Vancouver’s Dapper Labs today announced $11 million in funding and the development of Flow, a new blockchain built to enable decentralized applications at scale. Dapper Labs is the creator of uber-successful CryptoKitties and upcoming projects such as NBA Top Shot. CryptoKitties is a blockchain game on Ethereum developed by venture studio Axiom Zen that allows players to purchase, […]
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Grammarly Latest San Francisco Company to Open Office in Vancouver
Grammarly announced today the opening of a new office in Vancouver. Grammarly’s digital writing assistant uses artificial intelligence and natural language processing to offer grammar checking, spell checking, and plagiarism detection services along with suggestions about writing clarity, concision, vocabulary, delivery style, and tone. 10 year-old Grammarly is headquartered in San Francisco and has offices […]
PayByPhone Sends Over 2 Million Text Messages Per Month
If you’ve parked a car in Vancouver, you’ve heard of PayByPhone. 50% of Metro Vancouver households are taking advantage of the PayByPhone app’s smart features including the ability to pay for parking remotely, receive parking reminders and extend a parking session at any time. Finding a good parking spot is difficult enough without worrying about […]
Vancouver Startup Week Kicks Off On Friday
Vancouver Startup Week (VSW) is a week-long celebration that builds momentum and fosters connections among entrepreneurs, investors, leaders, and friends within the Greater Vancouver startup community. In 2018 the celebration brought together over 2,000 people at 108 events, including investor showcases, panel discussions, office visits, and networking events. This year, from September 13th to 20th, […]
Forbes Names Traction Guest a Rising Star in the Cloud 100 List
Vancouver’s Traction Guest has been named one of 20 Rising Stars as part of the Forbes 2019 Cloud 100 list of the 100 top private cloud companies in the world. Habitually dominated by Silicon Valley companies, this year’s Rising Stars list includes two Canadian companies, Traction Guest and Mississauga’s PointClickCare. Traction Guest is a cloud-based visitor […]
Are You A Thought Leader?
Thought leadership is a great way to establish yourself as an expert or leader in your field. Techcouver is on the look out for thought leaders who would like to contribute great content to our growing library. Whether it be analyzing the trajectories of home-grown startups like Steve Lowry did with What’s your Business Type: Clio […]
BrainStation Hosts Fintech Panel On Democratization Through Digitization
Monthly panel discussions are back at BrainStation Vancouver on Wednesday, September 18th with one titled FinTech | Democratization Through Digitization. Vancouver is a hotbed in the fintech sector across a wide diversity of sub-verticals including blockchain, capital markets, insurance, payments, and finance. This month’s event includes panelists from Beanworks, Finn AI, Glance Technologies, and WealthBar […]
Central 1 Launches International Transfers for Cross-Border Transactions
In 2016, Statistics Canada estimated that 1.6 million households sent at least $500 internationally to relatives and friends. To date, the options to do so have been limited, expensive – due to poor exchange rates and high fees – and time-consuming. Thanks to Central 1, it’s getting a bit easier to send money to loved […]
7 Vancouver Companies Named Best Workplaces in Tech
Great Place to Work, an organization that evaluates companies based on company culture, has released its 2019 list of Canada’s Best Workplaces in Technology. Organizations were selected based on Great Place to Work’s Trust Index Survey, which measures the employee experience at each company. Employees are asked how frequently they experience behaviours that create a […]
Later Hosts Free Instagram Marketing Conference
Salesforce has the Dreamforce conference. Hubspot has the Inbound conference. Shopify has the Unite conference. Software-as-a-service offerings love running their own conferences and Vancouver is the home to a couple with Unbounce’s Call To Action and Traction on Demand’s TractionForce. Now Later is getting into the conference game with LaterCon. What’s it about? In one […]