Vancouver’s Ready offers seamless self-pay and food ordering solutions to hospitality venues across North America. To assist businesses that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, Ready has launched “virtual ordering kiosks” and is waiving its standard fees until June 1st so that venues will pay no extra than the cost of the transaction to […]
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AbCellera Gets Financial Boost From PM Trudeau In Fight Against COVID-19
AbCellera has received a big financial boost from the Canadian government in its fight against COVID-19. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that the Vancouver-based biotech firm will share $192 million under the federal government’s new Strategic Innovation Fund’s COVID-19 stream. “Canada is home to some of the most skilled and brightest researchers in the world, […]
Lighter Capital Enters Canadian Market With Vancouver Office
Seattle’s Lighter Capital announced today that it is making its debt financing offerings, including term loans and lines of credit, available to the Canadian market. Lighter Capital provides founders up to $3 million of non-dilutive growth capital in a fraction of the time it takes to raise from traditional sources. Rather than take equity, the company takes […]
Clio Commits $1 Million to Help Lawyers Navigate the Challenges of COVID-19
As the situation surrounding COVID-19 continues to evolve, some things haven’t changed: Clients need their lawyers, some now more than ever. Burnaby’s Clio wants to ensure that whatever barriers lawyers are facing during this time, they’re able to continue to provide that service while taking responsible, precautionary measures to keep yourself and your communities safe. […]
Shopify Commits Local Resources to Help Vancouver Businesses Sell Online
As the situation surrounding COVID-19 continues to evolve, Shopify’s Vancouver team is committing to help the city’s small businesses sell online. Vancouver GM Lynsey Thornton announced on Twitter that her local team is taking 3 days to help businesses in the the city adapt to our new reality. “This weekend I found so many local […]
Local Entrepreneur Creates Online COVID-19 Tool To Connect Volunteers with the Vulnerable
A local tech entrepreneur has launched an online tool to connect willing volunteers with vulnerable members of our community during the COVID-19 pandemic. CovidHelper was created by Sam Chandola, founder of V2 Games and Audacia Ventures. The purpose of the online tool is straightforward – to connect those with a high-risk of contracting COVID-19, such […]
Hootsuite Provides Free Access to SMBs Due to COVID-19
Hootsuite has announced they are offering free access to its Professional Plan to non-profit organizations and small businesses most impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. Through July 1, 2020, businesses and organizations can use Hootsuite to engage with their audiences, create content efficiently, manage crisis communications, and access a library of social media training courses free […]
Gamers To Compete From Home During The COVID-19 Pandemic
Vancouver’s Pepper Esports is launching a new tournament platform which uses the company’s proprietary computer vision and AI technology to automatically capture game scores. The platform will allow tournament operators, including gaming centers and colleges to continue to operate their events and allow their players to compete in esports tournaments from home. The company is […]
Thrive Health Develops BC COVID-19 Symptom Self-Assessment Tool
Vancouver’s Thrive Health has developed a BC COVID-19 Symptom Self-Assessment Tool in partnership with the BC Ministry of Health With a growing number of British Columbians looking for COVID-19 testing or calling HealthLink BC’s 811 phone line for assessments, the B.C. government has launched an online self-assessment tool for residents to take steps on their […]
90% Of You Will Be Working From Home Starting Next Week
Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, and Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s provincial health officer, issued a joint statement on the B.C.’s response to the COVID-19 coronavirus yesterday. Included in that update was a call for workplaces “to think about ways to create space for people, to accommodate social distancing and develop solutions to allow staff to […]