Ecommerce
Montreal
Lavasoft CEO Lists 5 Montreal Startups to Watch
By Daniel Assouline | Nov 22, 2014 at 10:00 am
When it comes to Canadian tech startups, Toronto gets all the attention. And that’s for a reason. After all, Toronto’s startups are solving some very real issues, churning out innovative startups like Sojourn Labs’ electric car-bike vehicle and Spinesonics Medical’s ultrasound device for spinal…
Business
Montreal
Montreal’s Busbud Raises $9M Series A Led by Revolution Ventures
By Ronald Barba | Jul 9, 2014 at 10:59 am
The bus booking platform Busbud announced this morning that it has closed a $9 million Series A round of funding. The round was co-led by Revolution Ventures and OMERS Ventures. Other participants in the round included iNovia Capital and Real Ventures, both of which led…
Startups & Apps
Montreal
Montreal’s Officevibe Makes Employee Motivation Fun
By Heather Huhman | May 5, 2014 at 11:00 am
Did you know that $550B is lost every year in lost productivity associated with the high percentage of disengaged employees? No startup can afford to lose out on that much cash, especially since the solution is so simple. Do a little research on the…
Gear & Gadgets
Montreal
Meet Pine, a Smartwatch That’s Actually Smart
By Kira M. Newman | Feb 4, 2013 at 1:00 pm
The Pebble smartwatch was the Kickstarter hit of 2012, raising over $10 million. The Bia sports watch for women was also a success, pulling in over $400,000. And MetaWatch raised over $300,000. All these watches are “smart” – they have apps, they can transfer data, and…
Startup
Montreal
Make a New Year’s Resolution to Build an App with LaunchThisYear
By Kira M. Newman | Jan 1, 2013 at 12:00 pm
As 2013 begins, LaunchThisYear launches today with resources for app developers looking to build an app in the next 12 months. “The goal is to break down those barriers to make it seem not so daunting to create a mobile app,” says founder Mikael…
Marketplace
Montreal
Montreal’s ooomf Launches, Raises $500,000 in Seed Funding
By Kira M. Newman | Sep 5, 2012 at 9:00 am
Today, Montreal startup ooomf is launching in public beta and announcing $500,000 in seed funding, led by Real Ventures. Ooomf gives app developers that extra push to get over a few major hurdles: Creation. Developers can solicit feedback on key features, like app icons,…
iPhone
Montreal
How Echoer Could Solve Your Retweet Problem
By Kira M. Newman | Mar 7, 2012 at 9:30 am
Does your Twitter feed ever look like your friends are all conspiring to bore you with the same link, stealthily disguised by different URL shorteners? This is what I call the retweet problem: tweets around the same content can clog up your feed, wasting…
Entrepreneur
Montreal
Lessons in Landing Seed Funding from Buyosphere CEO Tara Hunt
By Monika Jansen | Jan 9, 2012 at 11:30 am
Back in July when I first covered Buyosphere, the Montreal-based startup felt like an iteration of Pinterest – you could curate collections of products, find interesting products through friends, and establish yourself as a tastemaker. I was skeptical about the future of the company…
News
Boston
Could Hopper Be the Google of Travel? Stealth Startup Secures $8 Million in Funding
By Trisha Cruz | Sep 3, 2011 at 3:00 pm
Hopper, a travel website founded by a team of former Expedia employees, recently raised $8 million in funding from Atlas Venture and Brightspark Ventures. Led by CEO Frederic Lalonde and Chief of Product Joost Ouwerkerk, Hopper is currently in stealth mode. What we do…
Entrepreneur
Montreal
A Dose of Intellectual Honesty: Interview with Accelerator Head and Serial Entrepreneur Ben Yoskovitz
By Kira M. Newman | Sep 2, 2011 at 10:00 am
Ben Yoskovitz is a founding partner at Year One Labs, an early-stage seed accelerator in Montreal. Last September, he and his three partners accepted their first class, including recent graduate and now seed-funded Localmind. Yoskovitz is a serial entrepreneur whose recruitment-software startup, Standout Jobs,…
Startups & Apps
Montreal
Curate Products You Love on Buyosphere
By Monika Jansen | Jul 30, 2011 at 4:00 pm
Everything we do online is tracked. It’s really creepy if you think about it. But for someone who does a lot of online shopping like me, knowing your shopping history is floating around out there is scary. Yes, you can get better recommendations, but…