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Vancouver’s PAI Health to Manage World’s Largest Exercise Study

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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 […]

Investors Deliver $1.6 Million Seed Round to Cuboh

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Victoria startup Cuboh has raised a $1.6 million seed round from Altair Capital, Good News Ventures and Dash40 Ventures. The Vancouver Island startup integrates delivery apps such as Uber Eats and Doordash with point of sale (POS) systems in restaurants across the U.S. and Canada. The new funds will help the company aggressively expand its sales and marketing […]

Seattle’s Zenoti Opens Innovation Center in Vancouver

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Seattle’s Zenoti, a leading cloud-based platform for spas, salons and med-spas, is opening a new product and development innovation center in Vancouver. The Canadian growth plan complements their recent expansion announcement for Hyderabad, India. The Vancouver office will focus on bringing new technological innovations to the product while helping to open new markets for the […]

Redbrick Acquires No-Code Website Builder Leadpages

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Victoria’s Redbrick has acquired Minnesota’s Leadpages. Based in Minneapolis, Leadpages is a marketing-focused, no-code website builder enabling entrepreneurs and small-business marketers to easily build and publish websites with a focus on generating leads and transforming clicks into customers. The acquisition marks the addition of another digital company to Redbrick’s growing portfolio, bringing Redbrick’s annual revenue […]

Dapper Labs Partners with UFC for Digital Collectibles

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Dapper Labs has announced a new licensing partnership with UFC, the world’s premier mixed martial arts promotion. Under the terms of the new agreement, UFC and Dapper Labs will develop a new digital experience that will provide UFC fans around the world with opportunities to purchase, trade, and own UFC-branded digital collectibles on Dapper Labs’ […]

Vancouver Startups Head to SXSW for Pitch Competition

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The finalists for the 12th annual SXSW Pitch competition have been announced and a couple Vancouver companies are in the mix. The pitch competition, presented by Target Accelerator, takes places on March 14-15 at the Hilton Auston Downtown in front of a live audience with a panel of expert judges with categories in various sectors of […]

5 More Homegrown B.C. Startups to Watch in 2020

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Last month Techcouver kicked off the new year with a listicle tagging 10 Homegrown B.C. Startups to Watch in 2020 and the concept proved very popular. We’ve received many requests for additions to the list so we’ve decided to make it a monthly series. Please continue to suggest companies for consideration as often the most […]

Daily Hive Acquires Toronto News Startup, Pressed

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Vancouver-born Daily Hive has acquired Toronto-based news startup, Pressed. As part of the acquisition, Jacqueline Leung, founder of Pressed, joins Daily Hive as Managing Editor. For three years, Pressed reached thousands of Canadians with its popular daily email newsletter and social media community. Loyal readers knew Pressed for its witty tone of voice and concise […]