Vancouver startup Olive has raised a $1 million seed round led by San Antonio’s Active Capital with participation from Techstars and UK-based Novator. The Techstars Seattle alumni has created a vendor selection platform that helps companies streamline IT procurement. Olive transforms the buying process by moving customers away from the archaic RFP/RFI processes to a […]
WELL Health Creates New Business Unit Focused On Allied Health Services
WELL Health Technologies has created a new subsidiary primarily focused on operating, investing in and/or unlocking opportunities associated with allied health offerings such as physiotherapy, rehabilitation, occupational therapy, chiropractic, dietary, mental health counselling and sleep related services. Allied health professions are health care professions distinct from dentistry, nursing, medicine, and pharmacy. They provide a range of diagnostic, technical, therapeutic, and support services […]
EDC Joins Growth Funds To Invest $11.6 Million In Appnovation
Vancouver-headquartered Appnovation has received $11.6 million in follow-on equity financing from a partnership between the Canadian Business Growth Fund (CBGF), UK-based BGF, and Export Development Canada (EDC). Arnold Leung founded Appnovation in 2007 at the age of 22. Today, the company has 15 offices across the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific and over 250 employees. The […]
Hootsuite No Longer Working With U.S. Immigration And Customs Enforcement
Last night Hootsuite product trainer Samantha Anderson created a stir on Twitter when she revealed that the Vancouver-headquartered social media management platform was working with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Been debating talking about this publicly because I don’t want to get fired, but it seems like the cat’s already out of the bag […]
Health and Technology District Partners with Halo Health Angel Network
Surrey’s Health and Technology District is partnering with Halo Health, Canada’s first angel network for healthcare, on a new collaboration to expand and support health-tech innovations and entrepreneurs. Located immediately adjacent to Surrey Memorial Hospital, the Health and Technology District is an ecosystem of innovators and entrepreneurs working alongside scientists, clinicians and health-care providers – […]
Tiny Capital Invests In Victoria-Based Startup Button
According to BetaKit, Tiny Capital has invested and acquired a majority stake in government software startup Button. The companies did not disclose the size of the investment in Button but confirmed that Tiny Capital now holds a 60 percent stake in the company. The deal closed in May, with Button noting to BetaKit it was […]
entrepreneurship@UBC Launches New Climate Venture Studio Stream
entrepreneurship@UBC has launched a Climate Venture Studio stream to support UBC researchers and innovators building breakthrough solutions to the climate emergency. Leveraging entrepreneurship@UBC’s venture building experience and its network of business mentors and advisors, the Climate Venture Studio will work hands-on to identify climate-driven market opportunities, nurture high-potential climate solutions emerging from UBC research and […]
Vancouver’s V2 Games Acquires Techstars 2019 Alumni GameOn
Victory Square Technologies portfolio company V2 Games has acquired Techstars 2019 Alumnus GameOn in an all-stock transaction. GameOn provides consumers, broadcasters, sportsbooks, venues and brand partners with interactive, social experiences around sports, television and live events. GameOn has entered into a distribution partnership with Comcast to deliver the GameOn-branded sports prediction experience to homes and […]
Aspect Biosystems Offers Novel Solution For Treating Type 1 Diabetes
Vancouver’s Aspect Biosystems is working on a novel technological and genomics-based approach to Type 1 Diabetes that promises to circumvent the shortcomings of current treatments. Aspect is producing a bioprinted therapeutic of pancreatic cells surrounded by a protective layer that can be implanted in Type 1 Diabetes patients. Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), once known as […]
Vancouver’s Mimik Selected By 5G Open Innovation Lab
The 5G Open Innovation Lab (5G OI Lab), a startup program funded by T-Mobile, Intel, and NASA, revealed its second cohort of companies last week and Vancouver’s Mimik Technology was selected. Based in Bellevue, WA, the 5G OI Lab is a global ecosystem of developers, startups, enterprises, academia, and government institutions, focused on helping start-ups utilize […]