Google Canada has announced the twelve startups that will be taking part in the 2021 Google for Startups Accelerator Canada and two Vancouver startups made the cut. Google for Startups Accelerator Canada is a three-month accelerator program for Seed to Series A Canadian technology startups. The accelerator is designed to bring the best of Google’s […]
Microsoft Brings 500 New Jobs To Vancouver And Launches New Azure Edge Zone
This morning Microsoft announced the addition of a new Azure Edge Zone in Western Canada, further increasing their significant cloud footprint in Canada, and the addition of 500 local technical jobs. The new roles will help build leading applications in Intelligent Communications, Office, Azure, OneDrive, Web Experiences and mixed reality, growing Microsoft’s presence in the city […]
SPUD & FoodX Technologies To Trade On TSX As Freshlocal
Vancouver’s Sustainable Produce Urban Delivery (SPUD) is doing a reverse takeover of TSXV-traded Rainy Hollow Ventures in a going public transaction and will change its name to Freshlocal Solutions. Upon completion of the arrangement, the combined entity will carry on the current business of SPUD and trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX). “The name […]
LEAF Mobile to Launch NFTKit and Offer Non-Fungible Tokens as Prizes in Select Games
LEAF Mobile announced today that its subsidiary studio, East Side Games, is set to launch a non-fungible token (NFT) game creation toolset called NFTKit for its IdleKit platform. Top performing players will, for the first time, have true ownership over their rewards by receiving NFTs as prizes in select LEAF Group games published by East […]
entrepreneurship@UBC Launches Human Health Venture Studio
entrepreneurship@UBC is at it again. The University incubator and accelerator has launched the Human Health Venture (H²V) Studio to leverage UBC’s deep pool of research by transforming human health innovations to impact through venture creation. The studio launch marks the program’s own evolution as an academic incubator/accelerator, creating specialized verticals to work with innovators across industries. […]
Mogo Enters Wealth Management Space With Acquisition Of Moka
Vancouver fintech Mogo (TSX:MOGO) is acquiring Montreal’s Moka Financial Technologies, one of Canada’s leading saving and investing apps, in an all-stock transaction. The proposed acquisition will increase Mogo’s member base by over 40% to more than 1.7 million and expand Mogo’s wealth offering to include saving and investing products. Moka launched in 2017 with the […]
Institutional Investment Round Makes Vancouver’s GeoComply A Unicorn
Vancouver’s GeoComply Solutions announced today that they have received a significant investment from Blackstone Growth and Atairos. GeoComply operates at the center of a new generation of cybersecurity companies, leveraging advanced geolocation data to make better risk-based decisions. Working as a critical piece of the infrastructure for some of the world’s largest tech companies, GeoComply […]
B.C. Government Expands Launch Online Grant Program To Support More Businesses
In response to a high number of applications, the B.C. government is investing an additional $30 million in their new Launch Online Grant program. The Launch Online Grant program provides up to $7,500 to businesses to help build or expand an e-commerce site to reach more customers and to sustain and grow their business. The new […]
Beanworks Acquired By Quadient For $105 Million
Quadient announced today that it is acquiring Software as a Service (SaaS) platform Beanworks for approximately $105 million. Quadient will acquire 96% of the Vancouver company with two key leaders retaining a minority equity stake. Quadient has a mechanism to increase its ownership up to 100% in the coming years. Founded in 2012, Beanworks is […]
TechBrew Robotics Named Winner of 2021 OKGN Angel Summit
After 10-weeks of pitches, meetings, due diligence, and training, Salmon Arm’s TechBrew Robotics took home the $145,000 prize at the third annual OKGN Angel Summit. TechBrew Robotics is a turnkey robotics automation for difficult applications, including a system that picks, trims and packages mushrooms. This year’s OKGN Angel Summit saw participants from all over British […]