BC Tech has announced their 2091 HyperGrowth 5.0 cohort. HyperGrowth is a six-month revenue and growth accelerator that guides entrepreneurs to build BC’s next generation of anchor tech companies. The program is specifically designed for founders and executive teams of technology companies wanting to grow annual revenues from $1 million+ to $10 million+. The five […]
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Curatio Networks Wins $250,000 at VentureClash Pitch at Yale
Curatio Networks won a $250,000 investment from Connecticut Innovations at last week’s VentureClash pitch event at Yale University. The Vancouver-based startup has built a mobile platform that matches patients to others who understand what they’re going through in a private, secure environment. Using a unique combination of matchmaking algorithms, AI and machine learning, Curatio is […]
Rival Technologies Named Outstanding Disruptive Startup
Rival Technologies has been named “Outstanding Disruptive Startup” at the 2019 Next Gen Market Research Disruptive Innovation Awards for its work in transforming traditional market research with its end-to-end insight platform Chat Lab. The award, presented at the 2019 IA Corporate Researchers Conference (CRC) in Orlando, honors a startup that is disrupting traditional market research […]
SFU Alumni Startup Streamlines the Athletic Scholarship Process
Thanks to a couple SFU track and field alumni, high school athletes across Canada can now make better decisions about their athletic futures. SFU’s Alexandre Paré and Brett Montrose have launched Streamline Athletes, an online platform that connects high-school student athletes to an extensive database of U.S. and Canadian post-secondary athletic and academic programs and […]
ElectraMeccanica Gets Serious about Manufacturing in China
Vancouver’s ElectraMeccanica has established a wholly-owned subsidiary in China to work closely with their vehicle manufacturer. ElectraMeccanica’s flagship vehicle is the innovative purpose built SOLO, a single-seat electric vehicle. The new subsidiary, EMV Automotive Technology, will help the company navigate the vast Chinese market, while assisting ElectraMeccanica in increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of quality […]
Blockchain Music Startup Beatdapp Raises $3.2 Million and Adds Stephen Harper to Board
Vancouver’s Beatdapp Software has completed a $3.2 million financing round led by Panache Ventures. Beatdapp Software provides a real-time audited play count for song usage across streaming platforms. This allows music labels to accurately collect music royalties due. According to Betakit, the $3.2 million combines both pre-seed and seed rounds, which included non-dilutive funding the […]
Two Vancouver Startups Named Among Canada’s Most Innovative Tech Companies
Breather, Clearbanc, Clio, Drop, Rubikloud, Vidyard, and Wealthsimple have collectively raised $1.2 billion since being founded. What do those seven companies have in common? The were all named to the Canadian Innovation Exchange’s Top 20 program. The CIX Top 20 program is Canada’s largest national showcase of the hottest and most innovative tech companies. Hundreds […]
B.C. Startup Gets $5 Million from JAY-Z for Compostable Phone Case
Kelowna’s Pela, maker of world’s first compostable phone case, has closed a $5 million funding round of funding. Marcy Venture Partners (MVP), the consumer focused VC fund co-founded by JAY-Z, Jay Brown, and Larry Marcus led the round with Toronto-based Kensington Capital. Pela was founded in 2011 by environmental consultant, Jeremy Lang after a family […]
Growth on Grammarly’s Mind as it Raises $90 Million
On the heels of their announcement of opening of a new office in Vancouver, Grammarly, the company behind the AI-powered digital writing assistant used by more than 20 million people daily, today announced it has received $90 million in its latest round of funding. CEO Brad Hoover said the fresh capital, which brings Grammarly’s total […]
Cascadia Champion Voyager Capital Raises $100 Million in Fifth Fund
Voyager Capital has raised $100 million to fuel innovation in the Cascadia market. The fund, Voyager’s fifth, will power first-round investments in B2B startups across cloud infrastructure, software as a service (SaaS), and vertical markets such as FinTech, MediaTech, and AgTech. The firm has already closed five new investments. The West Coast venture capital firm […]