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US Venture Capital Dollars Chasing Canadian Health Tech Start-Ups

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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Retail and Tech Stacking Up to Make it Big

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

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400% growth for Voices.com in a $26 billion industry: Company to launch NYC offices

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

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Success Story: How CTA’s Sheng Li Digital is helping Cirque Du Soleil reach a Chinese-speaking market

  Digital marketing and advertising start up Sheng Li Digital – currently in residence with the Canadian Technology Accelerator’s Digital Media (CTA@NYC) program in New York —  has been retained a second time by the world-famous theatre troupe Cirque du Soleil following solid sales results for their show “Totem”  in Vancouver, Canada. Sheng Li Digital

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