Ideon Technologies has raised a $1.3 million seed round from a diverse group of global investors including the University of British Columbia’s Seed Fund. The Vancouver startup is a pioneer in cosmic-ray muon tomography, providing x-ray-like imaging from below the Earth’s surface. Ideon will deploy the new capital, combined with existing funding, to develop its […]
Traction Guest To Provide Visitor Management Software to Long-Term Care Facilities
Traction Guest is doing their part to make long-term care facilities safer for residents and their guest during the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of the company’s Guest for Good program, Traction Guest will be offering its visitor management platform to care homes on a grant basis for those that cannot afford to invest in the […]
Unbounce Raises $52 Million to Give Small Businesses an AI-Powered Edge
Vancouver’s Unbounce has closed a $52 million funding round led by Denver-based private equity firm Crest Rock Partners. According to reports, Crest Rock will now have controlling interest in Unbounce with Steve Johnson and Jeff Carnes, partners and co-founders of Crest Rock Partners, joining Unbounce’s Rick Perreault on the company’s board. The landing page and conversion […]
Innovate BC Awards $1.2 Million In Funding Through its Ignite Program
Innovate BC has awarded $1.2 million to four B.C. based research projects through its Ignite Program – the most ever awarded through the Ignite Program. Since the Ignite Program launched in 2016, Innovate BC has awarded $6.5 million to 28 projects. When including matching funds from industry and government sources, total investment into these projects […]
Double Accolades For Trulioo From CNBC & World Economic Forum
Vancouver’s Trulioo has been named to not one but two impressive lists today. The identity verification company was selected as one of the World Economic Forum’s “Technology Pioneers” and its GlobalGateway platform was named to the CNBC Disruptor 50 List. The World Economic Forum’s Technology Pioneers are growth-stage companies that are involved in the design, […]
Terramera Leads Collaborative Effort to Predict New COVID-19 Virus Strains
Few would expect the science behind stopping the next wave of COVID-19 to come from an AgTech company on a mission to reduce global pesticide loads but Terramera’s computational chemistry, machine learning and artificial intelligence (ML/AI) innovations are being called upon for just that purpose. Today, Vancouver’s Terramera announced its participation in a collaborative project […]
Clearly Payments Wants To Be The Friendliest Payment Processor On Earth
Canada has a new player in the payments space and they want to be “the friendliest payment processor on Earth”. Not a bad goal for an industry that is rife with hidden fees and small print. Vancouver’s Clearly Payments is on a mission to drive down the cost of accepting payments and are committed to […]
Victoria Fintech Startup DivDot Raises Oversubscribed Pre-Seed Round
Victoria fintech startup DivDot has raised $500,000 in an oversubscribed pre-seed funding round co-led by Sprout Fund, WUTIF Capital, E-Fund, Hello Ventures and local angels. DivDot is a payment processing provider that enables businesses to securely send and receive no-limit payments for a flat fee. With DivDot, companies can collect payment from customers, pay suppliers, […]
Five B.C. Companies That Have Adapted & Thrived During COVID-19
COVID-19 is forcing companies to adapt quickly to change and redesign their products or services or even create new ones to respond to our new reality. Fortunately this has brought the best out of Vancouver’s tech community. Companies have no choice but to adapt as quickly as they can during the Coronavirus pandemic. While some […]
Turo To Roll Out Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing in B.C.
With the exit of Car2Go from the Vancouver car sharing market, Turo’s timing couldn’t be much better. B.C. will soon welcome a global leader of the car sharing industry. Turo, the world’s largest peer-to-peer car sharing platform, has secured the required insurance coverage from ICBC it needs to operate in the province. Turo allows private […]