San Francisco-headquartered project management startup Productboard has raised $72 million in Series C funding led by Tiger Global. Founded in 2014, Productboard provides a cloud-based platform that enables companies to plan what new product features to develop based on requests from their customers. Productboard has grown rapidly in the last year and now supports over 4,000 […]
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Kelowna’s Lomi Is Tackling Food Waste With A Home Composting Machine
After chopping fruits and vegetables, what do you do with the waste? For many, the process is a complete mess with various plastic bins and misplaced foods. Enter Lomi, the world’s first kitchen appliance that will turn food scraps, boxes, cloth and bioplastics into dirt within 24 hours. Lomi is manufactured by Kelowna’s Pela, best […]
Neptune Digital Raises $40 Million To Accelerate Growth
Vancouver’s Neptune Digital Assets has raised $40 million from institutional investors and earmarked the funds to accelerate growth. Founded during the 2017 cryptocurrency boom, Neptune is one of the first and longest-running cryptocurrency companies on a Canadian stock exchange (TSXV:NDA). Neptune’s portfolio of investments and cryptocurrency operations across the digital asset ecosystem include staking cryptocurrency, […]
East Side Games Partners With Australia’s Mighty Kingdom Games
Another day, another publishing partnership for Vancouver’s East Side Games (ESG). The LEAF Mobile subsidiary has inked a partnership with Australia’s Mighty Kingdom Games for the global release of a mobile game on iOS and Android. Established in 2010, Mighty Kingdom has released more than 50 games, with more than 50 million downloads, and has […]
Six Companies That Are Hiring Virtually In B.C.
It’s a great time to be looking for a new gig in Vancouver’s tech ecosystem and Tech Talent Canada is making it easier than ever with their upcoming virtual job fair. Tech Talent Canada’s job fairs have been a huge success with 1,500+ educated, experienced, and diverse candidates at each of their events since they went virtual […]
CubicFarms Wins Dairy Farmers Innovation Award
Vancouver’s CubicFarms has been awarded a Nexus Innovation Award for HydroGreen’s Vertical Pastures™ Grow System, an automated, on farm fresh livestock feed technology created by the company’s subsidiary, HydroGreen. Awarded at the Professional Dairy Producers annual conference, CubicFarms was among five new dairy innovations that presented on the Nexus Innovation stage. HydroGreen’s unique automated technology […]
Bench Scaling Up Workforce To Build Bench Banking
Over 6.5 million people visited Bench Accounting’s blog during the lockdown, making it a top resource on the Internet for information about U.S. government financial relief programs during COVID-19. During that time, Bench’s traffic was roughly 7 times what it was pre-COVID. And it turns out having a real human bookkeeper who can talk you through your […]
Could Formula E Racing Be Coming To Vancouver In 2022?
Vancouver city councillors Sarah Kirby-Yung and Michael Wiebe have brought forth a proposal to bring a Formula E World Championship series race to Vancouver next summer. In addition to all the festivities that come with an all-electric, open wheel vehicle race, the weekend event would feature musical and cultural events, and a conference focusing on […]
Vancouver Entrepreneurs Launch World’s Sexiest Tongue Scraper
Amidst a global pandemic, Gunkii was born. Co-founded by Vancouver entrepreneurs Nicole and Jayesh Parmar, Gunkii is the “world’s sexiest tongue scraper”. Most people don’t realize every night when they go to bed a layer of whitish yellowish gunk builds upon their tongue. It’s the combination of fungi, dead skin cells, bacteria, toxins and remnants […]
LEAF Mobile Announces NFT-based Collectible Card Game Bud Farm Nifty Stash
Vancouver’s LDRLY Games has partnered with the Worldwide Asset eXchange Blockchain (WAX) to launch an NFT-based collectible card game titled Bud Farm Nifty Stash. Bud Farm Nifty Stash will be the newest launch from the Bud Farm universe by LDRLY, and the first NFT-based game for LDRLY and the LEAF Mobile group (TSX: LEAF). The […]