Vancouver-based online freight marketplace Freightera has enhanced its popular free platform with value-added paid memberships and a rewards program. Late in 2019, the company surveyed its top shippers and found they were interested in paid plans if Freightera was to offer them. So that’s what Freightera did. Freightera’s team completed the implementation at the end […]
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Addy Launches To Unlock Real Estate Investing For As Little As $1
Vancouver proptech startup addy officially launched today. Addy is on a mission to allow every human to become a homeowner, by investing in real estate for as little as $1. The company’s proof of concept property located on Vancouver’s Trout Lake sold out to 305 investors in addy’s network spread across the country. Investments ranged […]
Collision Reverb: Why More Conferences, Meet-ups and Networking Events Should Be A Live/Online Hybrid
As co-host of the RISE conference in Asia and the recent Collision from Home – the online version of Collision, normally held in Toronto – it was an incredible pivot by a team of 250+ and you can read all about the response and the final numbers here. The results are extremely promising, as to […]
Spring Launches Business Resilience Program To Enable Economic Recovery
Vancouver’s Spring Activator has launched an online Business Resilience Program designed to help small businesses and entrepreneurs recover from the impact of COVID-19 by helping them evaluate their current business, create a plan to survive, and take necessary action to thrive once again. Spring is a global incubator and accelerator that empowers entrepreneurs and entrepreneur […]
Aquatic Informatics Acquired By Danaher’s Water Quality Platform
Vancouver’s Aquatic Informatics has been acquired by Danaher’s Water Quality platform from water investment fund XPV Water Partners. Aquatic Informatics provides software solutions that address critical water data management, analytics, and compliance challenges for the global water industry. As the world’s largest water data management company, and with more than 1,000 customers in 60 countries, […]
Intuit Launches Accelerator With Highline Beta To Power Financial Prosperity
Intuit Canada and venture studio Highline Beta has launched the Intuit Prosperity Accelerator, where a cohort of global tech startups will help solve financial prosperity challenges that Canadian consumers, self-employed and small businesses will be facing in the wake of COVID-19. Intuit is best known for its TurboTax, QuickBooks and Mint software products. Since the […]
Foodee Raises $13 Million and Acquires US Competitor Chewse
Vancouver’s Foodee has acquired Chewse, a fellow office catering company that services the San Francisco Bay Area, Austin, and Chicago. Founded in 2011, Chewse takes a “Spotify for food” approach to office catering and provides companies with curated selections of family-style meals from local restaurants. The San Francisco-based startup has raised US $33 to date. […]
Rescue Or Recovery, BC Startup Helps Identify Potential Victims Underwater
Los Angeles’ Ventura County Sheriff’s Office Search & Rescue Team announced this morning that a body had been found after the six day search for Glee Actress Naya Rivera. This afternoon officials confirmed that the recovered body was Rivera. Rivera went missing on July 8th after renting a pontoon boat with her 4 year-old son […]
Nanotech Launches Colour-shifting Film for Brand Protection
Nanotech Security is expanding into the brand protection market with its LumaChrome™ colour-shifting film. The Vancouver-based company is well known for its banknote security and anti-counterfeiting solutions that include movement, 3D depth, and multiple colours that are nearly impossible to reproduce. An increasing number of brands are looking for solutions that allow the consumer to […]
Zymeworks Announces Monster New Antibody Collaboration with Pharma Giant Merck
Vancouver-headquartered Zymeworks has signed a new license agreement with longtime partner Merck granting the pharmaceutical giant the right to develop additional multispecific antibody therapeutic candidates using Zymeworks’ Azymetric™ and EFECT™ platforms. Under the terms of the agreement, Zymeworks will provide Merck a worldwide, royalty-bearing license to research, develop and commercialize up to three new multispecific antibodies […]