Canada’s sneaker resale scene is hot as ever, and at least one Vancouver startup is aiming to take full advantage. SoleSavy offers an end-to-end platform that aims to make “acquiring coveted products more fair and enjoyable,” according to the BC company. Interest in the startup is strong: SoleSavy raised $12 million last year in a […]
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CannaTech Startup Greenline Aquired By BLAZE
Vancouver dispensary POS software company Greenline has been acquired by Newport Beach’s BLAZE Solutions. The acquisition makes BLAZE one of the few cannabis operations software systems in both Canada and the U.S. and enables the company to gain valuable experience operating in Canada’s federally regulated marketplace. “Acquiring Greenline adds value to prospective clients by giving them the ability to […]
Digital Supercluster Investing in World-Class Digital Leadership
With more than one million job openings forecasted over the next ten years by the Province of British Columbia, the Digital Supercluster has announced investments in two new Leadership Training programs, Athena Digital Leaders and Asia Competence for Tech Professionals. The Athena Digital Leaders and Asia Competence for Tech Professionals programs will help the Canadian workforce build transferable […]
Startup Category Bolstered As BC’s Technology Impact Awards Focus On Ambition, Extend Application Deadline
With ‘ambition’ being the theme of these 29th annual awards, BC Tech has bolstered its Company of the Year: Startup category to include an additional pitch competition on September 22nd. This will be a live community event with participants making their case in front of a panel of judges. “We all know that startups embark […]
Endur Apparel Rebrands to Outway Socks After $3.2 Million Investment
One of North America’s leading performance sock brands, Victoria’s Endur Apparel has just announced a refreshed brand identity with Outway as its new name. The company’s new brand positioning will be fuelled by a $3.2 million investment led by Andrew Wilkinson of Tiny. Other investors include Shane Parrish, Jason Warner, Jonathan Becker, Rasool Rayani, Ben Moore, Tobyn Sowden, Janene Scordo, Tina Swinton, Rajiv Khaneja, and Carla Matheson. Outway was […]
Doodles NFT Appoints Veteran Billboard President as New Partner and CEO
A community-driven collectibles NFT project, Doodle NFTs are a collection of 10,000 unique characters made up of a hundred exciting traits of faces, hair, hats, bodies, and backgrounds living on the Ethereum blockchain. Designed by burnt toast, each Doodle is meant to spark joy – and they do. Vibrant, pastel colours are the primary palette of […]
Boast Names Veteran SaaS Executive As CEO To Scale Company
Vancouver-born Boast has named Alok Tyagi CEO for the next phase of the company’s growth. Boast is a fast-growing fintech that helps businesses automate the cumbersome process of preparing and financing Research and Development (R&D) tax credit claims. The new CEO has helped scale companies from low revenue to hundreds of millions of dollars, with […]
As Online Betting Becomes Legal, Could Vancouver Regain iGaming Title?
One month ago legal single-sports betting and online gambling expanded significantly in Ontario thanks to new regulations that allow private-sector operators of online sportsbooks to legally take bets in Canada’s most populous province. This new internet gambling market goes by the moniker of iGaming and one under-the-radar unicorn could lead an iGaming resurgence in Vancouver. […]
TIMIA Capital To Acquire Brightpath Capital For $30 Million
Vancouver’s TIMIA Capital is acquiring Brightpath Capital, one of Canada’s leading private providers of residential mortgages focused on Ontario and British Columbia, for approximately $30.5 million. Post acquisition the combined company will have pro forma assets surpassing $200 million and the acquisition is expected to be immediately accretive for TIMIA shareholders Brightpath specializes in arranging […]
TiE Vancouver To Send Startup To Global Pitch Competition In Dubai
It’s been well documented that the pandemic disproportionately reduced venture capital funding for female founders last year, despite a greater boom in fundraising thanks to megafunds and the rise of Zoom investing. In an effort to reverse that trend locally, TiE Vancouver is bringing the well-established TiE Women program to Vancouver. TiE Vancouver is part […]