Making decisions on enterprise technology can be stressful and complicated. Fitting a new solution into your business is even more complex. The risk of choosing the wrong solution necessitates deep analysis, both of the available options AND of your business. This is what Olive is purpose built to solve. The Vancouver startup provides you with […]
GeekWire 200 Index Update Reveals B.C. Is On The Rise
Our favorite tech publication south of the border has updated their monthly GeekWire 200 rankings and B.C. is on the rise. The GeekWire 200 is derived from the Seattle publication’s database of Pacific Northwest tech startups, including Washington, Oregon and Idaho, and British Columbia. The rankings are generated from publicly available data, including social media […]
Vancouver’s Clearly Puts a Fitting Room in Your Phone
Clearly is well-established as a direct-to-consumer brand in the optical space. But the Vancouver-born company is clearly more than just a retailer, as their latest technological development shows. Ordering glasses online, even from an award-winning site like Clearly’s, presents certain risks. That’s because for some reason, even when glasses look cool, it rarely translates to them looking […]
Why This Flourishing Startup is Staying—and Hiring—in Vancouver
You don’t have a clue how your competitor is doing so well. With Klue, you just might. Since emerging from stealth two years ago, Klue employs what it calls “competitive enablement” to help enterprises boost sales—by finding out what is and isn’t working for your competitors. If the capitalist market is competitive—and who could argue […]
BBTV’s Shahrzad Rafati Named Business Woman of the Year
BroadbandTV Founder Shahrzad Rafati has been named CanadianSME Magazine’s Business Woman of the Year in recognition of her success in the media and technology industry. Vancouver-headquartered BBTV is an enabling platform for content owners that is advancing the world through the creation, distribution, management and monetization of content. European entertainment conglomerate RTL Group acquired 51% […]
Silicon Valley’s OmniSci Taps Vancouver for Local Tech Talent
When you’ve been a roll like OmniSci, you celebrate by creating your own annual conference. The rapidly growing analytics company had a bustling 2019: Expanding into new regions, upgrading their headquarters in San Francisco, and reaching a milestone of 5,000 enterprise, community and cloud users. OmniSci recapped its progress—and pointed toward its future—at Converge, an inaugural […]
Shopify To Expand Vancouver Presence With 90,000 Sq Ft Office
Techcouver has learned that Ottawa-born, e-commerce darling Shopify is expanding in Vancouver and taking over 90,000 square feet at 1055 Dunsmuir Street. Shopify’s new space will accommodate 500-700 employees over five floors. The space was previously occupied by Deloitte Canada who moved out late last year and is in the middle of a two-stage move […]
Mastercard Commits $510 Million To Vancouver Cybersecurity Centre, Creating 270 Jobs
In an announcement at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, and Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga announced that Mastercard will open its latest global technology centre in Vancouver. Located in the restored old Stock Exchange building, the new Intelligence and Cyber Centre is being […]
HeyBryan Partners With Duuo To Insure Gig Economy Workers
Home-maintenance app HeyBryan has announced a partnership with Duuo, by The Co-operators Group. Since launching in 2018, Duuo has reimagined Canadian insurance by providing on-demand, digital solutions that meet the emerging needs of consumers and businesses participating in the sharing economy. Through the partnership, Duuo will develop a custom, easy-to-use insurance product that HeyBryan will […]
Digital Technology Supercluster Announces $25 Million for 14 New Projects
Digital Technology Supercluster CEO Sue Paish kicked off a media event this morning at Terramera’s office in Vancouver with tech champion the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry. Minister Bains announced 14 new projects with a total investment of $25 million; eight focused on talent development for the digital economy, six in […]