Kickstarter success MakerBloks says kids today need more to work with
Things are going well for MakerBloks CEO Francois Poirier and his Montreal-based team. Having now far exceeded their $25,000 ask on Kickst..
Neptune Pine’s story a testament to ‘just do it’ mentality
Over coffee in downtown Montreal, Neptune Pine‘s founder Simon Tian told us that he never had any developing skills, let alone any experie..
Founder Institute names Sergio Escobar ‘Best Overall Director’
The Founder Institute has named Montreal’s Sergio Escobar as its “Best Overall Director” in its recent Startup Ecosystem Builder Awards.
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Guelph to Montreal: Startup Train to make its fourth consecutive trip to StartupFest
Guelph-based startup ThreeFortyNine Coworking will organize its fourth consecutive Startup Train trip to Montreal’s International Startup ..
Montreal plans to equip entire city with wifi
Montreal will be equipped with city-wide wifi access within three years, according to an ambitious new plan by mayor Denis Coderre and his..
Quebec Startups will now be able to equity crowdfund up to $500K in one year
Quebec startups, start your equity crowdfunding engines. On Friday securities administrators for five provinces in Canada agreed to a new ..
Seamless Planet participates in first-ever White House demo day
The White House celebrated its first-ever “demo day” on Monday and a Montreal-based startup was there to take it all in.
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MakeAChamp’s profitable platform is propelling athletes
Maya Laylor needs $50,000 to be able to compete in the 2015 Pan American Games. She’s already received about $8,600, from the likes of NHL..
Intellitix launches thermal transfer RFID wristbands for events
Intellitix, the Montreal-based provider of event ticketing solutions, is launching the InstaBand, a thermal transfer RFID wristband printe..
Government-sponsored CODE hackathon coming to Montreal
The government of Canada’s Canadian Open Data Experience (CODE) hackathon is coming to Montreal for an information session on January 29.
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McRock Capital to close on $65 million fund
Toronto’s McRock Capital announced the second close of its anticipated $65 million fund, with contributions from both Cisco Investmen..
Virtual reality startup Vrvana wows onlookers at CES 2015
They may not have executed a flashy launch, or won some sort of tech startup contest, but CES 2015 in Las Vegas earlier this month was dee..
City of Montreal to tech companies: Build us a new portal for contracts
The city of Montreal needs an information technology company to build an online searchable database for municipal contracts.
According ..