If you’re a client of a Canadian financial services company like Borrowell, EQ Bank, Mogo, or Tangerine, you may owe that relationship to Fintel Connect. More than 80 financial service brands use the Vancouver-based startup to enhance their marketing through its performance marketing network. “Our technology is helping consumers uncover product solutions from leading financial […]
Amid Rebound, Thinkific Endures More Layoffs
Thinkific quietly laid off a few more staff last week, according to a source familiar with the company. The Vancouver-based tech company enables users to create and market online courses. Profitable in 2018, the startup benefitted from a Pandemic-driven boost in online activity, raising $22 million in 2020 to continue shaping the future of online courses. By […]
Vancouver’s Durable Reveals Seed Capital as Business-Building Startup Gathers Momentum
Late last year, a serial entrepreneur and designer co-launched a startup in Vancouver that leverages artificial intelligence to help users create and manage their own business. Durable is the brainchild of Vancouverites Ross Howard-Jones, James Clift, and Helio Bentes. Durable claims to launch a business in less than a minute using AI. “If you run a solo […]
To Remain Gaming Centre of Excellence, Vancouver Tech Needs More Talent
Across Canada, tech job growth is high, putting pressure on talent pipelines everywhere. According to data released by CBRE through its Tech-30 report, Vancouver saw 44% growth, placing them first on the continent. The BC city was followed by another iconic Canadian tech hub, Toronto, at 37%. “Vancouver had the highest high-tech job growth at 44% and […]
Vancouver Tech Experts on How to Navigate Layers of the Digital Realm
The digitization of everything is well underway, with an increasing percentage of everyone’s lives—both personal and work—being online. Today, “online” can mean a lot more than it used to. There was a time when we might have a computer at work, and maybe one at home, and even then, we were not always online. Now […]
BC Attracts Third-Most Investment in Q3 as Seed-Stage Startups See Most Deals
$900 million of venture capital dollars were invested across 144 deals in the third quarter of 2022, bringing the year-to-date total above $7 billion invested across more than 500 deals as investment “continues to normalize to pre-pandemic levels,” according to the latest quarterly report from the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association. “Canada’s VC […]
Five Island Startups That Reflect Victoria’s Growing Entrepreneurship
The Victoria Tech Community Awards are back with more nominations and finalists than ever before. From nearly 200 nominations, 59 finalists from 47 companies were selected across 10 award categories. The growth of the Victoria Tech Community Awards reflects the momentum of Vancouver Island as a source of entrepreneurship in BC. Historically the island has not […]
Vancouver Startup Seleste Unveils AI Glasses for the Visually Impaired
A startup based in Vancouver has developed a wearable device targeting the accessibility industry. Seleste is working on thin and affordable smart glasses that closely resemble conventional frames and lenses, but use artificial intelligence amongst other technology to empower the blind. “Our mission is to give visually impaired people affordable access to technology that can […]
Tech Office Exodus Forces Downtown Vancouver into ‘State of Flux’
40% of organizations will offer a blend of virtual and physical work experiences by the end of 2023, predicts Gartner. Within tech companies hiring tech talent, that figure is already at 99%, according to Tech + People Network. “Hybrid work has changed the nature of our workplaces more than anything else since the invention of […]
Vancouver Startup Unveils ‘Game-Changing’ Artificial Intelligence Platform for Enterprise
A Vancouver-based startup this week unveiled a new generative artificial intelligence platform designed for enterprises. Charli AI announced that its state-of-the-art platform Ancaeus is designed for cross-functional use across an enterprise that can discover, understand, and use facts extracted from millions of pieces of content to generate insights, spreadsheets, presentations and natural language reports—performing without dread some […]