Squamish-based Carbon Engineering has announced the completion of an equity financing round of US $68 million, marking the largest private investment made into a Direct Air Capture (DAC) company to date. This $68M financing will allow CE to commercialize and enter mainstream markets with its fully demonstrated DAC technology that is able to capture and […]
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ezCater Acquires Vancouver’s Monkey Group
ezCater, the world’s largest online catering marketplace, today announced it has acquired Vancouver-headquartered Monkey Group, an enterprise software, training, and insights company, and developers of MONKEY, the cloud platform for takeout, delivery, and catering. The acquisition marries the world’s largest online catering marketplace with the world’s most popular catering management software. Catering, the largest growth […]
Vancouver Visual Effects Team Takes Home Oscar for First Man
“And a big shout-out to Michelle Eisenreich, Rupert Porter and my people at DNEG Vancouver.” Those were the words of Paul Lambert, the VFX Supervisor on First Man as he accepted his team’s Oscar for Best Visual Effects on Sunday night. Eisenreich is a Vancouver-based executive producer at Double Negative. Digital effects supervisor Tristan Myles […]
Cybersecurity Startup Cmd Raises US $15 Million from Google Ventures
Vancouver cybersecurity startup Cmd announced today the close of a US$15-million Series B funding round led by GV. Formerly known as Google Ventures, GV is the venture capital arm of Google’s parent company, Alphabet. The funding round also included participation from Amplify Partners and Expa. Cmd allows organizations to proactively secure their Linux environment by providing […]
Vancouver Animators Get Creative with The Lego Movie 2
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part is the latest creation from animation studio Animal Logic and a team of animators in Vancouver played a large part in getting it there. The much anticipated sequel to the 2014 box-office sensation had it’s world premiere on February 2nd and hit cinemas across North America on February […]
Investors Oversubscribe to Mojio’s USD $40 Million Series B Funding Round
Today, Vancouver-based Mojio announced that it has closed a $40 Million USD Series B funding round. The oversubscribed round included strategic investors Assurant, the world’s leading provider of vehicle protection services and extended warranties; Bosch, the top tier-one supplier to the global automotive industry; and T-Mobile, America’s fastest-growing wireless company. Mojio is the leading technology […]
Aspect Biosystems Collaborates with the National Research Council of Canada
As diseases of the central nervous system, such as Alzheimer’s disease, continue to impact the lives of Canadians, the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and Aspect Biosystems are working to develop new therapeutic models that could lead to improved treatments in the future and better outcomes for patients suffering from brain disease. As one […]
Talemetry Acquired in $200 Million Talent Acquisition Platform Rollup
Recruitment marketing platform Talemetry has been acquired and will become part of a larger talent acquisition platform. K1 Investment Management announced a majority investment in Jobvite, the industry leader in best-of-breed recruiting software. At the same time, K1 and Jobvite also announced three major acquisitions: Richmond, B.C.’s Talemetry, employee referral platform RolePoint, and text-based conversational recruiting company […]
Begin a Career at Fiercely Independent East Side Games
Founded in July 2011 by Josh Nilson, Jason Bailey and Galan Akin, East Side Games (ESG) is the independent game studio that was behind Facebook smash hit Pot Farm. In addition to being fiercely independent, the Vancouver studio is profitable and their games fund all their new projects whether it be the popular Trailer Park Boys: Greasy Money […]
ACL Accelerates Strategy with Acquisition of Rsam
ACL has acquired Rsam, an analyst-recognized leader in IT, vendor, and security risk management solutions, headquartered in Secaucus, New Jersey. It also more than doubles ACL’s R&D capacity, accelerating the delivery of innovation to 7,000 customers in 135 countries. The combination brings together ACL’s true SaaS platform differentiated by its proprietary risk assurance methodology, advanced […]