Vancouver’s Immersive Tech is launching a new Location Based Entertainment (LBE) VR attractions franchise division named UNCONTAINED, to capitalize on the growing demand from its Family Entertainment Centre clients for COVID-safe outdoor attractions. UNCONTAINED will be the world’s first free-roam hyper-immersive interactive VR attraction, built for a COVID world within shipping containers. The experience will […]
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Autozen Emerges From Stealth With $4.2 Million Round
No longer operating in stealth mode, Vancouver startup Autozen announced today that it has raised a $4.2 million funding round. Positioned to disrupt the stressful and unnecessarily complex car sale process, Autozen is a new consumer-to-business (C2B) marketplace on a mission to create an easier, safer and more transparent way for car owners to sell […]
Rivian Is Worth $27 Billion and Vancouver Is Home To Its Vehicle Management Software Teams
In preparation for a summer launch, electric vehicle manufacturer Rivian has selected Chase as their private label partner to provide customers with a truly digital-first vehicle financing journey. Set to launch in early 2021, ahead of scheduled June deliveries of Rivian’s R1T pickup, Rivian Financial Services will deliver a best-in-class financing journey for retail customers through […]
The Future With VR Integration
Through my 20 plus years of technology experience, tech predictions have been a hit or miss—mostly a miss—however, the innovations that are fabricated every year still leave me in awe. When it comes to virtual reality (VR), I don’t think I’m exactly making predictions, but instead commenting on the trend of VR integration into everyday […]
M&A In Uncertain Times: Lessons From Successful Vancouver Exits
The Vancouver Entrepreneurs Forum is hosting their first event of the year on Tuesday, January 19th and the topic is exits. M&A In Uncertain Times: Lessons From Successful Vancouver Exits will include stories and insights from entrepreneurs that have successfully sold their companies before and during the pandemic, as well as their thoughts on COVID-19’s impact […]
Thinkific Announces Launch of Amplify 2021 Virtual Summit
Last year 63 million courses were taken on the Thinkific and the Vancouver-born online course platform platform hit 100 million courses overall in December. To date, Thinkific’s course creators have earned an estimated $650 Million selling their knowledge. “2020 lit a fire in the world of online learning. This 100 million milestone reflects the soaring demand […]
10 Homegrown B.C. Startups to Watch in 2021
2020 is in the books and despite what we’ve all been through, it was a pretty good one for the Vancouver tech community and the province as a whole. The COVID-19 pandemic forced companies to adapt quickly to change and redesign their products or services or even create new ones to respond to our new […]
BBTV Renews Its NBA Playmakers Partnership
Vancouver’s BBTV is expanding their partnership with the NBA to include content distributed beyond YouTube. Created in 2016 as a joint commercial partnership between BBTV and the NBA, NBA Playmakers is the premier basketball culture video network working with influencers across fitness & training, fashion & lifestyle and gaming content. In addition to YouTube, NBA […]
Shopify Founder Tobi Lütke Invests In General Fusion
Burnaby’s General Fusion announced today the closing of financing from new investor Thistledown Capital. The investment will support the development of the company’s Fusion Demonstration Plant, which will showcase Magnetized Target Fusion technology at power-plant relevant scale. Thistledown was established by Shopify founder Tobias Lütke and his wife Fiona McKean to advance technological solutions for […]
BarrelWise Launches Wine Barrel Management In Napa Valley
BarrelWise has launched its novel wine barrel management system in California, starting with the Napa and Sonoma winemaking regions. The first of a kind BarrelWise Barrel Management System enables wine barrel sampling, topping, and the sulfite additions to be done without removing the bung, which can save over 50% of time currently spent on routine […]