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Start-up businesses and entrepreneurs are vital to our communities and our economy, yet many find challenges raising the capital they need to grow and scale their businesses. These challenges have only been increased by the economic impact of...

The Refugee Career Jumpstart Project (Jumpstart) is hosting a joint program with Angel Investors Ontario, aimed to empower and support refugee entrepreneurs. Refugees with innovative businesses or business ideas will have the opportunity to grow...

The reports continue to pile up and the verdict remains the same: Venture capital firms have a gender problem. Specifically, investors in early-stage companies have too few women on their teams and that has become a huge hurdle for female...

Jumpstart Refugee Talent and Ontario Angel Investors launch REinvest, an innovative program aiming to address funding barriers faced by refugee entrepreneurs. Now on its second edition, REinvest gives refugees the chance to pitch directly to a panel...

One of Canada’s big five banks is making it easier for their tech and innovation clients to grow and achieve financial independence. CIBC has introduced Innovation Banking, a full-service business that offers advice and funding to North American...

As the ex-CEO of VMware, Paul Maritz is a well-known name in enterprise software. But he's the first to admit he knows nothing about video games, much less the hyper-competitive world of eSports. He's not even a little bit of a gamer. That's why...

After pouring over thousands of nominations, the finalists for the Canadian Innovation Awards have been named. The list features some of the hottest startups, biggest companies, and cutting-edge entrepreneurs in the country—so take a look and think...

The Ontario government is dedicating $5.47 million in 12 projects through its Health Technologies Fund through 2018, which supports partnerships between publicly funded health service providers, patients, academia, and industry. Through the fund,...

Is everything okay in Canada's tech scene? Many think so. Many global tech giants are building capacity in our major cities, and our startup ecosystem is proving increasingly lively and promising. Look no further than the Toronto-Waterloo corridor...

Getting more women to become investors in early-stage startups will help increase the number of female leaders in the tech sector, says the founder of the country's first accelerator for women entrepreneurs. Danielle Graham created the Fierce...