TeamPages closes second round of financing
Securing additional financing is one of the most important (and toughest) tasks for start-ups these days – so I want to congratulate Mike Tan and his team for closing a second round of financing for TeamPages that also brought a few new investors into the company. TeamPages has shown some very good traction over the […]
New investment: Tynt traces how people engage with your content
Calgary-based Tynt announced today that they closed a $5 million Series A financing with iNovia Capital from Montreal and I am happy that W Media had the opportunity to participate in the financing with a small amount. The company is led by Derek Ball, one of the most successful technology entrepreneurs in Western Canada, and […]
New investment: brain games with Fitbrains
I have been watching Michael Cole and his Vancouver-based company Fitbrains for almost two years now and am very happy that I finally got the chance to make an investment in them. Fitbrains develops online brain games and exercises based on scientific research which help keep your mind sharp – you might want to call […]
Techvibes – another successful (re)launch!
The season of relaunches continues: last week, Techvibes launched a completely overhauled product that has received some pretty good feedback here and here. The new product should lay the foundation to build a network of hyper-local technology news blogs and communities across North-America – while Techvibes currently only covers all major Canadian cities plus Seattle […]
I love these t-shirts!
While Facebook goes for world domination, signing up teens, parents and grandparents alike, Nexopia stays focused on the 13- to 20 years olds– this t-shirt says it all and it has been a huge hit with Nexopia’s users (and strangely enough, often with their parents as well).