ezCater, the world’s largest online catering marketplace, today announced it has acquired Vancouver-headquartered Monkey Group, an enterprise software, training, and insights company, and developers of MONKEY, the cloud platform for takeout, delivery, and catering. The acquisition marries the world’s largest online catering marketplace with the world’s most popular catering management software. Catering, the largest growth […]
Rocket Builders Announces 2019’s Ready to Rocket List
Rocket Builders has released its 17th annual “Ready to Rocket” lists featuring over 200 companies in British Columbia. The Ready to Rocket lists profile B.C.’s technology companies that are best positioned to capitalize on the technology sector trends that will lead them to faster growth than their peers. As is typical with this list, companies […]
Cisco Invests $15 Million in Its Growing Western Canada Presence
Rola Dagher, President of Cisco Canada, joined with the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development to announce Cisco’s $15 million CAD investment in Western Canada’s secure digital transformation. The funding will support three main initiatives in Western Canada, focusing on job creation and skills development. Cisco is further growing its […]
Look Who’s Hiring at the #BCTECH Summit
The upcoming #BCTECHSummit is a great opportunity to connect with entrepreneurs, startups, tech leaders, and investors. Beyond networking opportunities, it also serves as a catalyst for new business ideas, technologies, and collaborations. And for attendees exploring career opportunities, it might just result in a new job and career path. Taking place on day two of […]
Vancouver Visual Effects Team Takes Home Oscar for First Man
“And a big shout-out to Michelle Eisenreich, Rupert Porter and my people at DNEG Vancouver.” Those were the words of Paul Lambert, the VFX Supervisor on First Man as he accepted his team’s Oscar for Best Visual Effects on Sunday night. Eisenreich is a Vancouver-based executive producer at Double Negative. Digital effects supervisor Tristan Myles […]
Technology Impact Awards Nominations Open
BC Tech has opened applications for the 2019 Technology Impact Awards. The TIAs celebrate outstanding companies having a significant impact on the BC tech industry. Think your company has what it takes to become a TIAs finalist? Apply now and find out. Among the categories this year are Company of the Year with sub categories […]
Vancouver Animators Get Creative with The Lego Movie 2
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part is the latest creation from animation studio Animal Logic and a team of animators in Vancouver played a large part in getting it there. The much anticipated sequel to the 2014 box-office sensation had it’s world premiere on February 2nd and hit cinemas across North America on February […]
Investors Oversubscribe to Mojio’s USD $40 Million Series B Funding Round
Today, Vancouver-based Mojio announced that it has closed a $40 Million USD Series B funding round. The oversubscribed round included strategic investors Assurant, the world’s leading provider of vehicle protection services and extended warranties; Bosch, the top tier-one supplier to the global automotive industry; and T-Mobile, America’s fastest-growing wireless company. Mojio is the leading technology […]
Aspect Biosystems Collaborates with the National Research Council of Canada
As diseases of the central nervous system, such as Alzheimer’s disease, continue to impact the lives of Canadians, the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and Aspect Biosystems are working to develop new therapeutic models that could lead to improved treatments in the future and better outcomes for patients suffering from brain disease. As one […]
Talemetry Acquired in $200 Million Talent Acquisition Platform Rollup
Recruitment marketing platform Talemetry has been acquired and will become part of a larger talent acquisition platform. K1 Investment Management announced a majority investment in Jobvite, the industry leader in best-of-breed recruiting software. At the same time, K1 and Jobvite also announced three major acquisitions: Richmond, B.C.’s Talemetry, employee referral platform RolePoint, and text-based conversational recruiting company […]