Precision OS Technology has carried out the first-ever and largest virtual reality training event of its kind for medical device sales reps. Held last month, the event brought together more than 300 medical device representatives who simultaneously accessed the training module on a complex surgical procedure. The Precision OS training uses the mobile Oculus Quest […]
TELUS Ranked #1 Major Internet Service Provider for Gaming
TELUS has earned the title of Best Gaming ISP in Canada. The Vancouver-headquartered telecom outflanked the competition in the 2020 PCMag Gaming Quality Index to take home the honors. The magazine scored TELUS the lowest on combined latency – the amount of time it takes for data to travel to a server and back, and […]
Evo Adds To Fleet To Fill Car-Sharing Void Left By Car2Go
BCAA’s Evo Car Share has announced that they’re adding 250 cars to their fleet this spring with the potential for further expansion. No doubt this news is a result of popular car-sharing service Share Now, formerly known as Car2Go, shutting down across North America. The joint venture between Daimler and BMW recently announced that the […]
entrepreneurship@UBC Collaborates With Spring To Deliver Social Venture Program
entrepreneurship@UBC is collaborating with Global Impact Accelerator Spring to deliver their 2020 Social Venture Incubator program. The Social Venture Incubator program backs UBC founders with solutions to some of the world’s most prolific social, environmental and economic problems. The program cultivates social ventures from ideation to market, providing a unique opportunity for startups to create […]
Eleven Vancouver Companies Included on Narwhal List
The Narwhal Project identifies a set of young Canadian companies that have the potential to become successful on the world stage. The Narwhal List sheds light on the ability of firms to scale up and reach world-class status. 2019 was a remarkable year for Vancouver’s technology sector as there are eleven companies that made the cut. […]
Dauntless Developer Phoenix Labs Acquired by Singaporean Game Company Garena
Sea Limited’s digital entertainment arm, Garena, has acquired Vancouver’s Phoenix Labs, the studio behind the popular cross-platform co-op action RPG, Dauntless. Phoenix Labs was founded in Vancouver in 2014 and now has a team of more than 100 developers across its offices in Vancouver, Canada, San Francisco, and Seattle. The studio launched its debut title Dauntless […]
Amazon Web Services Opens Cloud Innovation Center At UBC
Last summer Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the launch of a Cloud Innovation Centre at the University of British Columbia. The first of its kind in Canada, the CIC is part of an ongoing relationship between AWS and UBC, and one of seven other AWS CICs around the world. This week AWS and UBC officially […]
Terramera’s Series B Round Closes at US $48.5 Million
Leading Canadian cleantech fund ArcTern has announced a US$3.5 million investment in Vancouver-based Terramera as an extension of Terramera’s Series B round, closing out the round at a total of US$48.5 million. Terramera has previously announced the round totalling US$45 million. Other investors in the round include Ospraie Ag Science and S2G Ventures. Terramera is […]
Zero Latency VR To Open Gaming Venue In Vancouver
Zero Latency VR, the global leading provider of free-roaming virtual reality gaming, has selected Vancouver as the home of its first Western Canadian entertainment venue and third Canadian city, with a state-of-the-art facility at Kingsgate Mall on East Broadway. Zero Latency VR, which has 40 locations in 20 countries on four continents, sees Vancouver as […]
Aquatic Informatics Lands $8 Million From CIBC Innovation Banking
Aquatic Informatics, a leader in water data management and analytics, has landed $8 million in debt financing from CIBC Innovation Banking. The capital infusion will be used by the company to support growth, including strategic acquisitions. The World Health Organization estimates that more than 800,000 people die each year from unsafe drinking water1, including 300,000 […]