• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Techcouver.com

 
 
  • News
  • Interviews
  • Thought Leadership
  • Bulletin Board
  • Job Board
  • About
    • Contact Us
  • Advertise

Ecosystem

TransLink and VEC Partner to Showcase Green, Digital on Transit

June 21, 2019 by Techcouver Newsdesk Leave a Comment

TransLink and the Vancouver Economic Commission (VEC) have announced an agreement allowing local and international organizations to showcase green and digital technologies and services on TransLink assets. The new memorandum of understanding creates a landmark role for TransLink in the VEC’s Technology Deployment Network (TDN). Founded by the Vancouver Economic Commission, TDN is a membership-based […]

Filed Under: Ecosystem Tagged With: Translink, Vancouver Economic Commission

Slack Valued Over $20 Billion at Public Debut

June 20, 2019 by Techcouver Newsdesk Leave a Comment

Vancouver-born Slack is off to a great start as a public company today as shares of the chat-based collaboration app are trading 50 percent above the initial price set by the company. Slack shares started trading at $38.50 on the New York Stock Exchange, well above Slack’s “reference price” of $26. The reference price is […]

Filed Under: Ecosystem Tagged With: Slack

New Ventures BC Announces Companies Moving to Top 25

June 18, 2019 by Techcouver Newsdesk Leave a Comment

New Ventures BC has announced the companies that are moving on to Round 3 of this year’s startup competition. The New Ventures BC Competition started in 2000 under the direction of Wal van Lierop, to encourage innovation in BC’s tech sector. Since then, the organization has supported 2,360 startups, who have created 3,720+ jobs and have raised […]

Filed Under: Ecosystem Tagged With: New Ventures BC

Salesforce’s Tableau Acquisition Bodes Well for Vancouver

June 10, 2019 by Techcouver Newsdesk Leave a Comment

With its $15.3 billion acquisition of Tableau Software this morning, Salesforce isn’t just making a bet on the business intelligence and data visualization market, it’s betting on Seattle. And that should benefit Vancouver as part of the Cascadia Corridor. “Seattle will become our second headquarters of Salesforce,” said Marc Benioff, the company’s co-founder and co-CEO, […]

Filed Under: Ecosystem Tagged With: Salesforce, Tableau Software

PayByPhone Launches Maps Functionality in Seattle

June 5, 2019 by Techcouver Newsdesk Leave a Comment

Vancouver’s PayByPhone has announced the launch of PayByPhone Maps in Seattle and surrounding areas including Bellingham. Seattle is the first major North American city using the Maps feature, with more locations rolling out the feature in the coming months. With PayByPhone Maps, Seattle area motorists turn on their location services and can see available parking […]

Filed Under: Ecosystem Tagged With: PayByPhone

WELL Health to Acquire Canada’s Electronic Medical Records Leader

June 4, 2019 by Techcouver Newsdesk Leave a Comment

Vancouver’s WELL Health Technologies has acquired Toronto’s KAI Innovations for $10.75 million. The acquisition supports WELL’s blueprint of consolidating and modernizing clinical and digital assets within the healthcare sector. “This is a major event for us and the industry and to our knowledge positions WELL as the third largest EMR services vendor in the Canada. […]

Filed Under: Ecosystem Tagged With: Hamed Shahbazi, WELL Health Technologies

AI-Powered Damon Motorcycles Secures $2.5 Million Seed Round

June 4, 2019 by Techcouver Newsdesk Leave a Comment

Damon Motorcycles has announced the completion of a $2.5 million seed financing round including Round 13 Capital and investment firms Techstars, Extreme Venture Partners and Pallasite Ventures. Built in Vancouver and founded by serial entrepreneurs Jay Giraud and Dominique Kwong, Damon Motorcycles is a two-wheel technology company that employs radical innovations in sensor fusion, robotics […]

Filed Under: Ecosystem Tagged With: Damon Motorcycles, Techstars

Borealis AI Opens Vancouver Research Centre

May 29, 2019 by Techcouver Newsdesk Leave a Comment

Borealis AI officially opened its Vancouver research centre today with RBC President and CEO Dave McKay formally inaugurating the space. Borealis AI supports RBC’s innovation strategy through fundamental scientific study and exploration in machine learning theory and applications. The team aims to develop state-of-the-art and supports academic collaborations with world-class research centres in artificial intelligence. The […]

Filed Under: Ecosystem Tagged With: Borealis AI

Tile Announces Canadian Expansion with Vancouver Engineering Hub

May 29, 2019 by Techcouver Newsdesk Leave a Comment

Tile announced today that it expanding into Canada with the launch of a new office in Vancouver. With continued market expansions in both Europe and Asia, this will be Tile’s first major office opening outside of its HQ in San Mateo, California. According to their press release today, Vancouver is a strategic growth location for […]

Filed Under: Ecosystem Tagged With: Tile

UrtheCast Receives $2 Million from the Canadian Space Agency

May 28, 2019 by Techcouver Newsdesk Leave a Comment

UrtheCast has been selected to receive $2.0 million from the Canadian Space Agency’s Space Technology Development Program. The funding was granted in two separate agreements of $1.0 million each for the development of new satellite technologies. The work is expected to start immediately and will be carried out over the next three years. “We are […]

Filed Under: Ecosystem Tagged With: Canadian Space Agency, UrtheCast

  • « Go to Previous Page
  • Go to page 1
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Go to page 4
  • Go to page 5
  • Go to page 6
  • Go to page 7
  • Go to page 8
  • Go to page 9
  • Go to Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

 
 

Stay Connected

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • RSS
  • Twitter

About Us

Techcouver provides real-time reporting and analysis of emerging technology news in Vancouver and throughout British … READ MORE... about About Us

Copyright © 2023 Incubate Ventures | Techtalent.ca · Decoder.ca · Calgary.tech · Fintech.ca · | Privacy

Privacy Policy