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GoFetch Launches Free Pet Telehealth Amid COVID-19 Restrictions 

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Vancouver pet tech company GoFetch Health is offering free access to its veterinary telemedicine platform to help connect pet owners with veterinary clinics during the COVID-19 outbreak. “The veterinary profession is essential to ensuring pet health,” says Dr. Adam Little, Chief Medical Officer and Co-Founder of GoFetch Health. “Like many small businesses, local practices are […]

Ready Launches Virtual Kiosks for Safe On-Premise Pick-up Food Ordering

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Vancouver’s Ready offers seamless self-pay and food ordering solutions to hospitality venues across North America. To assist businesses that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, Ready has launched “virtual ordering kiosks” and is waiving its standard fees until June 1st so that venues will pay no extra than the cost of the transaction to […]

AbCellera Gets Financial Boost From PM Trudeau In Fight Against COVID-19

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AbCellera has received a big financial boost from the Canadian government in its fight against COVID-19. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that the Vancouver-based biotech firm will share $192 million under the federal government’s new Strategic Innovation Fund’s COVID-19 stream. “Canada is home to some of the most skilled and brightest researchers in the world, […]

Lighter Capital Enters Canadian Market With Vancouver Office

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Seattle’s Lighter Capital announced today that it is making its debt financing offerings, including term loans and lines of credit, available to the Canadian market. Lighter Capital provides founders up to $3 million of non-dilutive growth capital in a fraction of the time it takes to raise from traditional sources. Rather than take equity, the company takes […]

Don’t Miss the 2020 New Ventures BC Competition’s First Seminar

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This year’s New Ventures BC Competition is on and the first online seminar of the season is on Wednesday, March 25th. Join entrepreneur, mentor and angel investor, Ralph Turfus for Assessing the Opportunity where he’ll explore the positioning statement and cover the following questions: – What is your go to market strategy? – What is […]

How To Be A Bigger Part Of The COVID-19 Solution

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Having recently returned from a three-week trip to Charitable Impact’s overseas office in Bengaluru, India, I had no choice but to go into 14-day self-isolation. I soon became thankful for my circumstances. While many Canadians are struggling through financial hardship through no fault of their own, I am fortunate to be able to work from […]

Clio Commits $1 Million to Help Lawyers Navigate the Challenges of COVID-19

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As the situation surrounding COVID-19 continues to evolve, some things haven’t changed: Clients need their lawyers, some now more than ever. Burnaby’s Clio wants to ensure that whatever barriers lawyers are facing during this time, they’re able to continue to provide that service while taking responsible, precautionary measures to keep yourself and your communities safe. […]

Shopify Commits Local Resources to Help Vancouver Businesses Sell Online

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As the situation surrounding COVID-19 continues to evolve, Shopify’s Vancouver team is committing to help the city’s small businesses sell online. Vancouver GM Lynsey Thornton announced on Twitter that her local team is taking 3 days to help businesses in the the city adapt to our new reality. “This weekend I found so many local […]

Local Entrepreneur Creates Online COVID-19 Tool To Connect Volunteers with the Vulnerable

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A local tech entrepreneur has launched an online tool to connect willing volunteers with vulnerable members of our community during the COVID-19 pandemic. CovidHelper was created by Sam Chandola, founder of V2 Games and Audacia Ventures. The purpose of the online tool is straightforward – to connect those with a high-risk of contracting COVID-19, such […]