Vancouver’s CloudMD is acquiring MindBeacon for approximately $116 million. MindBeacon is a leading digital mental healthcare platform that provides a continuum of care, focusing on iCBT, which is an effective therapy provided through a computer or a mobile device. iCBT has become a fast-growing intervention channel compared to conventional psychotherapy. CloudMD’s already established mental health […]
Alpha Esports Tech Combining Metaverse and Real World for Unique User Experiences
Vancouver’s Alpha Esports Tech has begun the development of its Metaverse technologies through its subsidiary Paradise City Gaming. Using Niantic’s software toolkit, Lightship, the same technology that was used to develop Pokémon Go, Paradise City will start developing experiences encouraging users to participate in real world challenges with the opportunity to earn NFT rewards and Alpha […]
BBTV Launches Fast Pay to Help Creators Accelerate Their Growth
Vancouver’s BBTV has launched BBTV Fast Pay to expedite monthly payments for creators, delivering fresh capital for them to use for growth. With BBTV Fast Pay creators will receive their current and next month of earnings for their first pay period, providing up-front capital that can be used to invest in content creation and growth. BBTV […]
Plurilock Partners with Absolute Software On Continuous Authentication
Victoria’s Plurilock Security has partnered with Vancouver-headquartered Absolute Software to pair their Application Persistence capabilities with the company’s DEFEND continuous authentication solution. Plurilock Security is an identity-centric cybersecurity solutions provider for workforces. Last month Plurilock was named “Authentication Solution of the Year” at the 2021 Cybersecurity Breakthrough Awards, for its DEFEND product. The partnership, announced […]
Freightera Can Help Transportation Industry Hit 2030 Emissions Reduction Targets
As nations gather at COP26 to negotiate the emissions reductions necessary to achieve 2030 climate goals and net zero emissions by 2050, Vancouver’s Freightera has a working solution that is already reducing carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e). Freightera achieves this by automatically redirecting freight to existing, lower emission carriers. Using data from the US EPA SmartWay […]
Greece’s Dialectica To Hire 100 For New Vancouver Office
Dialectica announced today that it plans on creating 500 new jobs in Canada over the next three years, with 100 of those roles in a new Vancouver office. The company which started in Greece in 2015 set up operations in Quebec a year ago and considers its Montreal office as its Americas Hub. The aggressive […]
Sparkgeo’s MERMAID Collects Underwater Data On Coral Reef Health
There’s a common misperception that nature got a break from humans during the pandemic. In fact, it has been quite the opposite. Coral reefs continue to suffer dramatically due to climate change; specifically coral bleaching, spiked by extreme ocean heat waves, ocean acidification and the rise in sea levels is taking a huge toll on […]
Trulioo Launches Match Rate Challenge to Showcase Global Identity Verification Leadership
Vancouver’s Trulioo is feeling confident. The leader in global identity verification is inviting organizations to compare their current solutions against its global KYC match engine. In today’s increasingly digital world, identity verification match rates are crucial to an organization’s success. Higher match rates lead to the quick and seamless customer onboarding of verified customers, while […]
Social Gifting Platform Startup Geenees Launches #GivingTuesday Campaign
Giving Tuesday is on November 30th and Vancouver’s Geenees is ready to make its mark. The social gifting platform has launched a campaign to raise over $150,000 in donations to help support its 160+ wishlists of registered nonprofit organizations and their families. Geenees is changing the way people give for the better by simplifying the […]
Look Who Landed $30 Million to Address the Insurance Industry’s Fraud Problem
Vancouver’s owl.co has raised a $30 million Series B funding round to address the insurance industry’s $80 billion fraud problem. owl.co is a secure, evidence-based insurance claims monitoring platform that provides greater due diligence at scale, while removing human bias from the detection process. By leveraging machine learning, owl.co automates the claims monitoring process. owl.co’s […]