Welcome to Startup of the Week, a column highlighting BC’s most innovative and exciting tech startups. Today, we’re featuring Vancouver’s MeaningfulWork. It can be difficult for socially responsible companies to find purposeful and impactful volunteer opportunities that their employees feel passionate about. MeaningfulWork created a platform to help companies and nonprofits navigate their relationships to find […]
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Amazon Invests In British Columbia To Create More Than 2,000 Jobs
Amazon today announced its continued investment in British Columbia’s economy and Metro Vancouver through an expansion that includes five new buildings: a fulfillment centre, sortation centre and three delivery stations. The investment will create more than 2,000 safe jobs with competitive pay, industry-leading benefits and career growth opportunities starting on day one. “We’re thrilled to […]
You May Owe Your Banking Relationship To Vancouver’s Fintel Connect
If you’re a client of a Canadian financial services company like Borrowell, EQ Bank, Mogo, Scotiabank, or Tangerine, you may owe that relationship to Fintel Connect. More than 50+ financial services brands and fintechs use the Vancouver startup to enhance their marketing through its performance marketing network. Performance marketing? It’s a comprehensive term that refers […]
WELL Health Is First Canadian Telehealth Platform To Offer Health Records On iPhone
WELL Health now allows patients to safely view and store their available medical records in the Health app on their iPhone with their privacy protected. The Health Records feature is available within Apple’s Health app, available for download from the App Store. Patients can access Health Records from within the Health app and can download […]
Investing in Real Estate with Addy: My Early-Adopter Experience
As a teenager, I was thrilled to open my own bank account—not so that I could spend, but so that I could save. When I graduated from college, the first thing I did was buy real estate: a humble apartment suite in Vancouver, where I would work as a journalist and editor for nearly a […]
Innovate BC Awards $325,000 To Three B.C. Aquaculture Innovations
Innovate BC and the B.C. government announced the award of $325,000 to three BC aquaculture innovations in yesterday’s inaugural Aquaculture Innovation Awards event. Top 10 finalists, selected through a rigorous judging process, pitched at the online awards event and then responded to questions from selected customer advisors. The customer advisors could see first-hand upstream innovations […]
Electronic Arts Acquires Victoria’s Metalhead Software
Victoria’s Metalhead Software has been acquired by Electronic Arts. Metalhead is the developer of the fan-favorite Super Mega Baseball franchise. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Metalhead co-founders Scott Drader and Christian Zuger started the company in 2009, and have since developed Super Mega Baseball into a highly rated and beloved gaming franchise, with […]
Nano One Enters Into Development Agreement With Brazilian Niobium Producer CBMM
Burnaby’s Nano One has entered into an advanced lithium-ion battery cathode materials coating development agreement with Brazil’s CBMM, the global leader in the production and commercialization of niobium. Nano One is a clean technology company with a patented low carbon intensity process for the production of low cost, high-performance cathode materials used in lithium-ion batteries. […]
Procurify Lands Two Seasoned Tech Executives to Expedite Growth
Vancouver’s Procurify announced today that they have landed two significant hires from Canadian tech unicorn ApplyBoard and Amazon Web Services (AWS). Alicia Bedard, the former Senior Director of Marketing at ApplyBoard, has joined Procurify as the VP Marketing. Manohar Ganesan, former Senior Product Manager at Amazon, has joined as the VP Product and Engineering. Procurify […]
Food-X Technologies Commences Operations With Carrefour Group In Belgium
Online grocery fulfillment platform Food-X Technologies has reached an important milestone in its strategic partnership with Carrefour Group with the commencement of operations of Carrefour’s new e-commerce fulfillment centre in Belgium. In October 2020, Carrefour’s Willebroek warehouse was completely empty. Barely seven months later, Carrefour Belgium can proudly announce that its new e-commerce distribution center […]