Vancouver proptech startup addy has launched its fifth real estate investment opportunity and this time around it is a multi-family property in North Vancouver. Avesta Apartments is a 100% occupied, twenty-two suite apartment building at 1629 St Georges Avenue. addy is offering 1,018,500 units in the property valued at $1 each to enable B.C. residents […]
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Burnaby’s Advanced Intelligent Systems Lands $400,000 for Harvesting Robots
Clean technology is revolutionizing our world, and Canadian entrepreneurs are leading the way. The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, has announced investments of $55.1 million in 20 clean technology companies across Canada through Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC). This funding will support small and medium-sized companies that are developing innovative solutions to help reduce greenhouse gas […]
Mogo Buys Piece of Cryptocurrency Trading Platform Coinsquare
Vancouver fintech Mogo (TSX:MOGO) is paying $56.4 million to acquire 20% of Coinsquare, Canada’s leading digital asset trading platform for Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies. Today’s strategic investment news builds on a multi-year relationship between the two companies. The agreement also includes the ability for Mogo to acquire an additional 20 percent ownership interest in […]
Alpha Insights Acquires SAR-XL Technology Gets Investment From Prime Movers Lab
Vancouver’s Alpha Insights, a developer of groundbreaking high-resolution, dual-band synthetic aperture radar, has announced a seed investment from Prime Movers Lab to advance its new SAR-XL innovation offering. The funds will be used to scale the team while working toward the launch of Alpha Insights’ initial space program following the acquisition of the SAR-XL technology […]
Lighthouse Labs’ 21-Day Data Challenge Starts Next Week
It’s no secret that Lighthouse Labs is passionate about making tech more accessible to a wider swath of people. The ongoing digital revolution presents so many opportunities for people to accelerate in their current careers or change careers entirely. Skills like data analytics and web development have so much potential to push people towards greater, […]
Notch Therapeutics Raises USD $85 Million For Stem Cell-Derived Cancer Immunotherapies
Vancouver’s Notch Therapeutics has closed a USD $85 million Series A financing led by an exclusively healthcare-focused investment fund, with participation by existing investors including Vancouver’s Lumira Ventures. Notch is developing renewable, stem cell-derived immunotherapies, with an initial focus on cancer. Proceeds from the financing will support the continuing development of Notch’s portfolio of iPSC-derived […]
Deloitte’s Technology Predictions Tour Is Coming To Vancouver
Deloitte’s annual Technology Predictions tour is coming to Vancouver. The Vancouver Entrepreneurs Forum is hosting Deloitte’s Duncan Stewart for his annual Global TMT Predictions report on February 23rd at 3:45pm. Stewart will provide an in-depth look at the trends set to affect and disrupt your business. This year’s nine predictions highlight how trends in technology, […]
Fraction Raises $289 Million, Takes Aim At Reverse Mortgages
Vancouver’s Fraction Technologies has raised $289 million in a combination of equity and debt financing from Impression Ventures, Primetime Partners, Global Founders Capital, and Panache Ventures, among others. In contrast to reverse mortgages and home equity loans, Fraction’s flagship product, the Fraction Appreciation Mortgage, has no monthly payments. Instead it offers a reasonable interest rate […]
Fabric Raises USD $43 Million For Headless Commerce Platform
Commerce startup Fabric has raised a USD $43 million Series A funding round led by Norwest Venture Partners. With an office in Vancouver, Fabric is a headless commerce platform helping direct-to-consumer and B2B brands utilize an e-commerce platform designed for their needs. The announcement comes less than four months after the Bellevue, WA-headquartered startup raised a […]
Mangrove Raises $3 Million To Accelerate Lithium Refining Globally
Mangrove Lithium has raised a $3 million financing round from BDC Capital’s Cleantech Practice. Mangrove is a developer of a breakthrough modular platform for the most cost-effective production of battery grade lithium hydroxide. Its electrochemical innovation simplifies existing processes and can directly refine input streams from brine, hard-rock, clay and geothermal assets. “Lithium processing is […]