This week’s Y Combinator (YC) Summer 2021 Demo Day is in the books. The Silicon Valley accelerator’s 33rd Demo Day ever included sixteen Canadian tech startups and according to BetaKit it is the most Canadian companies the accelerator has ever had present at a Demo Day. Of the sixteen Canadian startups, 3.5 call B.C. home. […]
BC Tech Launches Startup Program In Partnership With BC Tech Anchor Companies
The BC Tech Association has announced the launch of BCTech4Startups in partnership with five leading BC Tech Anchor companies – Absolute Software, Amazon, Electronic Arts, SAP Canada and TELUS. BCTech4Startups provides qualifying startups free access to a suite of dedicated support services focused on key startup needs – educational resources, networking, valuable brand visibility, peer-to-peer […]
Hootsuite Collaboration with Microsoft Teams To Bolster Employee Advocacy
Vancouver-headquartered Hootsuite has unveiled Amplify by Hootsuite for Microsoft Teams, a new integration within Teams. The ecosystem integration will encourage Hootsuite Amplify and Teams customers everywhere to seamlessly share curated social media content directly from within the Teams business communication platform—transforming employees into engaged advocates with elevated professional brands and reducing risk through pre-approved content. […]
CubicFarms Introduces Breakthrough FreshHub Massive Indoor Growing System
Langley’s CubicFarms has announced a new project to deliver a commercial scale FreshHub with 96 CubicFarm System modules. Once installed in the Lower Mainland area of Vancouver, this will be the largest commercial scale CubicFarm System in the world. This next generation high-density system, called FreshHub, is the next level of indoor growing aiming to […]
TraceSafe Goes For Gold At The 2021 Women’s World Hockey Championship
With a win over Switzerland in a Women’s World Hockey Championship semifinal yesterday, Canada will face defending champion United States in today’s final. Canada returns to the gold-medal game after falling to Finland in a 2019 semifinal and taking bronze. Vancouver’s TraceSafe will be in the WinSport Arena at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary for the game. […]
Pixieset Acquires Leading Provider of WordPress Themes for Photographers and Creatives
Vancouver’s Pixieset has acquired Los Angeles-based Flothemes, a premium WordPress website designer for photographers, and other creative businesses. Pixieset is an all-in-one SaaS platform that offers a range of solutions including client galleries, websites, online stores to help photographers and other creatives manage their workflow. As part of the acquisition, Flothemes Founder Ross Tanner has […]
EMERGE Commerce To Acquire Subscription Brands BattlBox and Carnivore Club
Direct-to-consumer e-commerce leader EMERGE Commerce is in acquisition mode, adding their 6th and 7th brands in North America. EMERGE has acquired subscription businesses BattlBox and Carnivore Club for up to USD $19 million. Atlanta’s BattlBox is a market leading survival, outdoor and camping goods subscription business-based in the US, and notably, featured in its own […]
PDFTron Acquires PDF-to-Office Innovator Solid Documents
Vancouver’s PDFTron Systems has acquired New Zealand’s Solid Documents, a provider of best-in-class document reconstruction and archiving solutions embedded in blue-chip company internal software, including that of Coca-Cola and Volvo. The deal marks the sixth acquisition as part of PDFTron’s roadmap acceleration strategy since receiving a $71 million growth investment by Silversmith Capital Partners in 2019 and strengthens the company’s position […]
Cybersecurity Startup Cmd Acquired By Elastic
Vancouver cybersecurity startup Cmd has been acquired by Amsterdam-headquartered Elastic. Financial terms of the deal are not being publicly disclosed. Cmd’s technology provides runtime security for cloud infrastructure, helping organizations gain better visibility into processes that are running. The acquisition comes just days after Elastic announced the acquisition of build.security. With Cmd on board Elastic will […]
Unbounce Names Ad-Tech Finance Veteran As Chief Financial Officer
Vancouver’s Unbounce has named Greg Dos Santos as Chief Financial Officer. Dos Santos comes to Unbounce with over 20 years of financial leadership experience in the technology industry for growing Software as a Service (SaaS) and professional services companies. “Greg is a modern CFO. His decades of experience leading global financial teams, mergers and acquisitions, […]