Vancouver’s Finn AI has been acquired by Glia, a leading provider of digital customer service. Finn AI is an AI-powered chatbot platform for banks and credit unions and the two companies have been working together since 2020 when Finn AI first launched its banking-focused virtual assistant for Glia’s DCS platform. The deal aims to mainstream […]
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10 B.C. Startups to Keep an Eye on in 2022
The BC Tech Association recently announced the finalists for the 2022 Technology Impact Awards. BC Tech announced 48 finalists across 12 Technology Impact Award categories who achieved exceptional success in the past year. “Ambition” is the theme for this year’s awards. “What is thrilling about this year’s 48 finalists is that they represent exceptional ambition […]
Vancouver’s Impro AI Announces Seed Funding at Collision in Toronto
The Collision Conference returned to its first in-person event in two years this week, taking over Toronto’s Enercare Centre. It’s the largest international gathering of its kind in Canada since prior to the COVID-19 Pandemic, and the perfect backdrop for Impro.ai’s latest announcement. The Vancouver-based startup revealed at Collision that it has raised seed funding north […]
Wertz of Wisdom: Version One’s Boris Reflects on 10 Years of Investing
In the summer of 2012, Boris Wertz proudly announced the launch of Version One Ventures. Fast-forward a decade: he this month celebrated 10 years of venture capital under his brand. Today Version One is a multi-fund franchise funds with investments in several dozen companies and a quarter billion dollars in assets under management. Some of Version […]
Autozen Lands $5 Million Seed Round Led By Vanedge Capital
Less than a year after launching their hassle-free car selling experience, Autozen announced today that it has closed an oversubscribed seed round of funding of over $5 million led by Vanedge Capital. Autozen offers a truly unique experience in the auto industry. Car sellers benefit from hundreds of pre-vetted professional buyers that compete to give […]
Internet Archive Canada Opens Gathering Space for Vancouver Tech Community
The Internet Archive boasts a new Canadian headquarters. The new space, on West Pender Street in Vancouver, is actually pretty old: from 1907, in fact. The building formerly housed the B.C. Permanent Loan Company and more recently has been used event venue for weddings and movies. The headquarters will be as much a communal “gathering place” […]
Dapper Labs’ Roham Gharogozlou Takes On Bill Gates On Collision Centre Stage
Vancouver’s own Roham Gharogozlou took centre stage on opening night of the Collision Conference in Toronto last night. The Dapper Labs CEO spoke with the Cut’s Lindsay Peoples about the future of NFTs. Their fireside chat included a response to Bill Gates’ view of NFTs – in which he claimed that they are a sham, […]
Six BC Companies on Track to Reach Billion-Dollar Revenue Milestone
Communitech this month unveiled the first ever Team True North. The Kitchener-based hub for entrepreneurship created the list to spotlight “the best of Canadian tech”—which by their measure is defined as high-performing tech firms “tracking to $1 billion in annual revenue with growth rates that match the top 1% of companies in the world.” “Why did […]
Metaspectral Secures Capital from Canadian Space Agency to Detect Gas Emissions on Earth
Metaspectral has received funding from the Canadian Space Agency. The Vancouver startup, software company delivering the next generation of computer vision, secured the capital through smartEarth, a funding initiative related to Earth observation applications development. Metaspectral says it will use the funding to build a method to systematically and methodically quantify carbon dioxide levels present at […]
APOLLO Insurance to Integrate with Yardi Voyager Software for ‘Effortless Digital Experience’
Vancouver’s Apollo Insurance has partnered with Yardi Systems. Established in 1984, Yardi provides software solutions to the real estate industry. Now the California company will bring Apollo’s digital insurance fulfillment to its clients to allow tenants and landlords “an effortless digital insurance experience.” “Apollo is excited to partner with such an innovative real estate software […]