Vancouver’s FORM, the company behind the world’s first Smart Swim Goggles, has launched HeadCoach™, a first-of-its-kind live, digital swim coach. Available immediately, HeadCoach is set to make waves in the industry through in-goggle, real-time coaching, the next step in breaking down the barriers between what swimming is and what it could be. Swimming is a highly […]
Unbounce Podcast Achieves Top 5% Global Popularity Ranking in First Season of Launch
Vancouver’s Unbounce announced this week that its new ‘Unprompted’ podcast has, after airing just eight episodes, already achieved a ranking among the top 5% of global podcasts. Debuting June 7th, ‘Unprompted’ dives headfirst into the thrilling, sometimes spooky, and surprisingly funny world of AI marketing and in less than three months, has amassed over 50,000 […]
Boast Strengthens Senior Leadership Team With Chief Product Officer Hire
Vancouver’s Boast has added to its c-suite with hiring of Shahed Khalili as Chief Product Officer. Khalili joins the research and development (R&D) and tax credit intelligence platform with 20 years of experience designing and delivering SaaS products in the governance, risk, compliance, and banking industries. Prior to joining Boast, he served as Vice President […]
Sold-Out Return of Charitable Impact’s TechPong Showcases Vancouver’s Spirit of Generosity
After a three-year hiatus, TechPong’s boisterous return yesterday evening proved that the spirit of generosity is stronger than ever within Vancouver’s tech community. With more than a thousand people in attendance and a record-setting 30 event sponsors (including Techcouver), the fundraising ping-pong tournament and party hosted by Charitable Impact provided an inspiring example of the […]
J.P. Morgan Payments Selects Trulioo to Power Global Identity Verification Services
Vancouver’s Trulioo announced today that J.P. Morgan Payments has selected their global identity platform to help J.P. Morgan Payments clients combat fraud and other financial crimes. As part of the agreement, J.P. Morgan Payments will leverage Trulioo services for global person and business verification to support a simplified, frictionless payments experience worldwide. “Trulioo is a […]
CICE Invests $2.82 Million in Carbon Emission Measurement, Monitoring, and Verification Innovations
This morning the BC Centre for Innovation and Clean Energy (CICE) announced the allocation of $2.82 million in non-dilutive funding for B.C. companies that support the measurement, monitoring, and verification (MMV) of carbon emission reduction, removal and avoidance. Through this investment CICE is supporting the commercialization of MMV solutions which are vital to assessing carbon […]
Humi Joins Forces With the Vancouver Canucks as Preferred Business Software Partner
In advance of the Vancouver Canucks home-opener tonight, HR and benefits platform Humi has announced a partnership with Canucks Sports & Entertainment as their preferred business software partner. Humi is Canada’s fastest-growing payroll, HR and benefits platform. Serving companies nationwide, Humi supports and enables employers to take better care of their most important asset: their […]
PacifiCan Funds Frontier Collective To Showcase B.C. Tech
British Columbia is quickly becoming a burgeoning hub for businesses creating immersive digital technologies. This includes virtual and augmented reality, artificial intelligence, and robotics, which can enhance our world in ways never thought possible. Today the Government of Canada, through the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada (PacifiCan), announced $312,000 in funding to the Frontier Collective Society […]
BC Welcomes Canada’s First Nurse Practitioner Training in Precision Health and Genomics
The way we deliver and receive health care is changing rapidly. Advancements in genetic and genomic technologies have opened the door to health care that is tailored to a person’s genetic makeup – a practice called ‘precision health’. Precision health has gone from being a service offered at specialized clinics to an essential component of […]
See Who’s Taking Home Over $250,000 in Cash and Prizes Next Week
New Ventures BC has narrowed the field for their annual startup competition from 200+ companies to just 10 finalists and next week we find out who the winners are. Presented by Innovate BC, the New Ventures BC Competition started in 2000, under the direction of Wal van Lierop, to encourage innovation in BC’s tech sector. […]