Tonight at an award ceremony in Vancouver, OVOU won first prize at the 22nd annual New Ventures BC Competition. Presented by Innovate BC, the competition brings together emerging BC startups who receive access to education, mentorship, and community while they compete for $250,000 available in cash and prizes. By tapping an OVOU card on any […]
Q+A with House of Kibaa’s Marketing Lead On The Changing Perspectives Around NFTs
Vancouver’s Looking Glass Labs (LGL) is a leading Web3 platform specializing in non-fungible token (NFT) architecture, immersive metaverse environments, play-to-earn tokenization and virtual asset royalty streams. Early this year Vancouver’s LGL hired global brand veteran Ryan Lassi to head up marketing for its flagship studio, House of Kibaa (HoK). Ryan’s career highlights include holding senior marketing positions at […]
Rapture Labs Adds LayerZero Co-founders To Board Of Advisors
Vancouver web3 gaming startup Rapture Labs has added LayerZero co-founders Bryan Pellegrino and Ryan Zarick to its advisory board. Pellegrino and Zarick co-founded LayerZero, along with Caleb Banister, to solve a problem nobody else had been able to effectively solve in crypto and blockchain spaces – to enable secure and direct cross-chain communication. Rapture Labs […]
Pocketed Collabs With EY Canada To Help Small Businesses
As the world faces increasing complexity and a growing number of challenges, there’s never been a greater need for innovation and entrepreneurship. A new collaboration between Vancouver startup Pocketed and industry leader EY Canada supports the very companies aiming to solve our greatest problems, by simplifying access to non-dilutive financing options for small businesses. Pocketed […]
Pizza Hut Partners With Serve Robotics To Deliver Pizza Door-to-Door
Pizza Hut is embarking on its latest innovation in the pizza-verse with the launch of its new robot delivery service. The national chain is partnering with Serve Robotics, the leading autonomous sidewalk delivery company, to host a two-week pilot program in Vancouver. From now until September 30, select Vancouver customers who place an order via […]
Monos Ready For Take Off After $30 Million Series B Investment
Vancouver travel lifestyle brand Monos has raised a USD $30 million round led by venn growth partners with participation from Strand Equity and Michele Romanow. The oversubscribed Series B funding round comes after Monos achieved 4x growth in 2021, with a further 4x growth forecast in 2022. Earlier this year Monos raised a $10 million […]
Win Two Tickets To The 2022 Technology Impact Awards ($800 value)
Techcouver is giving away a pair of tickets for the 2022 Technology Impact Awards (TIAs) taking place on October 6th at the Vancouver Convention Centre. Hosted by our partner BC Tech, the TIAs celebrate the outstanding companies and individuals who have made a significant impact on the BC tech industry. This year’s TIAs will recognize […]
Slack Unveils New Product Innovations At Dreamforce
Today at Salesforce’s gigantic Dreamforce conference in San Francisco, Slack unveiled product innovations that make it even more productive for teams to work together in Slack. The updates allow Slack users to pull in actionable data directly from Salesforce Customer 360 and get more value from Slack as their digital HQ – a place where […]
Salesforce Launches Genie, the World’s First Real-Time CRM
Today, 71% of customers expect every interaction with a business to be personalized. However, data remains siloed and duplicative across most companies. Companies on average have 976 separate applications to run their business — that’s potentially 976 versions of a single customer, leading to disconnected digital experiences. Responding to customer needs in real-time is more […]
Four Startups Emerge From Dragon’s Den As Finalists For 2022 TIAs
The BC Tech Association’s first-ever Dragon’s Den Pitch Night was held yesterday at Microsoft’s offices in downtown Vancouver. The unique pitch event was part of the 2022 Technology Impact Awards (TIAs), which celebrate outstanding B.C. companies that have made significant, positive impacts on the province’s tech sector, and deserve recognition for generating jobs, investment and […]