Since its inception, Shopify’s mission has always been to solve the biggest problems entrepreneurs face when running a business. Today at Reunite, Shopify announced Balance — a money management solution that is truly designed with a merchant-centric approach. Balance will include a business account, business card, rewards and no monthly fees or minimums. It will allow merchants to manage […]
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Tiny Capital’s Andrew Wilkinson On Building Business Without The Pain
Each day, we see a flashy new company being celebrated for raising millions in funding. But what we often don’t see is the messy cap tables, the years of “rise and grind”, the endless quest for profitability, and in many cases, the eventual collapse of even the best teams. But it doesn’t always have to […]
Respawn Marks Tenth Anniversary With A New Vancouver Studio
Respawn Entertainment, maker of the hit battle royale game Apex Legends, is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a new studio in Vancouver. Founded in 2010 by Call of Duty originators Vince Zampella and Jason West, Respawn Entertainment established itself with the Titanfall series. The developer was acquired in 2017 by Electronic Arts. The new location […]
Beatdapp Beef Ups Advisory Board With Music Industry Veterans
Last year Vancouver blockchain music startup Beatdapp won the People’s Choice Award in the New Ventures BC Competition, raised $3.2 million and added prime minister Stephen Harper to their advisory board. Today they tapped into the music industry and added veteran music executive Bryan Turner to their board. Turner founded Priority Records in 1985 and […]
Victoria’s LlamaZOO Selected For New Lab’s Prospect Mining Studio
Last year Indian mining conglomerate, the Vimson Group, and New York City innovation hub, New Lab partnered to create Prospect Mining Studio, a venture studio program to address the biggest challenges facing the mining sector. Prospect Mining Studio’s focus is on enhancing sustainability and closed-loop production, environmental sensing, worker performance and safety, mineral extraction and […]
Merchant Growth Launches E-commerce Financing During COVID-19
According to Adobe Digital Insights, digital commerce jumped 49% in April and e-commerce companies experienced Black-Friday-like sales boosts as the COVID-19 pandemic drove traditionally offline economic activity online. To take advantage of this unprecedented rise in e-commerce, Vancouver’s Merchant Growth has launched an e-commerce financing platform to help support Canadian businesses. The fintech startup expedited […]
Traction Guest Launches Touchless Technology To Bring Employees Back To Work
Last year Vancouver’s Traction Guest raised a $17 million financing round led by Bessemer Venture Partners for their cloud-based visitor management solution that used iPads to track activity. Fast forward to this year and the COVID-19 pandemic is making contactless the standard. Today Traction Guest announced that they’re going fully contactless with ZeroTouch, a new […]
Pandemics, Recessions and Trump: Pitching a Relevant Story in the Wake of Trying Times
Five months into 2020 we’ve seen political scandals, global conflicts, a pandemic, and devastating human loss. As a result, the media is moving faster than ever and reporters are inundated with requests. Many small businesses struggle to adapt their strategies to these news cycles: is your news relevant in the midst of a global crisis? […]
Ziva Dynamics Raises $7 Million To Bring Lifelike Characters To Major Game Titles
Vancouver’s Ziva Dynamics has raised a $7 million seed round led by Grishin Robotics, Toyota AI Ventures and Millennium Technology Value Partners’ New Horizons Fund. Ziva Dynamics is a virtual character software company that is changing the character creation process by bringing physics-embedded soft tissue simulation to the forefront of the media and entertainment industry. With […]
Click Materials To Bring Residential Smart Window Technology To Market
Our homes are about to get much smarter and way more energy efficient. Internet-connected smart windows just got one step closer to commercialization. Vancouver smart glass developer Click Materials has announced a partnership with Cardinal Glass, a top producer of premium windows, to bring their smart window solution to the homes of millions across North […]