AbCellera has raised another round of financing, this time a US $105 million Series B round. The financing was led by OrbiMed and current investor DCVC Bio, with an investor syndicate that includes Viking Global Investors, Peter Thiel, Founders Fund, Eli Lilly and Company, University of Minnesota, and Presight Capital. Earlier this month the Government […]
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Beatdapp To Transform Streaming Music Royalty Payouts in India & Japan
Streaming music services’ share of total music revenues is bigger than ever. According to a report from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, global music sales grew for the fifth consecutive year to $20.2 billion in 2019 with streaming accounting for more than half of all label revenue for the first time. Highlighting record […]
‘League of Innovators’ Launches Platform for Youth to Discover Entrepreneurship
Vancouver’s League of Innovators (LOI) has launched a free learning and resource platform for youth and educators called Innovators Academy. The Innovators Academy is an online platform with free content on topics related to entrepreneurship and innovation organized into 12 modules filled with content, videos, and workbooks, and tackles topics such as social entrepreneurship, resilience, […]
Cosmic-Ray Muon Pioneer Relaunches As Ideon Technologies
Vancouver startup CRM Geotomography Technologies is getting ready to go to market and will do so under a new name and new leadership. The spin-off from TRIUMF–Canada’s national particle accelerator laboratory located at UBC–is now called Ideon Technologies and Gary Agnew has been named the new CEO. Agnew most recently led the global digital strategy […]
AbCellera Announces Multi-Year Antibody Discovery Collaboration with Eli Lilly
AbCellera has entered into a multi-year agreement with Eli Lilly on the discovery of antibodies for up to nine Lilly-selected therapeutic targets. Under the strategic research licensing agreement, Lilly will have the rights to develop and commercialize therapeutic products resulting from the collaboration. AbCellera and Lilly were in discussions about the agreement in early 2020 […]
How COVID-19 Will Change The Future Of Work
I’ve been thinking about this subject a lot lately. What will the future of work look like? This is especially relevant for those of us who are responsible for transitioning the workforce back to the office while adopting a new set of rules and a new sense of normal. Realistically, things won’t go back to […]
Eight Elements All Organizations Should Be Addressing During COVID-19
Most organizations around the world are dealing with new challenges and struggles brought on by COVID-19. At Galvanize, we build security, risk management, compliance, and audit software, so we’re in a unique position to help businesses to respond effectively to the almost-daily risks emerging from this crisis. GRC software can help organizations to quantify the […]
Shopify’s ‘Digital By Default’ Declaration Turns Vancouver Office Into Recruitment Hub
Earlier this year Shopify announced that they were making a significant investment in Vancouver, with plans to hire 1,000 employees and open their first permanent office. It was big news for Vancouver. For the six years leading up to 2020, Shopify had been growing their presence in B.C. by supporting hundreds of employees who work […]
CI Financial Completes Acquisition of Robo-Advisor WealthBar
CI Financial now owns 100% of Vancouver-born robo-visor WealthBar Financial Services. The Toronto-based global asset and wealth management company announced today it has increased its ownership of WealthBar to 100% by acquiring the remaining 25% minority interest. CI first acquired a majority stake in WealthBar in January of 2019. The transaction will eventually allow for […]
Innovate BC Partners With Mitacs To Drive COVID-19 Business Solutions
Mitacs and Innovate BC are partnering to fast-track solutions to COVID-19 while mitigating the pandemic’s adverse economic impacts to business. The partnership support comes in the form of 100 Mitacs internships for COVID-19-specific projects, funded by a $375,000 investment from Innovate BC. The funding infusion from Innovate BC coupled with Mitacs’s leveraged funds offsets the […]