Pocketed has raised a $1 million seed round led by Mike Volker’s WUTIF Capital, with participation from more than a dozen investors including Hustle Fund, Women’s Equity Lab and New Avenue Capital. The rapidly growing Vancouver startup has created an intelligent matching platform and marketplace to connect businesses to billions of dollars in grants and […]
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Award Winning Video Game Creators Reunite to Form SuperNatural Studios
2020 was a big year for Vancouver’s gaming ecosystem. Independent gaming studios thrived as stay-at-home and lockdown orders from the pandemic increased sales of video games to record highs. The year ended with not one, not two, but three acquisitions in the gaming space as $250+ million dollars flooded into the local market as global […]
UBC Entrepreneur Wins Inaugural £1 Million Earthshot Prize
Globally, we generate $120 billion of agricultural waste every year. What farmers cannot sell, they often burn, with catastrophic consequences for human health and the environment. The burning of agricultural waste causes air pollution that in some areas has reduced life expectancy by a decade. This week a social enterprise with innovation roots at UBC […]
Plurilock to Acquire Award Winning Cloud Security Provider CloudCodes Software
Victoria’s Plurilock Security is acquiring CloudCodes, an award winning cloud access security broker (CASB) based in India. Plurilock is an identity-centric cybersecurity solutions provider for workforces. Since 2011, CloudCodes has provided innovative cloud security SaaS solutions for protecting email and group collaboration platforms, offering single-sign-on (SSO), multi-factor authentication (MFA), and cloud data loss prevention (DLP) […]
aDolus Raises USD $2.5 Million To Secure Critical Infrastructure
Victoria’s aDolus Technology, a global authority on software intelligence for critical infrastructure, today announced that it has raised a USD $2.5 million financing round. The oversubscribed funding round follows a year marked by high profile software supply chain attacks and increasing cybersecurity initiatives from the U.S. government. The company will use the funds to pursue […]
AVA Technologies Introduces A Micro Garden For Microgreens
According to Garden Media’s annual 2021 Garden Trends Report, 16 million new gardeners emerged from the pandemic in the United States alone. But many beginner gardeners who want to grow edible plants don’t know where to start. This week Vancouver’s AVA Technologies announced the launch of its second ever garden, AVA MicroByte. MicroByte is a […]
General Fusion To Open New Headquarters Near YVR
General Fusion is relocating and expanding its headquarters to Richmond to enable the earliest commercialization of its fusion technology. General Fusion has partnered with Vancouver International Airport (YVR) to lease a 60,000 square foot facility for its new headquarters at the airport on Sea Island, with the intention to begin relocating before the end of […]
SkyHive Raises $40 Million to Reskill Workforces and Advance the Digital Labor Economy
Vancouver’s SkyHive has raised a $40 million Series B investment round led by Eldridge, with participation from other investors Allegis Cyber, Accenture Ventures, Workday Ventures, and the Partnership Fund For New York City. SkyHive is a SaaS platform providing workforce transformation and labor market development guidance and was recently recognized by The World Economic Forum […]
Hydra Energy First Company to Deliver a Hydrogen-Converted, Heavy-Duty Vehicle
Delta’s Hydra Energy today announced an industry milestone – delivery of the first hydrogen-converted, heavy-duty truck to a paying fleet customer. Hydra is the world’s first Hydrogen-as-a-Service (HaaS) provider for commercial fleets looking to reduce emissions and costs with limited risk and no up-front investment. Today’s delivery comes after the company completed three years of […]
Nexii Recognized At World’s Leading Responsible Business Awards
Nexii Building Solutions has been recognized by the Reuters 12th Annual Responsible Business Awards, celebrating international leadership in sustainable business. Nexii was selected as the winner in a new, highly competitive category, Product or Service Innovation, for its revolutionary green building products. Fellow finalists in this category included Chipotle, Walgreens and Moody’s, while Nexii’s partner, […]