Last summer we reported on a new experience from Vancouver-based XR Immersive Tech coming to the largest ticketed event in British Columbia. “Uncontained,” a hyper-immersive attraction contained inside a sea shipment container, went live at the PNE in Vancouver following a “successful installation and launch,” as well as onsite training of staff. “From the very […]
Cleantech Startup Orca Water Swims Toward Eco-Conscious Future
The problem of water scarcity affects half of the global population—that’s four billion people—yet available solutions for water analytics are limited, leaving gaps in abilities to make informed decisions regarding water consumption. A Vancouver startup wants to tackle this challenge. It’s doing so through development of a versatile monitoring system that not only empowers property managers […]
BC Innovator Supplies Important Tech for Canada’s Largest Combat Support Ship
A BC-based Canadian manufacturer of electro-optical infrared camera systems this week announced a contribution to the Royal Canadian Navy. Port Coquitlam’s CURRENT Scientific Corporation will be supporting Federal Fleet Services, which is the operator of Canada’s largest combat support ship, known as Asterix. CURRENT intends to equip Asterix with “cutting-edge maritime surveillance capabilities”—including a state-of-the-art […]
Addy Adds First US Property to Platform as Portfolio Expands
Born in Vancouver in 2018, addy took some time to expand beyond the borders of beautiful BC as it figured out of the gears of its platform. In 2020, addy fully launched, and by the end of the year had tapped the Alberta market by releasing an opportunity to invest in an industrial park in the […]
Vancouver Tech Force Earns Reputation for Job-Hopping
Vancouver has the highest five-year tech job growth rate in the country. In the region, where tech work accounts for roughly one-third of all occupations, there are now 111,000 tech occupations—up 69% over five years. Vancouver also has the country’s highest rate of job turnover, according to a recent analysis from online resume building platform Resume.io. […]
Serial Entrepreneur Launches Startup to Help People Struggling with Fertility
Vancouver entrepreneur Mandy Potter has launched an online startup that sells at-home insemination kits. Alongside partner Kristine Wilson, Potter spent a year developing the custom kit, including a special syringe that earned FDA approval, according to BCBusiness. Once the kit was ready, the pair launched Joey out of their base in Vancouver to market and […]
Clio Simplifies Legal Advertising with Localized Ad Solution
A Vancouver-based provider of cloud-based legal technology announced this week an integration with Google Ads. The integration will see the launch of Google’s Local Services Ads for Clio, a legal marketing solution designed to transform how lawyers grow their law firms. “Legal demand is moving from the offline world to online, with most of that […]
Trulioo Advances Verification Tech Stack with AI Workflows
Verification is a critical component of the ongoing digital transformation, concerning just about every person and company out there in some way or another. At the forefront of digital verification for years now has been Vancouver-based Trulioo, which today claims the ability verify in real-time more than five billion people and 700 million business entities […]
Forest Eye Taps Tech and Drudges Data to Keep Watch Over Logging in BC
Working with computers since his earliest teenage years, Dax Dasilva seemed destined for a career in tech. The Vancouver-born entrepreneur fulfilled this destiny when we founded Lightspeed Commerce in 2005—which remains one of Canada’s largest publicly traded fintech firms. Although Lightspeed is as successful as ever, Dasilva has since moved on to other projects. In […]
Vancouver Startup Raises Seed Funding for No-Code AI Browsing Platform
Browse AI is a startup based in Vancouver that is drawing attention for its software-as-a-service platform. The BC firm’s “no-code web data extraction platform” allows non-technical users to train AI agents that can turn a website into a spreadsheet or data pipeline in minutes. As one can imagine, this eliminates the need for manual data […]