Vancouver’s AVA Technologies is at CES in Las Vegas this week and has already made the trip worthwhile. Exhibiting in the Eureka Park pavilion for startups, AVA and their Byte Smart Garden was a finalist in Trend Micro’s popular Forward Thinker Award competition. Trend Forward Capital and its investor partners carefully selected this year’s 24 finalists based […]
Vancouver Startup to Help Develop a Driverless Bus System for E.U.
The European Union is turning to a Vancouver startup for help in developing an automated transit bus system. Spare Labs is one of five companies taking part in the EU-funded FABULOS (Future Automated Bus Urban Level Operation Systems) project to develop driverless buses that can safely interact with regular traffic. Spare’s mission is to help accelerate the global […]
Wiivv Partners with Dr. Scholl’s to Deliver Custom 3D Printed Insoles
Vancouver’s Wiivv announced today at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas that it is partnering with Dr. Scholl’s to help expand the 100+ year old brand’s business into custom 3D printed insoles. Using a simple smartphone app powered by Wiivv Fit Technology, consumers can personalize their own design and order a Dr. Scholl’s Custom […]
Mojio’s New eCall App Calls Emergency Services after a Car Crash
Today at CES in Las Vegas, Bosch and Vancouver’s Mojio unveiled a jointly developed, IoT integrated emergency response solution. The new offering adds crash detection and emergency call (eCall) response to an existing connected car solution from Mojio. Through the simple combination of a plug-and-play device for the vehicle’s OBD-II port and a mobile app, […]
Vancouver Startup Singled out as 2019 Billion-dollar Breakout
The Vancouver startup behind a garbage bin that’s powered by artificial intelligence has been singled out by Macleans magazine as a potential billion-dollar breakout in 2019. Co-founders Hassan Murad and Vivek Vyas are the pair behind the smart bin that blends robotics and machine learning to identify and divert trash into the appropriate spot. Intuitive has developed an AI sensor […]
Vancouver Team Behind ‘Into the Spider-Verse’
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse became one of the highest rated films of 2018 and is already considered one of the greatest comic book movies ever made. But did you know that the movie has a Vancouver connection? The animation and VFX work in the new flick was done entirely at Vancouver-based Sony Imageworks. Josh Beveridge […]
Canucks Owners Unveil Pro eSports Team
Last summer the 18,600-capacity Rogers Arena was sold out when it hosted the world’s largest video game tournament, the International Dota 2 Championships. Now, the owners of the Vancouver Canucks are bringing professional eSports team to the city. The Aquilini Group is proud owners of the Vancouver Titans, a new franchise in The Overwatch League. […]
Kabam to Lease Seven Floors in New Vancouver Centre Tower
Vancouver-based mobile game developer Kabam has secured a lease for 105,000 square feet of office space at Vancouver Centre II (VCII). The project, which is being developed by GWL Realty Advisors, has a targeted completion date of 2021. VCII will be the first office tower completed in the current cycle of downtown office development. The 33-storey […]
Tech Vancouver Returns on January 9th
Tech Vancouver returns to the Yaletown Roundhouse on January 9th. In addition to a great evening of networking, the event will feature a great lineup of presenters including: Lance Montgomery, Founder & CEO of HeyBryan Jennifer Chan, Co-Founder & CEO of Preview Careers David Besemer, VP of Engineering at OmniSci Grab your ticket today.
B.C. Supercluster Secures $153 Million in Funding
Canada’s Digital Technology Supercluster has announced its official launch and funding allocation by the Ministry of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development and funding commitments by its initial cohort of members. The Government of Canada will invest up to $950 million over five years to support industry-led innovation superclusters to accelerate economic growth, productivity, and competitiveness across five Superclusters. […]