Vancouver-born Doodles today announced the closing of USD $54 million round at a USD $704 million valuation, a first round of financing led by Seven Seven Six, with participation from 10T Holdings, Acrew Capital and FTX Ventures. Founded in 2021 by Dapper Labs alumni Evan Keast and Jordan Castro, along with world-renowned artist Scott Martin […]
Ideon Raises $21 Million to Accelerate Supernova-Charged Subsurface Imaging
Ideon Technologies has raised a $21 million Series A round led by Playground Global. Ideon leverages the natural energy generated by supernova explosions in space – in the form of subatomic particles called cosmic-ray muons – to provide x-ray-like visibility up to 1 km (0.6 miles) beneath the Earth’s surface. Ideon maps the intensity of […]
B.C. Startup Named To Canada’s Most Innovative Tech Companies
CIX Canadian Innovation Exchange has announced the Top 10 Growth Stage Companies and the Top 20 Early Stage Companies for their 2022 program. While the Top 10 Growth Stage company list did not include any B.C.-based companies, the list of CIX Top 20 Early Stage companies included Victoria’s Solaires. This year’s selections is in contrast […]
Vancouver’s Vida Carbon Partners With F1’s Lewis Hamilton
Vancouver’s Vida Carbon has landed a new title partnership with seven-Time Formula 1 World Champion Sir Lewis Hamilton’s Extreme E team, X44. Vida Carbon is a carbon credit investment firm that aims to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change. This partnership brings together Vida Carbon and X44 in their shared ambition of […]
Curatio Merges With Medtech Startup From Down Under To Tackle Urgent Healthcare Gaps
Vancouver digital health startup Curatio has merged with Sydney, Australia’s RxMx to form RxPx. Backed by Australian private equity firm Pemba Capital Partners, the two innovators join to support overburdened doctors and isolated patients with award-winning patient-first, digital-first technology. The name RxPx combines Rx for prescription medication and Px for patient experience. With a mission […]
New Ventures BC Announces Top 11 for 2022 Competition
New Ventures BC has announced the Top 11 companies of this year’s startup competition. That’s right 11. The competition was so close this year that they added an extra startup to the final round. The New Ventures BC Competition started in 2000 under the direction of Wal van Lierop, to encourage innovation in BC’s tech […]
Engine Of Innovation: Deloitte Summit To Increase Collaboration And Growth In The BC Tech Sector
The Vancouver tech sector is booming. For Deloitte Canada, which is soon to welcome the arrival of its new office space, Deloitte Summit, in the heart of downtown Vancouver’s innovation corridor, the tech ecosystem in the region is ripe for opportunity and disruption. For companies seeking a space to overcome unconventional hurdles, the arrival of […]
Blossom Among Three Canadian Startups Selected for Latest Google Accelerator
In the startup ecosystem, women founders are less likely to receive financing than men, says Google, which is the reasoning behind its Accelerator for Women Founders. There are 12 startups comprising the 2022 cohort of Google for Startups Accelerator: Women Founders, now in its third run. The dozen women-led fledglings hail from across North America, […]
Vancouver Startup MintList Launches Two-Sided Online Vehicle Marketplace in BC
MintList this week officially launched “Canada’s first two-sided online vehicle marketplace.” The Vancouver startup’s platform enables consumers to sell their privately owned vehicles at auction and also buy a new or used vehicle from inventory across a network of pre-approved dealers. From start to finish, “it takes only 10 minutes for a seller to list their […]
Healthy Meals Take Off At YVR Thanks To Startup UpMeals
This summer, travellers moving through YVR have more options for a fresh and delicious meal thanks to the installation of UpMeals‘ SmartVending machines. The seed-funded Vancouver startup recently deployed five of its machines throughout the airport, offering individually-packaged and ready-to-eat salads, bowls, juices, healthy snacks, wraps and more. UpMeals’ SmartVending machines are part of YVR’s […]