Victoria startup Certn has closed a USD $4.5 million seed round led by San Francisco’s Tribe Capital. Named one of Techcouver’s 10 Homegrown B.C. Startups to Watch in 2020, Certn enables its clients to make key decisions with people data. Certn has over 1,000 clients and provides fast, compliant, affordable background checks to employers, contractors, property […]
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AbCellera Named to Fast Company’s List of the World’s Most Innovative Companies
Vancouver’s AbCellera has been named to Fast Company’s prestigious annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2020 for its drug discovery platform that can search and analyze natural immune systems to deliver best-in-class antibody drugs. Fast Company’s list honors the businesses making the most profound impact on both industry and society, showcasing a variety of […]
WELL Health Introduces Flu Automated Surveillance Tool
WELL Health Technologies announced today it has secured a $10 million private placement investment from a long-term focused major Canadian institutional investor. While the TSX-traded company has been primarily focused on consolidating and modernizing assets within the healthcare sector, WELL is innovating on the medical front as well. Today WELL announced a partnership with McMaster […]
Amazon Takes On More Office Space in Vancouver
Amazon is ramping up in Vancouver and has leased space in one of the city’s most anticipated office towers. According to Bloomberg, the e-commerce giant has leased 120,000 square feet from co-working firm IWG at 400 West Georgia. The short-term deal gives Amazon room to grow and continue to hire in the city while its […]
Version One Ventures Launches $25 Million Opportunity Fund
Vancouver’s Version One Ventures has launched their first opportunity fund with $25 million in commitments. An opportunity fund is a separate pool of capital that allows a VC to continue to invest in its most promising portfolio companies once the core funds have exhausted their follow-on reserves. This puts the VC firm and its investors […]
Checkfront Raises $9.3 Million Series A Funding Round
Victoria’s Checkfront has closed a $9.3 million Series A round led by Framework Venture Partners that included PenderFund Capital, Conconi Growth Partners and Royal Bank of Canada. Checkfront was initially conceived by co-founders Jason Morehouse and Grant Jurgeneit to help frustrated tour service operators better manage their bookings online. While large companies had systems for centralizing reservations and […]
Athena Pathways Launches to Train 500 BC Women in AI in 18 Months
Increasing British Columbia’s capacity in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Science (AI/ML/DS) is of strategic business, economic and social importance today and will only get more important in the future as every major industry is deeply affected by AI/ML/DS. And yet, BC faces a major challenge in developing its workforce to sustain competitiveness: women […]
Semios Lands $25 Million in Growth Capital from CIBC Innovation Banking
Vancouver’s Semios, a leader in developing technology solutions for the precision crop management industry, has secured $25 million growth capital financing from CIBC Innovation Banking. The capital will be used to support growth into new crops and new geographies and for strategic acquisitions. Semios provides a proprietary in-field Internet of Things (IoT) network of over […]
Brex Officially Opens First International Office In Vancouver
It’s official. San Francisco fintech unicorn Brex has announced their expansion into Vancouver with its first ever international office. Brex is transforming B2B payments by creating corporate cards, cash management accounts, rewards, and travel programs that are tailored to specific industries. In 2018 Brex launched the first corporate card and rewards program specifically designed for […]
Vancouver’s PAI Health to Manage World’s Largest Exercise Study
Vancouver’s PAI Health has been awarded the contract to develop the technology platform for the largest exercise intervention study ever performed. The study, called The Norwegian Trial of Physical Exercise after Myocardial Infarction (NorEx), will be undertaken at NTNU, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. PAI Health is a heart health software company that […]