Hootsuite, a prominent player in the ever-evolving field of social media management, today introduced OwlyWriter AI, a content creation tool powered by artificial intelligence. Recognizing the growing demand for speed and agility in social media content creation, Hootsuite has developed OwlyWriter AI to help social marketers overcome creative block, a common challenge they face on […]
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Flash Forest Secures $11 Million For Global Reforestation Using Drone Technology
Reforestation startup Flash Forest has secured an $11.4 million Series A financing round co-led by the TELUS Pollinator Fund for Good and OurCrowd. Despite the growing need for reforestation, tree planting is still largely executed by hand and shovel, a method that is laborious, difficult, and faces challenges in terrain with limited accessibility. Flash Forest […]
Yield Exchange Plans National Expansion After Oversubscribed Pre-Seed Round
Vancouver’s Yield Exchange has raised a $700,000 pre-seed round from an investor group that includes Victoria’s Tiny Capital. The fintech startup is transforming how wholesale GIC investment treasury is invested and is set to go national after the over-subscribed round that also included Gustavson Capital, Maven Capital Partners, and The Firehood. Founded in 2019 by […]
Invest Vancouver Report Roadmaps BC Life Sciences Trajectory Toward Global Prominence
Metro Vancouver, a hub of scientific innovation and research, continues making waves in the global life sciences industry. In fact, BC is Canada’s fastest-growing life sciences sector, employing roughly 20,000 people at over 2,000 companies. With advancements in vaccine technology, cancer treatment, gene editing, and antibody discovery, the region has positioned itself at the forefront […]
Vancouver Startup Develops Tech to Power Soldiers – And Their iPhones – From Leg Motion
Imagine a future where the energy we need to power our devices, vehicles, and homes is generated by the very movement of our bodies. A world where wearable technology can harvest the kinetic energy from human motion and convert it into clean, sustainable electricity. It may sound like science fiction, but for Vancouver-based Bionic Power, […]
Ryan Reynolds Invests in Canadian Fintech Nuvei
Vancouver-based actor and entrepreneur Ryan Reynolds has invested in Canadian financial technology firm Nuvei. Both Reynolds and Nuvei are hot right now. Reynolds’ latest investment comes a month after it was announced that Mint Mobile, a budget wireless provider partly owned by Reynolds, had been acquired by telecoms giant T-Mobile for US$1.35 billion. And Nuvei, based […]
Applications for the 2023 Technology Fast 50 Program Now Open
Does your company strive to make the impossible possible? Are you and your company on a mission to drive innovation? Deloitte’s annual Technology Fast 50TM program recognizes the world-class achievements of Canadian technology companies who have a bold vision for the future. The award categories for 2023 are Technology Fast 50, Enterprise Fast 15, Clean Technology, […]
Vancouver’s Fincad Acquired by Numerix to Combine Financial Technology
A BC-born financial technology firm has been acquired by New York’s Numerix, a leader in tech-forward capital markets risk management. Founded in Surrey in 1990 by quantitative finance academics Bob Park and Peter Christoffersen, Fincad is an analytics company dealing in the pricing and risk analytics of financial derivatives and fixed-income products. The Vancouver-based company […]
Shattering the Glass Ceiling: Learnings from Three Women CEOs in Tech
Co-authored by three women CEOs heading technology companies within the Redbrick portfolio: Jeanette Dorazio, CEO of Leadpages; Nadia Tatlow, CEO of Shift; and Barbara Berry, CEO of Delivra. Despite increasing efforts to implement more inclusive workplaces, there is still a lack of representation in many industries. Most notoriously, the STEM sector has struggled to diversify […]
BC Looks to Innovate Way Out of Housing Crisis with Digital Advancement
The housing crisis in BC calls for modern, innovative solutions, according to Neil Moody, chief executive of the Canadian Home Builders’ Association of British Columbia. “There is tremendous opportunity in using technology to automate code compliance and process permits so homes can be constructed faster, and this is a step we can take quickly,” he posits. […]