According to BetaKit, Tiny Capital has invested and acquired a majority stake in government software startup Button. The companies did not disclose the size of the investment in Button but confirmed that Tiny Capital now holds a 60 percent stake in the company. The deal closed in May, with Button noting to BetaKit it was […]
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entrepreneurship@UBC Launches New Climate Venture Studio Stream
entrepreneurship@UBC has launched a Climate Venture Studio stream to support UBC researchers and innovators building breakthrough solutions to the climate emergency. Leveraging entrepreneurship@UBC’s venture building experience and its network of business mentors and advisors, the Climate Venture Studio will work hands-on to identify climate-driven market opportunities, nurture high-potential climate solutions emerging from UBC research and […]
Vancouver-born Vision Critical Rebrands As Alida
Vancouver-born Vision Critical is now Alida. The Customer Experience Management (CXM) and insights platform’s new brand name and visual identity showcases its ongoing dedication to helping brands create meaningful customer relationships. Alida has Latin origins and means verity, truth, reality and actuality, which is the ultimate goal forbrands tapping into the real source of truth: […]
Vancouver’s V2 Games Acquires Techstars 2019 Alumni GameOn
Victory Square Technologies portfolio company V2 Games has acquired Techstars 2019 Alumnus GameOn in an all-stock transaction. GameOn provides consumers, broadcasters, sportsbooks, venues and brand partners with interactive, social experiences around sports, television and live events. GameOn has entered into a distribution partnership with Comcast to deliver the GameOn-branded sports prediction experience to homes and […]
Aspect Biosystems Offers Novel Solution For Treating Type 1 Diabetes
Vancouver’s Aspect Biosystems is working on a novel technological and genomics-based approach to Type 1 Diabetes that promises to circumvent the shortcomings of current treatments. Aspect is producing a bioprinted therapeutic of pancreatic cells surrounded by a protective layer that can be implanted in Type 1 Diabetes patients. Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), once known as […]
New Climate Action Awareness Fund to Support Research Across Canada
Climate change has been a growing issue for years, and it’s only going to continue being so unless we put a lid on our emissions. This is why 197 countries, including Canada, signed the Paris Agreement back in 2016. Its aim is to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030, eventually pursuing efforts to keep […]
Intrigued by Toronto Tech? Check Out This Virtual Event
Techcouver’s sister organization Tech Talent Canada is hosting its inaugural virtual job fair this week, so if you’re exploring your career options and willing to relocate to Toronto, be sure to check it out. Unlike their previous in-person job fairs that had to limit attendance based on physical space, Tech Talent Canada’s virtual events have […]
Vancouver’s Mimik Selected By 5G Open Innovation Lab
The 5G Open Innovation Lab (5G OI Lab), a startup program funded by T-Mobile, Intel, and NASA, revealed its second cohort of companies last week and Vancouver’s Mimik Technology was selected. Based in Bellevue, WA, the 5G OI Lab is a global ecosystem of developers, startups, enterprises, academia, and government institutions, focused on helping start-ups utilize […]
New Funding To Accelerate Canexia Health’s Precision Oncology Roadmap
Canexia Health has raised a new financing round from PacBridge Capital Partners to support the company’s long-term global growth and accelerate its roadmap to make cancer testing for treatment selection and monitoring accessible to all cancer patients. The amount of the funding round was not disclosed. Formerly known as Contextual Genomics, Canexia makes high-quality cancer […]
Darwin Labs & Clevest Launch Platform To Help Utilities Battle COVID-19
Public Utilities around North America are under increasing pressure to meet their provinces’ and states’ “back to work” safety advisories and requirements amid Covid-19. Most employ a diverse workforce comprising remote, facilities-based, and field workers that have a high degree of interaction with members of the community, so protecting their health is not only critical […]