British Columbians wanting to charge their electric vehicles (EVs) at their condominium building or their place of work can now access further funding to help buy and install EV chargers through CleanBC’s Go Electric EV Charger Rebate program. The Province’s CleanBC Go Electric EV Charger Rebate program is receiving $10 million as part of Budget […]
Clio Launches Payments Product And Investment Fund At Annual Conference
At the ninth annual Clio Cloud Conference, Jack Newton, CEO and Founder of Clio, unveiled the new Clio Payments platform, a foundational payments technology built for the legal industry’s most advanced legaltech solution. Clio Payments enables lawyers to facilitate client-centered payment options, easing the billing and collections process while offering secure and compliant online payment […]
Science World’s Fourth Annual Girls and STEAM Event To Be Hosted Virtually
On Saturday, November 6th, Science World will host Girls and STEAM, a free, half-day virtual symposium with the aim of preparing British Columbia’s youth for the STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art + Design, Math) heavy job landscape of the future. The event will be opened by keynote speaker and popular science communicator, Dr. Samantha Yammine […]
CubicFarms Is Leading the Agricultural Revolution
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. Attended virtually and in-person by more than 1,600 journalists, influencers, tech insiders, and industry and […]
East Side Games Launches Rupaul’s Drag Race Superstar Mobile Game
Vancouver’s East Side Games (ESG) has announced the worldwide launch of RuPaul’s Drag Race Superstar, in partnership with World of Wonder Productions (WOW). The game is now available on iOS and Android. Earlier this year ESG entered into a multi-year partnership with WOW for the exclusive mobile game rights to the Emmy Award-winning competition series. “We […]
San Francisco’s GrubMarket Acquires Vancouver’s Funtech Software
San Francisco’s GrubMarket has acquired Vancouver’s Funtech Software for an undisclosed sum. Funtech provides comprehensive e-commerce systems and online grocery software solutions to both online grocery companies and brick-and-mortar grocery stores. GrubMarket raised a USD $120 million Series E round last month and is now valued at over $1 billion. This marks GrubMarket’s first acquisition in […]
Pocketed Raises $1 Million To Break Down Financial Barriers For All Entrepreneurs
Pocketed has raised a $1 million seed round led by Mike Volker’s WUTIF Capital, with participation from more than a dozen investors including Hustle Fund, Women’s Equity Lab and New Avenue Capital. The rapidly growing Vancouver startup has created an intelligent matching platform and marketplace to connect businesses to billions of dollars in grants and […]
UBC Entrepreneur Wins Inaugural £1 Million Earthshot Prize
Globally, we generate $120 billion of agricultural waste every year. What farmers cannot sell, they often burn, with catastrophic consequences for human health and the environment. The burning of agricultural waste causes air pollution that in some areas has reduced life expectancy by a decade. This week a social enterprise with innovation roots at UBC […]
Plurilock to Acquire Award Winning Cloud Security Provider CloudCodes Software
Victoria’s Plurilock Security is acquiring CloudCodes, an award winning cloud access security broker (CASB) based in India. Plurilock is an identity-centric cybersecurity solutions provider for workforces. Since 2011, CloudCodes has provided innovative cloud security SaaS solutions for protecting email and group collaboration platforms, offering single-sign-on (SSO), multi-factor authentication (MFA), and cloud data loss prevention (DLP) […]
aDolus Raises USD $2.5 Million To Secure Critical Infrastructure
Victoria’s aDolus Technology, a global authority on software intelligence for critical infrastructure, today announced that it has raised a USD $2.5 million financing round. The oversubscribed funding round follows a year marked by high profile software supply chain attacks and increasing cybersecurity initiatives from the U.S. government. The company will use the funds to pursue […]