Vancouver’s Terramera has been recognized in Fast Company’s 2020 World Changing Ideas Awards. Terramera’s proprietary Actigate™ Targeted Performance Technology was selected as a finalist in the Food category and honorable mention in the General Excellence category. Fast Company’s awards honor ideas that are actively engaged and deeply committed to addressing the world’s most pressing challenges. […]
Parks & Recreation SaaS Company PerfectMind Acquired by TSG
Burnaby’s PerfectMind has been acquired by TSG for an undisclosed sum. PerfectMind’s cloud-based Parks & Recreation Management Software helps university campuses, sports centers, and recreation organizations of all sizes to grow their communities. Worldwide, PerfectMind serves more than 500,000 users in 21 countries in the Health & Fitness market. TSG has deep domain expertise serving […]
TELUS Expands Digital Home Health Monitoring For COVID-19 Recovery
TELUS Health has announced the expansion of its Home Health Monitoring (HHM) solution so that healthcare providers in B.C. can digitally monitor more patients remotely while they recover from COVID-19. Launched in partnership with the B.C. Ministry of Health, this digital health dashboard allows healthcare providers to track the symptoms and provide medical help for […]
Supercluster Commits $60 Million for Technologies to Fight Covid Crisis
The Digital Technology Supercluster is supporting Canadians in the fight against COVID-19 with $60 million committed to the biggest health and safety problems created by the crisis. Four weeks ago, the Digital Technology Supercluster invited its network of over 500 organizations to submit ideas and proposals for the funding and Canadian companies responded with over […]
Discovery Parks Announces Winners of Generator Challenge Competition
While the future of shared office space may be in question, Discovery Parks has announced the winners of their Generator Challenge 10.0 Competition. The annual competition awards turn-key workspace for 12 months to early-stage tech companies that demonstrate a high likelihood of success. The Generator program is based on the concept that free-flowing ideas, minimal […]
Vancouver Startup Helps Recruiters Connect With Essential Workers During COVID-19 Crisis
Vancouver’s Rectxt announced this week that they are giving away their text recruiting platform for free to recruiters who are hiring essential workers during the COVID-19 crisis. The bootstrapped HR Tech startup has created a Chrome extension that allows recruiters to instantly send text messages and launch text campaigns from any website, customer relationship management […]
Employers Could Be Doing More To Support Working From Home
With the world on lockdown, Vancouver-based startup Procurify recently conducted a survey of 600 people who are currently working from home to assess how COVID-19 is impacting their life. The results of the Work From Home Survey paint a mixed picture – with employees enjoying newfound flexibility and contending with newfound stresses. The most obvious impact […]
Amazon To Hire Across Operations Network To Meet Unprecedented Demand
On March 16th, Amazon announced they would make 100,000 full- and part-time hires across their operations network to keep as many people as possible working during the coronavirus pandemic. They also announced that the company would invest over $350 million globally to increase pay for their teams during the crisis. A month later the e-commerce […]
With Walk-in Medical Clinic Traffic Down, Medimap Launches Telemedicine
Medimap is Canada’s largest online and mobile real-time resource for same-day access to care. Across Canada, 70 per cent of all walk-in medical clinics are registered with Medimap and millions of patients rely on their service to look up wait times at walk-in medical clinics. But as concerns regarding the COVID-19 health pandemic continue to […]
Record Number Of Startups Apply For New Ventures BC Competition
The 20th New Ventures BC Competition presented by Innovate BC has officially begun. Despite the current uncertain circumstances, this year’s annual competition broke records with over 240 applications from B.C.’s early stage tech startups and this week they announced the 214 startups that are moving onto Round 2. What’s next for the competitors? The ventures […]