Langley’s CubicFarms has added BC tech veteran Janet Wood to its Board of Directors. Globally renowned for her long-standing tech leadership with heavy-hitters such as IBM, Crystal Decisions, Business Objects and SAP, Wood retired in 2020 following a 14-month stint as Interim President and CEO of Science World. Called a “trailblazer in the tech industry” […]
Kelowna’s Pela Has Raised Over $7 Million for Lomi Composter
After chopping fruits and vegetables, what do you do with the waste? For many, the process is a complete mess with various plastic bins and misplaced foods. Enter Lomi, the world’s first kitchen appliance that will turn food scraps, boxes, cloth and bioplastics into dirt within 24 hours. Lomi is manufactured by Kelowna’s Pela, best known for […]
Addy Adds Granville Street Strata Building To Portfolio
City of Vancouver Councillor Sarah Kirby-Yung has proposed closing select streets in downtown Vancouver, including the Granville Entertainment District, to vehicle traffic in order to help revitalize areas hard-hit by COVID. Kirby-Yung’s ideas also include expanding patio spaces for businesses, bringing in live music, and allowing farmer’s markets and craft markets to set up shop. The […]
Boast Expands Leadership Team with Industry Heavyweights
Vancouver-headquartered Boast is putting their recent fundraising dollars to work. The Scientific Research & Experimental Development (SR&ED) tax credit platform has added a new board member and three new executives to its c-suite. Laurie Schultz joins Boast’s board of directors. She was most recently the CEO of Galvanize, a SaaS Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC) […]
Q+A with CEO of WELL Health on the Future of Digital Care in Canada
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,” […]