How often do you think about your company’s values? In the tech startup world, it’s easy to get side-tracked by immediate concerns around product development, balance sheets, and just plain making it through another year. However, the values held by a company don’t just serve to look good on a corporate wall. Values define who […]
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Foodee Raises $13 Million and Acquires US Competitor Chewse
Vancouver’s Foodee has acquired Chewse, a fellow office catering company that services the San Francisco Bay Area, Austin, and Chicago. Founded in 2011, Chewse takes a “Spotify for food” approach to office catering and provides companies with curated selections of family-style meals from local restaurants. The San Francisco-based startup has raised US $33 to date. […]
‘League of Innovators’ Launches Platform for Youth to Discover Entrepreneurship
Vancouver’s League of Innovators (LOI) has launched a free learning and resource platform for youth and educators called Innovators Academy. The Innovators Academy is an online platform with free content on topics related to entrepreneurship and innovation organized into 12 modules filled with content, videos, and workbooks, and tackles topics such as social entrepreneurship, resilience, […]
AI in the Enterprise: Case Studies from Four Industries
In many companies Artificial Intelligence has moved from being an experimental technology to be a fundamental part of operations and service delivery. Continuing the momentum from a successful CrossOver: AI Conference, the Artificial Intelligence Network of BC is tackling AI in the Enterprise. Join AInBC on March 11th as they get in-depth on lessons learned […]
Eleven Vancouver Companies Included on Narwhal List
The Narwhal Project identifies a set of young Canadian companies that have the potential to become successful on the world stage. The Narwhal List sheds light on the ability of firms to scale up and reach world-class status. 2019 was a remarkable year for Vancouver’s technology sector as there are eleven companies that made the cut. […]
Ryan Holmes Shares Lessons from a Unicorn at Tech Vancouver
Tech Vancouver helps the city’s technologists expand their knowledge and network in the community. Every month a set of highly curated leaders & innovators come together to share their expertise & experiences through panels and presentations. Next month Tech Vancouver’s topic is “Lessons from a Unicorn” with Ryan Holmes, co-founder of Hootsuite, discussing how to […]
10 Homegrown B.C. Startups to Watch in 2020
2019 is in the books and it was a great one for Vancouver tech community and the province as a whole. Burnaby’s Clio announced a funding round that makes them Canada’s newest Unicorn, seven Vancouver companies were among Canada’s best workplaces in technology, and to top it off, we found out that our software developers now […]
Vancouver’s Cmd Named to CNBC’s 2019 Upstart 100 List
Every year, CNBC scans the globe looking for the 100 venture-backed startups that have the potential to transform industries and become tomorrow’s household names. Their 2019 Upstart 100 list showcases young startups that are building and scaling businesses addressing the rapidly changing technological era we live in. Selected from more than 600 nominees globally, Vancouver’s […]
Are You A Thought Leader?
Thought leadership is a great way to establish yourself as an expert or leader in your field. Techcouver is on the look out for thought leaders who would like to contribute great content to our growing library. Whether it be analyzing the trajectories of home-grown startups like Steve Lowry did with What’s your Business Type: Clio […]
Procurify Raises $26 Million Series B Round
Vancouver’s Procurify announced today that it has closed $26 million in a Series B funding round. The Series B round was led by Toronto-based Information Venture Partners and saw participation from BC Tech Fund managed by Kensington Capital, HarbourVest Partners, Manulife, as well as return investor Palo Alto-based Runa Capital. Founded by CEO Aman Mann, […]