Vancouver’s Thinkific today announced two strategic appointments to its executive team. Henk Campher joins Thinkific as Chief Marketing Officer and Chris McGuire as Chief Technology Officer. The new executive appointments come on the heels of the company’s recent announcement on the first-of-its-kind Fiverr Store launch which matches Course Creators with skilled digital freelancers. Earlier in the […]
Dapper Labs On Verge Of Digital Collectibles Deal With NFL
According to the Sports Business Journal, the National Football League (NFL), NFL Players Association (NFLPA) and Dapper Labs will announce a deal to launch a digital collectibles marketplace resembling the hit NBA Top Shot this week. Last week Dapper Labs raised a USD $250 million funding round led by Coatue that included investors a16z, BOND, […]
entrepreneurship@UBC’s Immersion Week Starts Today
entrepreneurship@UBC is hosting Immersion Week starting today, Monday September 27th. Immersion Week is a five day online event for UBC students, staff, faculty, alumni and BC’s innovation ecosystem to come together with the purpose of demystifying entrepreneurship in the innovation economy. This week-long event will cross 3 tracks of content and includes keynote speakers, insightful panels, […]
Reusables.com Adds First Grocery Retail Partner To Platform
Vancouver-based container-sharing platform Reusables.com announced a partnership with Georgia Main Food Group (formerly HY Louie) to utilize the service at the Vancouver House location of Fresh St. Market. This follows closely on the heels of a successful launch with well-known Vancouver restaurants including MeeT in Gastown, Bandidas Taqueria, Autostrada, JamJar Canteen, Kula Kitchen, Tartine Bread […]
iQmetrix Points To Google To Boost Local Telecom Stores’ Online Presence
Vancouver’s iQmetrix has integrated with Pointy from Google, a free service that places local retailers above the big-box options when a customer is searching Google for products nearby. iQmetrix provides software in the competitive wireless retail space. With the rise of big-box brands, same-day or next-day shipping, and the expansion of online retail, wireless retailers […]
Evanesce To Debut Compostable Products In Las Vegas Next Week
Vancouver’s Evanesce has expanded their senior leadership team in advance of the sustainable technology innovator’s debut at the PACK EXPO conference next week in Las Vegas. Addressing the growing plastic pandemic, Evanesce has engineered a patented technology that produces cost-competitive, 100% plant-based, and 100% compostable sustainable packaging. In Las Vegas the company will showcase their patented […]
Charli AI Unveils Unified Workspace To Solve Digital Workplace Chaos
AI-driven content manager Charli AI has announced a new unified workspace for digital content and cloud apps alongside the expansion of its already industry-leading 500+ app integration ecosystem powered by the Tray Platform. Tray.io is low-code automation platform that democratizes automation and integration so anyone can easily turn their unique business processes into repeatable and […]
GenXys Partners with Helix To Make Trial-and-error Prescriptions A Thing Of The Past
Vancouver’ s GenXys Health Care Systems has partnered with Helix to ensure that “trial-and-error” prescribing becomes a thing of the past, by enabling providers to incorporate actionable personalized medicine across the healthcare continuum. GenXys is a comprehensive precision prescribing solution with embedded pharmacogenetics and Helix is a leading population genomics company working at the intersection […]
From The Stock Market To The Metaverse, Immersive Tech Builds Fantasy Worlds In Shipping Containers
Victory Square Technologies (VST) continues to successfully take its portfolio companies public. Last year VST sent FansUnite Entertainment (CSE:FANS) to the Canadian Securities Exchange and this past summer GameOn Entertainment Technologies (CSE:GET) joined them. This month they are at it again with the listing of Fantasy 360 Technologies (better know as Immersive Tech) commencing trading […]
BBTV To Monetize Live Events With New Rights Management Solutions
Vancouver-headquartered BBTV has launched a Rights Management solution for live events, from sports league games and pay-per-view events, to live concerts and awards shows. The live streaming market is expected to grow to USD $184.3 billion by 2027, and saw 99% growth in hours watched on major digital platforms from April 2019 to April 2020. […]