News Pick – Snubbed by Trump, Silicon Valley talent is looking to Canada – Macleans
April 25, 2017 – “Like many Canadian tech executives, Roy Pereira, CEO and founder of Zoom.ai Inc., struggles to hire and hold on to highly skilled engineers, code writers and seasoned managers. Canadian software engineering grads often head directly to tech hubs like Silicon Valley and San Francisco, or use an entry-level position at the […]
News Pick – From PM to VC: Harper’s move is a win for Canadian tech – TechVibes
April 25, 2017 – “The recent news of former Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s decision to join San Francisco-based 8VC is good news for the Canadian tech industry. Touted as the “Silicon Valley of the North,” the Toronto-Waterloo Corridor has long been the focus of the Canadian tech ecosystem in terms of positive signs of development […]
News Pick – theBoardlist rings the bell in Canada – Medium
April 24, 2017 – “Talent platform theBoardlist has been successfully engaging the tech community to increase gender diversity on boards since its U.S. launch in 2015. With over 1800 board-ready women nominated by 1100+ male and female leaders in tech and influence in 60 tech company board placements, theBoardlist is now turning its attention to […]
News Pick – Once-flush startups struggle to stay alive as investors get pickier – WSJ
April 23, 2017 – “Eighteen months ago, Beepi Inc. was rapidly expanding its online used-car business to 16 U.S. cities where people could buy cut-rate vehicles adorned with giant shiny bows. Beepi doesn’t exist anymore. After burning through more than $120 million in capital, the startup failed to raise more cash and shut down in […]
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News Pick – Canada is North America’s up-and-coming startup center – TechCrunch
April 20, 2017 – “They say that nice guys finish last — and Canada, with its reputation for polite citizenry and its charming prime minister, is used to being overlooked. Sure, Canada may tower over the United States in physical size, but many countries of similar stature — G7 nations, for example — dismiss the […]
News Pick – 4 reasons you should move your startup to Toronto today – Business Insider
April 12, 2017 – “In the world of professional sports, the Toronto Blue Jays of the MLB, and the Toronto Raptors of the NBA proudly embrace the city they represent with the rallying cry: “We The North.” And in the entertainment industry, Drake is putting Toronto on the global map with songs painting a vivid […]
News Pick – Canada tries to turn its A.I. ideas into dollars – NYT
April 9, 2017 – “Long before Google started working on cars that drive themselves and Amazon was creating home appliances that talk, a handful of researchers in Canada — backed by the Canadian government and universities — were laying the groundwork for today’s boom in artificial intelligence. But the center of the commercial gold rush […]
News Pick – Oxford Properties and startup incubator team up to create a new Toronto innovation district on Front Street – G&M
April 9, 2017 – “Oxford Properties Group and technology startup accelerator OneEleven are aiming to turn Toronto into the next San Francisco with Union Park, a long-term redevelopment of Front Street meant to transform it into a downtown innovation cluster. The linchpin in the plan is the official reopening in June of 325 Front Street […]
News Pick – Now anyone can invest in start-ups, if they have the stomach for it – WSJ
April 9, 2017 – “When Oculus VR sold to Facebook for $US2 billion in 2014, some asked: what if the people who backed the virtual-reality start-up two years earlier on the crowd-funding site Kickstarter had received shares instead of T-shirts or VR headsets?They might have seen $US100 turn into $US14,000, says Richard Swart, chief strategy […]
