Vancouver’s Thrive Health has launched an online COVID-19 self-assessment tool called UCheck for the University of Toronto to start of the 2020-2021 academic year. Thrive Health is also the creator of Health Canada’s official COVID-19 support app, which has already provided over 10 million COVID-19 risk assessments and is the #1 trusted pandemic response software […]
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Vancouver’s Mobify Acquired by Salesforce
Mobify CEO Igor Faletski announced today that Salesforce has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Mobify in what he calls “a natural extension of our multi-year partnership”. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Mobify has been a member of Salesforce’s beta program for their new Commerce APIs and launched a Headless Commerce Accelerated program […]
Vancouver Startup Week is Back with New Virtual Format
Vancouver Startup Week (VSW) is back this fall and kicking off a week-long virtual celebration on Friday, September 25th. Over seven jam-packed days, VSW promises to connect entrepreneurs, investors, community leaders, and friends to build momentum and opportunity around Vancouver’s unique entrepreneurial identity. RELATED: Vote For Your Favourite Startup To Win $10K For the first […]
Zennea Among Google’s Inaugural Women Founders Accelerator Cohort
Five Canadian startups are among the 12 chosen to participate in Google for Startups Accelerator for Women Founders inaugural cohort. The Women Founders accelerator is open to tech startups in the seed to Series A stages, with headquarters in Canada or the U.S. The program is designed for companies with women founders, or members of […]
Forget The New Normal, What Will Office Spaces Look Like Post-pandemic?
As COVID19 appeared to completely disrupt our everyday lives, we were forced to revisit how we work and where we work. We’ve seen leading companies like Twitter welcome a whole new chapter by allowing employees the option to work remotely, part-time or even permanently. Other firms have gradually returned to their physical office but with […]
Vote For Your Favourite BC Tech Startup To Win $10,000
New Ventures BC has announced the Top 10 companies of this year’s startup competition and now they need your help. While the judges will decide who wins the top prizes, New Ventures BC is asking the tech community to have your say on the $10,000 Innovate BC People’s Choice Award. Note that the prize purse […]
WELL Health Raises $23 Million And Goes Shopping In Silicon Valley
WELL Health Technologies has invested $18.2 million in Circle Medical, giving them majority control of the Silicon Valley healthcare startup. In tandem to this Circle Medical announcement, WELL announced that it has received an additional $23 million investment from Li ka-Shing, a previous WELL investor and major investor in Zoom, Spotify, and Impossible Foods. With […]
Supercluster Projects Target Better Canadian Healthcare During Pandemic
The Digital Technology Supercluster has announced two new projects focused on strengthening Canada’s healthcare system and delivering long-term improvements in Canadian health care. Spanning the Supercluster’s three Technology Leadership Programs – Precision Health, Data Commons and Digital Twins – the new projects represent a total investment of nearly $8.4 million, with nearly $3.2 million provided […]
Instant Financial and Trulioo Named To List of Fastest-Growing Fintechs
Vancouver’s Instant Financial and Trulioo have been named to CB Insights third annual Fintech 250, a list of emerging private companies working on groundbreaking financial technology. “We’re proud to, once again, recognize the 250 best private fintech companies globally. This year’s Fintech 250 represents 25 countries and spans 19 categories — reimagining everything from retail […]
Terramera Calls On CubicFarms For Control Rooms
Two Vancouver-based agtech leaders are now working together with Terramera recently purchasing three control room systems from CubicFarms. Terramera is on a mission to reduce global synthetic pesticide use 80 percent by 2030 with its revolutionary Actigate™ technology platform. CubicFarms is a provider of automated controlled-environment growing systems that produce commercial-scale quantities of fresh produce […]