MintList has won a Stevie Award for Tech Startup of the Year in the Software category, marking the first Canadian company to win this award, now in its 19th annual edition. Unlike competitors Canada Drives and Clutch, MintList does not have any inventory. They have over half a billion dollars of cars waitlisted on their […]
Vancouver Studio Navigator Games Collabs with Square Enix on Last Airbender RPG
It was reported last year that Square Enix was developing a mobile game based on the intellectual property of Avatar: The Last Airbender, a popular multimedia franchise since 2005. The UK’s Square Enix, known for major videogames like Final Fantasy and Tomb Raider, tapped Navigator Games in BC to help develop the Airbender app. The […]
Los Angeles Rams Get Dapper with Team NFTs for 2022 NFL Season
Dapper Labs is continuing its popularity among sports leagues, recently announcing a partnership with the Super Bowl LVI Champion Los Angeles Rams, which marks the Vancouver startup’s first season-long partnership with an NFL franchise. Team NFTs are digital collectibles made in partnership with individual NFL Teams to give fans a chance to rep their favourite teams. […]
NFT Tech to Create, Execute Web3 Strategy for World Table Tennis Championships
NFT Technologies is serving up a new collaboration with World Table Tennis, which hosts global championships sanctioned by the International Table Tennis Federation. The Vancouver-based web3 startup says an exclusive multi-year deal with World Table Tennis will see NFT Tech develop and execute a web3 strategy to engage the global fan base and “reach the […]
BC-Based CEOs on How Young Entrepreneurs Can Navigate Volatile Markets
Turbulent times have arrived: A storm comprised of pandemic hysteria, inflation and recession fears, supply chain issues, spiralling housing costs, widespread layoffs—the list goes on. By 2025, half the workforce is expected to consist of Gen Z and Millennials, most of whom have never dealt with such cumulative chaos. To navigate such a volatile market, […]
Facebook Veteran Nick Gruden Departs for Dapper Labs as Crypto Startup Builds Out Team
Dapper Labs is gaining an asset. Nick Grudin heads to the Vancouver-based digital collectibles startup to take on the role of chief business officer. Gruden served 12 years at Facebook, where we was most recently vice president of content and community partnerships at Meta. “We’re grateful for Nick’s contributions over the last 12 years and we […]
Vancouver’s Dooly Parts with a Dozen Staff
Software-as-a-service startup Dooly is another victim of the market downturn. The Vancouver-based SaaS firm, which uses AI to help salespeople, let go of a dozen of their 100-strong team. Kris Hartvigsen, who founded Dooly in 2014, expressed his sentiment surrounding the decision in a post on LinkedIn. “We might be a SaaS company where most […]
Origen Air Secures Seed Capital to Commercialize Plant-Based Office Purification System
Origen Air has secured a seed funding round in order to accelerate its commercialization efforts, the Victoria-based startup announced this month. Origen raised $1.5 million through a strategic investment from First Inflection Business Advisors, a Toronto-based organization which provides seed capital and business expertise targeted to early-stage Canadian technology companies. The BC startup is aiming the investment […]
Hootsuite Hammered by Downturn, Cuts 30% of Staff
Tech firms across Canada continue to face significant headwind. In just the Vancouver area, stable tech firms Unbounce and Article saw major layoffs within the past week. Across the land, we’ve seen rapidly growing companies like Ottawa’s Shopify and Toronto’s Clearco abruptly reverse course. Now it is Hootsuite’s turn. Despite scaling back hiring plans earlier […]
Four Fun Facts You Didn’t Know About Water Tech in BC
Is water tech a hidden gem of the clean tech sector? At least one BC organization believes so. Invest Vancouver suggests water tech “provides an untapped economic opportunity for the Metro Vancouver region,” serving a multi-billion dollar global market. Wait—what is “water tech”? The term encompasses technology that mitigates risk for utilities and end water […]