Big Blue Bubble has announced that they are appointing a new CEO, while current CEO and company founder Damir Slogar moves to a position as Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer. The move is claimed as part of the company’s strategy to move into the next stage of major growth. The new CEO, an as-yet unnamed…
Kyle Macdonald, the CEO of Phoenix Interactive Design, recently won big in the RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards. MacDonald won the RBC Momentum award. This is the second time MacDonald has been honoured by RBC, as she first won an RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur award in 2006. MacDonald was one of 4,000 women entrepreneurs nominated…
London startup ChainSync, a scalable franchise management system, is bringing more jobs to London’s up-and-coming tech corridor in the SoHo neighbourhood. Founded in 2012, the young company has over 500 active franchisee users. Moving forward, to facilitate their aggressive expansion plans, they have attracted a significant investment of $500,000 from an unnamed angel investor. The growth funding,…
Okwaho Communications is pleased to announce the launch of the Okwaho Network — North America’s first social network for Indigenous business and economic development. The Okwaho Network is an exciting online Indigenous business community that reflects a diverse mix of Indigenous communities, businesses and peoples. The social network provides a powerful online platform for Okwaho…
The HTML500, Canada’s largest free, learn-how-to-code event, is happening in Vancouver, Calgary, London, and Toronto Vancouver January 24, 2015 The Rocky Mountaineer Station – 1755 Cottrell St. Vancouver, BC Calgary January 31, 2015 Red and White Club, U of Calgary – 1833 Crowchild Trail NW Calgary, AB London February 7, 2015 London Convention Centre –…
The Maple Leaf Angels Corporation today announced the launch of MLA48, Canada’s first angel investment fund committed to a turn-around time of just 48 hours. The fund promises the ultra-quick decision making process to entice young companies in the information, communication, and entertainment sectors across Southern Ontario, where the fund aims to provide early stage financing.…
The spirit of entrepreneurship is alive and well in London, as new research commissioned by the London Small Business Centre attests. Presented to the public by Steve Pellarin, Executive Director of the London Small Business Centre, Spotlight on Entrepreneurship is the result of a study of the entrepreneurial environment in Elgin, Lambton, Middlesex and Oxford…
Today Voices.com and the Federal Economic Development Agency For Southern Ontario announced that Voices.com would receive 900 thousand dollars in investment funding through the Investing in Business Growth and Productivity initiative offered by the federal government. Voices.com plans to hire 45 new employees to expand its outreach into the global market, translating its products into six…
Pod is a London startup founded by Luke Swanek and four other Londoners, all Western University graduates. Recentlyfeatured in Metro news, Pod is a TechAlliance client that’s making big waves- and it all started by the group deciding to build a tool that they wish they had for their own lives. Pod is described as an…
Scytl, the worldwide leader in secure online voting and election modernization, has announced today the acquisition of 100% of Akira Systems (Akira), a leading provider of workforce management solutions based in London (Ontario). With this acquisition, Scytl complements its end-to-end election management platform with a leading workforce management solution especially designed to address all the…