Vancouver’s Terramera has added a respected global climate policy expert to its Strategic Advisory Board. Diana Fox Carney is Senior Advisor at Eurasia Group and has worked on climate policy at think tanks in Canada and the UK, served as the executive director of Pi Capital, and conducted agricultural research in Africa assessing new and […]
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Rivian Plans To Double Vancouver Workforce To 150 By End Of 2021
It’s hard to miss Rivian in the mainstream news cycle these days. The electric vehicle automaker just raised a further $2.5 billion from Amazon, Ford Motors, and T. Rowe Price in advance of the planned September deliveries of its long-anticipated R1T electric pickup truck and R1S SUV. But did you know that Rivian just celebrated […]
Unicorn Clio Acquires CalendarRules In Second Acquisition
B.C. Unicorn Clio has acquired the automated court-calendaring company CalendarRules. The acquisition is Clio’s first since becoming the first law practice management company to achieve unicorn status earlier this year and its second acquisition ever. “This acquisition is an important one as we continue to help law firms navigate a changing legal landscape,” cofounder and CEO Jack Newton […]
Goodbye bazinga! Tribe Rebrands Community Platform to Tribe Home
Vancouver’s Tribe Property Technologies has renamed and rebranded of its proprietary property management and post-construction software from bazinga! to Tribe Home. The name Tribe Home replaces the platform’s original name which has been used since its inception in 2011. “As a company, we have built ourselves around the concept of community,” stated Joseph Nakhla, Chief […]
Jane Goodall Institute Selects MediaValet To Protect Over 60 Years Of Scientific Research
Vancouver’s MediaValet has been selected by the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) to securely archive and manage over sixty years of historic and present-day scientific research and conservation digital assets. MediaValet is a leading provider of cloud-native, enterprise, digital asset management (DAM) and creative operations software. The 5-year, 100 TB agreement, provides JGI with MediaValet’s core […]
Canada Highlights Support For Innovation In British Columbia
As Canadians begin to look toward economic recovery, Canada’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) will be the backbone of economic growth in communities across the country. These firms are already supporting more than 10 million jobs for Canadian workers, and many of them are making groundbreaking discoveries to improve Canadians’ lives and drive innovation and technology. To […]
Burnaby’s Teradici To Be Acquired by HP
Computing giant HP is acquiring Burnaby’s Teradici, an innovator in remote computing software that enables users to securely access high-performance computing from any PC, Chromebook, or tablet. Financial terms of the transactions were not disclosed. Core remote desktop software is a large and expanding segment, projected to grow at a 17% compound annual growth rate […]
Athena Digital Leaders To Provide AI Training And Wage Subsidies To Women And New Immigrants
Vancouver’s Athena Pathways has launched a new program called Athena Digital Leaders. The new initiative will provide students and experienced mid-career managers with training and sponsored work placements in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Science (AI/ML/DS). Athena Pathways’ mission is to deepen Canada’s talent pool and make it more inclusive, while delivering real value in the […]
Lululemon Joins Supercluster Consortium To Launch $20 Million Wellbeing Project
In partnership with lululemon, Wysdom.AI, Queen’s University, Microsoft and Mitacs, Canada’s Digital Technology Supercluster has launched Wellbeing.ai, a collaborative project focused on developing a new approach for personalized health and wellbeing. The $20-million project will develop a digital wellbeing platform for people to better understand their physical health and mental fitness through interactions with virtual […]
BC Tech Releases Report That Challenges What We Know About The B.C. Economy
If you’re a regular reader of Techcouver, you likely believe that Vancouver’s future success lies in acknowledging its importance as an innovation economy and preparing the next generation for this reality. BC Tech Association President and CEO Jill Tipping wants everyone outside of the tech ecosystem to know this as well. In a new report […]