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CategoryUK gaming legend Sir Ian Livingstone headlines as MIGS 2015 returns
In its 12th year the greatest gaming conference on the east coast will be putting on a big show.
MIGS 2015 (the Montreal International ..
5 spaces to visit during Montreal’s Startup Open House
With fall in the air Montreal’s startup community is ready to open their doors for the Startup Open House event tomorrow evening. For the ..
AppDirect raises mammoth $140 million round
San Francisco-based AppDirect has raised $140 million in funding from J.P. Morgan along with the company’s existing investors, including F..
ProductTank inaugural event coming to Montreal
ProductTank meetups are coming to Montreal.
Busbud‘s Loris Dzagoyan, Aquisio‘s Sebastien Provencher, Flatbook‘s Isaac Souweine and more..
Brand new District 3 space at Concordia gets $1 million ‘Startup Gift’
Concordia University’s District 3 startup innovation centre received a $1 million gift as it formally opened its doors to a new collaborat..
Breather cashes in on $20 million deal from Peter Thiel’s fund
Breather, a Montreal startup that 0ffers on-demand private office space in multiple cities around North America, has hit a big pay day. Th..
Lightspeed cloud POS platform raises $61 million
Well, that escalated quickly.
Today, Lightspeed, a longtime Montreal-based cloud POS platform for retailers and restaurants, announced US..
Fuzzy.io forges ahead at 500 Startups with the help of Gmail’s designer
Their first day at one of Silicon Valley’s famous startup accelerators wasn’t too fun for Montreal’s Fuzzy.io, a team dedicated to helping..
Kickstarter gadget turns regular bicycle into a ‘smartbike’
Xavier Peich said he’d never seen that much money on a computer screen in his life. But there it was, in plain english. Just under $215,00..
Montrealer cashes in on sale of telephone scammer database
“It’s the dirtiest scam ever,” said Ildar Khakimov as he sat in his office at Notman House in Montreal. “It’s a person who calls an elderl..
Veteran startup pair release new online budgeting tool for entrepreneurs
“Cash is king,” says a new Montreal startup seeking to show entrepreneurs just how important it is to map out their finances.
Longtime ..
Former FounderFuel startup InfoActive acquired by Tableau
InfoActive, a former FounderFuel company that simplifies data visualization, has been acquired by Seattle-based Tableau Software.
The t..
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..