Vancouver’s Victory Square Health has been granted approval by the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency to commence marketing, sales and distribution for its Safetest ELISA Covid-19 antibody test. Victory Square Health acquired Brazilian Covid19 test developers Safetest in June. The Brazilian approval comes on the heels of Safetest being granted permission by the Food & Drug […]
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Klue Raises $15 Million From David Sacks’ Craft Ventures
Vancouver startup Klue has raised a $15 million Series A funding round led by Silicon Valley’s Craft Ventures. Klue helps companies collect and curate hard to find competitive intelligence, combining the best of what the web knows about your competition with the best of what your employees know into a single repository. This combined source […]
Bridging the Startup Ecosystem Kingdoms of British Columbia
I just came back from a holiday exploring some of beautiful British Columbia and of course just because of the nature of my work: building communities and ecosystems — I had to get a couple of causal intros to some startup people to say “Hi” to while driving around the amazing Okanagan and beyond. I […]
Brüush Raises $6.5 Million For Electric Toothbrush Subscription Biz
Vancouver’s Bruush Oral Care has raised a $6.5 million Series A financing round for their modern-day electric toothbrush. Launched in 2019, Brüush sells premium electric toothbrushes that have a luxury look and feel to consumers in North America. The company’s direct-to-consumer, subscription-based business model provides an easy brush head refill plan, ensuring consumers are able […]
East Side Games Named To Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2020
Pocket Gamer has published their Top 50 Mobile Game Makers list and a Vancouver game developer is in the mix. Now in its 11th year, the list is the who’s who of the mobile games industry and East Side Games claimed spot #47. “Carving out a niche in the crowded mobile market is a pretty […]
Thrive Health Launches COVID-19 Self-Assessment Tool at University of Toronto
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 […]
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 […]