startups in Montreal
TagTandemLaunch signs Singapore’s Cap Vista as investor, will help create ‘at least 12 new startups’
Montreal’s company creator, seed fund and incubator-of-sorts TandemLaunch has signed on Cap Vista Private as an investor in TandemLaunch V..
The 40 student startups named to McGill’s Dobson Cup finals
The list of 40 teams moving on to the Dobson Cup finals has been made.
It’s all in a bid to see which promising teams will win over $10..
Lighthouse Labs is officially now a private career college in Ontario
The pan-Canadian Lighthouse Labs programming school has been formally recognized as a private career college in Ontario.
The move is si..
Montreal investors, startups entered ‘a new era of growth’ after huge 2016
Five to six years after Real Ventures and other Montreal investors began making their first bets in seed-stage companies, it appears that ..
3D-printed footwear startup gets $4 million, acquires competitor
A new tech startup out of Vancouver called Wiivv wearables received $4 million in funding for its brand of 3D printed insoles and footwear..
Airbnb wants Luxury Retreats’ technology as industry arms race heats up
In an increasingly competitive luxury listings segment of the travel industry, Airbnb will reportedly purchase Montreal high-end vacation ..
Hardbacon to offer ‘the best goddamn investment course ever’
Julien Brault and his team at Hardbacon are set to offer a “yawn-free,” guaranteed money-back financial literacy course. They say it will ..
500 Startups reveals ‘Batch 20,’ including 6 teams from Canada
500 Startups has revealed its 20th cohort of startups, and five are from Canada.
Per Techcrunch’s Matthew Lynley, more than a third of ..
Radio-Canada opens up data for first ever hackathon in March
Radio-Canada will host its inaugural hackathon from March 24 to 26.
The french-language arm of the CBC is set to offer its free program..
Quebec a legitimate competitor for smart job talent
According to Bloomberg, Quebec is a “surprise leader in Canada’s race for smart global jobs.”
Reporters Sandrine Rastello and Frederic ..
Montreal’s GradeSlam took a big leap in 2016
GradeSlam‘s CEO Phil Cutler told MTLinTECH that 2016 was a defining year for the online tutoring software company.
The Montreal startup..
Report: publicly funded tech accelerators create ‘lifestyle-type companies’
Are taxpayer-fuelled Canadian startup accelerators producing “lifestyle-type” companies without urgency to make profit?
A new report in..
Queer Tech MTL kicks off 2017 with diversity at workplace event
Naoufel Testaouni told us in the summer that many companies might not know how to start the process of becoming more diverse-friendly. Now..
Entrepreneurs Under 25: Wizrd’s Rory Bokser and David Kleiman
Entrepreneurs Under 25 is a new series that seeks to profile up-and-coming web entrepreneurs 25 years old or younger.
For every sch..
Canada’s largest learn-to-code event, HTML500, returns for 2017
The largest learn-to-code event in Canada will be returning with a new twist that will see participation in nine cities.
Lighthouse Lab..