Shareable personal albums will be created for guests by tour operators to increase referrals and advocacy Travel experiences marketplace Peek.com has teamed up with marketing platform Fotaflo to help tour guides develop marketing strategies for image and video sharing. Fotaflo’s marketing and…
Inkster was established in 2019 with the mission of helping musicians and artists effectively market themselves and generate a sustainable income. Powered by an online community of artists, this live streaming social platform enables artists to receive payment directly from…
From: Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario News release FedDev Ontario investment to help bring 100 global start-ups to Canada and create 180 jobs June 17, 2022 – Toronto, Ontario The Government of Canada is committed to supporting the…
originally published: 2022-06-09 13:47:20 Patrick McGuire (00:03)Hey, it’s Patrick. Before we start, at the time of this recording, we went through a bit of a name rebranding from RIC Centre to Altitude Accelerator. With that in mind, we hope you…
ORIGINAL ARTICLE, Elaine Smith, thestar.com, June 9, 2022 Passion, drive and a good idea turned Lianna Genovese into a corporate entrepreneur long before she graduated from McMaster University this spring. At 19, Genovese became the founder and chief executive officer…
ORIGINAL ARTICLE, madeithappenpod.com, June 13, 2022 This week’s episode is featuring Abeda Oturkar, Founder and Business Manager, Paper Spree. Abeda Oturkar, armed with a Diploma in Entrepreneurship & Business and a Bachelor of Fine Arts, is an entrepreneur with a…
ORIGINAL PODCAST, anchor.fm, June 16, 2022 Transportation is changing rapidly. As autonomous vehicles and smart cities become the norm, technology commercialization has to evolve to stay on the cutting edge. As part of Innovation Factory’s growing ecosystem, the Centre for…
ORIGINAL ARTICLE, prnewswire.com, June 15, 2022 Nuts For Cheese™, maker of dairy-free, plant-based, artisanal cheeses, today announced a $5.35 million round of funding led by Forage Capital Partners along with highly experienced CPG veterans Mike Fata and Dror Balshine. Founded in 2015 by vegan chef, Margaret…
First, some good news. We know that the climate crisis is solvable, and that a stable of planet-saving innovations is being built right here in Canada. Great. The real challenge is to tackle the crisis before it’s too late, because…
Identifying Announced this morning by Communitech as part of TMX Investor Day, Team True North is a roster of Canadian innovation companies shown by verified data to have the highest probability of reaching $1B in revenue. Paystone, an integrated automated…
The WEtech team has 2 new additions! This month, the WETechAlliance team grew with the addition of 2 new recruits. Hailing from the marketing and communications and business advsiory sectors, these recent hires will be a tremendous asset in…
Trust and innovation are core Canadian qualities that have made Jane Software a hit with domestic customers. The same attributes are proving just as attractive to international buyers. “We get a very warm reception when we say we’re from Canada,”…
If a thousand-mile journey begins with a single step, then the journey to innovate health-care systems in Canada has already begun. But there is much ground left to cover, according to participants in a Future of Health virtual presentation Tuesday,…
Stay on the cutting edge of tech trends and business with these sessions from this year’s conference. After two years of being a virtual event, Collision, one of the world’s biggest tech conferences, is returning to Toronto June 20 to…
Technology companies will offer live demonstrations of ground-breaking technology poised to transform the mining industry Toronto, ON. - NORCAT, a global leader in the development and provision of skilled labour training and innovation services, is excited to announce the preliminary…
After two years of Collision From Home, the leading global tech conference is back in person. From June 20-23, Collision will bring together the biggest names in business and entertainment to talk about the possibilities, problems, and future of tech.…
KITCHENER, Ont. (June 1, 2022) – Christie® has ramped up its production facility in its Kitchener-based Center for Engineering Excellence to keep pace with increased demand for MicroTiles® LED. The new space includes a state-of-the-art automation line with robotic handling,…
Index Exchange Inc. (Index), one of the world’s largest independent ad exchanges, today announced its first-ever business acquisition of Rivr Technologies GmbH (Rivr), a Berlin-based company specializing in advanced machine learning-based traffic optimization capabilities. The acquisition accelerates Index’s efforts to…
In January 2022, Psigryph founders Sean Thompson and Gopi Paliyath received an invitation to apply, along with 1100 to 1200 other companies, to the MassChallenge Switzerland Accelerator. Those selected receive a chance to access non-dilutive cash prizes, connections to corporate…
ORIGINAL ARTICLE, The Hamilton Spectator, thespec.com, June 8, 2022 Hamilton’s annual Lions Lair competition is set to return as an in-person event after a two-year, pandemic-induced switch to the virtual realm. This year, more than a dozen Ontario-based companies will…
Recently I saw a “shower thought” from Reddit that said, basically, “Your salary is the subscription fee that the company you work for pays for you”. I think this statement does some really interesting framing on both sides of the…
As TechAlliance continues to walk beside Southwestern Ontario’s most promising ventures with support, engagement, and a whole lot of joy, we are elated to welcome an accomplished new team member, Aman Samra as a Startup Advisor. Powered by an entrepreneurial…
AutoVerify, powered by Mobials Inc., is pleased to announce the acquisition of ShopDesk. This is the next step in building out the AutoVerify strategy that provides dealers with an end-to-end solution to connect and transact with digital customers looking to…
ORIGINAL ARTICLE, Janice Gassam Asare, forbes.com, June 6, 2022 Earlier this year, H.R. 2116, also known as the Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act (Crown Act) passed in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Crown Act provides protections against race-based hair…
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…
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