News
January 05, 2016
New federal program to provide $50 million boost to SME exports
Declaring herself “your Chief Marketing Officer” to a crowd of Waterloo Region entrepreneurs, Canada’s new Minister of International Trade today unveiled a $50-million program to help small and medium-sized businesses boost their sales abroad.
January 05, 2016
CDMN announces winter 2016 Soft Landing program cohort
26 companies have been accepted into the winter 2016 cohort for the Canadian Digital Media Network’s (CDMN) Soft Landing program. The program helps mature startups and small-to-medium size enterprises (SMEs) in CDMN’s network of partner hubs to open a satellite office or grow distribution channels in a foreign market.
December 17, 2015
Financial technology
The financial technology industry continues to grow yearly and employs talent throughout the world.
November 17, 2015
Tech veteran David Lizius joins QRA board
David Lizius has joined the Board of Directors of Halifax-based QRA Corp. as an independent member. Lizius is an accomplished high-tech industry veteran with experience leading both business and technical design teams across the space, defence, and biotechnology sectors.
November 16, 2015
Two CDMN Hubs named in the top three university business incubators in North America by UBI Global
Two Canadian university business incubators carried away top honors in this year’s UBI Global Awards for North American accelerators and incubators. Ryerson University’s DMZ incubator in Toronto ranked first in North America, and Innovate Calgary ranked third. Both organizations are part of the CDMA.
October 27, 2015
CDMN Soft Landing program open until Nov. 27 for winter cohort
Canadian companies associated with an incubator or accelerator within the Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN) are invited to apply to enter new international markets for up to three months. Canadian small- to mid-size enterprises (SME) gain access to regional support and introduction.