Vancouver-based WestCoastNFT is no stranger to hugely successful NFT drops. In their first three months of business, the smart contract development agency generated $2 million in revenue and $23 million in revenue for artists and creators. With 13 drops under their belt including, 888, Secret Society of Whales, Based Fished Mafia, and Boneheads, the team […]
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Greece’s Dialectica To Hire 100 For New Vancouver Office
Dialectica announced today that it plans on creating 500 new jobs in Canada over the next three years, with 100 of those roles in a new Vancouver office. The company which started in Greece in 2015 set up operations in Quebec a year ago and considers its Montreal office as its Americas Hub. The aggressive […]
Clio Expands C-Suite Leadership Team, Positioning for Next Growth Stage
Following substantial growth and record-breaking Series D and E funding rounds, Clio has expanded its c-suite portfolio by naming a new Chief Operating Officer, Chief People Officer, Chief Technology Officer, and Chief Marketing Officer. This new structure will see the c-suite double in size and bring on new leaders from high growth stage and public […]
Mimik raises $14.3 Million Round that includes ARK Invest’s Cathie Wood
Vancouver’s mimik has raised a $14.3 million Series A funding round led by San Francisco’s Pier 88 Investment Partners and including Cathie Wood, Founder, CIO and CEO of ARK Invest and member of the mimik Board of Directors. Wood is known for making bold predictions. Wood received considerable media attention in February 2018 after she […]
Sparkgeo’s MERMAID Collects Underwater Data On Coral Reef Health
There’s a common misperception that nature got a break from humans during the pandemic. In fact, it has been quite the opposite. Coral reefs continue to suffer dramatically due to climate change; specifically coral bleaching, spiked by extreme ocean heat waves, ocean acidification and the rise in sea levels is taking a huge toll on […]
Trulioo Launches Match Rate Challenge to Showcase Global Identity Verification Leadership
Vancouver’s Trulioo is feeling confident. The leader in global identity verification is inviting organizations to compare their current solutions against its global KYC match engine. In today’s increasingly digital world, identity verification match rates are crucial to an organization’s success. Higher match rates lead to the quick and seamless customer onboarding of verified customers, while […]
How Real Estate is Reaping the Rewards of the Industry’s Digital Transformation
It has been a year and a half since the onset of the global pandemic, and as with the rest of the world, the real estate industry has undergone pivotal changes to provide immediate solutions for business continuity. The digital transformation of real estate is not new, but the pandemic has significantly accelerated this process, […]
Social Gifting Platform Startup Geenees Launches #GivingTuesday Campaign
Giving Tuesday is on November 30th and Vancouver’s Geenees is ready to make its mark. The social gifting platform has launched a campaign to raise over $150,000 in donations to help support its 160+ wishlists of registered nonprofit organizations and their families. Geenees is changing the way people give for the better by simplifying the […]
Look Who Landed $30 Million to Address the Insurance Industry’s Fraud Problem
Vancouver’s owl.co has raised a $30 million Series B funding round to address the insurance industry’s $80 billion fraud problem. owl.co is a secure, evidence-based insurance claims monitoring platform that provides greater due diligence at scale, while removing human bias from the detection process. By leveraging machine learning, owl.co automates the claims monitoring process. owl.co’s […]
Angel Investing, A Primer
You’ve made it, and you’ve got the financials to prove it. But now you’re looking for other challenges, both intellectual and monetary, to keep you in the game. Well, if those thoughts sound familiar, “angel investor” has a nice ring to it. Angel investing can be energizing, challenging, and potentially very profitable. What’s more, Vancouver […]