#ICYMI: MaRS venture news for March 2015
Spring may be late to the party, but we had lots of great media coverage this March for startups in the cleantech and information and communications technology (ICT) spaces.
Capital news
- Financial technology startup Sensibill raised $2 million.
Notable news
- Health venture PlantForm announced that it is receiving support from the Canadian government to develop antibody treatments for HIV strains.
- PostBeyond signed on several new customers, including The PGA of America.
- Education technology startup Clockwork Fox Studios announced a distribution deal with Scholastic Canada.
Media coverage
- We had a MaRS exhibit at this year’s Green Living Show, which led to some companies—Vanhawks, Nanoleaf and Nudy Patooty—being featured on “Breakfast Television.”
ICT
- Tom Emrich appeared on CTV’s “Canada AM” to discuss fitness wearables, including PUSH.
- Ariel Garten, co-founder and CEO of Interaxon, was featured in Fast Company: “Meet the woman who combined neuroscience tech and mindfulness.”
- BuildScience received some press for Y Combinator’s Demo Day here and on TechCrunch.
- Vanhawks and Giveffect also pitched at Y Combinator’s Demo Day. Check out this TechCrunch coverage.
- PUSH was featured in a BetaKit article: “The gym of the future will push you to your peak.”
- Vanhawks received a nice profile on BlogTO: “Toronto-designed bike calls home when stolen.”
- Flixel proved that it is disrupting the advertising industry with its technology. Check out the company in a Wall Street Journal article: “Marketers experiment with cinemegraph ads.”
- SelfPay’s female founder Wendy MacKinnon Keith was profiled in a great cover story in Ivey Business School’s InTouch Magazine.
- Bitstrips was featured in the Globe and Mail: “Facebook recruits Canadian developers to help enhance Messenger app.”