Vancouver Startup Week (VSW) is a week-long celebration that builds momentum and fosters connections among entrepreneurs, investors, leaders, and friends within the Greater Vancouver startup community. In 2018 the celebration brought together over 2,000 people at 108 events, including investor showcases, panel discussions, office visits, and networking events. This year, from September 13th to 20th, […]
BrainStation Hosts Fintech Panel On Democratization Through Digitization
Monthly panel discussions are back at BrainStation Vancouver on Wednesday, September 18th with one titled FinTech | Democratization Through Digitization. Vancouver is a hotbed in the fintech sector across a wide diversity of sub-verticals including blockchain, capital markets, insurance, payments, and finance. This month’s event includes panelists from Beanworks, Finn AI, Glance Technologies, and WealthBar […]
Central 1 Launches International Transfers for Cross-Border Transactions
In 2016, Statistics Canada estimated that 1.6 million households sent at least $500 internationally to relatives and friends. To date, the options to do so have been limited, expensive – due to poor exchange rates and high fees – and time-consuming. Thanks to Central 1, it’s getting a bit easier to send money to loved […]
7 Vancouver Companies Named Best Workplaces in Tech
Great Place to Work, an organization that evaluates companies based on company culture, has released its 2019 list of Canada’s Best Workplaces in Technology. Organizations were selected based on Great Place to Work’s Trust Index Survey, which measures the employee experience at each company. Employees are asked how frequently they experience behaviours that create a […]
Later Hosts Free Instagram Marketing Conference
Salesforce has the Dreamforce conference. Hubspot has the Inbound conference. Shopify has the Unite conference. Software-as-a-service offerings love running their own conferences and Vancouver is the home to a couple with Unbounce’s Call To Action and Traction on Demand’s TractionForce. Now Later is getting into the conference game with LaterCon. What’s it about? In one […]
SFU VentureLabs Receives $3 Million for Innovation Scale-up Centre
Simon Fraser University’s VentureLabs® is receiving $3 million in funding from Western Economic Diversification to establish a scale-up and soft-landing centre within its Vancouver business accelerator. VentureLabs’ scale-up program will support resident ventures and the broader community, and address knowledge gaps, share best practices, expand business networks, help companies drive revenue growth, facilitate talent recruitment, and prepare participating […]
Terramera Raises $45 million To Reduce the Use of Chemicals in Agriculture
Terramera announced today it has raised US$45 million in equity funding to advance its Actigate™ Targeted Performance technology. Terramera is a cleantech leader focused on fusing AI, science and nature to create revolutionary technologies that transform how we grow food and solve other world-scale challenges. The Series B round was led by new investor Ospraie […]
Government of Canada Invests in Vancouver’s Cleantech and eSports Sectors
The federal government is looking out for British Columbia’s digital and clean technology sectors. The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development and Minister responsible for Western Economic Diversification Canada has announced funding of $453,550 for two projects led by the Vancouver Economic Commission (VEC). VEC will receive $353,550 to develop the […]
Local Tech Design Grad Wins Award for Jacket that keeps Cyclists safe from Autonomous Vehicles
A Wilson School of Design at Kwantlen Polytechnic University technical apparel graduate has won bronze at the 2019 IDEA International Design Conference in Chicago. Philip Siwek’s winning entry is an innovative cycling jacket lets self-driving cars detect cyclists on the road. Siwek recently graduated from KPU and submitted his capstone project for the award. Siwek’s […]
FORM and Polar to Bring Heart Rate to Augmented Reality Swim Goggles
Vancouver’s FORM has announced that their augmented reality swim goggles will support Polar heart rate technology starting in November 2019, enabling a level of training effectiveness and precision never before experienced by swimmers. The FORM Swim Goggles are a pair of premium swim goggles with a see-through, augmented-reality display that delivers performance metrics in real […]