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 […]
So Long Self-Funding, Traction on Demand Secures External Investment
Vancouver’s Traction on Demand has secured external funding from major investment firms Guidepost Growth Equity and Salesforce Ventures. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. Self-funded since inception in 2007, Traction has become one of North America’s largest dedicated Salesforce services providers and has grown to over 700 employees. ToD has also expanded its […]
Dapper Labs Raises $11 Million and Announces Flow Blockchain
Vancouver’s Dapper Labs today announced $11 million in funding and the development of Flow, a new blockchain built to enable decentralized applications at scale. Dapper Labs is the creator of uber-successful CryptoKitties and upcoming projects such as NBA Top Shot. CryptoKitties is a blockchain game on Ethereum developed by venture studio Axiom Zen that allows players to purchase, […]
PayByPhone Sends Over 2 Million Text Messages Per Month
If you’ve parked a car in Vancouver, you’ve heard of PayByPhone. 50% of Metro Vancouver households are taking advantage of the PayByPhone app’s smart features including the ability to pay for parking remotely, receive parking reminders and extend a parking session at any time. Finding a good parking spot is difficult enough without worrying about […]
Forbes Names Traction Guest a Rising Star in the Cloud 100 List
Vancouver’s Traction Guest has been named one of 20 Rising Stars as part of the Forbes 2019 Cloud 100 list of the 100 top private cloud companies in the world. Habitually dominated by Silicon Valley companies, this year’s Rising Stars list includes two Canadian companies, Traction Guest and Mississauga’s PointClickCare. Traction Guest is a cloud-based visitor […]
Are You A Thought Leader?
Thought leadership is a great way to establish yourself as an expert or leader in your field. Techcouver is on the look out for thought leaders who would like to contribute great content to our growing library. Whether it be analyzing the trajectories of home-grown startups like Steve Lowry did with What’s your Business Type: Clio […]
Baseball Legend Invests in Vancouver Startup
Vancouver’s Fitplan, a personal training app that connects its members to world-class trainers for their workout plans and, is teaming up with a group of prominent investors: baseball great Alex Rodriguez, VC fund Corazon Capital, and fitness mogul Mark Mastrov. The USD $4.5 million funding round was co-led by Corazon Capital, a VC fund that […]
London Drugs Successfully Tests Drone Delivery of Emergency Medications
Maybe drone deliveries aren’t that far off? Last month Canada Post, in partnership with London Drugs and InDro Robotics, successfully completed Canada’s first-ever Beyond Visual Line-of-Sight (BVLOS) flight carrying pharmaceuticals via drone from a London Drugs pharmacy to Salt Spring Island. Canada Post was selected along with InDro Robotics to participate in Transport Canada’s BVLOS […]