StandoutJobs has raised 1.5 million $ of venture capital from Garage Canada. Congrats then to Benjamin Yoskovitz, Fred Ngo, and Austin Hill. Note: Standoutjobs shows video for job classifieds. The startup’s CEO is Benjamin Yoskovitz.
Study: Jobs in the Quebec video games industry
TechnoMontreal points out a study made by TechnoCompetences about the video games industry, showing that jobs rose +26% between 2005 and 2007. (PDF report here – in french) The study reports that the Quebec video games industry has 4500 jobs in 2007, if you also count companies specialized in quality assurance and service software companies. [...]
TagTélé: Yet Another Video Portal
TagTélé launched yesterday. I don’t know if anybody knew about it – for me, it came out of nowhere. Little is known about tagtélé; I am not even sure if it is based in Montreal. I have named it yet another video portal because it is presented as the place to find specific Quebec videos [...]
Upcoming: Networking events for entrepreneurs
A networking event will be held by Réseau Interlogiq this Wednesday between entrepreneurs and investors (via Daniel Drouet, from montrealstartu) Reminder: you can see upcoming events with the calendar (you can use google calendar or standalone apps like iCal or Sunbird to view it)
Top web2.0 Canadian startups
The alarm clock has made a list of top web startups in Canada. Weblo, a virtual real estate website and OZ, a mobile messanging company makes the top list. It also mentions Airborne Entertainement, NuVu.tv, Tungle, and Inpowr as runner-ups. This makes a list of 6 “startups” to watch in Montreal, while Toronto and Vancouver [...]
MonAvis reviews local places
This isn’t a post about a new startup, because monavis.ca opened more than one month ago, but about how they are currently doing. My initial reaction was that it was a complete rip-off of yelp. They have exactly the same navigation bar. (Welcome = Bienvenue, About = A propos, Write a Review = Écrire un [...]
Artere is a new portal for young Montreal artists
The Forum jeunesse de l’île de Montréal, the Conseil régional des élus de l’Île de Montréal, the Conseil des arts de Montréal and Ville de Montréal have launched artere, a portal and reference website for la relève, a fancy way to name young artists. They have a blog, a small ads section, an events calendar, [...]
AbsoluteSky will install item-level RFID tracking at a Staples Store
AbsoluteSky, a Montreal company specializing in RFID, will provide item-level tagging to a Staples Store (location yet unknown). They will partner with Fujitsu for the initial installation. Many stores already use RFID to track cases and pallets to provide real-time information on their inventory, but this is possibly the first time that a Canadian store [...]
YulStart is a new ressource for entrepreneurs
Sylvain Carle has setup a wiki about startupping in Montréal. Now, I am not sure if it is public but since he wrote about it on twitter, I invite everyone to contribute to the guide and make it grow. I took 5 minutes to create a list of possible funders in Montreal and a quick [...]
OpenCoffee Club
Read/WriteWeb has a great article on the OpenCoffee Club Movement. I am thinking there should be something like this in Montreal. And with entrepeneur students, to make Ben happy.
