Twitter has big plans for Canada and that includes Vancouver. The social network hosted a press roundtable today that featured Tristan Jung, Senior Engineering Manager & Canadian Engineering Site Lead, Hanson Ho, a Staff Software Engineer in Vancouver, and Paul Burns, Managing Director of Twitter Canada. Twitter currently has 200+ employees in Canada, spread across […]
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APOLLO Recruits For Their Rocketship As They Redefine Insurance
Vancouver-headquartered APOLLO Insurance is redefining the distribution of insurance and now offers the largest selection of online insurance in Canada through thousands of digitally enhanced agents and embedded finance partnerships. Launched in April 2019, APOLLO’s proprietary technology platform, the APOLLO Exchange, transacts insurance business in real time, leverages extensive data and sophisticated algorithms to quote, collect […]
18 B.C. Tech Companies Named Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Winners
Deloitte Canada has announced this year’s winners of the Technology Fast 50, Companies-to-Watch, and Enterprise Fast 15 awards, recognizing the world-class achievements of the best in tech companies across Canada for the 24th year. 2021 saw its own unique challenges that shaped today’s tech companies. The list unveiled today highlights those who have shown true […]
Moment Energy Raises $3.5 Million To Give Electric Vehicle Batteries A Second Life
Vancouver clean energy startup Moment Energy has raised a $3.5 million seed round of funding led by Vancouver’s Version One Ventures with major involvement from Fika Ventures, Garage Capital and MCJ Collective. Co-founded by four young and diverse entrepreneurs from British Columbia, Moment Energy creates sustainable energy storage systems by repurposing retired electric vehicle batteries. […]
Mangrove Lithium Raises USD $10 Million Round Led by Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Vancouver’s Mangrove Lithium has closed a $10 million USD Series A investment round led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) with participation from existing investor BDC Capital’s Cleantech Practice (BDC). Backed by Bill Gates, BEV invests in cutting-edge companies that will lead the world to net-zero emissions. Benchmark Mineral Intelligence forecasts a global supply gap of […]
RainStick Awarded Best of CES 2022 Innovation Award for Smart, Circular Shower Technology
Kelowna’s RainStick Shower has been awarded the “Best of CES 2022 Innovations Award Honouree” for their circular shower technology. The announcement was made ahead of CES 2022, the world’s most influential technology event, happening January 5-8 in Las Vegas. The CES Innovation Awards program, organised by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), is an annual competition […]
CULT Food Science Announces $1 million CULT PRIZE To Accelerate the Future of Food
Vancouver’s CULT Food Science has officially launched the CULT PRIZE with the goal of accelerating the future of food worldwide. CULT Food Science is an investment platform with an exclusive focus on clean, lab-grown food that is advancing the development of novel technologies to provide a sustainable, environmental, and ethical solution to the global factory […]
Community Connections Bring BC Tech’s 2021 Technology Impact Awards To Life
Through the pandemic, associations and not-for-profit organizations faced unprecedented challenges in the face of funding challenges and disruption to traditional in person events. And despite a thriving tech sector, which came through the pandemic on strong footing, BC Tech itself faced its fair share of challenges. Notably the closure of its Hub location and withdrawal […]
Train Fitness Launches World’s First App That Can Detect Exercises & Track Reps
Vancouver’s Train Fitness is transforming the way we track our workouts. Today the award-winning startup formally announced the first-ever hands-free workout-tracking app, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to detect exercises and track reps as users go through their workout. For the millions of gym-goers who currently use spreadsheets, their phone, or pen and paper to […]
ScalePad Acquires Backup Monitoring Solution Backup Radar
Vancouver’s ScalePad has acquired Backup Radar, an end-to-end automation platform for backup monitoring, reporting, and compliance, for an undisclosed sum. ScalePad is a developer of a SaaS platform for asset management and automation. ScalePad is trusted by over 9,000 partners in 76 countries and 60% of the MSP 501 to maximize their profitability, improve productivity, […]