The following graph was developed by Toronto Founder Institute’s Sunil Sharma and Kamal Hassan, see the draft of the #Toronto #StartupEcosystem Canvas… It is everything you need to know about Toronto startup ecosystem summarized in one long image below. Enjoy. More input is needed, so please leave your comments on this collaborative Google document, and … Continue reading Toronto Startups Ecosystem That You Need To Know
UPDATE: Due to high popularity of this article, we’ve got multiple requests on where we got this #s and if this is really true. Did Quebec really decide to increase their small business tax 50% like that? Unfortunately it is true as references by the following newspaper articles below (at the end of this article) … Continue reading 50% More Tax for IT Consultants / Small Businesses in Quebec
The round was led by FairVentures Inc, the innovation investing arm of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited. Connecticut Innovations (CI), Real Ventures and a prominent group of angel investors were also key participants in the financing. Dream Payments is a fintech solutions company and developer of technology that enables leading merchant acquirers and banks to deliver … Continue reading Toronto Dream Payments, financial service cloud company, raises $10m
As US becomes more and more complicated to get work permits for, Canada is opening up to skilled labour candidates. Canadian Government is introducing a fast track program to bring skilled talent into Canada called “Global Skills”. This was announced Thursday morning in Toronto by Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development, and … Continue reading Canada’s Global Skills Strategy / Fast Track Work Permit to start June 2017
Dialogue raised $4m in funding from BDC Capital, and Hacking Health Accelerator. They are now will be expanding to Ontario but still operating in Quebec. Dialogue offers a range of healthcare services to employees and their families. We work hard to keep individuals healthy, present at work, productive and happy. Through Dialogue, employees can chat with a … Continue reading Montreal startup Dialogue, benefits provider, raises $4M, expanding to Ontario
Uber is coming back to Vancouver at the end of 2017, Province of British Columbia has announced. While deciding to bring back the ride sharing service, the province has also decided to level the playing field by subsidizing the taxi industry by providing “$1 million to help the taxi industry develop an app with the … Continue reading Uber is finally coming back to Vancouver, BC to subsidize taxi industry
Seattle based Amazon acquired mostly Winnipeg based ThinkBox, software company providing unique solutions for artists in the entertainment industry, for undisclosed amount of money. Thinkbox Software has provided creative tools and pipeline technology for both small and large scale projects including the worlds largest feature films. Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Thor, Green Lantern, Harry … Continue reading Amazon acquires Winnipeg based Thinkbox Software
