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A research interest in bamboo and a love for sushi inspired a University of British Columbia student to launch a line of home décor products made from recycled chopsticks. Fast forward four years and you’ll find ChopValue’s products at retailers like Nordstrom and Simons. ChopValue is the brainchild of Felix Böck, a former UBC doctoral […]
Bananatag To Merge With Germany’s Staffbase
Kelowna’s Bananatag is merging with Germany’s Staffbase. Together, Staffbase and Bananatag will use their experience working with a combined 1,000 customers to realize the vision of creating the world’s first integrated, one-stop-shop platform for internal communications professionals. From content creation, to design, to distribution and measurement, the new Staffbase will empower brands to deliver timely, […]
Remote Workers Are Making Room For EFFYDESK’s High-Tech Desks
When COVID-19 pandemic hit North America one year ago, no one would have guessed that office work would be changed forever. In July 2020, Statistics Canada reported 40 percent of Canada’s workers switched to working from home as pandemic lockdowns were enforced. Since then, new survey suggests that workers will continue to work from home […]
PocketPills Raises $30 Million To Fuel Same Day Delivery Nationwide
Vancouver’s PocketPills has closed a $30 million Series B funding round led by TELUS Ventures with follow-on participation from WaterBridge Ventures. The new funds will be used to broaden PocketPills’ product offering and further accelerate its national expansion, with facilities opening in Quebec and Alberta that will help achieve its goal of nationwide same-day delivery. “We […]
Canada Drives Brings Online Vehicle Purchasing And Delivery To B.C.
Have you heard of Carvana, CarGurus, and CarMax? You’ve likely seen one of their commercials showing how easy it is to buy a vehicle online in the United States. Now Vancouver’s Canada Drives is the first to bring online vehicle purchasing and delivery to British Columbia. Canada Drives’ customers can now find and choose their […]
Uber Delivery Robot Spinout Serve Robotics Has Vancouver Connection
Postmates X, the robotics division of the on-demand delivery startup that Uber acquired last year for $2.65 billion, has officially spun out as an independent company called Serve Robotics. Serve Robotics, a name taken from the autonomous sidewalk delivery bot that was developed and piloted by Postmates X, has raised a Series A led by […]
Spring Activator Expands its Impact Investor Challenge Nationally
Spring Activator is on a mission to grow the impact investing ecosystem in Vancouver and its fulfilling that mission through its Impact Challenge programming. The Impact Investor Challenge is a 10-week program to grow the impact investor community. It guides early-stage and impact-curious investors into impact investing, empowers and funds impact entrepreneurs, and helps change […]
HYAS Raises USD $16 Million For Cyberattack Intercept Technology
Cybersecurity startup HYAS has closed a USD $16 million round of funding led by Austin’s S3 Ventures. Headquartered in Victoria, HYAS is the world’s leading authority on cyber adversary infrastructure and communication to that infrastructure. HYAS has constructed what is arguably the world’s largest data lake of attacker infrastructure including unrivaled domain-based intelligence. HYAS leverages […]
Silicon Valley’s Tipalti Grows Revenue & Vancouver Footprint
Leading global payables automation platform Tipalti is on a roll and with it comes an expanded presence in Vancouver. Tipalti continued its rapid growth surpassing $18 billion in annualized transactions in the second half of 2020, up from $11 billion in the first half of the year. Tipalti enables high-growth companies to scale quickly by […]
Six BC Startups Selected To Pitch At OKGN Angel Summit Finale
Over the last six weeks, the OKGN Angel Summit investor group has been busy evaluating companies and narrowing down the entrepreneurs who will pitch live at the public Finale on March 18th. Twenty-nine investors have reviewed, evaluated, and performed due diligence with over 40 applicants and narrowed the field to six finalists who will pitch for […]