Over the last decade, National Angel Capital Organization (NACO) members have invested over $1 billion into early-stage ventures, creating thousands of jobs and assisting Canadian entrepreneurs in every region and industry to execute their vision and commercialize their ideas. However, as the 2020 NACO Report on Angel Activity in Canada highlights, angel investment continues to […]
STEM Sorority To Expand Reach With BC Tech Support
According to Accenture, the proportion of women to men in tech roles has declined over the past 35 years and half of the young women who go into tech drop out by the age of 35. Unfortunately, this gender gap has been exacerbated by the pandemic. School closures and stretched healthcare systems have forced many women […]
Damon Motorcycles Raises $30 Million; Secures $20 Million in Preorders
Damon Motorcycles announced today that it has raised more than $30 million in funding, completing a bridge round led by Benevolent Capital, SOL Global Investments, Zirmania, and others. Along with the financing announcement Damon also updated preorder sales numbers. The Vancouver-headquartered mobility startup has now reached $20 million in pre-sales, selling nearly 1,000 motorcycles and […]
Armed with $26 Million, Dooly Keeps Sales Reps Focused On Selling
Save 5+ hours of Salesforce gruntwork every week. That’s what it says on Dooly’s homepage in bold betters. It’s a bold claim but apparently its true. Dooly is the fastest way to update Salesforce, take sales notes, and easily manage all your deals so nothing slips through the cracks. According to Salesforce’s 2019 State of […]
Former Microsoft Vancouver GM Joins CubicFarms As CTO
Last week Edoardo De Martin announced that he was leaving his General Manager role at Microsoft’s Vancouver HQ. While the work isn’t finished, it never would be. There’s no perfect time to make a change. I have enjoyed every day and am proud of what our teams accomplished together. We built a solid foundation in […]
DataJoy Emerges From Stealth With $7.5 Million And Plans For Vancouver
It’s hard to drive growth with data but DataJoy wants to make it simple with AI-powered revenue analytics that embed the best practices of the biggest and fastest growing SaaS companies. DataJoy emerged from stealth mode this week with the news that they have raised a USD $6 million seed round led by Foundation Capital […]
UBC Ushers In Next Wave Of Startups
Since its inception in 2013, entrepreneurship@UBC – the University of British Columbia’s incubator/accelerator program – has supported 484 ventures that have gone on to raise more than $1.38 billion in financing, $104 million in revenue and create over 919 full-time jobs, creating tangible economic and social impact. The program works with early stage entrepreneurs across […]
Stoko Lands Tight Partnership With Victoria Royals WHL Team
Vancouver startup Stoko has landed a partnership with the Victoria Royals WHL hockey team as an official supplier. Stoko has developed technology that embeds the comfort of a knee brace into tights. The 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. The […]
Axiom Zen Spin Off ZenHub Raises $5.9 Million
Vancouver’s ZenHub has raised a $5.9 million round led by BDC Capital and Ripple Ventures. Founded in 2014 and spun out of innovation studio Axiom Zen, ZenHub is a leading team collaboration and project management suite in GitHub, empowering teams of 2 to over 20,000 to work together. Over the past six years thousands of […]
CTO.ai Launches Serverless Kubernetes Platform for Managing Cloud Native Apps
Vancouver’s CTO.ai has announced the launch of its serverless Kubernetes platform that makes it easy for developers to deploy and manage their cloud native applications. The new platform release is trending on ProductHunt this morning where CTO.ai founder and CEO Kyle Campbell called the new version “lightyears beyond our last platform release.” Software teams typically spend […]