Victoria’s Semaphore Solutions has received a significant investment from Cypress Ridge Capital, a healthcare-focused growth equity firm. Founded in 2010, Semaphore Solutions is a leading SaaS and informatics services company addressing inherent challenges in the paradigm shift to personalized medicine. The new partnership will enable the company to accelerate investments in its highly innovative SaaS […]
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East Side Games and BBC Studios Launch Doctor Who Mobile Game
East Side Games Group (ESGG) has launched Doctor Who: Lost In Time, a mobile game available on iOS and Android, in partnership with BBC Studios and co-developed with Bigfoot. In this idle game, fans of the Doctor Who franchise act as the Doctor to explore space and time, collecting energy to save the universe while […]
God’s Pocket Scuba Diving Resort Goes Green with Moment Energy
Coquitlam’s Moment Energy has successfully installed its latest offering, the Flora system, at the off-grid God’s Pocket Resort near Port Hardy, BC. Moment Energy has been making waves in the energy storage industry with its second-life battery solutions since 2020, with five projects deployed across Canada and several more in the pipeline across North America. Co-founded […]
B.C. Women Making Their Mark In Innovation And Technology
March 8th marks International Women’s Day (IWD) and for 2023 there is a specific focus to the day. For this year, the United Nations Observance of IWD is calling special attention to #DigitalALL to highlight innovation and technology for gender equality. This includes a focus on ensuring women have Internet connectivity to pursue careers in […]
ThisFish Sees Ocean-Sized Opportunity for TallyVision Tech in Seafood Sector
Vancouver startup ThisFish will be presenting their technology in the seafood processing sector at Seafood Expo North America, which takes place in Boston on March 12th through 14th. The tech, dubbed TallyVision, combines the latest in cutting-edge camera and computer vision technology to enable automated, continuous inspection of fish quality. “Quality control typically involves selecting […]
UniUni Raises Capital to Power Gig Ecosystem of Last-Mile Delivery
Richmond-based delivery technology platform UniUni recently raised $20 million in Series B financing from Celtic House Venture Partners, Freshwave Capital, and others to power its logistics platform that leverages the gig economy to optimize what the industry refers to as “last-mile delivery.” Across many forms of transportation, such as public transit, the so-called last mile […]
Tradable Bits Integrates with Square for Live Event Data Analytics
A Vancouver company has teamed up with Square’s ecosystem of payments and hardware solutions to provide venues and festivals with a first-in-kind sales analytics integration. “A big challenge of today is not the lack of data,” explains Darshan Kaler, “but the obstacles preventing us from using that data in real-time, easily, and with impact.” Kaler […]
Burnaby’s Loop Energy to Power New Hydrogen-Electric Forklifts
Burnaby’s Loop Energy has been selected by Wiggins Lift Co., a leading American material handling vehicle manufacturer, to provide the fuel cell system for its new hydrogen-powered eBull forklift product. Loop is a designer and manufacturer of hydrogen fuel cell solutions and will support commercial deployment of the hydrogen-electric forklifts in late 2023. Wiggins provides material […]
Sanctuary AI Successfully Deploys Intelligent Robot to Perform Labour in BC
As the state of artificial intelligence in BC continues to heat up in 2023, local robotics leader Sanctuary AI has announced a significant milestone for its specialized technology. Sanctuary AI, which raised a sizeable round of funding last year, has successfully completed the first-ever “deployment of a unique system designed to deliver the world’s first […]
Precision Agtech Startup Verdi Accelerates Toward Next Stage
Since its inception in 2013, entrepreneurship@UBC has supported several hundred ventures that have gone on to raise financing, generate revenue, and create jobs across BC and Canada. Among the successes of University of British Columbia’s esteemed incubator program is Verdi, which joined the HATCH Accelerator in 2021. After graduating later that year, they were ready-to-raise. Verdi helps […]