Artists, digital creators and luxury brands are cashing in on transactions worth millions of dollars, on an explosion in Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) — but only if they know what they’re doing. The barrier to entry for any individual or company just dropped to almost zero thanks to LNFT, an open source marketplace platform developed by […]
Transition into Tech Encourages Women To Explore Tech Careers
Northeastern University in Vancouver is hosting a virtual Transition into Tech event next week in collaboration with Athena Pathways in an effort to encourage more women (and the community in general) to explore a career in tech. The session kicks off with an all-women industry panel, followed by a tech program highlight from B.C. academic institutions including […]
Nano One Graduates to the Toronto Stock Exchange
Nano One Materials is moving to the Toronto Stock Exchange. Nano One shares will commence trading on the TSX effective as of market open on Tuesday June 8th under a new trading symbol “NANO”, and will cease to trade on the TSX Venture Exchange. The cleantech company has a patented, scalable and low carbon intensity […]
Brüush Acquires The Dollar Brush As It Gears Up For Expansion
Vancouver’s Bruush Oral Care has acquired The Dollar Brush, a direct-to-consumer player in the electric toothbrush subscription space. The acquisition will allow Brüush to accelerate its strategic initiatives, including increasing brand awareness as well as bolstering the company’s innovative, integrated, subscription-based business model. “At the end of 2020, we committed to aggressively building our brand […]
Shopify Invests In Bench As They Expand Beyond Accounting Into Banking
Vancouver’s Bench has raised $73 million in a Series C financing round led by Contour Venture Partners, supported by existing investors Altos Ventures, iNovia Capital, and BMO T&I, and including new investors including Sage and Shopify. The raise more than doubles Bench’s total funding to over $120 million and coincides with a major relaunch of […]
Loop Insights Rebrands as Fobi AI To Address The Enterprise
Vancouver’s Loop Insights is now Fobi Ai. The data intelligence company that uses artificial intelligence to help clients turn real-time data into actionable insights and personalized customer engagement has rebranded. The company’s ticker symbol (MTRX:TSXV) will also change to FOBI in the near future to match the company name. The rebrand syncs the company’s image […]
Precision NanoSystems Acquired By Danaher And Vancouver Manufacturing Centre Still In The Works
Vancouver’s Precision NanoSystems has been acquired by Danaher Corporation’s Life Sciences platform. PNI will join Danaher’s Life Sciences platform and will be complementary to other businesses in the platform, including Cytiva and Pall. PNI is a global leader in ushering in the next wave of genetic medicines in infectious diseases, cancer and rare diseases, including […]
Fintech Startup BlocPal To Raise $25 Million Private Placement
Vancouver fintech startup BlocPal will soon be a publicly traded company. BlocPal has agreed to complete a business combination by way of a reverse takeover of 1290448 B.C. Ltd and in the process will raise a $25 million concurrent private placement. “Today marks a significant step for BlocPal’s evolution as we continue to expand and […]
Mogo Is Well On Its Way To Majority Ownership Of Coinsquare
Vancouver fintech Mogo (TSX:MOGO) has been slowly acquiring more and more of Coinsquare, Canada’s leading digital asset trading platform for Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies. Three months ago Mogo acquired 20 percent of Coinsquare. Last month Mogo nearly doubled its stake, increasing its ownership in to approximately 37 percent. Today Mogo announced it would be […]
Clir Renewables Raises $27 Million For Renewable Energy Assets
Clir Renewables has raised a $27 million Series B funding round co-led by Longbow Capital and ArcTern Ventures and including Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments), BDC Capital, Active Impact Investments and Tokio Marine HCC. Founded in 2017, Clir is dedicated to maximizing project returns from renewable energy assets. Clir has provided critical technology […]