Just in time for their fall cohort, BrainStation has added income sharing agreements to its payment and financing plan options in Vancouver, allowing students to defer payment until they are employed and earning a minimum level of income. Capitalizing on the income share trend in the digital skills training space, BrainStation is the first educational […]
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FORM and Polar to Bring Heart Rate to Augmented Reality Swim Goggles
Vancouver’s FORM has announced that their augmented reality swim goggles will support Polar heart rate technology starting in November 2019, enabling a level of training effectiveness and precision never before experienced by swimmers. The FORM Swim Goggles are a pair of premium swim goggles with a see-through, augmented-reality display that delivers performance metrics in real […]
ePACT Network closes $4.5 Million Series A Round
According to PE Hub Canada, emergency preparedness and communications solution ePACT Network has closed a $4.5 million Series A financing round co-led by Disruption Ventures and Yaletown Ventures. While Yaletown was a previous ePACT investor, this is the first Canadian investment for Disruption Ventures. Disruption launched in 2018 by Elaine Kunda to invest in North […]
BrainStation Hosts Demo Day On September 4th
BrainStation Vancouver is hosting their graduate project showcase Demo Day on Wednesday, September 4th from 4-7pm. Demo Day showcases the best student work from BrainStation’s Data Science, User Experience Design, and Web Development diploma programs and is an opportunity for graduates to present their portfolio projects to hiring partners. It’s a great chance to experience […]
The Joy of Missing Out
When Mark launched his second start-up, he didn’t realize the true costs he’d be paying. As a seasoned entrepreneur with a legal background, he felt young and capable enough to keep all of the balls in the air. Until, one by one, they started dropping. After attending a Joy of Missing Out digital wellbeing workshop […]
Work for a Silicon Valley Startup Without Leaving Vancouver
San Francisco startup Terminal builds and scales elite, remote engineering teams to accelerate the growth of technology companies around the world. And by remote, we mean in Canada. Terminal has identified Waterloo, Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver as emerging tech hubs that provide the most value in the engineering field. By partnering technology companies with engineering […]
New Ventures BC Announces Top 10 for 2019
New Ventures BC has announced the Top 10 companies of this year’s startup competition. The New Ventures BC Competition started in 2000 under the direction of Wal van Lierop, to encourage innovation in BC’s tech sector. Since then, the organization has supported 2,360 startups, who have created 3,720+ jobs and have raised $302 million in […]
Dentons Welcomes New Lead to Vancouver Venture Technology Group
Arik Broadbent has joined Dentons as a Senior Associate and the Vancouver Lead of the Firm’s Venture Technology and Emerging Growth Companies (VTEGC) group. Advisors to growth-oriented technology companies. Dentons’ VTEGC team is experienced in company formation, equity structures, corporate and cross-border financings, and technology transactions. Dentons is also shares unparalleled resources for startups and […]
TechCrunch Names AVA a Top Pick for Disrupt 2019 Conference
TechCrunch’s Disrupt is the original tech startup conference. An authority on game-changing technologies and revolutionary innovation, Disrupt is still the conference that startups dream of being discovered at. When TechCrunch issued the call for applications to their TC Top Picks program for this year’s Disrupt San Francisco 2019, the response was overwhelming and the competition […]
In an Outdated Industry, Technology can Empower Insurance Brokers
There’s a long overdue technology wave coming that will change the insurance industry dramatically, and it’s coming fast. The insurance industry is massive — in Canada alone it is worth $50 billion. Yet much of the industry remains mired in outdated, manual processes. The legacy technology systems that are in place were implemented 20 years […]