Guelph's voices of entrepreneurship

The second stop in this year’s Funding Roadshow (FRS) was Guelph. Though it didn’t feature in our roadshow last year, Guelph is home to some of the country’s most innovative startups in fields such as Clean Tech and Food & Agriculture. At the heart of it all are the Guelph Chamber of Com ...

Canada's ultra-high-speed backbone network

The 2014 Funding Roadshow, a unique opportunity for entrepreneurs to pitch their businesses to real investors, has been organized by Fundica with the collaboration of organizations like CANARIE. Established in 1993, CANARIE’s roots are in advanced networking, and CANARIE continues to evolve the ...

Microsoft BizSpark, free software and cloud hosting credits

It’s almost time to kick off! On April 9th, the Funding Roadshow (FRS) officially gets underway in Toronto. Not only has Toronto established itself as Canada’s financial centre, it is also a prominent hub for industries such as telecommunications, tourism, real estate and technology. Thanks to o ...

Get free access to cloud computing services through a national, government-funded program

The Digital Accelerator for Innovation and Research (DAIR) program launched in January 2013, with the goal of helping Canadian businesses and researchers gain a competitive edge through providing subsidized access to cloud computing technology. The program is aimed at startups and small to medium s ...

Is Your Startup Receiving Free Software & Cloud Hosting from Microsoft Yet? BizSpark Has You Covered

As a startup, the priority is to get the most accomplished by spending as little as possible. Microsoft has a global program called BizSpark, which helps software companies accomplish just that. For several years now, BizSpark has been putting startups in a position to build a lot of great software ...