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PressReader Enters Into Licensing Agreement With Wall Street Journal

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Vancouver’s PressReader has signed a new licensing deal with Dow Jones and its flagship Wall Street Journal brand. PressReader provides the largest all-you-can-read platform of newspapers and magazines where people can discover relevant and trusted content from anywhere in the world. Under the terms of the deal, The Wall Street Journal’s US digital replica daily […]

Explore Your Career Options With Amazon And More

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Exploring your career options in Vancouver? We’ve got the event for you! Produced in partnership with Techcouver, the Tech Talent Vancouver Job Fair is a unique recruiting event that connects Vancouver’s fastest growing companies with the top tech talent in the city. Throughout the evening, hiring company execs pitch a crowd of potential employees on […]

Former Hootsuite CFO Lands at General Fusion

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General Fusion announced today the appointment of Greg Twinney as Chief Financial Officer. Twinney comes to General Fusion from Vancouver-born Hootsuite where he recently served as Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and SVP Global Sales and Customer Success. Previously, he served as the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of several world-leading technology […]

Semios Raises USD $75 Million To Expand Largest IoT Network In Agriculture

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Vancouver’s Semios has raised a USD $75 million investment round led by Boston-based Morningside Group. Since its founding in 2010, Semios has secured a total of US$115 million in external capital. Semios collects sensory data on every acre in near real-time, helping farmers manage the complex biosystems in orchards to optimize the sustainability and profitability of their […]

Wenco Emphasizes ‘Work Hard, Play Harder’ Culture

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Life is far too short to spend five days per week doing a job you don’t even enjoy. This wisdom hails from Neil Khare, a marketing communications manager for Wenco, a company which utilizes cutting-edge technology to develop solutions for the mining industry. Wenco hired Neil at a Tech Talent Vancouver Job Fair last year, […]

Vancouver Company Hiring to Defend World from Threats like Coronavirus

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The time between the coronavirus outbreak capturing our attention and AbCellera working on a solution was impressively short. AbCellera, a biotechnology startup based in Vancouver, discovers and develops next-generation therapeutic antibodies through partnerships with organizations such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Together with the latter, the […]

Surrey’s Wellin5 Acquires Silicon Valley Mental Health Startup

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Surrey’s Wellin5 has acquired mental health startup Therachat. Wellin5 is an online telehealth counseling platform that connects clients and therapists via mobile. Through technology, Wellin5 gives people access to mental health professionals, empowering them to confidently feel better. San Francisco-based Therachat was designed to help therapists, psychologists, and mental health counselors keep their patients engaged […]

Local Acquisition Sees Eventbrite Blossom in Vancouver

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You don’t have to be a concert junkie or hustling networker to have heard of Eventbrite—the global ticketing and event technology platform provides creators of events with tools and resources to plan, promote, and produce live experiences. Their app is probably already on your phone from a past event. In the summer of 2018, the San […]

Following Meteoric Rise, Brex Looks North for Talent

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Henrique Dubugras, 24, and Pedro Franceschi, 23, founded a startup in 2018 after dropping out of Stanford University. Today, Brex is valued at more than $2 billion. The Silicon Valley superstar’s primary offering is what it describes as “the smartest corporate card in the room”—a credit card built by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs, in essence. The […]