Wiivv Wearables announced today that they are rebranding as FitMyFoot. Wiivv was founded in 2014 by Louis-Victor Jadavji and Shamil Hargovan. The 3D-printed insole startup raised a $3.5 million seed round in 2015 followed by a $4 million Series A financing round in 2017. The new name brings with it the appointment of former Microsoft […]
Supercluster Makes Follow-on Investments in COVID-19 Feasibility Projects
The Digital Technology Supercluster announced today that it is extending funding in five Feasibility Studies selected in the COVID-19 Program. The Feasibility Studies deployed in the COVID-19 Program allow Supercluster members and collaborators to identify rising challenges created by the changing environment the COVID-19 pandemic brings. “Our approach to investing in new, innovative digital technologies […]
Hitachi Construction Machinery Joins Chrysalix Robovalley Fund As Investor
Hitachi Construction Machinery, a world-leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, has made a new investment in the Chrysalix RoboValley Fund. Vancouver’s Chrysalix Venture Capital is a technology focused venture capital firm that builds, mentors and connects high growth companies. Chrysalix latest fund, the Chrysalix RoboValley Fund, is the firm’s second fund under management focused on […]
AI-Driven Productivity Manager Charli Launches in Public Beta
Vancouver’s Charli is an AI-driven productivity manager for desktop and iOS that automates content organization so users can spend less time on administrative tasks. Moving out of the lab and launching into public beta today, the intelligent automation startup is the latest venture from the team behind Bit Stew Systems, an Industrial IoT startup that exited […]
Vancouver Startup Develops Sleep Tracker For Long-term Care Facilities
Vancouver’s Tochtech Technologies has won $20,000 in the 2020 AGE-WELL National Impact Challenge. Tochtech has developed Sleepsense, a non-wearable sleep tracker that allows caregivers to monitor the overnight safety of older adults. Sleepsense is designed to monitor residents and alert caregivers when a resident experiences a health risk, such as an abnormal heart or breathing […]
TikTok Star Nathan Apodaca (aka Doggface) Visits Vancouver Mobile Game
Looking to take a moment to chill? TikTok viral star Nathan Apodaca (aka Doggface) is making an appearance as a guest character in the mobile game Cheech and Chong Budfarm and you can join him. Apodaca went viral last month with a video that mellowed out the world – a longboarding, cran-raspberry juice drinking, Fleetwood […]
Nano One Announces Breakthrough in Battery Longevity
Nano One Materials announced this week that they have developed a breakthrough in longevity for a cobalt free high voltage battery that has been successfully demonstrated at automotive rates of charge and discharge for over 900 cycles. The demonstration battery uses a low cost, cobalt-free Lithium Nickel Manganese (LNM) cathode active material made with Nano […]
Victory Square Health Receives FDA Permission For Safetest Covid-19 Rapid Test
Victory Square Health has been granted permission by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States to commence marketing, sales and distribution under the emergency use authorization (EUA) for its Safetest 15 Minute Rapid Test Covid-19 assay. Victory Square Health acquired Brazilian Covid19 test developers Safetest in June. The Safetest 15 Minute Covid-19 Rapid Test […]
New Research from Clio Foresees the Emergence of a Cloud-Based Legal Industry
This week at their annual, now virtual, Clio Cloud Conference, Clio released its 2020 Legal Trends Report, revealing an unprecedented rate of technology adoption in the legal industry during the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings show that firms embracing cloud-based and client-centered legal technologies are projected to collect nearly $40,000 more this year, per lawyer, than […]
ARthentix App Protects Consumers from Purchasing Counterfeit Sneakers
Richmond immersive tech company Pro Exp Media has released a mobile app that will allow sneaker aficionados to verify that highly-coveted second-hand sneakers are authentic before purchase. Developed by sneaker collectors and sports fanatics, ARthentix‘s sneaker authentication solution will help regulate the billion-dollar resale industry and fight against counterfeiters. ARthentix has partnered at launch with […]