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 […]
Checkfront Joins Forces with Rezdy and Regiondo in Major Merger
In a major move for the reservation technology sector, Victoria-based Checkfront announced a merger with Rezdy, an Australian tour and activity booking software company. And building on this integration, Europe booking giant Regiondo also jumped on board, propelling the joint venture even higher in the global booking software arena. Conceived by co-founders Jason Morehouse and […]
BCSC Warns Traders to Tread with Caution in Crypto Market
Last year was an interesting one for cryptocurrency in Canada and around the world. A downturned market spurred potential consolidation while financial scandals prompted the Canadian Securities Administrators to warn investors that trading in crypto assets comes “with elevated levels of risk that may not be suitable for many investors, in particular retail investors.” The […]
BC’s Electric Highway About to Get More Expensive?
British Columbians are among the highest adopters of Zero Emission Vehicles in North America, with approximately 18% of new light-duty vehicle sales in 2022 being EVs. More than 85,000 light-duty EVs were registered in BC in last year, up from 5,000 in 2016. Since opening its first public charging station in 2018, usage across FortisBC’s […]
Man Battle-Tests Vancouver E-Bike in Journey Across US
A man rode across the United States of America on a Vancouver e-bike. Kevin pedalled his electric bicycle from Vancouver-based Rize Bikes coast-to-coast. Riding on their “City Mid-Drive” model, the cyclist covered nearly 4,000 miles over two months, ending in Oregon. “One daring individual proved that an e-bike can take you places you never thought […]
Decoding Vancouver Tech
As Vancouver’s technology publication of record, Techcouver reports on and discusses at length the many regional entrepreneurs and organizations applying technology and innovation to the Canadian economy. There are now more than 111,000 tech occupations in Vancouver, where tech work accounts for roughly one-third of all occupations—a figure up 69% over five years. The West Coast city proudly maintains the […]
Lucid Vision Labs Lands Federal Funding to Scale High-Tech Camera Business
Building on recognition at the Vision Systems Design 2023 Innovators Awards program in May, Lucid Vision Labs secured more than $500,000 in funding from the federal government in July through the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada. “The Vision Systems Design team would like to congratulate Lucid Vision Labs for their outstanding score in two […]