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 […]
Vancouver Entrepreneur Scratching Her Own Itch With Automated Webinar Platform
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 […]