Toy giant Mattel is building out its digital collectibles business through the launch of a non-fungible token marketplace. First announced earlier this year, Mattel will operate its NFT marketplace on Dapper Labs’ Flow blockchain. Through Mattel Creations, consumers can acquire digital art tied to classic products such as Hot Wheels and Barbie. “In launching our own […]
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Clio Launches Flexible Legal Payments Service in Canada
Clio has announced the launch of Clio Payments in Canada enabling lawyers to provide client-centered payment options in Canada. Despite consumers’ willingness and high use of online payments, most law firms in Canada only accept cash payments (certified check, EFT direct deposit, Interac) and manually record and handle trust payments. Clio Payments makes the billing […]
Yield Exchange Wins Twice At SAAS NORTH Pitch Competitions
Burnaby’s Yield Exchange won big at SAAS NORTH last week. The online marketplace for guaranteed investment certificates (GIC) won both pitch competitions at the annual Canadian SaaS conference. Yield Exchange was selected from a group of top 10 finalists for The Firehood, winning $100,000, and was crowned winner of the AWS PitchFest, picking up $10,000 […]
BC Consumers Trending Toward Brand Loyalty This Cyber Monday, Report Reveals
Peak season is a moment of truth for retailers around the world. From operational efficiency and checkout optimization to customer service and loyalty, it simultaneously exposes businesses’ strengths and weaknesses in the space of a few thrilling, chaotic, intense weeks. So how should retailers throughout Vancouver and beyond prepare? Global financial technology firm Adyen recently released its first Canadian […]
Eigen Fitness Aims to Serve Weightlifting Community with Gym-Specific Wearable Tech
Two Vancouver entrepreneurs are working on wearable technology specific to tracking resistance training. Eigen Fitness has developed a new tech product it calls Nodes, which are coin-sized wearables that empower gym goers “to progress as fast as possible while avoiding injury,” according to the BC startup. “I found myself in constant pain from gym injuries […]
Vancouver Startup Aquanow Recognized for Digital Innovation in Payments
A Vancouver-based fintech startup has been named digital innovator of the year by CrossTech at the 2022 Innovation Awards. Digital assets infrastructure and liquidity provider Aquanow announced today that the judges at CrossTech have recognized the company’s accomplishments with the Digital Innovation Award for 2022. Winners were announced live at the CrossTech World 2022 event […]
Axis Opens Experience Centre in Vancouver to Tap Tech and Talent
Axis Communications recently celebrated the opening of its newest Axis Experience Centre. The Sweden-based tech manufacturer opened its latest Experience Centre in Vancouver. The launch marks the company’s second footprint in Canada. Calling the city “Techcouver,” Axis says the Vancouver region was “a natural choice to support its vision for strategic growth and innovation.” According […]
House of Kibaa is Building World’s Most Realistic Metaverse
Web3 agency House of Kibaa this month opened the virtual doors to its fully immersive and hyper-realistic metaverse. Called “Pocket Dimension,” this metaverse has been designed to provide the highest resolution and most realistic metaverse experience technically possible today, according to a statement from HoK. The Vancouver-based meta startup says Pocket Dimension’s “alpha release” will introduce […]
Airbus and Air Canada Invest Millions in Squamish’s Carbon Engineering
Squamish’s Carbon Engineering (CE) announced today they have received millions in investments from Aviation industry leaders Airbus and Air Canada. These investments support the advancement of CE’s Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology that pulls carbon dioxide (CO2) directly out of the air at large, industrial scale. This funding will contribute to CE’s ongoing technology development work […]
VoltSafe Wins Two CES 2023 Innovation Awards
Vancouver’s VoltSafe has been named a CES 2023 Innovation Awards Honoree for not one, but two of its innovative product solutions: VoltSafe Home and VoltSafe Marine. VoltSafe collaborated with Menlo Micro to co-develop VoltSafe Home, the most advanced electrical plug technology ever invented. The combination of Menlo Micro’s Ideal Switch technology with VoltSafe’s advanced smart electrical […]