This past year has seen the North American healthcare system stretched to its limits, with hospitals and frontline workers being overwhelmed and Canadians struggling to access healthcare as they’ve done before. 2020 demonstrated the need for increased innovation in health technology and, at WELL Health Technologies, the focus has always been on leveraging technology to […]
Stoko Raises $6 Million to Disrupt Knee Brace Industry With Supportive Apparel
Vancouver startup Stoko has developed technology that embeds all the support of a traditional knee brace within the comfort of a compression tight. Their K1 supportive tight mimics the natural support structures within your body to give your knee all the support of a traditional brace with unparalleled comfort. Not surprisingly, elite athletes love the […]
You May Owe Your Banking Relationship To Vancouver’s Fintel Connect
If you’re a client of a Canadian financial services company like Borrowell, EQ Bank, Mogo, Scotiabank, or Tangerine, you may owe that relationship to Fintel Connect. More than 50+ financial services brands and fintechs use the Vancouver startup to enhance their marketing through its performance marketing network. Performance marketing? It’s a comprehensive term that refers […]
Former Daily Hive Editor-in-Chief Farhan Mohamed Launches Community News Network
Canada’s online media landscape is about to get interesting. Daily Hive’s former Editor-in-Chief Farhan Mohamed has teamed up with tech entrepreneur Andrew Wilkinson to launch Overstory Media Group (OMG), a new media company that wants to breathe life into the media industry and it’s targeting local communities. Wilkinson is the Co-founder of Tiny, a Victoria-based […]
Best Buy Canada To Relocate HQ From Burnaby To Vancouver
Best Buy Canada is moving their headquarters from Burnaby to Vancouver in early 2022. Located on the westernmost edge of Mount Pleasant, Best Buy’s new HQ will be in a new 10-storey office building currently under construction at 425 West 6th Avenue. The new corporate office is located at the northwest corner of the intersection […]
AbCellera Breaks Ground on Global Headquarters in Vancouver
Vancouver’s AbCellera announced today that it has broken ground on an expanded global headquarters in Vancouver in anticipation of adding hundreds of employees to its current 250-person workforce over the next few years. “We’re building state-of-the-art facilities in Vancouver to accelerate the development of new antibody therapies with biotech and pharma partners from around the world,” […]
YouTuber Jamie Pine Launches Startup Notify From Vancouver
Vancouver startup Notify allows you to subscribe directly to your favorite content creators, no matter what platform they’re publishing on. Co-founded by YouTube and Twitch creator Jaime Pine and engineer Matteo Martellini, the Notify app recently launched on iOS and Android. Notify allows creators to send push notifications for content hosted anywhere including YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Twitch, Twitter, and […]
Vancouver-born Thinkific Opens TSX With $1 Billion Valuation
Vancouver’s Thinkific virtually rang the opening bell at the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) today to celebrate the company’s first day of public trading. Listed under the ticker symbol “THNC”, Thinkific shares opened at $13.50 and have risen as high as $15.37 today giving Thinkific a market capitalization of $1.18 billion and making it the second […]
Unicorn Clio Valued At $2 Billion After New Funding Round
Eighteen months after raising USD $250 Million in the largest growth-stage transaction in Canadian history, Burnaby’s Clio is at it again. This morning Clio announced a new valuation of $2 billion after raising USD $110 million in its Series E. The funding round was led by funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, […]
SFU Entrepreneurs Crowned With Coast Capital Savings Venture Prizes
The Coast Capital Savings Venture Prize celebrates innovative ideas and entrepreneurial pursuits from the Simon Fraser University community. Open to early-stage business ventures founded by SFU students from undergraduate, graduate and professional programs, as well as by staff, faculty, and recent alumni, competitors are judged by a panel of industry experts on the quality of […]