Canada has more than a popular Prime Minister turning heads these days. Canadian health tech startups are getting lots of coveted attention from US venture investors who are finding themselves attracted to smart business models paired with best-in-class technology and favorable economics. On March 14-15, the Consulate General of Canada in New York and the
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Canada has been making waves in NYC retail. In January 2016, the Toronto-based Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) – that has its origins in the fur trade in the 17th century, well before Canada was a country – acquired NYC’s Gilt Groupe for a cool $250 million. The move points to a recurring trend balancing out
Improving water management to reduce waste is now critical to safeguard the world’s fresh water supplies. And Big Data is helping. Increasingly, companies and governments are turning to water data analytics companies such as WatrHub, Inc. to identify market opportunities and find solutions for protecting water resources, and bringing much needed efficiencies to water management.
Since Voices.com joined the Canadian Technology Accelerator Digital Tech program (CTA Digital Tech) in January 2015 from London, Ontario, the company’s sales have been climbing rapidly following two years of steady growth. Voices.com is the online marketplace that connects voice-over talent to businesses that want to hire them. The company has 250,000 registered users, split
The CTA Digital Tech program in New York and current roster of Canadian digital tech companies are featured in a prime-time TV news report on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC-TV) that aired nationally in May 18, 2015. The program and the companies are also featured in a web video story on CBC.ca. The companies currently
There was a lot of media interest in New York this week about our CTA Digital Tech companies and their digital knowledge: CBC-TV reports on the Canadian Technology Accelerator in New York (CTA Digital Tech) Steven D’Souza, New York Correspondent for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation came to the work space of the Canadian
Learn how within 10 months: For Patrice Marin (above) Co-Founder and VP of Business Development of the Ad tech company District M, the idea of coming to New York from Montreal to join the Canadian Technology Accelerator (CTA) Digital Tech program last year was daunting. “I’m from the operations’ side, sales was new to me
(Photo from left to right: Moderator Lexie Rieglehaupt of @Mashable, Sean Evins of @Twitter, Florencia Iriondo of @LinkedIn and Liba Rubensteinof @Tumblr) The Consulate General of Canada in New York and the Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations were among the organizers of the day-long United Nations Social Media Day (#socialUN) that featured social media
More than 100 thought-leaders in the healthcare industry from both the US and Canada shared information earlier this month about how eHealth practices are improving patient care and what needs to be done. Organized by the CTA Health IT accelerator (Consulate General of Canada), the event was co-hosted by Thomas Jefferson University where the discussions
“The Canadian brand is strong in New York,” Canada’s Consul General in New York John F. Prato told a group of about 100 members of the finance, investment and startup communities in New York at a reception held earlier this week at the Thomson Reuters building. Sponsored by the Canadian Consulate General of New York
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