Acuva Technologies has closed a $5.4 million growth financing round with a syndicate of existing and new investors to deliver the company’s innovative drinking water purification systems to global consumers. “Securing this round of financing is further validation of Acuva’s vision to enable clean drinking water globally and is a testament to the market’s appetite […]
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Kirsten Sutton, Tamara Taggart, Jill Tipping: Ask Us Anything
New decades prompt reflection, and I’ve been doing plenty of that this last month. When we get caught up in the daily grind of deliverables, meetings and family commitments, it can be difficult to keep an eye on the big picture of what you’re trying to achieve day by day and year by year. Stepping […]
Precision OS Uses VR To Train More Than 300 Sales Reps In 30 Minutes
Precision OS Technology has carried out the first-ever and largest virtual reality training event of its kind for medical device sales reps. Held last month, the event brought together more than 300 medical device representatives who simultaneously accessed the training module on a complex surgical procedure. The Precision OS training uses the mobile Oculus Quest […]
TELUS Ranked #1 Major Internet Service Provider for Gaming
TELUS has earned the title of Best Gaming ISP in Canada. The Vancouver-headquartered telecom outflanked the competition in the 2020 PCMag Gaming Quality Index to take home the honors. The magazine scored TELUS the lowest on combined latency – the amount of time it takes for data to travel to a server and back, and […]
Rivian Has An Office In Vancouver And Is Hiring
With the recent stock-price surge, Tesla has become one of the most valuable and talked about companies in the United States. With a market capitalization topping $140 billion, Tesla has now become larger than U.S. Big 3 automakers General Motors ($50 billion), Ford ($36 billion), and Fiat Chrysler ($26 billion) combined. Tesla has busted open […]
B.C. Game Industry Cheers Biba’s Efforts To Foster Active Play
As the CEO of Biba Ventures, I’m proud and honoured that our free mobile apps are among TIME magazine’s “Best Inventions of 2019.” Proud and honoured, to be sure, but not surprised. After all, when Biba was founded in 2014, extensive research had already revealed a stark correlation between increasing screen time and decreasing fitness […]
Rad Power Bikes Raises $25 Million to Grow Direct-to-Consumer eBike Business
Seattle’s Rad Power Bikes has closed $25 million in funding led by Vulcan Capital. Rad Power Bikes is the largest direct-to-consumer electric bike brand in North America with more than 100,000 owners across 30 countries and a full lineup of ebikes for both personal and commercial use. Founded in 2007, the company has 200 employees spread […]
Evo Adds To Fleet To Fill Car-Sharing Void Left By Car2Go
BCAA’s Evo Car Share has announced that they’re adding 250 cars to their fleet this spring with the potential for further expansion. No doubt this news is a result of popular car-sharing service Share Now, formerly known as Car2Go, shutting down across North America. The joint venture between Daimler and BMW recently announced that the […]
Vancouver’s Olive Selected for Techstars Seattle Class of 2020
Making decisions on enterprise technology can be stressful and complicated. Fitting a new solution into your business is even more complex. The risk of choosing the wrong solution necessitates deep analysis, both of the available options AND of your business. This is what Olive is purpose built to solve. The Vancouver startup provides you with […]
entrepreneurship@UBC Collaborates With Spring To Deliver Social Venture Program
entrepreneurship@UBC is collaborating with Global Impact Accelerator Spring to deliver their 2020 Social Venture Incubator program. The Social Venture Incubator program backs UBC founders with solutions to some of the world’s most prolific social, environmental and economic problems. The program cultivates social ventures from ideation to market, providing a unique opportunity for startups to create […]