In January of 2019 Vancouver-founded real estate startup Spacio was acquired, ending one chapter in Melissa Kwan’s entrepreneurial journey. Two months later Kwan was starting another. This time she would “scratch her own itch” and create an automated webinar platform that solves her own pain of doing the same presentation online repeatedly. eWebinar automates the […]
What Do These B.C. Tech Darlings Have In Common?
What do B.C. tech darlings Banantag and Thoughtexchange have in common? It turns out, a lot. Neither are from Vancouver. Bananatag calls Kelowna home and Thoughtexchange hails from Rossland. Both were founded around 10 years ago. Bananatag in 2011 by Corey Wagner, Chris Wagner, and Isaac Oslund. Thoughtexchange in 2009 by Amos Michelson and Jim […]
Visier Tells Employees To Work From Home Until 2022
Vancouver-headquartered Visier announced today that their 400+ employees will transition to an entirely remote workforce for the foreseeable future. Visier closed its offices in Vancouver and San Jose due to the impact of COVID-19 back in April of this year. Major tech companies like Google, Facebook and Shopify have all, in one form or another, […]
Acronis Chooses Vancouver For First Cloud Data Center in Canada
Data protection and cybersecurity software company Acronis has launched a new cloud data center in Vancouver, the first of over 100 data centres they are adding globally. The data centre gives Canadian service providers an in-country location to deliver services to customers and protect their data. Launched in conjunction with cloud solutions partner Robson Communications, […]
Vancouver Startup Uses AI To Detect Falling Seniors At Home
For most Canadians Thanksgiving is an annual tradition that brings together families – from grandchildren to grandparents – to celebrate all they’re thankful for. But with recent flare ups in COVID-19 cases, B.C.’s provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry has warned against large family gatherings that expose seniors to people outside their existing bubble. Seniors […]
Teradici Honored with Engineering Emmy Award from the Television Academy
Burnaby’s Teradici has been honored by the Television Academy with an Engineering Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering Development. The list of 72nd Engineering Emmy Awards recipients was announced by the Television Academy last week and the awards will be formally presented at a virtual ceremony to be held on October 29th. The honor […]
Eight High-Growth Vancouver Tech Companies To Watch
The Globe and Mail has published their second annual ranking of Canada’s Top Growing Companies and the list of 400 businesses sprawl across sectors, from fashion to finance, and manufacture everything from medical testing devices to organic pasta. Techcouver has poured over the list to uncover Vancouver’s gems of entrepreneurial success, whether they be companies […]
From Picatic To Product Hunt, Former Co-Workers Launch Gaze
Earlier this year San Francisco’s Eventbrite shuttered its Vancouver office as the crisis around COVID-19 pandemic grew. Events large and small were being forced to cancel and it became very evident that the event management industry would be among that hardest hit. The news hit Vancouver’s Jayesh Parmar hard. He had sold his event ticketing […]
Vancouver’s Independent Gaming Studios Among Canada’s Top Growing Companies
The Globe and Mail published their second annual ranking of Canada’s Top Growing Companies last week and the list of 400 businesses sprawl across sectors, from fashion to finance, and manufacture everything from medical testing devices to organic pasta. Techcouver has poured over the list to uncover Vancouver’s gems of entrepreneurial success, whether they be […]
Attendease Lands $1 Million From TIMIA For SaaS Platform
Out with the old, in with the new. Earlier this week TIMIA Capital announced its successful ‘exit’ from their financing for 7Geese which was acquired by Human Capital Management Leader, Paycor. Yesterday event automation startup Attendease announced they raised $1 million of their own from TIMIA. TIMIA provides financing to SaaS companies in exchange for […]