There’s a traditional model of employee expenses, and it looks something like this: employees are asked to spend money on their personal or corporate cards, file expense reports, and then wait for reimbursement. Rob Khazzam knew there must be a better way. That’s why he, along with Griffin Keglevich and Ruslan Nikolaev, founded Float Financial […]
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Victory Square Partners To Host Fintech Pitch Battle
Vancouver venture studio Victory Square Technologies is co-hosting a fintech pitch battle with The Holt Xchange on May 17th. The live pitch event will consist of five early-stage fintechs who will present their company to an audience of investors and advisors. The audience will be able to engage in live voting and provide their feedback, in addition to the […]
Vancouver’s LQwD joins Visa’s Fintech Fast Track Program
Vancouver startup LQwD Fintech (TSXV: LQWD) has joined Visa’s Fintech Fast Track program. LQwD is the first publicly traded, pure play, purpose-built bitcoin company that’s focused on solutions that power the growth of the bitcoin Lightning Network. Their goal is to deliver scalable, off-chain, instantaneous, and cheap payments, that will make bitcoin, as a digital cryptocurrency, more […]
Vancouver To Be Home To World’s Tallest Passive House Building
Canadian developer Brivia Group has selected downtown Vancouver as the location of its newest and most sustainable project yet. CURV, a 60-storey residential development between Burrard and Thurlow Streets, will be the world’s tallest passive house building – a modern, low carbon and energy efficient building that contributes to a healthier planet, mirroring the environmental ethos of […]
Pocketed Wins Odlum Brown Forum Pitch Finale and $25,000 Prize
Brianna Blaney and Aria Hahn, co-founders of Pocketed, were this year’s winners of The Odlum Brown Forum Pitch Finale and prize of $25,000 to support their business vision and growth. The rapidly growing Vancouver startup has created an intelligent matching platform and marketplace to connect businesses to billions of dollars in grants and tax credits. Late last […]
Daz 3D Joins Coinbase NFT as Launch Partner
Vancouver’s Daz 3D, a market leader in NFT creation using their advanced 3D modeling and avatar technology, today announced the company will be a launch partner of Coinbase NFT. Coinbase NFT, a web3 social marketplace, recently entered Beta. Daz 3D will include their debut NFT collection, Non-Fungible People, on the platform. Daz 3D is also working on a […]
Black and White Zebra Adds SaaS Lead-Generation Platform To Portfolio
Vancouver’s Black and White Zebra (BWZ) has been quietly connecting people with the knowledge and tools they need to succeed professionally. Founded in 2011, the independent media company has a portfolio of publications that cover project management, product management, people management, customer experience, quality assurance and more. BWZ’s publications, with niche names like The Product […]
Investment Firm Offers To Buy Zymeworks For USD $733 Million
Vancouver’s Zymeworks has received an unsolicited offer from investment firm All Blue Capital to acquire the publicly traded company for USD $10.50 per share, for a total of USD $773 million in cash. The proposal offers a share price more than twice the value at market close today. Dubai-based All Blue Capital currently owns close […]
Vancouver’s Later Acquired by Boston’s Mavrck
Boston’s Mavrck has acquired Vancouver’s Later, a visual marketing platform that allows businesses to manage their Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, TikTok, and LinkedIn accounts, from end to end. Mavrck is a leading influencer marketing platform for enterprise consumer brands. Originally named Latergramme and rebranded as Later.com, the Vancouver startup was the first Instagram scheduling tool. Later […]
Charitable Impact Reaches $1 Billion In Donations
Vancouver’s Charitable Impact has reached $1 billion in total donations. Charitable Impact is Canada’s first fully web-based donor-advised fund (DAF) and it reached the $1 billion mark faster than any other DAF in Canadian history. DAFs are registered charities in Canada that allow a donor to donate to the charity but the donor retains the ability […]