It ain’t easy…anywhere!
My father was a business person who worked in a corporate environment his entire life. He did well for himself, my mom, my brother and I, ..
5 key ways to think about paid acquisition
Paid acquisition should be a great channel for your startup. One of the most critical decisions early stage companies have to make is how ..
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 ..
Quebec entrepreneurs release evacuation mask that auto-calls 911
Two Montreal entrepreneurs have today released what they’re calling the world’s first integrated emergency evacuation mask meant to be use..
PhD duo create incredible damage assessment software for earthquakes
Over 22 million people all over the world are dropping, taking cover and holding on today as part of ShakeOut Day, and one Montreal startu..
Private investor behind ‘YOLO Ventures’ makes a bet on unproven startups
There’s a wealthy Montreal entrepreneur-investor who holds a unique mantra when he writes cheques.
He lives life according to the phras..
Blockstream is making bitcoin ‘Sidechains’ a reality
Blockstream, a Montreal startup made up of some of the best-known Bitcoin architects, cryptographers, cypherpunks, and entrepreneurs, has ..
You’ve raised money…Buckle up!
On September 16th Lightspeed announced a new $61M round of funding. On September 17th Breather announced $20M in new financing. And yester..
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..
Meet the Montrealer helping to spur Cuba’s startup community
Noah Redler is reaching out to the greater community in an effort to raise funds for a new initiative aimed at building Cuba’s startup com..
New developer tool Immunio beefs up security for web applications
Montreal-based startup Immunio has launched its application security-as-a-software solution that makes developer web applications safe and..
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..
‘Goliath-slayer’ Lickstats wants to do shortlink tracking better than Bit.ly
It’s just a one-man outfit in a Montreal office, but Sun Knudsen thinks his shortlink tracking tool Lickstats can do more for a startup th..
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..