The Vancouver tech sector is booming. For Deloitte Canada, which is soon to welcome the arrival of its new office space, Deloitte Summit, in the heart of downtown Vancouver’s innovation corridor, the tech ecosystem in the region is ripe for opportunity and disruption. For companies seeking a space to overcome unconventional hurdles, the arrival of […]
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BC Startup Knowbie Aims to Solve Restaurant Staff Turnover with Training App
Hospitality veteran Crystal Hamilton knows better than most that the restaurant industry is far from perfect. An already often chaotic and demanding working environment is not aided by some of the highest turnover rates in Canada, which Hamilton believes can be largely attributed to a lack of proper service training. From server to sommelier, Hamilton […]
TiE Vancouver Launches CXO Event Series For Operators Of Startups And Scaleups
This fall our local TiE Vancouver chapter is hosting a series of learning, mentoring and networking events for operators of startups and scaleups and the first event is on September 29th. TiE Vancouver is part of TiE Global Angels, an umbrella organization representing the TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) chapters in North America and their affiliated […]
Connecting The Dots: August 2022
Each month, the team at Switchboard Public Relations connects the dots between the trends, headlines and narratives informing the B.C. tech sector. For August’s Connecting The Dots, the team highlights resources for those impacted by layoffs, breaks down recent funding announcements and multi-million M&A action, and reflects on the Traction Conference. Resources for those impacted […]
Genome BC Project to Identify New Scourge on Province’s Blueberry Industry
Loaded full of vitamins, rich in antioxidants, and bursting with flavour, blueberries are an icon of summertime in British Columbia. Like all food producers in Canada, BC’s blueberry farmers routinely deal with various pests and pathogens that damage plants and affect crop yields, such as the blueberry scorch virus. These scourges tend to cause a […]
AltFee Integrates Lawyer Pricing Software into Clio’s Legal-Tech Ecosystem
A North Vancouver-based knowledge management and collaboration pricing software platform for law firms this month integrated with Clio, Canada’s pioneer in cloud-based legal practice management software. AltFee provides an alternative fee arrangement system to help lawyers scope out fixed fees, improving the client-lawyer relationship and boosting realization rates. An easy-to-implement tool to support the accurate […]
Daz 3D Builds on NFT Success with Latest Collection Featuring League of Legendary Lions
Daz 3D is launching its latest collection of non-fungible tokens. The latest collection from the Vancouver-based startup, which specializes in three-dimensional visuals, is called the League of Legendary Lions. The Lions are 7,000 unique 3D renderings available on the GameStop NFT Marketplace at a minting price of 0.05 ETH. “From a lion in flames to an […]
R&D Startup SaNOtize Secures $24 Million to Advance Anti-Covid Technology
A Vancouver-based company has attracted venture capital for its flagship project, a nitric oxide nasal spray shown in clinical studies to treat and prevent Covid-19 infection, including a recent Phase 3 study published in The Lancet Regional Health Southeast Asia. SaNOtize Research & Development Corp. announced recently that it raised an oversubscribed $24 million Series B funding […]
Blossom Among Three Canadian Startups Selected for Latest Google Accelerator
In the startup ecosystem, women founders are less likely to receive financing than men, says Google, which is the reasoning behind its Accelerator for Women Founders. There are 12 startups comprising the 2022 cohort of Google for Startups Accelerator: Women Founders, now in its third run. The dozen women-led fledglings hail from across North America, […]
BarrelWise Secures Seed Capital to Innovate Traditional Winemaking Industry
Winemaking innovator BarrelWise has raised a seed round of capital. The wine-tech startup believes that the ancient traditions of winemaking are ripe for merging with cutting-edge technology—a “union of art and science” which creates fertile ground for innovating in the market space. Based in Vancouver, BarrelWise secured its $3 million seed funding from Conexus Venture […]