According to Daily Hive’s Venture, hometown Slack is making a move in Vancouver The now San Francisco-headquartered workplace communications platform will be moving into a new office at the Bentall 5 office tower at 550 Burrard Street. According to NAI Commercial’s latest market report, Slack has recently leased 34,000 square feet of space in the […]
SFU Alumni Startup Streamlines the Athletic Scholarship Process
Thanks to a couple SFU track and field alumni, high school athletes across Canada can now make better decisions about their athletic futures. SFU’s Alexandre Paré and Brett Montrose have launched Streamline Athletes, an online platform that connects high-school student athletes to an extensive database of U.S. and Canadian post-secondary athletic and academic programs and […]
Tech Vancouver Tackles The Founder-VC Relationship
Tech Vancouver helps the city’s technologists expand their knowledge and network in the community. Every month a set of highly curated leaders & innovators come together to share their expertise & experiences through panels and presentations. This month Tech Vancouver tackles the The Founder-VC Relationship with a panel that includes Patrick Lor, Managing Partner at Panache […]
ElectraMeccanica Gets Serious about Manufacturing in China
Vancouver’s ElectraMeccanica has established a wholly-owned subsidiary in China to work closely with their vehicle manufacturer. ElectraMeccanica’s flagship vehicle is the innovative purpose built SOLO, a single-seat electric vehicle. The new subsidiary, EMV Automotive Technology, will help the company navigate the vast Chinese market, while assisting ElectraMeccanica in increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of quality […]
Vancouver Dominates Q3 VC Activity Across Cascadia
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 […]
City’s Engineering Hackathon Returns and Aims to Decode Congestion
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 […]
Blockchain Music Startup Beatdapp Raises $3.2 Million and Adds Stephen Harper to Board
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 […]
B.C. Startup Gets $5 Million from JAY-Z for Compostable Phone Case
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 […]
Growth on Grammarly’s Mind as it Raises $90 Million
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 […]
Cascadia Champion Voyager Capital Raises $100 Million in Fifth Fund
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 […]