Richmond immersive tech company Pro Exp Media has released a mobile app that will allow sneaker aficionados to verify that highly-coveted second-hand sneakers are authentic before purchase. Developed by sneaker collectors and sports fanatics, ARthentix‘s sneaker authentication solution will help regulate the billion-dollar resale industry and fight against counterfeiters. ARthentix has partnered at launch with […]
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Acronis Chooses Vancouver For First Cloud Data Center in Canada
Data protection and cybersecurity software company Acronis has launched a new cloud data center in Vancouver, the first of over 100 data centres they are adding globally. The data centre gives Canadian service providers an in-country location to deliver services to customers and protect their data. Launched in conjunction with cloud solutions partner Robson Communications, […]
Neupeak Robotics Autonomous Fruit Picker Awarded $100K
Neupeak Robotics has secured $100,000 through the National Research Council and Innovate BC’s Fast Pilot Program. Neupeak Robotics, a robotic produce harvesting start-up based in the Fraser Valley, will use the grant to demonstrate the impact and measure the value of autonomous robotic fruit pickers for growers in Canada and the U.S. Come this fall, […]
Vancouver Startup Uses AI To Detect Falling Seniors At Home
For most Canadians Thanksgiving is an annual tradition that brings together families – from grandchildren to grandparents – to celebrate all they’re thankful for. But with recent flare ups in COVID-19 cases, B.C.’s provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry has warned against large family gatherings that expose seniors to people outside their existing bubble. Seniors […]
Teradici Honored with Engineering Emmy Award from the Television Academy
Burnaby’s Teradici has been honored by the Television Academy with an Engineering Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering Development. The list of 72nd Engineering Emmy Awards recipients was announced by the Television Academy last week and the awards will be formally presented at a virtual ceremony to be held on October 29th. The honor […]
Shahrzad Rafati Aims To Regain Control of BBTV Via TSX IPO
One of Vancouver’s most successful female tech entrepreneurs, Shahrzad Rafati, is attempting to take BroadbandTV public on the TSX in order to buy out German media giant Bertelsmann. Founded in 2005, BroadbandTV (BBTV) provides end-to-end content management and technology solutions for independent content creators and media companies to grow their presence online. According to comScore, […]
What These 3 Successful Vancouver SaaS Companies Have In Common
In the past two years, three of my Vancouver-based Software-as-a-Service clients achieved significant growth milestones, or what we often refer to as an “event.” Lendesk was acquired in 2018, klue recently announced a $15 million Series A round, and 7Geese was acquired by Paycor a few weeks ago. In my quest to improve upon my […]
Eight High-Growth Vancouver Tech Companies To Watch
The Globe and Mail has published their second annual ranking of Canada’s Top Growing Companies and the list of 400 businesses sprawl across sectors, from fashion to finance, and manufacture everything from medical testing devices to organic pasta. Techcouver has poured over the list to uncover Vancouver’s gems of entrepreneurial success, whether they be companies […]
Meet Real-time 3D Leader Unity Technologies At This Virtual Job Fair
Tech Talent Canada will be hosting their first virtual Vancouver job fair on October 21st and they’ve announced the preliminary lineup of organizations that will be participating. Among the companies recruiting at the event is San Francisco-headquartered and newly publicly-traded Unity Technologies. The world’s leading platform for creating and operating interactive, real-time 3D (RT3D) content, […]
From Picatic To Product Hunt, Former Co-Workers Launch Gaze
Earlier this year San Francisco’s Eventbrite shuttered its Vancouver office as the crisis around COVID-19 pandemic grew. Events large and small were being forced to cancel and it became very evident that the event management industry would be among that hardest hit. The news hit Vancouver’s Jayesh Parmar hard. He had sold his event ticketing […]