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Vancouver’s Agtech Unicorn Semios Rebrands as Almanac, Signaling Major Growth

October 22, 2024 by Robert Lewis Leave a Comment

Vancouver’s thriving technology sector has welcomed a bold move by one of its key players—Semios, a global leader in agricultural technology, has officially rebranded as Almanac. This rebranding marks a pivotal moment not only for the company but also for Vancouver, further positioning the city as a major player in the global agtech market. Founded […]

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Vancouver Unicorn GeoComply Gets Strategic Backing From U.S. Investors

January 26, 2023 by Techcouver Newsdesk Leave a Comment

Vancouver’s GeoComply has secured minority investments by funds managed by Norwest Venture Partners and Arctos Sports Partners. Founded in 2011, GeoComply provides fraud prevention and cybersecurity solutions that detect location fraud and help verify a user’s true digital identity. Trusted by leading brands and regulators for the past 10 years, the company’s fraud and compliance […]

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Seattle Unicorn Highspot Expands Global Footprint With Vancouver Office

January 18, 2023 by Robert Lewis Leave a Comment

Seattle unicorn Highspot announced today that they’re expanding into Vancouver with their fifth international office. Highspot is a sales enablement platform that increases sales team productivity. The company raised a $248 million Series F last year and has since been recognized across leading industry awards such as Forbes’s Cloud 100, Forbes’s America’s Best Startup Employers, […]

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Vancouver Unicorn Visier Makes Second Acquisition of 2022

October 24, 2022 by Robert Lewis Leave a Comment

Days after celebrating the five-year milestone of its embedded analytics business, Vancouver’s Visier has made its second acquisition of the year. The recently crowned unicorn has acquired the assets of Boostrs, a powerful API-first skills mapping engine. Earlier this year Visier acquired the technology of Silicon Valley’s Yva.ai, a leading collaboration analytics company. Headquartered in Paris and […]

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Christie’s Auction House Invests in Web3 Unicorn LayerZero Labs

July 26, 2022 by Knowlton Thomas Leave a Comment

A new venture fund from a renowned international brand has made its first portfolio investment. Luxury art giant Christie’s this month launched Christie’s Ventures, a new fund targeting emerging technologies in the art and crypto spaces, as well as fintech startups. “The intersections of technology and financial products are increasingly relevant and prevalent, and we […]

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One Year After Becoming a Unicorn, Clio Advances to Centaur Status

June 14, 2022 by Knowlton Thomas Leave a Comment

Clio has achieved the fabled Centaur status. The Burnaby-based provider of cloud-based legal technology is Canada’s first legal technology company to wear the crown, and one of only 150 companies globally. In the startup world, a Unicorn is a company with a valuation north of $1 billion—a status Clio earned just last year. To become […]

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Unicorn Visier Extends People Cloud With Acquisition of Yva.ai

May 4, 2022 by Techcouver Newsdesk Leave a Comment

Vancouver’s Visier has acquired the technology of Silicon Valley’s Yva.ai, a leading collaboration analytics company. Recently crowned a unicorn, Visier is the globally recognized leader in people analytics and on-demand answers for people-powered business. Visier raised a USD $125 million Series E funding round led by Goldman Sachs last year. Yva.ai shines light on employee well-being, […]

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Silicon Valley Unicorn Rebrands As Motive & They’re Hiring In Vancouver

April 12, 2022 by Robert Lewis Leave a Comment

Fleet management software company KeepTruckin is reinventing itself as an ‘Internet of Things’ automation company and rebranding itself as Motive to better reflect the fact it’s no longer focused solely on the trucking industry. Established in 2013, Motive has modernized the trucking industry with its fleet management platform, which brings trucks online to change the […]

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It’s Official: LayerZero Labs Becomes Vancouver’s Newest Unicorn

March 30, 2022 by Techcouver Newsdesk Leave a Comment

Vancouver’s LayerZero Labs announced today that it raised USD $135 million in a round co-led by Sequoia Capital, FTX Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz and with participation from Coinbase Ventures, PayPal Ventures, Tiger Global, Uniswap Labs, and more. This funding round values LayerZero Labs at $1 billion and will accelerate the development of cross-chain decentralized applications […]

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Silicon Valley Unicorn Productboard to Expand Vancouver Footprint

February 4, 2022 by Techcouver Newsdesk Leave a Comment

Earlier this week San Francisco’s Productboard announced it had closed a USD $125 million Series D funding. This latest funding round takes Productboard’s valuation to USD $1.725 billion, making them a unicorn. Productboard is a customer-centric product management platform that helps teams get the right products to market faster. From Zoom to Volkswagen, more than […]

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