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WMNinTECH: on BDC’s “Women In Tech: Finding Opportunity on the Challenging Path to Success”
On Wednesday, May 23, BDC, BDO and MontrealNewTech hosted an event at Salon 1861 called “Women In Tech: Finding Opportunity on the Challen..
Workmode: Masha Krol reveals the neurological evidence of empathy
Welcome to Workmode, the podcast from our friends at Dynamo.
Masha Krol led design crews at IBM and Kinaxis, and co-founded Postca..
McGill AI for Social Good summer lab for women returns for a second year
After the success of last year’s inaugural program, AI for Social Good is back for a second year.
McGill Innovation launched the one mo..
Female-led XpertSea raises $10 million Series A to make aquaculture more sustainable and profitable
Aquaculture startup XpertSea has announced it has raised $10 million in Series A financing to further its mission to make aquaculture more..
The Fundica Roadshow returns to Montreal on May 1st
The Fundica Roadshow is back for its sixth edition, and a partnership with Panache Ventures means startups have a chance at $500,000 in in..
The Big Lie of Venture Capital
I was part of the problem. As a journalist covering the startup ecosystem, rag-to-riches startup stories were my bread and butter. I’m not..
Nectar offers a helping hand to beekeepers in response to colony collapse disorder
Nectar—which graduated as part of the 2017 cohort at FounderFuel—is just a year and a half old, but already their technology is proving to..
Ml+ joins with MicroHabitat for the second event in its annual competition series
Montreal-based AI and machine learning startup ml+ (machine learning +) has launched its first annual competition series, and the second m..
Canadians Abroad: Dany El Eid is moving back to Montreal to set up Pixelbug’s HQ
Dany El Eid, the founder and CEO of Pixelbug Technologies Inc.—a pioneering AR company that has worked with such multinationals as P&G, Ne..
Montreal Women Techmakers event returns for third edition more accessible than ever
This Saturday is the third edition of the all-day Women Techmakers event, a one day conference at the École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS..
#PressForProgress: Women of Notman
Yesterday, in celebration of International Women’s Day, Notman House highlighted some of the wonderful women working from the Montreal tec..
International Women’s Day: A year of WMNinTECH in Montreal
It was almost exactly a year today that the idea for our WMNinTECH series was born. In the past year, we’ve highlighted twelve amazing wom..
FounderFuel 2018 application deadline approaching
Applications are now open for the Spring 2018 FounderFuel cohort.
This will mark the 11th cohort of the Montreal program, which has acc..
AR/VR art show by street artist Cryote explores intersection of technology and art
An art gallery called LiL Pocket Gallery on Avenue Mont Royal Ouest is doing things a bit differently for its official opening tonight.
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Why Quebec is poised to become an international Bitcoin mining hub, and what that could mean for the local ecosystem
There’s been a lot of hype around cryptocurrencies so far in 2018. And Montreal has increasingly been at the centre of conversations aroun..