Ron Spreeuwenberg, co-founder and CEO of HiMama, dishes on his impressive tech, $10-a-day childcare, and why early-years educators deserve more respect. Ontario’s parents breathed a collective sigh of relief when news broke that $10-a-day childcare was coming to the province,…
2021 was another exceptional year for ventureLAB and our community. While we collectively continued to navigate challenging circumstances, this past year has proven it was a year of resiliency and growth. Each year, ventureLAB recognizes innovators within our ecosystem who have…
Devin Golets is a serial entrepreneur, with a few startups under his belt and a lot of driven passion for the London-area community and its ability to produce incredible innovation. With extensive career coaching in higher education, Golets understands the value…
“We believe that transit keeps the economy— our people and our goods — (literally) moving.”– Darla Price, Managing Director, Northumberland Manufacturers Association A mere hour and a half drive from Toronto, Northumberland County weaves together seven distinct municipalities of historic towns,…
While the rest of Ontario has been finishing backyard projects and gearing up for some summer sunshine, one local venture has been preparing for a next-level hiring spree. With their explosive growth over the past 12 months, Motif is looking…
Sixteen local companies will battle it out in a pitch showdown as LiONS LAIR returns to its signature gala event. HAMILTON – June 7, 2022 – Celebrating its 12th anniversary, Innovation Factory’s Lions Lair is Hamilton’s premier pitch competition that…
About the Accelerator Centre At the AC, we exist to help ambitious dreamers impact global change through their businesses. The AC is ranked Canada’s #1 private business accelerator and is among the top five such organizations globally. We offer an…
Behold: a new virtual world with the potential to revolutionize all sectors of the economy — and these ventures are already there. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY MONICA GUAN In 1994, Peter Mansbridge went on national television to educate Canadians about a…
Digital Extremes Will Continue Its Digital Approach for the Seventh Annual Warframe Conference on July 16, Offering Players and Fans a Full Day of Reveals and Community Activities Including Art and Cosplay Contests and the Popular Dojo Showcase Warframe developer and…
originally published: 2022-06-06 08:00:22 “Find a core for your business that you can always think in the core and build solutions. That core is always more important than driving money.” –Elie Makhoul, CEO of AssetFlo About the episode: Elie Makhoul…
Talent crunch We hear it all the time: Talent is the No. 1 challenge for tech companies around the globe. In May, Tech News took a deep dive into the timely topic, interviewing more than a dozen tech leaders, workers…
Canadian Innovation Week is a 5-day celebration recognizing and supporting Canadian innovators and innovations that are changing the world one idea at a time. To celebrate, Spark Centre is sharing stories about our innovative clients, like AcreageWay, whose ingenuity has…
Canadian Innovation Week is a 5-day celebration recognizing and supporting Canadian innovators and innovations that are changing the world one idea at a time. To celebrate, Spark Centre is sharing stories about our innovative clients, like Korechi Innovations Inc., whose…
KITCHENER, ON, June 2, 2022 – PEER Group, a Kitchener-based supplier of innovative semiconductor factory automation products, has announced the opening of a new 4,000 sq. ft. office in the heart of downtown Toronto. Opening the new office is part…
Spark Innovations is an award-winning physical product design company specializing in the development of innovative products and inventions. Their industrial designers and mechanical designers have taken thousands of products from the early stages of an idea to the mass market, whether…
The capitals of Estonia and Canada are 6,300 kilometres apart, but their digital objectives are similar: to build a trustworthy and efficient society. But, how do they manage and meet user expectations? Is trust central to every decision? Are we…
ORIGINAL ARTICLE, Josh Scott, betakit.com, May 30, 2022 Amid staffing shortages, Able aims to enable healthcare workers to “do more with less.” Able Innovations, operates in a space that Dr. Gaurav Puri, chief of Newmarket, Ontario-based Southlake Regional Health Centre’s…
Posted in Blog, Thrive in Ottawa May 27, 2022 1295 words – 6 mins By: Randy Gaudreau If you’ve been lucky enough to put your feet up with a cool beverage recently, it’s a safe bet you didn’t consider the…
TELUS and Salesforce have invested millions into funds to support startups with social or environmental missions. Will other companies follow? “When all that money got put into our account, I sat in my office and had a good cry.” That’s…
Representing the Durham Regional Technology Development Site (DRTDS), Spark Centre President and CEO, Sherry Colbourne, and Joel Nascimento, Founder of Kevares, recently travelled to Abu Dhabi to present at the first-ever Electric Vehicle Innovation Summit (EVIS) in the Gulf Region.…
Posted in Blog, Thought Leadership May 26, 2022 Originally posted on hubinternational.com Even before the coronavirus pandemic, the nation’s mental health was in crisis. Nearly 50 million people, experienced clinical mental illness in some form in 2019, and 5.5% reported…
KITCHENER, ONT. – Bonfire Interactive Ltd. (“Bonfire”), a business unit of GTY Technology Holdings Inc. and a leader in strategic sourcing and procurement software, today celebrated the 10th anniversary of its eProcurement platform. Over the last decade, the solution has empowered…
While self-driving cars are years away, Canada’s tech ecosystem is already leading the space from the front. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY MONICA GUAN Teaching a car to drive is hard — there is just so much for it to learn. Case…
WETechAlliance is a Regional Innovation Center (RIC) in the Province of Ontario that acts as a hub for the acceleration and commercialization of innovation and technology in Windsor-Essex and Chatham-Kent Counties. WEtech’s mandate is to create economic prosperity by…
11 am, June 24, 2022 Perhaps it’s time to think and talk about EDI (equity, diversity, and inclusion) in new ways, especially as we navigate returning to the office, participating in hybrid workplace settings and creating safe spaces. Fresh and…
The Health Depot is an innovative online pharmacy with passionate and focused founders and a true value to the health of Ontarians with exciting growth ahead. It is a one-stop-shop for pharmaceutical care, using digital technology to make it easier,…
Teams are the cornerstone of most modern organizations. Working collaboratively with others allows us to pool diverse knowledge and expertise, share difficult workload, brainstorm complex ideas, and experiment outside our comfort zones. As a result, teams can achieve greater performance,…
MEDIA RELEASE via DESIGN SOUND PRODUCTIONS Inc. CHATHAM-KENT, ON –May 16, 2022: David Farquhar, President of Design Sound Productions, says,”It all began with the Vice President of Research and Development at Xperi, a subsidiary of Digital Theatre Systems(DTS), a Silicon…
The country’s most-promising companies work in amazing fields — from healthcare to education to mapping the world’s uncharted destinations. Summer’s a terrific time to set on a new adventure. And there are many Canadian startups hiring this month, all from…
HAMILTON, ON, May 31, 2022 — As part of its ongoing commitment to support economic recovery, promote product commercialization, and facilitate job growth, Innovation Factory is pleased to announce it is accepting applications for the second cohort of the Hamilton…
Posted in Blog, Thrive in Ottawa May 30, 2022 1620 words | 6 minutesBy: Jessica Murphy From 5G R&D to animation to renewable energy, Ottawa’s tech companies are doing exciting, future-shaping stuff. Read on for 10 Ottawa firms that are…
Work from home realities precede the Covid-19 pandemic, but have been uniquely cemented over the last two years. Whether your new colleagues are your family members or your house plants, coffee breaks aren’t quite the same. It’s especially challenging if you’re…
ORIGINAL ARTICLE, Rory Greener, xrtoday.com, May 26, 2022 The time has come to celebrate the winners of XR Today’s very first Awards ceremony. This year’s event and celebration showcased some of the best innovators in augmented, virtual, and mixed reality…
May 26, 2022 Invest Ottawa and the Capital Angel Network Announce the National Expansion of SheBoot, the Investment-Ready Bootcamp for Women Entrepreneurs, and Launch Applications Ottawa, Ontario – May 26, 2022: Invest Ottawa, lead economic development agency for knowledge-based…
The Province of Ontario recently launched Intellectual Property Ontario (IPON), an agency meant to “… help the postsecondary education and research and innovation sectors generate, protect, manage and commercialize intellectual property (IP).”Laws and registration of IP such as patents, trademarks,…
Businesses from across Chatham-Kent and Southwestern Ontario recently came together to launch the first of a five part event series called Innovation Outposts powered by Libro Credit Union in partnership with Chatham-Kent Economic Development. The event, which was held on…
“We are thrilled to celebrate our third cohort participants who have all worked extremely hard over the last eight months! The pitch competition is a wonderful allows Rhyze Ventures participants to show off their hard work and passion, but my…
People are going to quit. It’s not necessarily a bad thing, unless it’s being described as “churn rate.” Then it’s probably a bad thing. Though I also sometimes wonder about companies (Hotel California excepted) that publicize that no one leaves.…
Collision is back in Toronto; everything you need to know about expanding into Europe; and hacking for good with QueerTech. The June calendar has great events for everyone in Canadian innovation. Here are the tech events you need to know…
Motif Labs is pleased to announce the successful launch of a new production line, servicing Canada’s growing Cannabinol (CBN) market. Employing a proprietary process to produce high purity CBN at scale, wholesale and brand partners of Motif can now develop…
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