Popular peer-to-peer car sharing platform Turo launched in B.C. today with over 65,000 users and 200 cars listed in the province. With a mission to put Canada’s 23 million cars to better use, Turo connects local car owners with a bustling community of users looking for the perfect vehicle for their next adventure. Through the […]
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Food-X Technologies Implements 3D Robotic Supply Chain With Attabotics
Vancouver’s Food-X Technologies today announced a three year strategic alliance with robotic warehouse and fulfillment system provider Attabotics. Food-X is a scalable end-to-end software solution for profitable online grocery fulfillment and this new alliance will implement Attabotics technology to leverage common synergies and streamline technology and operations at their fulfillment centers. Calgary’s Attabotics sells, designs, […]
Victory Square Acquires 15 Minute Covid-19 Antibody Test
Vancouver’s Victory Square Health has acquired Brazilian Covid19 test developers, Safetest. The portfolio company of Victory Square Technologies acquired Safetest Comércio de Diagnósticos’s assets and intellectual property in an all-stock transaction valued at $4 million. Safetest was founded in 2016 to bring high quality rapid tests to the market and has developed antibody-based tests and […]
Terramera Leads Collaborative Effort to Predict New COVID-19 Virus Strains
Few would expect the science behind stopping the next wave of COVID-19 to come from an AgTech company on a mission to reduce global pesticide loads but Terramera’s computational chemistry, machine learning and artificial intelligence (ML/AI) innovations are being called upon for just that purpose. Today, Vancouver’s Terramera announced its participation in a collaborative project […]
Unbounce Releases 2020 Conversion Benchmark Report
Whatever companies are selling, fair warning… they better not tell customers to trust them. And e-commerce retailers might get better results by evoking… disgust. These and other counterintuitive findings are in the new 2020 Unbounce Conversion Benchmark Report, out now. Just in time for companies looking to get past the COVID-19 slump and take advantage […]
WeCommerce Acquires Shoppable Instagram & UGC Content Platform Foursixty
Victoria’s WeCommerce has acquired Toronto’s Foursixty, a leading partner in the Shopify and Instagram ecosystem. Foursixty has been a pioneer and leader in the social commerce space since 2014, and helps thousands of the world’s most popular direct-to-consumer brands such as Fashion Nova, Pura Vida Bracelets, Knix, MVMT Watches, Mejuri, and Skims monetize their Instagram […]
Clearly Payments Wants To Be The Friendliest Payment Processor On Earth
Canada has a new player in the payments space and they want to be “the friendliest payment processor on Earth”. Not a bad goal for an industry that is rife with hidden fees and small print. Vancouver’s Clearly Payments is on a mission to drive down the cost of accepting payments and are committed to […]
Wenco To Develop First-ever Open Autonomous Solution For Mining
Richmond’s Wenco Mining Systems and autonomous vehicle software company Oxbotica are partnering to develop a world-first Open Autonomy solution for mining. Initial trials are underway, and the companies are actively recruiting mining partners with appropriate testing grounds. The partnership will help meet growing demand with the number of autonomous haulage trucks around the world expected to […]
jSonar Raises $50 Million From Goldman Sachs For Database Security
jSonar has closed a $50 million investment from Goldman Sachs for the company’s first institutional round of funding. Headquartered in Boston and Vancouver, jSonar helps companies address database security and compliance needs, dramatically simplifying the process of establishing database protection while reducing cost. jSonar’s platform closes the gaps inherent in legacy Database Activity Monitoring (DAM) […]
Diabetes Management App Predicts Blood Sugar Values 60-Minutes into the Future
Vancouver’s Bio Conscious Technologies has completed an in-house study demonstrating that its Diabits app is capable of predicting blood glucose levels 60 minutes into the future. This is a huge improvement on industry-leading continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) companies that offer only 20-minute predictions. Diabits is an artificial intelligence-powered diabetes management app for people with type […]