Vancouver’s Trulioo has raised a total of $70 million in new funding, including $60 million in Series C financing led by Goldman Sachs Growth Equity, with participation from Citi Ventures, and Santander InnoVentures. Existing investors American Express Ventures, Blumberg Capital and BDC Capital also participated in the round. The Vancouver-based global identity verification provider has […]
Women Entrepreneurs Get Ready to Pitch for the Purse
You might need $1 million to grow your business, or $150,000. What matters is that you want to grow your business, and need help to craft your pitch. That’s where the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs (FWE) comes in. FWE has designed Pitch for the Purse to address a key concern facing women entrepreneurs… access to […]
WealthBar Partners With Assante Wealth Management to Launch Investment Platform
Vancouver’s WealthBar has partnered with Assante Wealth Management to launch Assante Connect, a new online investing platform specifically designed for clients of Assante financial advisors. Pairing online investing with wealth management advice is a new segment in Canadian financial services. The new partnership illustrates how CI Financial, the parent company of Assante and WealthBar, is […]
Grammarly Latest San Francisco Company to Open Office in Vancouver
Grammarly announced today the opening of a new office in Vancouver. Grammarly’s digital writing assistant uses artificial intelligence and natural language processing to offer grammar checking, spell checking, and plagiarism detection services along with suggestions about writing clarity, concision, vocabulary, delivery style, and tone. 10 year-old Grammarly is headquartered in San Francisco and has offices […]
Vancouver Startup Week Kicks Off On Friday
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 […]