Vancouver’s TIMIA Capital has changed its name to Montfort Capital. TIMIA has applied for ticker symbol changes with the TSX-V and the common shares of Montfort are expected to commence trading on the TSX Venture Exchange under the new ticker symbol “MONT”. Montfort’s mission is to create value for investors by building and managing specialty […]
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UBC Researchers Receive Grant to Help Design ‘Healthy’ Metaverse
The term “Metaverse” has been a white-hot buzzword since Facebook transformed into Meta last year with ambitious promises of a whole new reality to immerse in. This new dimension currently in creation—a tangled combination of virtual and augmented realities woven into blockchain technology—represents chaos but also potential. To help convert chaotic potential into something tangible […]
What Will Tech Offices Look Like in a Post COVID-World?
By now, we know that the pandemic has transformed the modern office. The hybrid work model has become the new norm for many tech businesses, including Microsoft, Meta and Apple. The rise of remote work isn’t all that has changed. Office design has also experienced a transformation since the pandemic, and many of those changes […]
No-code Platform Frontly Raises Round From West Coast Investors
Victoria’s Frontly has raised a $350,000 round to grow their custom internal admin tooling platform in the burgeoning no-code market space. No-code is an approach to designing and using applications that doesn’t require any coding or knowledge of programming languages. This type of software is part of the self-service movement that empowers business users to create, […]
Trulioo Unveils Updates to GlobalGateway Platform
Vancouver-headquartered Trulioo has announced the release of a major product update to GlobalGateway, the identity verification company’s signature platform. Organizations are facing increased regulatory pressure while meeting increased expectations from consumers for fast and easy digital onboarding, according to Trulioo. The regulatory landscape is influenced by complex geopolitical relations, like those with Russia currently, and […]
VoltSafe Launches Equity Crowdfunding Campaign to Rethink Electrification
Vancouver tech startup VoltSafe is aiming to redefine how the world connects to electricity. VoltSafe has filed patents in over forty countries for the world’s first, prongless, high power, electrical connector technology that doesn’t incur power losses like competitors. The Canadian company says its “revolutionary design hasn’t been seen since electricity first came into homes […]
Freshly Public NFT Tech Taps Move-to-Earn Trend with Walken
NFT Technologies this week announced this week its participation in the Move-to-Earn project Walken. The Vancouver-based NFT startup will apply its crypto expertise to Walken, a move-to-earn mobile app that uses the movement detection capabilities of standard smartphones and wearable devices to capture the step counts of users, who are then rewarded with WLKN tokens for […]
Parvis Raises $2.6 Million Seed Round to Unlock Real Estate Through Blockchain
Parvis Invest announced that it has raised $2.6 million to launch a blockchain-based platform designed to modernize the investing process and unlock real estate opportunities. The Vancouver-based fintech startup raised the capital in a seed round led by Gravitas Securities. “Access to institutional real estate investment has long been an opportunity reserved for an elite […]
aDolus Wins Award for Innovating Software Supply Chain Security
Victoria’s aDolus Technology has won an award from Cyber Defense Magazine for the category of Most Innovative Software Supply Chain Security. According to the magazine, the awards are judged by certified security professionals who voted based on independent review of company-submitted materials including but not limited to data sheets, white papers, and product literature. “You would […]
New Ventures BC Narrows Field for 2022 Startup Competition
The 22nd annual New Ventures BC Competition presented by Innovate BC is well underway. New Ventures BC is giving away over $250,000 in non-dilutive cash and prizes to the most promising tech ventures across the province. Beyond the top three Innovate BC prizes, there are industry specific prizes and a prize for the top regional startup. […]