Vancouver’s Visier has acquired the technology of Silicon Valley’s Yva.ai, a leading collaboration analytics company. Recently crowned a unicorn, Visier is the globally recognized leader in people analytics and on-demand answers for people-powered business. Visier raised a USD $125 million Series E funding round led by Goldman Sachs last year. Yva.ai shines light on employee well-being, […]
Canada Drives Launches in Saskatchewan
The average price of a used car in Canada has jumped nearly 50 per cent as brick-and-mortar dealerships struggle to maintain inventories due to the global chip shortage. This has opened it up for a new direct-to-consumer class of dealerships to stake their claim–online car dealerships. This week Canada Drives increased its lead as Canada’s […]
Lime Launching E-Scooters in Richmond with First Ride Academy Safety Training
Lime Scooters are coming to British Columbia. Not Vancouver, but close. Lime is launching its micromobility service in Richmond tomorrow with 75 e-scooters and plans to scale up to a fleet of 200 in the coming days. To celebrate the launch of Richmond’s e-scooter sharing program Lime will host a First Ride Academy safety training […]
Victory Square Partners To Host Fintech Pitch Battle
Vancouver venture studio Victory Square Technologies is co-hosting a fintech pitch battle with The Holt Xchange on May 17th. The live pitch event will consist of five early-stage fintechs who will present their company to an audience of investors and advisors. The audience will be able to engage in live voting and provide their feedback, in addition to the […]
Vancouver’s LQwD joins Visa’s Fintech Fast Track Program
Vancouver startup LQwD Fintech (TSXV: LQWD) has joined Visa’s Fintech Fast Track program. LQwD is the first publicly traded, pure play, purpose-built bitcoin company that’s focused on solutions that power the growth of the bitcoin Lightning Network. Their goal is to deliver scalable, off-chain, instantaneous, and cheap payments, that will make bitcoin, as a digital cryptocurrency, more […]
Daz 3D Joins Coinbase NFT as Launch Partner
Vancouver’s Daz 3D, a market leader in NFT creation using their advanced 3D modeling and avatar technology, today announced the company will be a launch partner of Coinbase NFT. Coinbase NFT, a web3 social marketplace, recently entered Beta. Daz 3D will include their debut NFT collection, Non-Fungible People, on the platform. Daz 3D is also working on a […]
Black and White Zebra Adds SaaS Lead-Generation Platform To Portfolio
Vancouver’s Black and White Zebra (BWZ) has been quietly connecting people with the knowledge and tools they need to succeed professionally. Founded in 2011, the independent media company has a portfolio of publications that cover project management, product management, people management, customer experience, quality assurance and more. BWZ’s publications, with niche names like The Product […]
Investment Firm Offers To Buy Zymeworks For USD $733 Million
Vancouver’s Zymeworks has received an unsolicited offer from investment firm All Blue Capital to acquire the publicly traded company for USD $10.50 per share, for a total of USD $773 million in cash. The proposal offers a share price more than twice the value at market close today. Dubai-based All Blue Capital currently owns close […]
Charitable Impact Reaches $1 Billion In Donations
Vancouver’s Charitable Impact has reached $1 billion in total donations. Charitable Impact is Canada’s first fully web-based donor-advised fund (DAF) and it reached the $1 billion mark faster than any other DAF in Canadian history. DAFs are registered charities in Canada that allow a donor to donate to the charity but the donor retains the ability […]
VFS Named the #1 Game Design School in Canada
Vancouver Film School has been ranked among the top game design schools in North America by The Princeton Review. In PRJ’s official 2022 list of Top 50 Game Design Schools, VFS was ranked #1 of all Canadian institutions and took the #14 spot overall. Vancouver Film School’s accelerated Game Design program allows its students to […]