Nexii Building Solutions has been recognized by the Reuters 12th Annual Responsible Business Awards, celebrating international leadership in sustainable business. Nexii was selected as the winner in a new, highly competitive category, Product or Service Innovation, for its revolutionary green building products. Fellow finalists in this category included Chipotle, Walgreens and Moody’s, while Nexii’s partner, […]
Fraction Raises $20 million to Continue to Expand Into US Market
Vancouver’s Fraction has raised a $20 million Series A funding round led by QED Investors along with existing investors including Impression Ventures, Primetime Partners, Panache Ventures and Global Founders Capital. Notable angel investors of the round include the founders of Brex and the founding team of Bitso. Fraction is a fintech solution that enables homeowners […]
BBTV Is Partnering With Spotter To Get Creators Paid
Vancouver’s BBTV is partnering with Spotter to get its creators paid. Spotter is dedicated to providing game changing non-dilutive capital to creators, empowering them to grow their businesses and brands while retaining their freedom. The new partnership will see Spotter dedicating USD $125 million to BBTV creators to further scale creator growth and monetization opportunities […]
Pani Energy Lands $8 Million To Use AI In Water Treatment Facilities
Victoria’s Pani Energy has raised $8 million to accelerate the adoption of their software in the global water treatment market to improve clean water yield and reduce cost, risk, and emissions. The $8 million round includes a seed equity round co-led by Blue Bear Capital and Blue Coast Partners, along with participation from Mazarine Ventures […]
Looking Glass Labs Sells NFT Offering for $6.2 Million in 37 Minutes
Vancouver’s Looking Glass Labs announced this week that its flagship studio House of Kibaa recently conducted the successful sale of a class of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) known as GenZeroes. GenZeroes is a new multi-media franchise and is being developed in collaboration with several artists with work experience that includes projects for both the StarWars and […]
Vancouver Startup NiceJob Acquired by Paystone
London, Ontario’s Paystone has acquired Vancouver startup NiceJob, an award-winning reputation marketing platform for service businesses. Founded in 2017, NiceJob has quickly grown to become the North American market leader for small and medium-sized businesses looking to engage in reputation marketing. NiceJob automates the collection of online customer reviews and referrals and distributes them to […]
Lucid Motors To Open Vancouver Showroom This Weekend
Sales of zero-emission cars accounted for almost 10 per cent of all car sales in B.C. in 2020 — the highest electric vehicle uptake in North America. So it should come as no surprise that the recently public electric car brand Lucid Motors will open its first showroom in Canada in Vancouver. The new showroom […]
Epic Selected For Canada’s Only Hardware & Semiconductor-Focused Incubator
Canada’s only hardware and semiconductor-focused lab has announced its third cohort of participating companies and one of B.C.’s own is in the mix. ventureLAB’s Hardware Catalyst Initiative has selected Vancouver’s Epic Semiconductors as one one of eight emerging tech companies from across Canada that the initiative will support as they aspire to join the $7 trillion […]
Alida Lands $20 Million Equity Investment from Round13 Growth Fund
Vancouver- born Alida has raised a new $20 million Series D funding round by Toronto’s Round13 Growth Fund. The leader in customer experience management (CXM) rebranded to Alida from Vision Critical one year ago. The funding round will accelerate Alida’s global growth trajectory and build on the company’s product roadmap to deliver transformative SaaS solutions […]
B.C. Government Invests To Expand The Canadian Tech Talent Accelerator
In an effort to upskill thousands of Canadians, the Government of British Columbia is partnering with the Digital Technology Supercluster, NPower Canada, Microsoft Canada and Blueprint to collectively invest over $15 million to expand the Canadian Tech Talent Accelerator program in B.C. This investment will create equitable economic opportunity for up to 2,000 B.C. residents, between the ages […]