Highlighting some stellar startups from this year's first Montreal NewTech Demo [Video]

Posted by Knowlton Thomas on 2011-01-14 10:44:00 AM

Four startups presented earlier this week at the first Montreal NewTech Demo of 2011. Montreal NewTech is a series of monthly events held in - you guessed it - Montreal, and involving - you're right again - tech startups.

The latest event saw presentations from Stella, Taskhire, Vanilla Forums, and Virtual Locker. 

  • Stella: A monitoring service that notifies web owners when their site is down or running slow.
  • Taskhire: Montreal's latest approach to outsourcing daily tasks and banishing the to-do list.
  • Vanilla: Also known as Vanilla Forums. A modern, open-source forum used by more than 400,000 websites to "manage and cultivate activity" in their communities.
  • Virtual Locker: A service that allows students to discover, rate, and recommend things like classes, professors, and facets of campus.

The video below is of Vanilla's presentation. Check out all the videos on Montreal NewTech's YouTube channel, MTLNewTech.

Company:
Vanilla Forums
Website:
http://www.vanillaforums.org
Location:
Montréal, Québec, Canada

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Knowlton Thomas

Knowlton Thomas

Knowlton is the Associate Editor of Techvibes. A Vancouver-based writer and author, Knowlton has been published in national publications and has also appeared on television and radio. He has written two ebooks and more are in the works. Previously, he was an editor for New Westminster weekly The Other Press and served on its board of directors. When not working, Knowlton enjoys playing... more

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