Vancouver’s Copperleaf has announced the completion of a USD $10 million strategic investment from National Grid Partners (NGP), the innovation and investment arm of National Grid, one of the world’s largest investor-owned energy companies. Copperleaf will use the capital to fund innovation and growth into new markets and geographies worldwide. One of NGP’s mandates is […]
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BroadbandTV Surpasses 575 Million Unique Viewers Per Month
Today, Vancouver-headquartered BroadbandTV (BBTV) unveiled that its video content is viewed by more than 575 million unique viewers each month. According their news release, only Google’s YouTube exceeds BBTV monthly unique viewership. In addition to being second in unique viewership only to Google, BBTV is number one across all media companies in terms of total […]
PocketPills Closes $2 Million Round, Partners with Pacific Blue Cross
Surrey-based PocketPills has closed a $2 million seed financing round led by WaterBridge Ventures and announced a partnership with British Columbia’s leading extended health care benefits provider, Pacific Blue Cross. Funding from the seed round will be used toward the company’s Canada-wide expansion. PocketPills has also announced that it will be fully licensed and operational […]
Canada Invests in Mangrove Technologies’ Clean Water Technology
A strong economy and a clean environment go hand-in-hand. That’s why the Government of Canada is supporting the development of technologies that lead to less pollution, healthier communities and the creation of well-paying middle-class jobs. Today, the Honourable Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Accessibility, on behalf of the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of […]
Mobile Bike Shop Operator Velofix Rides Off With Funding
Velofix has closed a financing round with MKB Partners Fund LP, a growth equity fund focused on the clean energy, transportation, and smart city sectors. MKB’s investment will help North America’s leading Mobile Bike Shop operator expand their geographic footprint, enhance its technological backbone, scale its marketing efforts and generally support velofix’s growth. Cycling industry […]
PDFTron Secures $95 Million Round Led By Silversmith
Vancouver’s PDFTron Systems has secured a $95 million investment led by Silversmith Capital Partners, a Boston-based growth equity firm. PDFTron’s software development kit (SDK) is used by hundreds of enterprise customers around the world to enable digital transformation initiatives by providing a comprehensive document processing, conversion, and collaboration platform. This investment comes as the company […]
Vancouver-born Fintech Startup Koho Raises $42 Million
Now Toronto-headquartered KOHO announced today that it has closed a $42 million fundraising round led by Portag3 Ventures, including Greyhound Capital and other strategic investors. KOHO will use this investment to further accelerate its growth and build new products and services. The announcement comes as the Vancouver-born fintech startup continues to see rapid growth. In […]
ACL Rebrands to Galvanize
Founders Harald and Hart Will launched ACL back in 1987 – a time when floppy disks were the height of technology, gas was only 89 cents per gallon, and President Reagan famously demanded “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.” Over the years ACL has evolved from “the analytics company” into an analyst-recognized risk management, compliance, […]
Cybersecurity Startup Kobalt Raises $1 Million Round
Cybersecurity startup Kobalt has raised a CAD $1 million round led by its co-founders, Pankaj Agarwal and Michael Argast, and including Version One Ventures. Version One’s Boris Wertz is both a co-founder and an investor in Kobalt. The Vancouver-based company aims to bring the monitoring capabilities of enterprise-class security teams to smaller organizations. The company […]
LightIntegra Raises $6.9 Million for Blood Analyzer Tech
Vancouver’s LightIntegra Technology has raised a $6.9 million Series A round led by Genome BC and Boardwalk Ventures and including Tower Beach Capital, Coleco Investments, and Quimby Investments. The company intends to use funding to bring its test to the US market. LightIntegra has advanced ThromboLUX, a non-invasive, five-minute, easy-to-use optical test that assesses platelet […]