Hootsuite has announced they are offering free access to its Professional Plan to non-profit organizations and small businesses most impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. Through July 1, 2020, businesses and organizations can use Hootsuite to engage with their audiences, create content efficiently, manage crisis communications, and access a library of social media training courses free […]
Gamers To Compete From Home During The COVID-19 Pandemic
Vancouver’s Pepper Esports is launching a new tournament platform which uses the company’s proprietary computer vision and AI technology to automatically capture game scores. The platform will allow tournament operators, including gaming centers and colleges to continue to operate their events and allow their players to compete in esports tournaments from home. The company is […]
How Is COVID-19 Impacting Your Business?
The BC Chamber, in partnership with Small Business BC, Community Futures, and British Columbia Economic Development Association, is urgently seeking your input around current and contemplated impacts to businesses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Your feedback will be sent directly to the provincial and federal governments to inform how they can help businesses mitigate the […]
Hackcouver is Vancouver’s First High School Business Hackathon
Vancouver’s first high school business hackathon is taking place next month. Hackcouver 2020 is a hackathon for high school students oriented around business and technology. Different than your traditional hackathon or business case competition, Hackcouver will require the application of both your business analytical and computer science skills to create a solution to a case […]
WELL Health Introduces Flu Automated Surveillance Tool
WELL Health Technologies announced today it has secured a $10 million private placement investment from a long-term focused major Canadian institutional investor. While the TSX-traded company has been primarily focused on consolidating and modernizing assets within the healthcare sector, WELL is innovating on the medical front as well. Today WELL announced a partnership with McMaster […]
Version One Ventures Launches $25 Million Opportunity Fund
Vancouver’s Version One Ventures has launched their first opportunity fund with $25 million in commitments. An opportunity fund is a separate pool of capital that allows a VC to continue to invest in its most promising portfolio companies once the core funds have exhausted their follow-on reserves. This puts the VC firm and its investors […]
Checkfront Raises $9.3 Million Series A Funding Round
Victoria’s Checkfront has closed a $9.3 million Series A round led by Framework Venture Partners that included PenderFund Capital, Conconi Growth Partners and Royal Bank of Canada. Checkfront was initially conceived by co-founders Jason Morehouse and Grant Jurgeneit to help frustrated tour service operators better manage their bookings online. While large companies had systems for centralizing reservations and […]
Semios Lands $25 Million in Growth Capital from CIBC Innovation Banking
Vancouver’s Semios, a leader in developing technology solutions for the precision crop management industry, has secured $25 million growth capital financing from CIBC Innovation Banking. The capital will be used to support growth into new crops and new geographies and for strategic acquisitions. Semios provides a proprietary in-field Internet of Things (IoT) network of over […]
TED 2020 to be Postponed or Held Online Amid Coronavirus Fears
The annual TED conference in Vancouver will not go ahead as planned next month because of the Coronavirus and event organizers are now trying to decide on an alternative. CBC has confirmed with conference organizers that they’ve asked attendees whether they prefer to postpone the event until the end of July, or conduct a virtual […]
Vancouver’s PAI Health to Manage World’s Largest Exercise Study
Vancouver’s PAI Health has been awarded the contract to develop the technology platform for the largest exercise intervention study ever performed. The study, called The Norwegian Trial of Physical Exercise after Myocardial Infarction (NorEx), will be undertaken at NTNU, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. PAI Health is a heart health software company that […]