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National Bank Launches Innovation Competition
National Bank is launching the “Innovation Competition” and inviting fintech innovators to participate. The objective for those taking par..
AMF, Finance Montreal Announce Research Chair @ UQAM
This morning at the 2019 Canada FinTech Forum, the creation of the AMF-Finance Montréal Research Chair was announced. The Chair will be de..
Who Invests in Your Startup is as Important as How Much
Breathe Life CEO Ian Jeffrey is on a role. His company’s got traction, competitors are slow, the market is huge and he’s recently closed $..
4 Montreal startups crack the top 20
Canadian Innovation Exchange (CIX) has announced its Top 20 Early Stage startups across the country for 2019 and four of them are from rig..
15 interesting things you didn’t know about Shopify CEO Tobias Lütke
As the CEO of Canada’s biggest technology company by market value, Tobias Lütke is part of a new wave of Canadian business royalty. In lat..
Here’s the 8 startups joining Holt fintech accelerator’s new cohort
Eight startups will join Holt fintech accelerator’s 2019 cohort today, billed as “Canada’s only business accelerator
devoted exclusively ..
Ecofuel’s Boston program takes buy-in from both sides
Montreal’s Ecofuel accelerator program is offering a unique program for startups looking to expand into Boston.
The notable organizatio..
Robots in the kitchen? It’s closer than you might think
Around the world more and more industries are leveraging new technologies and automation to make themselves more efficient, increase margi..
WMNinTECH: From Academia to Google: Narjès Boufaden of Keatext on Building a Text Analytics Startup
For Narjès Boufaden, creating Keatext, her cloud-based AI-powered text analytics platform, was relatively easy.
But everything else, incl..
WMNinTECH: Julie Han on Launching Airix, the Pharmacy on Your Phone
According to pharmacist-turned-entrepreneur Julie Han, “Pharmacy hasn’t evolved much since the 1970s, so the whole process in which you go..
Funding and training for Female Founders – L’Oreal launches Women in Digital Program
L’Oréal Canada is launching the first Canadian edition of the Women in Digital program, in partnership with URelles and Campus InfoPresse…
4Degrees to be acquired by Vantage for $259M
The Quebec data center scene continues to see a lot of action. With abundant, renewable and inexpensive power, Montreal has become one of ..
A year in review: the top Montreal tech stories of 2018
Several fascinating developments happened in Montreal’s tech community over the course of 2018.
For starters, we continued a nice, grow..
2018 FinTech in Montreal – Year in Review
Has 2018 been the best year ever for FinTech in Montreal? The answer depends on who you ask, but everyone agrees that Montreal has come a ..
TechNoel, Montreal tech’s favourite holiday party is back
Montreal’s holiday tech party is back for another year. This time around the annual TechNoel party will happen on Wednesday December 5th a..