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 […]
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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 […]
Hothead Games Launches Mobile Publishing Division
Vancouver’s Hothead Games has launched a new publishing division to help third-party game developers turn their mobile games into hits. Known for making the best mobile first person shooter games, Hothead Games is currently accepting submissions and offering financial assistance for games in various stages of development that will benefit from Hothead’s expertise in analytics, […]
According to Report, Hootsuite Abandons Sale Process
According to a report in the Globe & Mail, Hootsuite has abandoned a process that could have led to a sale of the company after preliminary offers came in below expectations. In October, Hootsuite hired Goldman Sachs to look at options in what one source described as a “price discovery process.” As a result Hootsuite entertained […]
Amazon Web Services Acquires TSO Logic
Vancouver’s TSO Logic has been acquired by Amazon Web Services (AWS). TSO Logic has built an analytics solution that helps customers plan, optimize and save on their way to the cloud. Part of the Amazon Partner Network, TSO Logic achieved AWS Migration Competency status in 2017. The designation recognizes that TSO Logic provides AWS customers […]
Slack Plans to Forego IPO for a Direct Offering
According to the Wall Street Journal, Vancouver-born Slack is planning to go public through a direct public offering (DPO), potentially making it the second big technology company after Spotify to bypass a traditional initial public offering (IPO). A DPO is similar to an IPO in that securities, such as stock or debt, are sold to […]
Jane App books $2 Million from CIBC Innovation Banking
North Vancouver’s Jane Software has closed a $2 million growth capital financing round with CIBC Innovation Banking. Jane is a practice management software based used by practitioners in a variety of health care disciplines including physiotherapists, massage therapists, chiropractors, acupuncturists and counsellors. Jane offers a secure, cloud-based platform to perform online booking, charting, scheduling and […]
AVA Pitches Byte Smart Garden for $10K at #CES2019
Vancouver’s AVA Technologies is at CES in Las Vegas this week and has already made the trip worthwhile. Exhibiting in the Eureka Park pavilion for startups, AVA and their Byte Smart Garden was a finalist in Trend Micro’s popular Forward Thinker Award competition. Trend Forward Capital and its investor partners carefully selected this year’s 24 finalists based […]
Vancouver Startup to Help Develop a Driverless Bus System for E.U.
The European Union is turning to a Vancouver startup for help in developing an automated transit bus system. Spare Labs is one of five companies taking part in the EU-funded FABULOS (Future Automated Bus Urban Level Operation Systems) project to develop driverless buses that can safely interact with regular traffic. Spare’s mission is to help accelerate the global […]