In 2024, Vancouver-based Clio secured a record-breaking USD $900 million Series F funding round, the largest in Canadian history, to drive legal tech innovation. Today, the company is putting that investment to work with a strategic acquisition. Clio has acquired ShareDo, a UK-based adaptive work management platform, expanding its reach into larger law firms. This […]
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Vancouver Fintech Startup Hubly Acquired by New Jersey’s Docupace
Docupace has confirmed the acquisition of Canadian financial technology upstart Hubly. Founded in Vancouver in 2019 by Louis Retief, Ron Gorodetsky, Sean Rumsby, and Oban MacTavish, Hubly offers a tech-forward workflow management platform for financial advisory. “Our platform is designed to transform the household experience within financial advisory firms, ensuring high-touch, stress-free service—even at scale,” […]
How This B.C. Startup’s Electrochemical Tech Helps Clean Up Water at Mines
In 2023, waterStrider Treatment opened a pilot facility in on the West Coast of Canada. The firm, which has developed proprietary technology to clean and treat mine waters, relocated its mining pilot system from Surrey and its oil and gas treatment system from Calgary to its new location in Vancouver, which also houses a system that extracts […]
Foresight Announces Finalists for 2025 BC Cleantech Awards
Foresight Canada has unveiled the finalists for the 2025 BC Cleantech Awards, recognizing companies and individuals driving innovation in British Columbia’s clean technology sector. The annual awards celebrate achievements across multiple categories, with the Scaleup and Startup awards highlighting some of the province’s most promising cleantech ventures. The Scaleup Venture of the Year award recognizes […]
Web Summit Vancouver to Spotlight Climate Tech Innovation
This May, Vancouver will welcome the world as the first North American city to host Web Summit, one of the largest global technology conferences. Known for its thriving tech ecosystem, Vancouver is a fitting venue, especially as it leads North America in high-tech job growth. The event will offer an unprecedented opportunity to showcase British […]
Victoria’s Redbrick Acquires Paved to Expand Newsletter Advertising Reach
Redbrick, a Victoria-based company known for building and acquiring innovative businesses, has announced its acquisition of Paved, a leading newsletter advertising platform connecting publishers with advertisers. Paved operates a premium marketplace that facilitates advertising partnerships between major brands—such as Uber, DoorDash, and Salesforce—and 3,000+ publishers, including The New York Times, NBC, Bloomberg, and TechCrunch. With […]
Indochino CEO Drew Green Awarded King Charles III’s Coronation Medal
Drew Green, President and CEO of Indochino, has been awarded King Charles III’s Coronation Medal by the Government of Canada, recognizing his outstanding contributions to business in Canada and abroad. Indochino, co-founded in 2007 by Kyle Vucko and Heikal Gani, revolutionized the custom apparel industry by making made-to-measure suits accessible to consumers worldwide. Under their […]
General Fusion Advances Magnetized Target Fusion with LM26 Breakthrough
General Fusion has successfully formed a magnetized plasma inside its Lawson Machine 26 (LM26), marking a significant step in the advancement of its Magnetized Target Fusion (MTF) technology. The Burnaby-based company now aims to compress these plasmas with a lithium liner to generate fusion, tracking toward game-changing technical milestones that could pave the way for […]
Novarc Technologies Secures $50M to Advance AI Welding Automation
North Vancouver-based Novarc Technologies, a leader in AI-driven robotic welding solutions, has raised $50 million in Series B funding to expand its research and development efforts. The round was led by Export Development Canada (EDC), with participation from Graham Partners, Seaspan, and InBC Investment Corp. Novarc’s NovAI™ system, an AI-powered welding solution, enhances robotic automation […]
BC’s Top Startup Competition Returns for 2025
One of British Columbia’s premier startup competitions is back. The 2025 New Ventures BC Competition is now accepting applications, offering early-stage tech companies the chance to compete for over $250,000 in cash and prizes. Now in its 25th year, the competition has served as a launchpad for many of BC’s most promising tech startups. Since […]