KKR, rumoured to be at…
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Kanetix acquired by Monitor Clipper Partners
Kanetix, Canada’s first online insurance marketplace provides over a million quotes per year to consumers looking for insurance, yesterday announced it has been acquired by Monitor Clipper Partners, a Cambridge based private equity firm that manages $2B in capital.…
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72 Hours Later….
I loved this infographics from Ken Seto, @kenseto, et al at Massive Damage, who launched Please Stay Calm a few days ago in the Canadian Apple app store. Some very useful comparative info for aspiring game makers on…