Langley’s CubicFarms today announced the sale of 27 CubicFarm System modules in Winnipeg at a sale price of over $5 million. The new modules were purchased by experienced greenhouse farmers Sheldon and Carrie Enns who operate the Green Valley Garden Centre. The Enns have been supplying high-quality vegetables and ornamental plants in Southeastern Manitoba for the past […]
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ElectraMeccanica Establishes New Global Corporate Headquarters in Burnaby
Vancouver’s ElectraMeccanica (NASDAQ: SOLO) is moving its global corporate headquarters in Burnaby. The new headquarters provides an expanded 14,000 square foot area for the company’s engineering, accounting, finance, HR, logistics and operations departments to operate under a single roof for the first time. This will enable better collaboration and productivity as well as an improved […]
TED Conference Returns To Vancouver With Elon Musk And Bill Gates
The TED Conference is returning to Vancouver in 2022. Featuring Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Microsoft founder Bill Gates, the world’s most high-profile conference returns to the Vancouver Convention Centre from April 10th to April 14th. The TED Conference, which stands for Technology Entertainment and Design, moved to Vancouver as its permanent home for its […]
Solving the Problem of Digital Team Transparency
Whether your team is remote, hybrid or just digital-first, chances are you’ve felt the disconnect—the pain of trying to see and understand the work being done across your team. It’s a problem that affects you whether you’re the CEO of a multi-billion dollar company or a brand new hire just starting your career in a […]
Surrey’s Quantum Algorithms Institute Works To Build Quantum Workforce In Canada
Surrey’s Quantum Algorithms Institute (QAI), a not-for-profit organization that facilitates collaboration among industry, academia and government in British Columbia, has teamed up with Xanadu, the Toronto-based world leader in photonic quantum computing. The collaboration between the two Canadian organizations is designed to build a highly skilled future workforce that will drive economic growth in British Columbia […]
How Innovation Is Putting The Brakes On Runaway U.S. Healthcare Spending
By optimizing America’s provider and payer marketplace, new healthtech is already healing a fragmented and overpriced system. When a technology platform is working to solve a problem as enormous and unwieldy as American healthcare spending, having a similarly oversized impact needs to be the ultimate goal. As tempting as it is to take a business-as-usual […]
Sanctuary AI Raises $75 Million To Create Human-Like, General-Purpose Robots
Vancouver’s Sanctuary AI, a company focused on creating the world’s first human-like intelligence in general-purpose robots, today announced the successful closing of an oversubscribed $75.5 million Series A funding. Investors in the massive financing round include Bell, Evok Innovations, Export Development Canada, Magna, SE Health, Verizon Ventures, and Workday Ventures. Using breakthrough technology in artificial […]
TELUS Brings Canada’s Fastest Internet Speeds To Vancouver
Today TELUS launched their PureFibre X service across the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley. PureFibre X is a new tier of home Internet with symmetrical upload and download speeds of 2.5 Gbps. These speeds are the fastest in Canada among all major providers and mark a substantial leap in the next generation of Internet technology. […]
Why Data And Automation Are The New Cornerstones Of Predictive Dialers
The last time I checked, “Evolve or Die” is the title of a remarkable number of business management books, leadership videos, industry studies, corporate keynotes, and so on. And for good reason: It’s succinct, straightforward, and most importantly, it’s true. While the pithy phrase applies to just about every aspect of business these days, it’s […]
Best Practices for Marketing Tech Companies Seeking M&A Action
By Alkali Partners’ Chris Skubic and Derek Heinonen In January 2022, Vancouver’s Unbounce made news with its acquisition of LeadsRx, a U.S.-based marketing analytics SaaS platform that evaluates marketing performance across touchpoints and channels. The marketing technology (martech) acquisition has potential to be a game changer for the small- and mid-sized businesses composing the bulk […]