It is estimated that more than three million people aged 18-plus in Canada are “credit invisible,” according to Equifax, one of the largest consumer credit reporting agencies. Being credit invisible means these individuals either do not have a credit file or the credit information on file is insufficient to generate credit scores, which can make life […]
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AbCellera Breaks Ground On Phase 2 Of Global HQ In Vancouver
Vancouver biotech anchor AbCellera has broken ground at the Mount Pleasant address that will soon be home to Phase 2 of the Vancouver-grown company’s 380,000-square-foot global headquarters. AbCellera’s leadership team were joined by members of the local biotech ecosystem to celebrate the future, world-class biotech campus that will employ hundreds of highly skilled technical personnel. […]
Daily Hive Acquired by ZoomerMedia for $16 Million
Toronto-headquartered ZoomerMedia (TSXV: ZUM) announced today that it has acquired Vancouver’s Buzz Connected Media, the publisher of Daily Hive. Formerly known as Vancity Buzz, Daily Hive is the dominant player in Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary, and also publishes local content in Toronto and Montreal. Combined with their acquisition of blogTO earlier this year, ZoomerMedia now represents […]
Doodles Nears Billion Dollar Valuation After First Funding Round
Vancouver-born Doodles today announced the closing of USD $54 million round at a USD $704 million valuation, a first round of financing led by Seven Seven Six, with participation from 10T Holdings, Acrew Capital and FTX Ventures. Founded in 2021 by Dapper Labs alumni Evan Keast and Jordan Castro, along with world-renowned artist Scott Martin […]
Ideon Raises $21 Million to Accelerate Supernova-Charged Subsurface Imaging
Ideon Technologies has raised a $21 million Series A round led by Playground Global. Ideon leverages the natural energy generated by supernova explosions in space – in the form of subatomic particles called cosmic-ray muons – to provide x-ray-like visibility up to 1 km (0.6 miles) beneath the Earth’s surface. Ideon maps the intensity of […]
Cognitive3D Raises $2.5 Million For Spatial Analytics Platform for 3D Apps
Vancouver’s Cognitive3D has raised a $2.5 million seed round led by Konvoy, with participation from Space Capital and Boost VC. Cognitive3D is a spatial analytics platform that collates and measures how users behave within immersive 3D environments. As users move from content consumption through 2D web and mobile platforms, towards a more interactive content participation in 3D apps, Cognitive3D provides […]
PayByPhone Partners with TransLink Park and Ride Lots Across Vancouver
PayByPhone has partnered with TransLink to offer its mobile parking payment app at 5,500 parking spaces across all nine TransLink Park and Ride lots. Commuters in the Metro Vancouver area using the designated lots along the TransLink line servicing buses, the SkyTrain, and the West Coast Express can now pay for their parked vehicles with […]
B.C. Startup Named To Canada’s Most Innovative Tech Companies
CIX Canadian Innovation Exchange has announced the Top 10 Growth Stage Companies and the Top 20 Early Stage Companies for their 2022 program. While the Top 10 Growth Stage company list did not include any B.C.-based companies, the list of CIX Top 20 Early Stage companies included Victoria’s Solaires. This year’s selections is in contrast […]
Vancouver Fintech ForwardAI Partners with Swoop Funding to Streamline Loan Access
A Vancouver-based fintech startup providing aggregated access to accounting and business data recently announced a partnership with New York’s Swoop Funding, a business platform to discover funding solutions across loans, equity, and grants. ForwardAI says that, through the partnership, Swoop Funding will be augmenting its current data collection process and leverage ForwardAI’s API for access to […]
Vancouver’s Vida Carbon Partners With F1’s Lewis Hamilton
Vancouver’s Vida Carbon has landed a new title partnership with seven-Time Formula 1 World Champion Sir Lewis Hamilton’s Extreme E team, X44. Vida Carbon is a carbon credit investment firm that aims to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change. This partnership brings together Vida Carbon and X44 in their shared ambition of […]