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TagMAIN Québec spends $29 million to coach 375 startups
MAIN Québec (Mouvement des accélérateurs d’innovation du Québec) will spend $29 million on a project that will fuel the coaching of 375 Qu..
Fasken publishes centralized COVID-19 information centre
The folks at Fasken, one of the largest business law firms in Canada, are actively publishing a handy, centralized Coronavirus information..
Dragons’ Den Audition Tour coming to Montreal
Interested in pitching CBC’s Dragons’ Den under the bright lights? You could be in luck. The hit television show will stop in Montreal fro..
Kids Code Jeunesse gets $8.1 million from federal CanCode program
Montreal-born Kids Code Jeunesse (KCJ) has received $8.1 million in funding from the Government of Canada’s CanCode program
The new cas..
Montreal named North American top tech talent desination
Montreal is one of North America’s best destinations for tech talent, says a new report from the Toronto office of CBRE, the world’s large..
Company creator Diagram raises $55 million
Montreal’s Diagram Ventures is adding $55 million in venture funding to go towards its second fund aimed at building out new companies.
A..
Lightspeed acquires Chronogolf in all Montreal deal
Lightspeed, the large Montreal provider of software, solutions and support systems, is acquiring Montreal-based Chronogolf, a cloud-based ..
Startup think tank: we need to double billion-dollar Canadian companies by ’26
A Canada-wide think tank including some of the nation’s well-known startup minds are saying in a new report that businesses need to do mor..
White Star Capital raises $230 million, will invest in 20 new companies
White Star Capital, an early-stage venture fund mostly based in Montreal, is raising US $180 million to help international startups go glo..
Deloitte opens 2018 Technology Fast 50 applications
Attention, startups in Montreal: Deloitte has opened up the application period for its 2018 Technology Fast 50 program.
Every year, Del..
University student apps OOHLALA Mobile and Dublabs merge companies
The pair of leading university/college mobile platforms for student engagement are charging forward together.
OOHLALA Mobile says there..
Friday’s Fashiontech Festival will challenge prevailing narratives
After a chat with Fashiontech Festival director Valérie Lamontagne, we’re certain this weekend’s event will provoke real, meaningful discu..
Sharethebus, now Bus.com, gets $6.5 million
I saw two familiar faces that had recently been hired on at Sharethebus as I walked up to their office building on Parc avenue Tuesday. Af..
Fashion startups strut the runway at Montreal’s Digital Spring
Montreal’s McCord Museum was packed full of cocktailers Thursday night as Montreal’s Digital Spring celebrated its opening.
Mayor Denis..
What happens when gender transitioning at work goes wonderfully well?
Queer Tech Montreal blog‘s Jason Berhmann writes how gender transitioning at work is a public affair that can go horribly wrong. But what ..