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Vancouver Dominates Q3 VC Activity Across Cascadia

October 16, 2019 by Techcouver Newsdesk

Q3 is in the books and according to Crosscadia venture capital invested in the Pacific Northwest region was up $600 million from the previous quarter. Notable contributions from Vancouver helped boost the region’s numbers, while the Seattle-area remained the most active market. There were 29 venture capital financing deals in B.C. in Q3 with a […]

Filed Under: Ecosystem

City’s Engineering Hackathon Returns and Aims to Decode Congestion

October 15, 2019 by Techcouver Newsdesk

Following up on the success of last year’s VANquish Collisions Hackathon, the City of Vancouver is hosting a second hackathon and inviting residents to develop solutions that will Decode Congestion to improve the flow of people and goods throughout the city. Event organizers are calling on strategists, designers, technologists, transportation professionals, and engaged residents to […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Tagged With: City of Vancouver

Blockchain Music Startup Beatdapp Raises $3.2 Million and Adds Stephen Harper to Board

October 15, 2019 by Techcouver Newsdesk

Vancouver’s ​Beatdapp Software has completed a $3.2 million financing round led by Panache Ventures. Beatdapp Software provides a real-time audited play count for song usage across streaming platforms. This allows music labels to accurately collect music royalties due. According to Betakit, the $3.2 million combines both pre-seed and seed rounds, which included non-dilutive funding the […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Beatdapp, Lumen5

B.C. Startup Gets $5 Million from JAY-Z for Compostable Phone Case

October 11, 2019 by Techcouver Newsdesk

Kelowna’s Pela, maker of world’s first compostable phone case, has closed a $5 million funding round of funding. Marcy Venture Partners (MVP), the consumer focused VC fund co-founded by JAY-Z, Jay Brown, and Larry Marcus led the round with Toronto-based Kensington Capital. Pela was founded in 2011 by environmental consultant, Jeremy Lang after a family […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Pela

Growth on Grammarly’s Mind as it Raises $90 Million

October 10, 2019 by Techcouver Newsdesk

On the heels of their announcement of opening of a new office in Vancouver, Grammarly, the company behind the AI-powered digital writing assistant used by more than 20 million people daily, today announced it has received $90 million in its latest round of funding. CEO Brad Hoover said the fresh capital, which brings Grammarly’s total […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Grammarly

Cascadia Champion Voyager Capital Raises $100 Million in Fifth Fund

October 9, 2019 by Techcouver Newsdesk

Voyager Capital has raised $100 million to fuel innovation in the Cascadia market. The fund, Voyager’s fifth, will power first-round investments in B2B startups across cloud infrastructure, software as a service (SaaS), and vertical markets such as FinTech, MediaTech, and AgTech. The firm has already closed five new investments. The West Coast venture capital firm […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Voyager Capital

Anandia Opens State-of-the-Art Cannabis Testing HQ in Vancouver

October 8, 2019 by Techcouver Newsdesk

Anandia Laboratories opened a new state-of-the-art cannabis testing headquarters in Vancouver today. Voted the Top Testing Lab at the 2017 Canadian Cannabis Awards, Anandia provides the full suite of testing services required under Canada’s Cannabis Act for licensed production of cannabis, and also develops and offers a number of other tools that may be used […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Anandia

Rise People Partners with Planswell to Boost Employee Financial Wellness

October 8, 2019 by Techcouver Newsdesk

Rise People has announced a strategic partnership with Planswell, a fintech startup that creates no-cost, intelligent financial plans to help people align their investments, insurance, and mortgage needs with their personal goals. The partnership will allow Rise to expand its employee health and wellness offering to help companies build better, more engaging workplaces. With Planswell, […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Planswell, Rise People

Tiny Capital Acquires Open Source Platform Meteor From Apollo

October 6, 2019 by Techcouver Newsdesk

Victoria’s Tiny Capital has acquired Meteor, a popular open source app and development platform overseen by San Francisco’s Apollo. Using a single codebase, Meteor’s JavaScript App Platform radically simplifies coding for developers building reactive, multi-device experiences for servers, browsers, and mobile devices. “I’m grateful to welcome the Tiny team as the new corporate stewards of the […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Andrew Wilkinson, Dribble, Flow, Mealime, MetaLab, Pixel Union, Tiny Capital

T&T Supermarket Now Accepting Alipay and WeChat Pay

October 4, 2019 by Techcouver Newsdesk

T&T Supermarket now accepts mobile-based payment platforms Alipay and WeChat Pay thanks to Richmond fintech AlphaPay. AlphaPay today announced the national integration of its mobile payment technology into Canada’s largest Asian supermarket chain. The integration will enable T&T’s 27 locations to better serve the growing Asian consumer demographic and provide the most convenient payment method […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AlphaPay

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