Frontier Collective has created a flagship summit aimed at connecting global investors, leaders, and stakeholders with metaverse and Web3 leaders in Vancouver. The local nonprofit announced today that the inaugural Frontier Summit will take place in mid-August. “Frontier technologies are thriving in this region and we see a tremendous opportunity to cement Vancouver’s position both nationally […]
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Christie’s Auction House Invests in Web3 Unicorn LayerZero Labs
A new venture fund from a renowned international brand has made its first portfolio investment. Luxury art giant Christie’s this month launched Christie’s Ventures, a new fund targeting emerging technologies in the art and crypto spaces, as well as fintech startups. “The intersections of technology and financial products are increasingly relevant and prevalent, and we […]
Pocketpills and Rise People Partner to Modernize Pharmacy Prescription Process
All-in-one management platform Rise People this month struck a partnership with Pocketpills, Canada’s only national and bilingual online pharmacy. Vancouver-based Rise says the partnership is a first of its kind in Canada and will provide cost-effective prescription medications to people across the country. “Businesses everywhere are putting employee health first; we see it every day as more […]
Shopify Shocks Tech Ecosystem With Massive Workforce Reduction
In January 2021 Shopify announced plans to double the size of its engineering team in 2021 by hiring 2,021 new technical staff. One year before Shopify announced that they were making a significant investment in Vancouver, with plans to hire 1,000 employees and open their first permanent office. Today Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke announced that Shopify would […]
Livshows, Foot Locker Launch Augmented Reality Art Competition
Vancouver startup Livshows wants to make AR accessible to all; last year it launched a no-code platform that allows anyone to publish immersive augmented reality experiences directly to the web. Now Livshows is partnering up with Foot Locker Vancouver to launch Immersify. Immersify is described by the companies as an interactive art competition for creatives […]
Metaspectral to Build Hyper-Spectral Project for International Space Station
Metaspectral announced recently that it will be developing a new Earth observation payload for the International Space Station. According to the announcement, which came on the anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 moonwalk, payload is known as “Onboard Programmable Technology for Image Classification and Analysis, or OPTICA. It will enable real-time compression, streaming, and analysis […]
Vancouver’s Blume Raises $2 Million For Superfood Latte Brand
Vancouver’s Blume has raised a $2 million seed round for their superfood latte brand. Co-Founded by Karen Danudjaja in 2017, Blume is North America’s leading superfood brand that features locally made products with 100 percent natural and all organic ingredients, such as turmeric, reishi and more. Retailing in over 1,500 stores nationwide, including Whole Foods, […]
London Rail Company Taps Vancouver’s Netskrt Systems for Edgecasting Trial
British train operating company London North Eastern Railway announced this month a United Kingdoms first—using Vancouver technology. LNER announced its edgecasting proof-of-concept trial that enables people to stream thousands of shows from ITV Hub in ultra high-definition without eating into personal data or the train’s Wi-Fi bandwidth. 69% of passengers say that good-quality Wi-Fi is […]
Following Big Funding, Nexii Aims to Acquire Solar Earth Technologies
Nexii has officially entered a letter of intent to acquire Solar Earth in the coming months, bringing two Canadian companies together to support the transition of the built environment towards a net zero future Nexii Building Solutions intends to acquire Solar Earth Technologies following a $45 million venture capital round earlier this month. Nexii, which designs […]
Hydra Energy Lands Partnership With Western Canadian Heavy-truck Dealer
Vancouver’s Hydra Energy, the world’s first Hydrogen-as-a-Service (HaaS™) provider for commercial fleets, has landed a partnership with a major western Canadian heavy-duty truck dealer group to accelerate adoption of its hydrogen conversion kits. This is a first-of-its-kind green trucking collaboration with First Truck Centre will now allow commercial truck fleet owners to quickly convert their trucks […]