Vancouver’s Dapper Labs is raising money again but this time it is at a valuation of over $7.5 billion. Dapper Labs uses the power of play to deliver blockchain-based experiences in the real world. Getting their start with collecting and breeding digital at CryptoKitties—the world’s most successful blockchain game—the Vancouver studio is now letting basketball fans trade […]
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East Side Games Partners With Argentina’s Bigfoot Gaming
Vancouver’s East Side Games (ESG) has entered into a publishing and IdleKit partnership agreement with Argentina’s Bigfoot Gaming for the global release of a mobile game on iOS and Android. This is the first collaboration between Bigfoot and ESG and will involve a single game multi-year publishing and IdleKit agreement between the two companies. The […]
SOTW 006: Numinus
Welcome to Startup of the Week. A column highlighting BC’s most innovative and exciting tech startups. Today, we’re featuring Vancouver’s Numinus. Over 970 million people worldwide suffer from a mental disorder. On top of that, many experts have proposed that society’s drug-based approach to treating these disorders is fundamentally flawed. There is an imminent need […]
IKEA To Use Lion Electric Vehicles For Last Mile Delivery In Vancouver
Today, IKEA Canada announced that it has taken an important first step on the journey to fulfilling its commitment of 100% zero-emission deliveries by 2025. The Swedish home furnishing retailer has partnered with technology-enabled logistics and last mile delivery provider, Second Closet, who will begin integrating zero-emission trucks into its fleet for IKEA home deliveries in several […]
Rogers Powers Canada’s First 5G Drone Flight At UBC
Rogers for Business announced today that they worked with InDro Robotics and the University of British Columbia’s MéridaLabs to complete Canada’s first remotely piloted aircraft system (RPAS) flight over a 5G network at the UBC campus in Vancouver. 5G will enable the ability to fly drones on autonomous missions from remote command centres connected over a […]
Give + Share Unifies Data On Community Meals, Shelter and Resources All In One App
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic Vancouver’s Limage Media Group created a public Google Map tracking the status of free and low-cost meals across the city. The idea was inspired by founder Stephanie Limage‘s personal experiences with poverty and homelessness as she exited out of the child welfare system as a young adult. One year later, […]
Province of B.C. Invests $45 Million Into Skills Training Programs
During the pandemic, youth unemployment peaked at 29%, over 15 percentage points above the provincial average. As of this month, youth unemployment sits at 12.1%, above the general unemployment rate in B.C. of 6.9%. Premier John Horgan announced yesterday that the Province of British Columbia is providing more than 5,000 youth and young adults across […]
Council of Canadian Innovators Expands Nationwide, Adds B.C. Representation
The Council of Canadian Innovators (CCI) is expanding nationwide with the addition of government relations experts in Alberta, Ontario, and British Columbia, to supplement their existing focus on federal public policy regarding innovation. CCI is a national business council representing more than 130 of Canada’s fastest growing companies in the innovation economy, including leading firms […]
Mobile Klinik Goes Mobile With Onsite Device Repair
Canada’s leading chain of smartphone and tablet repair stores built their business in shopping malls across the country but they’re hitting the road in 2021. Mobile Klinik has launched Onsite Repair Units, the first van service of its kind to offer consumers and businesses nationwide the convenience of professional smartphone and tablet repair at the […]
COVID-19 Makes It Clear That We Need A New Tech Approach To Buildings
Until recently, Canadians have seemed to prefer city living – recent data shows that 84% of the country’s population lives in metropolitan areas. And with diverse cultures, access to opportunities, and interconnected vibrant communities, there’s no question why Canadian cities rank as top places to live. But living in an urban centre is not without […]