Vancouver’s Terramera has unveiled a bold plan to turn economic and climate crises into an opportunity. As a global agritech leader fusing science, nature and artificial intelligence to transform how food is grown and the economics of agriculture, Terramera is proposing a Global Centre for Regenerative Agriculture. Powered by Microsoft Azure, Terrameras’s Global Centre will bring […]
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BBTV Launches Mobile Game With YouTube Content Creator James Rallison
This morning Shahrzad Rafati and her BBTV team virtually opened the Toronto Stock Exchange one week after their successful IPO. But the news didn’t stop there. BBTV announced the launch of a new mobile gaming app, “TheOdd1sOut: Let’s Bounce” in partnership with James Rallison, the creator of one of YouTube’s most popular channels. TheOdd1sOut, an […]
How Tech Companies Can Prioritize Employee Engagement In A Pandemic
We were in survival mode when the COVID pandemic struck in March 2020, but now we need to think about moving forward. Despite not knowing everything about the pandemic – its timeline, long-term impacts, and when we’ll get back to “normal” – we as tech entrepreneurs have to keep plugging along. But, one thing is […]
How Vessi Used AR & Snapchat to Design a New Retail Experience
For Vancouver-based shoe company Vessi, technological innovation is in their DNA. To design their line of all-weather sneakers they created a completely new material that can withstand the elements—come rain, snow or sunshine—without compromising on style or comfort. So it should come as no surprise that to solve their next e-commerce challenge the Vessi team […]
Spocket Adds Wix and BigCommerce Integrations To Dropshipping Platform
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to drive traditionally offline economic activity online, Canadian businesses are taking advantage of the unprecedented rise in e-commerce. One of those companies is Vancouver’s Spocket, a dropshipping platform and online merchant marketplace. Since March Spocket has doubled its merchant base, bringing its total users over 60,000. Dropshipping is a fulfillment method […]
3DQue Sets New Record With 1,000 Hours Of Continuous 3D Printing
Vancouver’s 3DQue has set a new record for the 3D printing industry. The entrepreneurship@UBC incubated startup printed 897 parts in 1,000 hours straight, autonomously, non-stop, for five days. Before this achievement, a 3D printing farm would take approximately five weeks to print the same amount of parts. Without 3DQue’s innovative solution, the printing technician has to […]
ElectraMeccanica Announces the Arrival of First Production SOLO EVs and Six New Stores
ElectraMeccanica announced today that it will open six new retail locations across the western U.S. within the next month. The company also announced that the initial shipment of its production vehicles for its flagship SOLO EV have arrived in North America and have been designated for corporate use in marketing, advertising and retail activities. ElectraMeccanica […]
AbCellera Partners With Kodiak Sciences To Prevent And Treat Blindness
AbCellera has announced a new partnership with Kodiak Sciences to generate therapeutic antibody candidates in ophthalmology. Following a previously successful collaboration, AbCellera will use its full stack, AI-powered antibody discovery technology to discover and identify a large panel of antibodies against new targets designated by Kodiak. “Kodiak was one of AbCellera’s very first partners, and […]
Shahrzad Rafati Regains Control of BroadbandTV With TSX IPO
BBTV Holdings has successfully closed its previously announced initial public offering and is now trading on the TSX. Priced at $16.00 per share at opening, BBTV Shares are down 6% today. Since launching in 2005 BroadbandTV (BBTV) has been a leader in defining and advancing the digital video space. Today, BBTV is the third largest […]
TELUS Partners With Calm App To Deliver Better Mental Health
Strengthening its commitment to improving the health of all Canadians, TELUS today announced a global-first agreement with Calm, the award-winning mental fitness app, to bring sleep, meditation and relaxation content into the homes of Optik TV and Pik TV customers, through the TELUS Healthy Living Network. With more than 90 million app downloads, Calm is […]