New Zealand’s Wētā FX, one of the world’s premiere visual effects studios, announced today that they will be opening a Vancouver office as part of the next phase of the company’s growth following the $1.6 billion technology deal with Unity late last year. The Vancouver location will initially house 75 artists with a vision to expand […]
Article Sees More Than 45% YoY Revenue Growth, Expands Logistics Network
At the beginning of the pandemic, furniture retail boomed as professionals shifted to work-from-home and ordering furniture online became more mainstream, but some companies haven’t been able to keep up with the demand in the long-run. Vancouver-born Article was not one of those companies thanks to warehouses across North America, an office in Vietnam to […]
Victoria’s Cognito Health Raises $1.1 Million For Better Mental Healthcare
Victoria’s Cognito Health has closed a $1.1 million pre-seed round led by Garage Capital. Investors also included in the funding round were Rasool Rayani, Andrew Wilkinson (Tiny), Jason Warner (Former CTO Git-Hub & Heroku), Scott Lake (co-founder Shopify), Tobyn Sowden (CEO and founder, Redbrick), and Rob Fraser (CEO and founder, endūr). Co-founded by Jason Cridge […]
ConnectionPoint Raises Seed Round For Collaborative Funding Platform CoCoPay
Vancouver’s ConnectionPoint has raised USD $1.5 million for the launch of CoCoPay, the first community-centric healthcare payment solution that tackles the issue of quality care affordability. ConnectionPoint’s mission is to help causes, corporations, and community members work together to fund impactful projects. Best known for their FundRazr platform for nonprofits, ConnectionPoint has raised more than $250 […]
Backbone Angels Celebrates One Year Of Funding And Empowering Women Entrepreneurs
Accessibility to capital is one of the largest challenges faced by women and BIPOC entrepreneurs. Backbone Angels launched one year ago today to tackle this issue and today, on International Women’s Day, they are celebrating their one-year anniversary. Backbone Angels is a collective of 10 women in tech who are united around the same goal: […]
International Women’s Day 2022 – A How-To: Raising Female Voices in the Tech Industry
As the Canadian tech industry continues to underrepresent women, an issue the pandemic only exacerbated, it’s important to celebrate female voices in the industry. In Canada, there continues to be inequities as this demographic is largely underrepresented among Canada’s largest sectors. Less than 25% of all C-suite executives are women, only 4% identifying as women […]
TED Conference Returns To Vancouver With Elon Musk And Bill Gates
The TED Conference is returning to Vancouver in 2022. Featuring Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Microsoft founder Bill Gates, the world’s most high-profile conference returns to the Vancouver Convention Centre from April 10th to April 14th. The TED Conference, which stands for Technology Entertainment and Design, moved to Vancouver as its permanent home for its […]
Sanctuary AI Raises $75 Million To Create Human-Like, General-Purpose Robots
Vancouver’s Sanctuary AI, a company focused on creating the world’s first human-like intelligence in general-purpose robots, today announced the successful closing of an oversubscribed $75.5 million Series A funding. Investors in the massive financing round include Bell, Evok Innovations, Export Development Canada, Magna, SE Health, Verizon Ventures, and Workday Ventures. Using breakthrough technology in artificial […]
Vancouver’s Metriport App Lets You Become Your Own Personal Data Scientist
Metriport is a new platform for tracking anything and everything, for the sake of improving health and wellness. Developed in Vancouver by software engineers Dima Goncharov and Colin Elsinga, Metriport is your personal data companion for discovering patterns in your life. Quantify your life and track what matters to you: habits, health symptoms, mood, nutrition, finances, […]
VFX Veterans Form New Vancouver Game Studio Blinkmoon
Vancouver has a new, independent game development studio. Blinkmoon was created by the talent behind the stunning visuals of Hollywood blockbusters like Game of Thrones, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Justice League and the seasoned game developers of iconic titles like Rainbow Six, Ratchet & Clank, and Command & Conquer. Co-founded by Mohsen Mousavi, Hugh […]