Just two months after raising a Series A round, Vancouver’s Dooly is back at it with a Series B. Today the CRM automation software startup announced it has raised a USD $80 million funding round led by Spark Capital with new participation from Greenspring, Tiger Global, and Lachy Groom, and continued participation from boldstart ventures, […]
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Creative Destruction Lab Establishes CDL-Seattle At University of Washington
Canada’s Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) will launch its third U.S.-based location in Seattle this fall. CDL is a nonprofit organization for massively scalable, seed-stage, science- and technology-based companies, with ten locations including CDL-Vancouver at the Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia. Based at the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business, CDL-Seattle will […]
BC Research Funders Create Partnership For Nine New COVID-19 Projects
Genome BC, the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, and the BCCDC Foundation for Public Health have partnered for the first time to fund rapid response research initiatives that will have a direct impact – in a matter of months – on people in British Columbia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Valued at approximately $1.3 million, […]
ChopValue Secures $3 Million Round That Includes Former Shopify CMO
Vancouver’s ChopValue has raised $3.15 million in new funding from existing shareholders Fulmer & Company and Active Impact, with participation from BDC Capital, Export Development Canada, and others including Craig Miller. Miller is the former Chief Marketing and Chief Product Officer of e-commerce darling Shopify. ChopValue is the brainchild of Felix Böck, a former UBC […]
Unbounce Acquires Snazzy AI to Help Take the Struggle out of Writing Copy
Vancouver’s Unbounce has acquired Snazzy AI, a freemium AI powered copywriting tool running. Within minutes and with minimal human input, Snazzy AI generates copy for ads, emails, landing pages, pitches, TikTok video ideas and more. With this newest acquisition, Unbounce is poised to move beyond landing pages, advance the conversion intelligence space and continue to […]
PrecisionOS Launches First Fully Interactive Robotics Platform in VR
Vancouver’s PrecisionOS, the creators of the medical-grade virtual reality (VR) learning platform, has unveiled the world’s first fully interactive robotics platform in VR. Typical surgical education involves flying surgeons, residents, and sales reps to a facility with a robot, which is not only costly, but occurs weeks to months prior to the first case, rendering […]
Awesense Launches Marketplace to Empower Development of Clean Energy Solutions
Vancouver’s Awesense has launched the only energy-focused repository of solutions built to drive the decarbonization of the energy system. The Awesense Marketplace is unlike a traditional repository by providing a common framework for companies to collaborate towards the future of clean energy and digital transformation. The platform brings cutting-edge applications, solutions and algorithms together to […]
Teradici Partners With MacStadium To Enable Remote Access for the Mac
Burnaby’s Teradici has partnered with MacStadium to enable Mac users to remotely access Apple hardware as if they were on a local machine. Working with Apple, this initiative leverages MacStadium’s cloud-hosted Apple Mac infrastructure to streamline and accelerate the delivery of Teradici Cloud Access Software with PCoIP support to Mac customers across the globe. This […]
Vancouver’s Blume Lands Retail Partnership With Beauty Retailer Ulta
Vancouver’s Blume, the woman-of-color and sister-founded clean skin, body and period care brand has landed its largest retail partnership to date with Ulta Beauty, the United States’ largest beauty retailer. Blume will be available on Ulta.com and in more than 550 stores across the U.S., furthering the brand’s mission to make self-care easier, healthier and more […]
12 Ventures To Pitch At UBC’s Ready-to-Raise Investor Showcase
Entrepreneurship and innovation thrives at UBC. From the incredible research and discoveries happening across campus to ideas and trends emerging from the university’s population of transformational thinkers, UBC is home to a rich community of early-stage ventures set to shape the future of our world. Be witness to this innovation at UBC’s upcoming “Ready-to-Raise” 2021 […]