Langley’s CubicFarms is leading the agricultural revolution. With severe drought, heatwaves, food insecurity and supply chain disruptions plaguing the planet like never before, CubicFarms is responding with the most impactful and disruptive agricultural innovation since the introduction of vertical farming. Today their leadership role was acknowledged by Real Leaders as they were named one of the newly […]
TraceSafe Lands USD $3 Million to Accelerate Growth
Vancouver’s Tracesafe has secured USD $3 million from institutional investor Arena Investors to accelerate their growth agenda. TraceSafe is a global leader in location-aware Internet of Things (IoT) for large-scale industrial and enterprise operations. TraceSafe quietly emerged in the summer of 2020 thanks to its wearable COVID-19 contact tracing and self-quarantine management technology and was […]
Salesforce Advisory Groundswell Cloud Solutions Acquired
Vancouver’s Groundswell Cloud Solutions has been acquired by Indianapolis’ GyanSys, a leading systems integrator. Founded in 2012 by a Salesforce veteran, Groundswell is a recognized leader offering comprehensive Salesforce advisory and implementation services to deliver transformative digital experiences. Groundswell is a premier Salesforce Partner with deep ecosystem relationships offering unparalleled expertise in the consumer goods, […]
General Fusion Achieves Critical Milestone For Practical Fusion Power
Vancouver’s General Fusion announced this week that it has successfully achieved several aggressive performance goals of a prototype system for its Fusion Demonstration Plant (FDP). The company’s plasma compression prototype, located at its Vancouver laboratory, is being used to demonstrate a critical element of its proprietary Magnetized Target Fusion (MTF) technology. This important milestone marks […]
Louis Moinet Partners with Tafi to Launch Original NFT Collection
Luxury limited-edition watch brand Louis Moinet has announced an NFT partnership with marketplace Exclusible and Tafi, a leading designer of avatars and digital wearables including NFTs. The companies will launch an original NFT collection inspired by the Louis Moinet Space Revolution Watch, the award-winning watch that features spectacular tourbillons, intergalactic spaceships, and extraterrestrial materials. The […]
Swae To Expand Decision-making Platform After $750K Seed Round
Vancouver startup Swae has closed a $750,000 seed round to help further its mission of giving everyone a voice, and allowing organizations to uncover and benefit from the untapped collective intelligence from within. Swae’s end-to-end idea management and decision-making solution uses a proprietary process to turn voices into decision-ready solutions for organizations, delivering real value […]
TELUS Health Launches Virtual Pharmacy
A new survey conducted by Leger, in partnership with TELUS Health found that one third of Canadians have missed picking up their prescription medication in the past year – almost 60 per cent said it was because it slipped their mind and almost 50 per cent said they were busy due to work and family […]
Acuitas Partners On mRNA Vaccines And Therapeutics With Pfizer
Vancouver’s Acuitas Therapeutics and Pfizer have entered into a Development and Option agreement under which Pfizer will have the option to license, on a non-exclusive basis, Acuitas’ LNP technology for up to 10 targets for vaccine or therapeutic development. Acuitas is focused on developing lipid nanoparticle (LNP) delivery systems to enable messenger RNA (mRNA)-based therapeutics. […]
ShareWares Is Building Platform To Reduce Single-use Waste
As the City of Vancouver begins implementing its new Single-Use Reduction Strategy, the hospitality industry must adhere to new policies aimed at drastically reducing the 441 million disposable cups and takeout containers that usually hit the landfill each year. Vancouver’s ShareWares aims to be a key partner in reducing that waste. Launched as the pandemic […]
Tribe Property Technologies To Raise $18 Million Led By Round13 Growth Fund
Vancouver’s Tribe Property Technologies is raising $18 million via a marketed offering with Round13 Growth Fund leading the financing with $10 million of their own funds. Round13 Growth Fund is part of the Round13 Capital family of funds and invests in growth companies where there is an opportunity for technology enablement. Key to the fund’s mandate […]