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Have you heard of Carvana, CarGurus, and CarMax? You’ve likely seen one of their commercials showing how easy it is to buy a vehicle online in the United States. Now Vancouver’s Canada Drives is the first to bring online vehicle purchasing and delivery to British Columbia. Canada Drives’ customers can now find and choose their […]
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Uber Delivery Robot Spinout Serve Robotics Has Vancouver Connection
Postmates X, the robotics division of the on-demand delivery startup that Uber acquired last year for $2.65 billion, has officially spun out as an independent company called Serve Robotics. Serve Robotics, a name taken from the autonomous sidewalk delivery bot that was developed and piloted by Postmates X, has raised a Series A led by […]
Former Microsoft Vancouver GM Joins CubicFarms As CTO
Last week Edoardo De Martin announced that he was leaving his General Manager role at Microsoft’s Vancouver HQ. While the work isn’t finished, it never would be. There’s no perfect time to make a change. I have enjoyed every day and am proud of what our teams accomplished together. We built a solid foundation in […]
Spring Activator Expands its Impact Investor Challenge Nationally
Spring Activator is on a mission to grow the impact investing ecosystem in Vancouver and its fulfilling that mission through its Impact Challenge programming. The Impact Investor Challenge is a 10-week program to grow the impact investor community. It guides early-stage and impact-curious investors into impact investing, empowers and funds impact entrepreneurs, and helps change […]
HYAS Raises USD $16 Million For Cyberattack Intercept Technology
Cybersecurity startup HYAS has closed a USD $16 million round of funding led by Austin’s S3 Ventures. Headquartered in Victoria, HYAS is the world’s leading authority on cyber adversary infrastructure and communication to that infrastructure. HYAS has constructed what is arguably the world’s largest data lake of attacker infrastructure including unrivaled domain-based intelligence. HYAS leverages […]
DataJoy Emerges From Stealth With $7.5 Million And Plans For Vancouver
It’s hard to drive growth with data but DataJoy wants to make it simple with AI-powered revenue analytics that embed the best practices of the biggest and fastest growing SaaS companies. DataJoy emerged from stealth mode this week with the news that they have raised a USD $6 million seed round led by Foundation Capital […]
Showcasing British Columbia’s Startups
If you’re a regular reader of this site, then you already know the following: BC’s thriving tech sector employs more than 123,000 people, contributes 7% to the provincial GDP, and is home to a growing number of startups that are solving the world’s most pressing challenges. Looking back just a handful of years, our startup […]
Silicon Valley’s Tipalti Grows Revenue & Vancouver Footprint
Leading global payables automation platform Tipalti is on a roll and with it comes an expanded presence in Vancouver. Tipalti continued its rapid growth surpassing $18 billion in annualized transactions in the second half of 2020, up from $11 billion in the first half of the year. Tipalti enables high-growth companies to scale quickly by […]
Six BC Startups Selected To Pitch At OKGN Angel Summit Finale
Over the last six weeks, the OKGN Angel Summit investor group has been busy evaluating companies and narrowing down the entrepreneurs who will pitch live at the public Finale on March 18th. Twenty-nine investors have reviewed, evaluated, and performed due diligence with over 40 applicants and narrowed the field to six finalists who will pitch for […]
UBC Ushers In Next Wave Of Startups
Since its inception in 2013, entrepreneurship@UBC – the University of British Columbia’s incubator/accelerator program – has supported 484 ventures that have gone on to raise more than $1.38 billion in financing, $104 million in revenue and create over 919 full-time jobs, creating tangible economic and social impact. The program works with early stage entrepreneurs across […]