Montreal Tech Watch

Use the UserVoice widget for feedback

Here’s one thing that’s going to stay: on the right side of the blog, there’s now a small tab/widget for those who have new ideas to improve montrealtechwatch, submit new ideas, or report about bugs.  I’m not doing surveys, polls or any sort of continuous product development for this blog; but thought this would make [...]

MontrealStartup announces $2M additional funding from SolidarityFund QFL

MontrealStartup has announced that they’ve secured $2 million from Solidarity Fund QFL (ou FTQ en français), which adds up to the first $3 million from Investissement Québec and from various entrepreneurs and businessmen from Montreal and Québec.  See the original post here on MSU’s objectives and business model.  The press release for the new funding [...]

AgentSolo.com supports OpenID, urges other web startups to follow suit.

AgentSolo.com, a website made for freelancers and consultants looking for contracts, is now supporting OpenId for authentication and new user signups. AgentSolo writes that they’re proud to be one of the first to implement the protocol on their website. AgentSolo has also been implementing new features on their website, such as social networking and friend activities [...]

Coming back to Xtranormal’s case — the adventurous life of a startup

Last week, Xtrnaormal layed off 36 of its staff, as reported in this article. The news made waves since Xtranormal was one of the biggest technology startups in Montreal both in terms of secured funding and number of employees, also due to the fact that it was lead by Richard Szalwinski, and also because they [...]