Organization: Y Combinator

L-Spark incubator launched for eastern Ontario

Invest Ottawa, Wesley Clover International and Queen’s Univ have launched L-Spark, an incubator and accelerator that is one of 10 similar organizations receiving funds under the Canada Accelerator and Incubator Program (CAIP). It is managed by the Industrial Research Assistance Program as part of the federal government’s Venture Capital Action Plan. Other incubators/accelerators receiving CAIP…

Pebble Technology raises $15M in series ‘A’ financing

Pebble Technology, a Palo Alta CA-based developer of the wildly popular Pebble smart watch, has raised $15 million in series ‘A’ financing to expand development and marketing. The company was started by Vancouver native and Univ of Waterloo graduate Eric Migicovsky who previously raised $10.2 million through a Kickstarter cloud funding campaign, the largest in…