Vancouver’s Expeto is partnering with energy company Portland General Electric (PGE) to accelerate grid modernization and renewable energy outcomes. Founded in 2015, Expeto is known for its cloud-based NeXtworking platform, which solves mobile complexity for enterprises by making any kind of mobile connectivity a seamless part of a privately managed network. PGE’s mandated decarbonization targets […]
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Vancouver’s Agreement Express Acquired by Advisor360° to Integrate Financial Tech
Digital wealth management giant Advisor360° has acquired the digital onboarding technology and related wealth management assets of Agreement Express, a BC-based tech solutions provider, the company announced this week. Boston-based Advisor360° completed the acquisition from private equity firm Frontier Growth in December. The company stated it intends to integrate the technology and staff of Agreement […]
Based on Your Blood, This Startup Will Tell You Exactly How to Stay Healthy
Following successful pilot tests last year, Molecular You this week launched a consumer-facing preventive health solution in Canada. The Vancouver-based personalized digital health startup says that, from a single blood draw, patients can receive a comprehensive health assessment and a tailored action plan to help reduce disease risks. Based on a new type of blood […]
The 5 Most In-demand Tech Jobs in Vancouver
Despite the fact that the unemployment rate is going down, the job market is still short of millions of workers compared to the pre-pandemic levels. Acute labor shortages increase living costs and inflation rates. It has become harder for companies to find potential employees that are a right fit. The demand for labor is quite […]
Pivoting Metriport Secures Funding to Open-Source Healthcare Data
A year ago, software engineers Dima Goncharov and Colin Elsinga released Metriport: a personal data companion for discovering patterns in your life. “Gone are the days where you track periods in one app, mood in another, and do daily journaling in another separate app,” Elsinga declared to Techcouver last February. “With Metriport, you can do […]
10 Homegrown B.C. Startups to Watch in 2023
2022 is in the books and despite what we’ve all been through, it was a pretty good year for the Vancouver tech community and the provincial scene as a whole. Tech companies specializing in everything from capturing carbon dioxide to social investing, and from background screening to non-fungible people have been leading an unprecedented tech […]
Burnaby-born SkyBox Labs Acquired by China’s NetEase Games
China’s NetEase Games has acquired Burnaby-born AAA game developer SkyBox Labs. Founded in 2011, SkyBox Labs is a game studio based in Burnaby and Victoria that has developed titles alongside some of the world’s top publishers including Xbox Game Studios, Wizards of the Coast, and Electronic Arts. “Over the last decade, we’ve had the pleasure […]
Vancouver Startup Glüxkind Showcases Smart Stroller at CES
Glüxkind Technologies is among the BC-based companies showing off their tech at this year’s Consumer Electronic Show. Glüxkind is showcasing a combined hardware and software product—baby stroller Ella—at the famous annual trade show in Las Vegas. Designed by “parents with sky-high standards,” the Vancouver startup’s AI-powered Smart Stroller includes features like Automatic Rock-My-Baby and a built-in White […]
Sustained Therapeutics Advancing Clinical Trials for Novel Drug Delivery Platform
One in five people suffer from chronic pain at some point in their lives, but current treatments like opioids and anti-inflammatory medications have short-term activity or unwanted side effects, and can be highly addictive. A Vancouver-based therapeutics company has received regulatory approval to begin the second Phase II trial of its novel long lasting non-opioid […]
As Factors Collide, Biotech Hub Emerges in Vancouver
A Vancouver-based property management firm is quietly helping turn a pocket of the city into a world-class bio-technology hub. Low Tide Properties, co-founded by local celebrity entrepreneur Chip Wilson, has been doggedly advancing Great North Way in Vancouver as a biotech hub through securing key tenants, including StemCell Technologies and Augurex Life Sciences Corp. So far, […]