This Week in Canadian Startups: Chango Raises $12M

Mark Evans' This Week in Canadian Startups

	Chango Raises $12-million, Plans to Double Workforce As the ad-tech market continues to rumble forward, Toronto's Chango raised $12-million from existing investors. It plans to double its workforce and open three new offices.

The Startup Genome project released a new report listing the top startup cities. Jesse Rodgers has some thoughts on how the Canadian ecosystem has to operate and thrive.

Serial entrepreneur Danny Robinson has launched his latest startup, Perch, a hands-free video communications app, and raised $1-million in seed capital.

GrowLab unveiled the five companies for its winter cohort, including two, KarmaHire and Spacelist, that came out of Vancouver's Launch Academy accelerator.

Is your Website a marketing machine that pushes consumers down the sales funnel? Here are some tips on what needs to be done.

Wantster, which lets people collect images for things they want, has raised $4-million from Evanov Communications, which operates 10 radio stations across Canada.

For anyone looking to create a startup, here's a 40-point checklist from serial entrepreneur Andrew Scott.

Why do startups fail? Here are some thoughts from Dave Feinleib, the author of "Why Startups Fail: And How Yours Can Succeed".

Softlayer has expanded its Canadian Catalyst Startup Program, which provides startups with server, storage and networking credits.

I got a chance to check out a Dev Alpha BB10. It's impressive.

It's been interesting to see 500px, one of the hottest photo-sharing sites, fuel its growth through acquisitions. It snapped up two more companies: Pulpfingers and ISO500.

Halifax's Karma Gaming, which develops video games for regulated lotteries, raised $750,000. The company is now looking to raise $3-million to $5-million.

If you're looking to create a lean startup, Braden Kowitz from Google Ventures Design Studio has seven tactics to build great products.

In a crowdsourcing success story, I nteraxon, which is developing a brain-sensing headband called Muse, has raised nearly $187,000 on IndieGoGo.

Being an entrerpreneur has become sexy so it's refreshing to see Mark Suster write a post on what it's really like to be an entrepreneur.

Where do startup ideas come from? In his latest essay, Paul Graham says one of the key ingredients is finding problems, ideally problems you experience.

While crowdfunding hasn't caught fire in Canada, we saw the launch of Crowdfund Quebec. Here's an IT Canada story on 12 Canadian companies with successful crowdsourcing efforts.

Should all startup entrepreneurs aim to develop big ideas, or does thinking small and soild also work? James Yu says entrepreneurs think big and start small.

- Techvibes and KPMG will be launching the "Canadian Startup Awards" soon.
- Hyperdrive is accepting applications for its winter cohort, which starts in February.
- The Startup Nations conference in happening in Ottawa on Nov. 29/30.
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Chango Raises $12-million, Plans to Double Workforce