Online training is skyrocketing across every industry – from solo-preneurs teaching guitar fundamentals, business coaching, and fitness training. Vancouver’s Thinkific has seen a 200% increase in online courses being created on its platform since the pandemic hit and earlier this week announced that they had raised $22 million to accelerate product innovation. Thinkific’s financing comes […]
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jSonar Acquired By Cybersecurity Giant Imperva
jSonar has been acquired by cybersecurity giant Imperva. Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Headquartered in Boston and Vancouver, jSonar helps companies address database security and compliance needs, dramatically simplifying the process of establishing database protection while reducing cost. In June 2020, jSonar has closed a $50 million investment from Goldman Sachs for the company’s first […]
Vancouver’s Independent Gaming Studios Among Canada’s Top Growing Companies
The Globe and Mail published their second annual ranking of Canada’s Top Growing Companies last week and the list of 400 businesses sprawl across sectors, from fashion to finance, and manufacture everything from medical testing devices to organic pasta. Techcouver has poured over the list to uncover Vancouver’s gems of entrepreneurial success, whether they be […]
SeaHawk Robotics Wins Ocean Startup Challenge
The Ocean Startup Challenge is a competition designed to support innovators who are developing technologies that can be applied to large ocean challenges. This Challenge is led by the Ocean Startup Project, the first Innovation Ecosystem Project announced by Canada’s Ocean Supercluster. The Ocean Startup Project is a pan-Atlantic collaboration to create and grow high-quality […]
Attendease Lands $1 Million From TIMIA For SaaS Platform
Out with the old, in with the new. Earlier this week TIMIA Capital announced its successful ‘exit’ from their financing for 7Geese which was acquired by Human Capital Management Leader, Paycor. Yesterday event automation startup Attendease announced they raised $1 million of their own from TIMIA. TIMIA provides financing to SaaS companies in exchange for […]
Atlas ID Launches COVID-19 Risk Platform for Canadian Businesses
As businesses try to recover from the pandemic’s economic blow while ensuring the safety of workers and customers, many have complained of two obstacles: access to coronavirus testing for their employees and long delays in receiving results. HIRE Technologies is partnering with Vancouver’s Atlas ID to bring the company’s COVID-19 risk mitigation platform to employers in Canada. […]
Rivian On Schedule for 2021 Launch & They’re Hiring In Vancouver
US-based all-electric “adventure vehicle” manufacturer Rivian has named the dates for delivery of its R1T pickup truck and R1S SUV. We’ll begin seeing the R1T on roads as early as June 2021 with the SUV edition following in August 2021. The electric vehicle manufacturer posted a new video online that features their Normal, IL factory […]
WELL Health Launches Digital Health App Marketplace
Today WELL Health Technologies launched apps.health, a digital health app marketplace that connects digital health tech companies and software developers to the WELL network of over 2,000 primary healthcare clinics and 10,000 physicians. WELL intends on collaborating with third-party digital health application developers to market and promote their products and services to WELL’s network of […]
7Geese Acquired By Human Capital Management Leader Paycor
Vancouver employee performance management platform 7Geese has been acquired by Cincinnati-based Human Capital Management company Paycor. 7Geese CEO and founder Amin Palizban announced the acquisition online today but terms of the transaction were not disclosed. 7Geese’s solution inspires high performance and engagement in distributed teams with objectives and key results (OKR) goal setting, agile performance […]
D-Wave Reveals the First Quantum Computer Built for Business
Earlier this year D-Wave Systems commissioned 451 Research, part of S&P Global Market Intelligence, to investigate enterprise attitude and appetite with regard to quantum computing. Yesterday they released the results. The survey found that while 39% of surveyed enterprises are already experimenting with quantum computing today, a staggering 81% have a use-case in mind for […]