Victoria’s Redbrick has acquired Delivra, a provider of advanced email marketing automation that helps businesses engage in meaningful conversations with customers through email and SMS marketing strategies. The announcement marks Redbrick’s second major acquisition in the past two years, with Delivra becoming the fifth company within the Redbrick portfolio. Redbrick has acquired Minnesota’s Leadpages in 2020. Leadpages is […]
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Damon Unveils Electrifying HyperFighter Family of Motorcycles at CES
Vancouver’s Damon Motors officially unveiled the newest edition to its family of motorcycles today at CES in Las Vegas. The mobility startup introduced the HyperFighter Colossus motorcycle, as well as a future model, HyperFighter Unlimited. HyperFighter is a raw, muscular-silhouetted, electrifying streetfighter motorcycle built for a new generation of urban riders. The HyperFighter is derived […]
Kevin O’Leary-backed WonderFi To Buy Crypto Platform Bitbuy
Vancouver’s WonderFi is acquiring Bitbuy, a leading cryptocurrency platform and the first approved crypto marketplace in Canada. Under the terms of the agreement, Bitbuy shareholders will receive approximately $206 million consisting of shares and cash, upfront and deferred. WonderFi is on a mission of create better access to decentralized finance (DeFi) through their high-growth consumer […]
Sneakerhead Platform SoleSavy Appoints Ali Adab as the Startup’s First Chief Content Officer
Vancouver’s SoleSavy announced today that Ali Adab will become its first Chief Content Officer. SoleSavy is a fast-growing sneaker startup that gives its members access to highly sought after sneakers at retail prices. The startup recently raised $12.5 million in a Series A round led by Bedrock capital with participation from investors such as Dapper […]
The Covid Silver-lining Of Mission-driven Companies
Most successful startups are created when someone is trying to do something… but can’t. This is very efficient and resolving these problems feels good and has helped create massive companies. But sometimes, the problem is such that resolving it does not just make life easier: it turns a wrong into a right, and makes life […]
Anna Sainsbury Returns To CEO Role At GeoComply
Vancouver unicorn GeoComply has announced that Chairman Anna Sainsbury has been reappointed as the firm’s CEO, a position she held for seven years when she co-founded the company in 2011. GeoComply announced last March that they have received a significant investment from Blackstone Growth and Atairos at a valuation over $1 billion. Sainsbury will succeed fellow […]
Deloitte’s 2022 Technology Predictions Tour Is Coming To Vancouver
Deloitte’s annual Technology Predictions tour is coming to Vancouver. The Vancouver Entrepreneurs Forum is hosting Deloitte’s Duncan Stewart for his annual Global TMT Predictions report on January 18th at 4:00pm. Stewart will provide an in-depth look at the trends set to affect and disrupt your business. This year’s nine predictions highlight how trends in technology, media and telecommunications […]
Connecting The Dots: December 2021
Each month, the Switchboard PR team connects the dots between the trends, headlines and narratives informing the BC tech sector. For December’s Connecting The Dots, Founder and Chief Communications Officer Kathleen Reid looks back on Klue’s dynamic talent search, more milestones for AbCellera, and the tech community’s inspiring flood-relief generosity in the midst of an […]
Techcouver’s Most Read Stories of 2021
It’s fair to say 2021 was an improvement on 2020. The pandemic recovery dominated tech – like all else – with many of us spending more time than ever in front of screens. Not surprisingly, Techcouver had a banner year with site traffic growing every month during 2021. As we look forward to a much […]
Education Fast Forwards Thanks to Technology
Smartboard, clicker, and overhead projector. Before the beginning of the pandemic, when you thought of technology and education, you likely thought of these three examples. Over the past year, the education space has been turned on its head with an influx of technology adoption like never before. As a result of the pandemic, education tech […]