Vancouver’s LifeBooster has closed an multi-million investment round from local, international, and strategic investors, including W.L. Gore. Gore? Yes, that Gore. Gore’s world-class GORE-TEX brand and expertise in high performance apparel is well known. The 63 year-old material science company invests nearly $400 million a year into R&D and recently named a Best Workplace for […]
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Nextech AR Selected As An Early Access Partner for Google’s 3D AR Search Program
Vancouver’s Nextech AR have been named an early access partner for the Google 3D AR Search Program. With this, Nextech AR will grant exclusive early access of the 3D search program to its current Threedy.ai customers, which include some of the world’s largest furniture retailers – Kohl’s, Pier 1, Lighting Plus and Kmart Australia. With Nextech […]
Victoria’s Blockstream Joins Crypto Unicorns With USD $3.2 Billion Valuation
Victoria-based Bitcoin infrastructure firm Blockstream has raised USD $210 million as part of our Series B financing and has hit unicorn status with its latest valuation at USD $3.2 billion. The new capital will go towards accelerating their Bitcoin mining efforts and the acquisition of Spondoolies to launch an enterprise-grade miner, continuing to scale the […]
FORM Launches First-of-its-kind Guided Workouts Powered With Smart Swim Goggles
Thanks to Vancouver direct-to-consumer fitness technology startup FORM, swimmers can now be led through immersive workout swim experiences and access hundreds of workouts in an ever-expanding library. FORM announced the launch of a new Workouts feature today. The new feature guides swimmers through motivating workouts in real-time using the FORM goggles’ augmented reality display. Available […]
VFX Leader DNEG To Hire 100 In Vancouver For New Feature Animation Studio
Leading visual effects (VFX) and animation studio DNEG is expanding its Canada-based VFX and animation operations and talent pool. Founded in London in 1988, DNEG is the Academy Award nominated VFX studio behind films like Ex Machina, Inception Interstellar, and Tenet. DNEG is planning a new studio in Toronto that will initially employ up to […]
Trickfilm Lands Investment For Saturday Morning Cartoons as a Service
Trickfilm Entertainment is on a mission to democratize the production, distribution, and monetization of animated entertainment around the world. The Trickfilm platform promises to allow animation intellectual property owners to monetize their content by engaging with and selling directly to their audiences. Trickfilm’s platform utilizes real-time rendering engines, cloud services, and blockchain technology to connect […]
Delta Controls Develops Innovative Solutions to Automate Buildings
Imagine, if you will, a touchless office. The door opens automatically, while lighting and temperature can be controlled via smartphone. Relieving yourself at the loo, you are pleased to find hands-free flushing, washing, and drying. These were emerging conveniences before the Pandemic, but are now standard safety measures in a rising number of offices concerned […]
And The Award Goes To… CubicFarms Again
The awards continue to roll in for CubicFarms. The Langley-headquartered startup has been selected as winner of the Overall Indoor Farming Solution Provider of the Year Award in the 2021 AgTech Breakthrough Awards. Founded by farmers, CubicFarms provides automated, onsite commercial-scale food and livestock feed technologies. The CubicFarm System and HydroGreen Grow System indoor growing […]
Pender Growth Fund’s One45 Software Acquired by Altus Assessments
Vancouver’s One45 Software has been acquired by Toronto’s Altus Assessments. One45 is a MedEd management platform that provides the operational tools and end-to-end data analytics required to run great programs and train even better doctors. Altus empowers higher education institutions to look beyond book smarts, and to identify and nurture exceptional professionals by using unique […]
Canada’s Largest Mobile EV Charger Lands In B.C.
Teck Resources, Portable Electric, and B.C. based non-profit Community Energy Association have collaborated to deploy Canada’s largest clean energy, mobile electric vehicle (EV) charger in the East Kootenays. Fully funded by Teck, the innovative mobile EV charger builds on previous, collaborative efforts to support EV adoption in the region including Accelerate Kootenays, an award-winning initiative […]