This year’s New Ventures BC startup competition wrapped up tonight with an awards ceremony during Vancouver Startup Week. 10 companies were still in the running for over $250,000 in cash and the winners were crowned at The Imperial. Lumen5 took home the $105,000 Innovate BC first-prize package. The two year-old company empowers brands to share […]
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Engine Giant Cummins Invests in Vancouver’s Loop Energy
Interest in hydrogen fuel cells is picking up as the transportation industry. Loop Energy announced today that they have received a cash investment from Cummins, the power systems giant that wrote the book on high-performance diesel engines. Vancouver’s Loop Energy provides zero-emission power systems for heavy-duty transportation applications. Loop works with vehicle manufacturers to design and […]
Finger Food Advanced Technology Group to add 200 New Jobs in Calgary
Finger Food Advanced Technology Group has been awarded up to $3.2 million from the Opportunity Calgary Investment Fund to create at least 200 new jobs in downtown Calgary. Port Coquitlam’s Finger Food provides enterprise technology solutions including virtual reality, blockchain, wearable technologies and robotics to global clients such as Disney, Lego, Electronic Arts and Lowe’s. […]
Plenty of Fish Reveals New Look and Logo
Plenty of Fish has a long history in Vancouver. While the online dating site started as a hobby for BCIT Grad and Founder Markus Frind, Plenty of Fish evolved into a full-time business in 2004 thanks to his success with Google Adsense. Frind ran the site independently until 2008, when he began hiring his first […]
A Conversation with B.C.’s Innovation Leaders
B.C.’s tech sector is booming – a $30 billion industry with over 10,000 companies – and only getting bigger. Meet the people fuelling that growth at A Conversation with B.C.’s Innovation Leaders, a Vancouver Startup Week event hosted by Innovate BC. Join three of B.C.’s top innovation leaders for a candid and engaging discussion. The […]
Building a Culture of Creativity Over Social Validation
In 2015, Australian influencer Essena O’Neill with over 500,000 Instagram followers made headlines when she abruptly decided to leave all social media — Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Tumblr, and Snapchat. Her decision led to a fevered debate: some people thought it was a marketing hoax, others applauded her ability to step away from her large following. […]
Allocadia’s Run Marketing Movement Gains Traction
Vancouver’s Allocadia has announced year-end results that included delivering more than 175% year-over-over growth in new customer revenue. Their impressive new customer growth is a result of convincing enterprises that while marketing is the lifeblood of most businesses, finding solutions to improve the way marketers manage their plans, investments and overall marketing performance is just […]
Trulioo Raises $70 Million Round From Global Banking Giants
Vancouver’s Trulioo has raised a total of $70 million in new funding, including $60 million in Series C financing led by Goldman Sachs Growth Equity, with participation from Citi Ventures, and Santander InnoVentures. Existing investors American Express Ventures, Blumberg Capital and BDC Capital also participated in the round. The Vancouver-based global identity verification provider has […]
Women Entrepreneurs Get Ready to Pitch for the Purse
You might need $1 million to grow your business, or $150,000. What matters is that you want to grow your business, and need help to craft your pitch. That’s where the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs (FWE) comes in. FWE has designed Pitch for the Purse to address a key concern facing women entrepreneurs… access to […]
Clio Offers Blueprint For Tech Success
As a developer of cloud-based solutions for the legal industry, Clio is raising the bar in more ways than one. By helping law firms, aka “the bar,” increase productivity and make their services more accessible, the Burnaby-based company is propelling the not-quite-oldest profession into the 21st century. At the same time, with US$250 million in […]