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Sharoon Thomas could have applied and begun the multi-month wait last year to secure his permanent residence through the startup visa program created by former U.S. president Barack Obama’s administration. Good thing he didn’t. He is the CEO...

When Huda Idrees founded Dot Health, a health technology startup in Toronto, she had a radical thought: what if her new company's culture didn't have to suck? In an industry where women and people of colour are often underrepresented, a company's...

There are some pretty incredible companies in this country who are aiming to change the face of women's healthcare. And, it just so happens they're run by women, too! From tampon delivery services to at-home HPV testing, here are a few of the...

The Canadian government announced that the Startup Visa program would now become a core part of the country’s immigration policy starting in 2018. Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Navdeep Bains and Minister of Immigration,...

Waterloo’s Communitech innovation hub has launched Communitech Bootstrap, a new program that aims to help startups validate their products and find early-adopters. The three-month Communitech Bootstrap program, which is run four times a year, is...

Female Funders includes an online education portal featuring topics like getting started as an angel investor and a curated list of angel investment resources, while providing access to deal flow and a global community of women investors and...

When it comes to high-skilled immigration, the U.S.'s loss could be Canada's gain. Canada recently launched a Global Skills Strategy visa program to make it easier for its companies to bring in foreign workers with specific technology or business...

Judging from the media headlines and gauging by the universities and incubator clusters, you’d think that Toronto and Waterloo are the only reasonable choices to found a startup in Ontario – at first. But upon closer inspection, it’s the growing...

How quickly business fortunes can change. The travails of Uber, transformed in recent months from a case study in high-growth entrepreneurialism to a business with a leadership vacuum following the ousting of its founder and chief executive, is a...

What an impactful year 2016 has been for the Network of Angel Organizations - Ontario and the Ontario Angel investor community, and we look forward to kicking off 2017 with a bang! If you were unable to join us for our Annual General Meeting and...