Earlier this year the Ministry of Agriculture and Innovate BC started looking for B.C.-based technology solutions to serve the needs of the Province’s agriculture industry through the Agritech Innovation Challenge. Last week the Ministry announced the three winning projects that will share a total of $150,000 in funding. These projects will see winemakers produce their […]
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Energy Insights Platform Ecotagious Acquired by Rubicon-backed Uplight
Vancouver’s Ecotagious has been acquired by Boulder’s Uplight. No financial terms were disclosed. Ecotagious is a market leader in turning a customer’s energy data into energy savings. Uplight was formed last month when Tendril and Simple Energy merged their business operations and formed a new company. Uplight offers the most comprehensive suite of customer-facing solutions […]
FORM Swim Goggles with Augmented-Reality Display now available for $199
Vancouver sports technology startup FORM has announced the immediate availability of their FORM Swim Goggles, the first premium swim goggles with a see-through, augmented-reality display that delivers performance metrics in real time. Now in stock online, FORM Swim Goggles are priced at USD $199 with free shipping in the U.S. and Canada. Developed over the […]
CryptoKitties Founders Bring Blockchain Game to NBA Basketball Fans
Vancouver’s Dapper Labs and the NBA are teaming up to launch a digital platform for blockchain-based collectables called NBA Top Shot. Dapper Labs is the creator of uber-successful CryptoKitties. CryptoKitties is a blockchain game on Ethereum developed by venture studio Axiom Zen that allows players to purchase, collect, breed and sell virtual cats. NBA Top […]
CFL Implements Digital Concussion Platform with Headcheck Health
The Canadian Football League (CFL) has announced a new partnership with Vancouver’s HeadCheck Health that will have the league’s nine teams using their digital concussion platform. HeadCheck’s mobile and web-based technology will equip team medical staff with the tools to more easily execute the CFL’s concussion protocol and enable the league to monitor the effectiveness […]
Creation Technologies Acquired by Lindsay Goldberg
Burnaby’s Creation Technologies has been acquired by private investment firm Lindsay Goldberg from Birch Hill Equity Partners and other equity holders. Founded in 1991, Creation employs approximately 3,000 people across the USA, Canada, Mexico and China. Creation provides its original equipment manufacturer (OEM) customers with product development and engineering, rapid prototyping, design for supply chain, […]
Vancouver Founder Fund Rebrands As Rhino Ventures
Four years ago, Fraser Hall and Dan Eisenhardt started Vancouver Founder Fund (VFF) with one goal: to be the funders they wished they had had as founders. The Vancouver Founder Fund name came from Hall and Eisenhardt wanting to pay homage to the city in which they built their previous company, Recon Instruments. They set […]
Snapchat and BBTV Partner to Bring New Creator Shows to Life
Vancouver’s BroadbandTV (BBTV) has a new partnership with Snapchat. The deal will see two of BBTV’s content owners, Chris Staples and Sheamus, take part in Snapchat’s new Creator Shows program, first-person, personality driven Shows in regularly published and consistent formats. Like all Shows on Snapchat, each episode will average three to five minutes in length […]
Andrew Reid at it Again as Rival Raises over $8.5 Million
Vancouver’s Rival Technologies announced today that it has raised over $8.5 million from Canadian investors. The new funding, which was double its venture-capital funding target, will be used to continue developing the company’s Chat Lab platform and expanding Reach3 Insights, Rival’s sister company under parent Reid Campbell Group. Rival Technologies and Reach3 Insights were founded […]
City of Vancouver Approves Pacific Centre Apple Store Development
A development application for a Vancouver Apple flagship store on the site of the existing CF Pacific Centre glass rotunda has been approved. According to Business in Vancouver, the City of Vancouver’s Development Permit Board passed a proposal to replace the glass rotunda at 701 West Georgia Street — the northeast corner of the intersection […]