Deloitte Canada has announced this year’s winners of the Technology Fast 50, Companies-to-Watch, and Enterprise Fast 15 awards, recognizing the world-class achievements of the best in tech companies across Canada for the 23rd year. 2020 saw its own unique challenges that shaped today’s tech companies. The list unveiled today highlights those who have shown true resilience, […]
Vancouver Entrepreneurs Ensure That No Story Lost
Cousins Andrew Hall and Jeremy Bryant founded Mealshare, a non-profit organization focused on ending youth hunger. Mealshare partner restaurants donate one dollar to buy a meal for someone in need each time a customer orders a specially marked menu item. Thanks to the funds raised, young people have been served over three million square meals […]
Travel Accessories Brand Monos Launches Purifying Water Bottle Kiyo
With the spread of COVID-19 and subsequent travel bans, the travel industry has taken a significant hit world-wide. Vancouver-based travel accessories company Monos reacted quickly to their new normal and got to work, developing and launching a new product in April to help consumers now and for future travel. The CleanPod is a hand-held rechargeable […]
MacroHealth Raises $54 Million Series A, Looks To Hire 30+ In Vancouver
Vancouver-headquartered health data platform MacroHealth has raised a $54 million Series A funding round and plans on hiring for 30+ technical roles in Vancouver in 2020. MacroHealth’s platform helps large healthcare payer organizations find the best provider networks for their members. “MacroHealth is disrupting the US commercial healthcare industry, a $3.5 trillion marketplace.” says Toufic Boubez, […]
BC Technology Impact Award Winners Announced
This year the winners of the 2020 Technology Impact Awards (TIAs) were announced virtually. Unlike previous years where the winners were showered with attention at an in-person gala event, this year the awards were presented online. Produced by the BC Tech Association, the TIA awards represent the cream of an impressive crop of innovative ventures […]
Vancouver Named Top-Growth Tech City in North America
Vancouver has ranked first in North America for high-tech software job growth. According to the 2020 CBRE North America Tech-30 report, Vancouver leads the 30 top tech markets in the US and Canada, with a growth rate of 29.2% over the past two years. In 2018 and 2019, approximately 14,200 new tech jobs were created in […]
BBTV Adds Dragon Michele Romanow & Hootsuite’s Ryan Holmes To Board
Today newly publicly-traded BBTV provided a corporate update which included the announcement of three new directors to their Board. As part of its preparation for their initial public offering, the Vancouver-born company appointed three new directors to its Board, Marcel Reichart, formerly of Bertelsmann Investments, Michele Romanow, CBC Dragon and co-founder of Clearbanc, and Ryan […]
SkyHive Raises $8 Million To Reskill The World
Vancouver’s SkyHive has secured a $8 million Series A round led by AllegisCyber Capital, Accenture, Workday Ventures, and the Partnership Fund for New York City, all prominent investors and experts in the workforce management vertical. SkyHive is an advanced source of data for how the world works and learns. With its AI-based engine, the platform […]
GameSeta Partners With BC School Sports To Begin Esports At High Schools
Vancouver’s GameSeta Esports has entered into a partnership with BC School Sports (BCSS) the governing body for school sport and activities in BC to begin the rollout of esports in high schools throughout the province. GameSeta, an award-winning online gaming provider, will work directly with the BCSS to introduce esports into high schools beginning this […]
Vancouver Startup Launches eMobility Platform For Inline Skates & Skateboards
Vancouver startup Veelo Mobility Technologies has officially launched a Kickstarter campaign today to commercialize its unique eMobility platform designed for inline skates, longboards, quad skates, skateboards, skis, and snowboards. Born out of the pandemic lockdown, Veelo is the brainchild of Dr. Brice Jamieson. Jamieson and his 9 year-old daughter had been spending their social distancing […]