The latest fintech startup to launch in Canada is Otter, a platform targeting self-employed professionals and independent business owners in Canada. The Vancouver startup claims to combine three critical services—banking, accounting, and legal—into a single digital interface. “With Otter, you have a dedicated banker, accountant and lawyer for you and your business at your fingertips,” […]
Infinitii AI and SCG Flowmetrix Partner to Power Peel Region Water Data
Last year, Techcouver reported on the niche “water tech” market in British Columbia. Invest Vancouver believes water tech “provides an untapped economic opportunity for the Metro Vancouver region,” serving a multi-billion dollar global market. The organization’s 2022 report, “Water Tech: The Metro Vancouver Region’s Untapped Clean Tech Opportunity,” provided BC with an overview of the region’s […]
Pender Ventures Launches Second Tech Fund—Now with More Capital, Ambition
Years ago, Vancouver’s PenderFund Capital Management launched Pender Ventures, a group to accelerate its private investments into disruptive technology companies across Canada. Portfolio companies of Pender’s original fund included MedEd management platform One45—which was acquired by Toronto’s Altus Assessments in 2021. This year, the company announced the first close of Pender Technology Inflection Fund II. The $50 million […]
Ionomr Innovations Endures Rigorous Testing as Company Advances Pemion Tech
Ionomr Innovations is advancing the clean energy economy by creating a new clean membrane industry. The Vancouver startup is manufacturing ion-exchange membranes and polymers for energy storage and clean energy generation. Ionomr’s technologies provide cost, performance, and sustainability advantages for fuel cells, hydrogen production, energy storage, and batteries. The BC-based startup-to-watch last year released a hydrocarbon-based […]
OpsGuru Bolsters Cloud Capabilities as Canadian Companies Accelerate Digital Adoption
OpsGuru guides organizations through digital transformation journeys with technical expertise, service, and partnerships. “We live and breathe cloud technology, helping customers focus on their business objectives by relieving them of the mystification of the cloud,” the company says. “We focus on solutions such as cloud adoption, application modernization, Kubernetes enablement, managed cloud operations, cloud security, […]
Jelly Academy Aims to Help Canadian Companies Fill Sales Void
According to the Canadian Professional Sales Association, 75% of companies have reported difficulty finding qualified sales professionals. Jelly Academy announced this month that it has partnered with Shane Gibson, founder of the Professional Sales Academy, in an effort to address this void. The Vancouver-born Jelly Academy, which was recently a finalist for a Technology Impact […]
How Bootstrapped BenchApp Competes in the Big Leagues with Tiny Team
More than a decade ago, an enterprising Vancouverite capitalized on Canada’s robust recreational hockey market. Jon Marus casually launched BeerStreak.com in 2012 in a friendly bid to help local teams track how many beers each player drank and whether they had paid for them or not. Canadian hockey fervour eventually took hold—the platform gained legitimate […]
Electric Solutions Startup Hypercharge Enters US Market After Establishing Footprint in BC and Beyond
An electric vehicle charging solutions provider based in Vancouver this week landed a significant US customer. Founded in 2021, BC-born Hypercharge Networks offers turnkey technology to multi-unit residential and commercial buildings, fleet operations, and other sectors. The company counts several Canadian partnerships, including one with Tricon Residential, which will see downtown Toronto icon buildings The Selby […]
Klue Acquires DoubleCheck Research to Advance Intelligence of All-in-One Platform
In December, Klue made waves in British Columbia alongside Victoria-based Certn as the province’s only two firms to make the Vector Institute’s inaugural Vector AI20 for 2023. This week, Vancouver’s Klue announced the acquisition of Massachusetts-based DoubleCheck Research, which helps organizations improve win rates by examining why they are winning and losing business. Klue’s platform will now […]
CubicFarms Attracts Funding to Develop Traceable Food Supply Using Blockchain, AI
BC-based CubicFarms, which develops controlled environment agriculture technology, today announced funding from the Canadian Food Innovation Network. Alongside Winnipeg-born TheoryMesh and EcoDairy, the trio of companies are working on a traceable supply chain for beef and dairy. The tech-based solution attracted the attention of CFIN, a national non-profit organization designed to stimulate transformative innovation across the Canadian […]