Inventys today announced that it has formally closed on an investment of US $10 million from OGCI Climate Investments and BDC Cleantech Practice as well as an additional follow-on investment from existing shareholders Husky Energy, The Roda Group and Chevron Technology Ventures. This brings total proceeds received under the Series C Financing to US $26 […]
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Microsoft, VCGA Launch Tech Education Lab in Chinatown
This summer, technology-curious individuals of all ages are invited to visit Chinatown House’s Community Digital Lab at 188 East Pender Street. Launched with the support of Microsoft and the Vancouver Computer Graphic Society (VCGA), the Community Digital Lab offers free programming, workshops, and mentor-led labs in July and August for kids and adults in the […]
TransLink and VEC Partner to Showcase Green, Digital on Transit
TransLink and the Vancouver Economic Commission (VEC) have announced an agreement allowing local and international organizations to showcase green and digital technologies and services on TransLink assets. The new memorandum of understanding creates a landmark role for TransLink in the VEC’s Technology Deployment Network (TDN). Founded by the Vancouver Economic Commission, TDN is a membership-based […]
Slack Valued Over $20 Billion at Public Debut
Vancouver-born Slack is off to a great start as a public company today as shares of the chat-based collaboration app are trading 50 percent above the initial price set by the company. Slack shares started trading at $38.50 on the New York Stock Exchange, well above Slack’s “reference price” of $26. The reference price is […]
Procurify Raises $26 Million Series B Round
Vancouver’s Procurify announced today that it has closed $26 million in a Series B funding round. The Series B round was led by Toronto-based Information Venture Partners and saw participation from BC Tech Fund managed by Kensington Capital, HarbourVest Partners, Manulife, as well as return investor Palo Alto-based Runa Capital. Founded by CEO Aman Mann, […]
New Ventures BC Announces Companies Moving to Top 25
New Ventures BC has announced the companies that are moving on to Round 3 of this year’s startup competition. The New Ventures BC Competition started in 2000 under the direction of Wal van Lierop, to encourage innovation in BC’s tech sector. Since then, the organization has supported 2,360 startups, who have created 3,720+ jobs and have raised […]
Traction Guest Raises $17 Million Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners
Vancouver’s Traction Guest announced today the completion of a $17 million Series A financing round, led by Bessemer Venture Partners with participation from existing investor Salesforce Ventures. The funding will further accelerate the company’s expansion that follows year-over-year rapid revenue and employee growth of over 200%. Traction Guest is a cloud-based visitor management solution that […]
Copperleaf Lands USD $10 Million Investment from National Grid Partners
Vancouver’s Copperleaf has announced the completion of a USD $10 million strategic investment from National Grid Partners (NGP), the innovation and investment arm of National Grid, one of the world’s largest investor-owned energy companies. Copperleaf will use the capital to fund innovation and growth into new markets and geographies worldwide. One of NGP’s mandates is […]
BroadbandTV Surpasses 575 Million Unique Viewers Per Month
Today, Vancouver-headquartered BroadbandTV (BBTV) unveiled that its video content is viewed by more than 575 million unique viewers each month. According their news release, only Google’s YouTube exceeds BBTV monthly unique viewership. In addition to being second in unique viewership only to Google, BBTV is number one across all media companies in terms of total […]
Salesforce’s Tableau Acquisition Bodes Well for Vancouver
With its $15.3 billion acquisition of Tableau Software this morning, Salesforce isn’t just making a bet on the business intelligence and data visualization market, it’s betting on Seattle. And that should benefit Vancouver as part of the Cascadia Corridor. “Seattle will become our second headquarters of Salesforce,” said Marc Benioff, the company’s co-founder and co-CEO, […]