Today Vancouver’s Trulioo announced six new customers in the cryptocurrency industry: Centbee, GMO Trust, Omni Matrix, Skilling, Strike Protocols and Vintech Capital. Trulioo is the leading global identity verification company, building trust online so that businesses and consumers can transact safely and securely. Trulioo’s platform provides real-time verification of 5 billion consumers and 330 million […]
Ryan Holmes Teams Up With Manny Padda To Launch Venture Fund
In 2017, Hootsuite co-founder Ryan Holmes launched League of Innovators because there was a shortage of mentorship for young entrepreneurs. Today, Holmes is teaming up with fellow Vancouver angel Manny Padda to announce a $20 million venture fund called LOI Venture to address the shortage of capital for founders under 30. There was a shortage […]
Hockey Canada Selects TraceSafe For 2022 IIHF World Junior Championships
For the second year in a row Vancouver’s TraceSafe will be the exclusive provider of wearable safety technology and data analytics for the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Junior Hockey Championships. The extension follows the successful implementation of TraceSafe’s award-winning wearable technology and IoT platform at last year’s World Junior Championship, as well as […]
UBC’s Stretchy, Washable Battery Brings Wearable Devices Closer To Reality
UBC researchers have created what could be the first battery that is both flexible and washable. It works even when twisted or stretched to twice its normal length, or after being tossed in the laundry. Developed by Dr. Nguyen, a postdoctoral fellow at UBC’s faculty of applied science, and his colleagues, the battery works even […]
Startup of the Year Matidor Sidesteps Trouble In Copyright Infringement Case
BC Tech’s 2021 Startup of the Year is in the news again this week. Unfortunately its not the type of accolades that Matidor Technologies has been used to over the past couple years. Last week, Federal Judge Nicholas McHaffie awarded $277,400 in damages to Ark Innovation Technology Inc and Ark Platforms Inc (collectively “Ark”) as “damages […]
Trulioo Lands On The RegTech100 List
Vancouver’s Trulioo has been named to the RegTech100 list. Now in its fifth edition, the list recognizes the world’s most innovative technology solution providers that offer products and services in the areas of compliance, risk management, information security and financial crime. The RegTech (regulatory technology) industry has experienced rapid growth over the last two years […]
Trulioo Adds Identity Verification Service to Support Gen Z Financial Inclusion
Vancouver’s Trulioo is adding U.S. Student Records to the its GlobalGateway marketplace of identity services supporting compliance, know your customer (KYC), and anti-money laundering (AML) solutions. With this addition, Trulioo customers can now verify the identities of 18.3 million (97%) of American students. This dramatically increases the ability for organizations to verify the identities of these […]
Leaf Mobile Announces Name Change to East Side Games Group
Vancouver’s LEAF Mobile is becoming East Side Games Group. Canada’s leading free-to-play mobile game group will also change its TSX trading symbol from LEAF to EAGR. “We’ve been working on this change for some time, and it represents a change in our trade name; not our purpose, our vision, our structure, or how we operate […]
GameOn Partners With Polygon Studios To Bring NFT Games To The Masses
Vancouver’s GameOn Entertainment Technologies has struck a strategic partnership with Polygon & Polygon Studios to build NFT-Based games on their Ethereum-based scaling platform. GameOn provides consumers, broadcasters, sportsbooks, venues and brand partners with interactive, social experiences around sports, television and live events. Victory Square Technologies portfolio company V2 Games has acquired the Techstars 2019 Alumnus in […]
EV Battery Tech Launches the IONiX Pro Smart Station
Last summer the President of the United States, Joe Biden, and Vice President Kamala Harris announced their support for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework (BIF) which included the largest investment in electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure in history with a goal to build 500,000 EV charging stations across the United States. We are beginning to see governments […]