These days, video marketing is huge—but video isn’t always simple or affordable to produce. Enter Lumen5, which converts blog posts into social videos. Lumen5 uses artificial intelligence to create high quality videos for content marketing at scale. The Vancouver startup’s AI platform already boasts more than 300,000 users. “The goal of the platform is to […]
Freshly Funded Clio on Hunt for Talent
Clio is raising “the bar” in more ways than one. Following a whopping US$250 million Series D funding round, the Burnaby-based company is rapidly modernizing law firms with technology—and hiring locals to help achieve this tremendous task. “To become global leaders, BC’s tech companies must scale,” wrote Jill Tipping, president and CEO of the BC […]
Galvanize Hunting for Talent at Upcoming Vancouver Job Fair
Founders Harald and Hart Will launched Galvanize back in 1987—a time when floppy disks were the height of technology, gas was 89 cents per gallon, and President Reagan famously demanded “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.” Originally known as ACL, Galvanize has evolved from an analytics firm into an analyst-recognized risk management, compliance, and audit […]
Two Vancouver Startups Named Among Canada’s Most Innovative Tech Companies
Breather, Clearbanc, Clio, Drop, Rubikloud, Vidyard, and Wealthsimple have collectively raised $1.2 billion since being founded. What do those seven companies have in common? The were all named to the Canadian Innovation Exchange’s Top 20 program. The CIX Top 20 program is Canada’s largest national showcase of the hottest and most innovative tech companies. Hundreds […]
Now is the Time to Get Hired by Later
Founded in 2014, Vancouver’s Latergramme was the first Instagram scheduling tool. Five years later and rebranded as Later, the scaleup has grown to over 50 employees and is trusted by over 2 million users. Later is a visual content marketing-based web and iOS mobile app that enables its users to plan, schedule, and manage content […]
Want to Drive for Lyft? Get Ready to Wait
76% of car drivers do their commute alone. 95% of the time cars sit unused. Vancouver’s downtown core has 400 parking lots. Ride-sharing provides a seamless transportation option that reduces impaired driving and improved access to affordable, reliable transportation. Vancouver is one of North America’s largest cities without ride-sharing. But that’s about to change and […]
How to Make B.C. a Worldwide Hub for Artificial Intelligence by 2022
The Artificial Intelligence network of British Columbia (AInBC) is officially launching on October 1st. Community ties are so essential in building out a strong ecosystem, so if you have an interest, passion, project or company in the AI space, the AInBC invites you to their launch event. AInBC’s mission is to connect talented people with […]
Plenty of Fish Reveals New Look and Logo
Plenty of Fish has a long history in Vancouver. While the online dating site started as a hobby for BCIT Grad and Founder Markus Frind, Plenty of Fish evolved into a full-time business in 2004 thanks to his success with Google Adsense. Frind ran the site independently until 2008, when he began hiring his first […]
Allocadia’s Run Marketing Movement Gains Traction
Vancouver’s Allocadia has announced year-end results that included delivering more than 175% year-over-over growth in new customer revenue. Their impressive new customer growth is a result of convincing enterprises that while marketing is the lifeblood of most businesses, finding solutions to improve the way marketers manage their plans, investments and overall marketing performance is just […]
Article Named Canada’s Fastest-Growing Company
Canadian Business has published their Growth 500 list – the Complete Ranking of Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies. These are the 500 fastest-growing companies in Canada, measured by their revenue growth over the last five years. The 2019 list is diverse: they represent a vast array of industries, regions and size. But in one variable they are […]