In early 2023, we reported on Thinkific’s journey toward profitability following multiple waves of layoffs. “Profitability is in sight,” Greg Smith, cofounder and chief executive of Thinkific, stated last year, months after the firm laid off 20% its staff. Founded in 2012, Thinkific went public in 2021 on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker […]
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Thinkific Labs and Jon Youshaei Launch Accelerator to Help Creators Succeed
Last year, Jon Youshaei unveiled a partnership with Vancouver-based Thinkific Labs. “I’ll take you under my wing and share the tools, tips, and templates to build a real business as a creator,” the speaker and journalist stated in December. Interest in Youshaei’s ‘Inside Accelerator’ course garnered a waitlist. Those waiting can now breath a collective […]
Struggling with Financials, Nexii Building Solutions Seeks an Exit
Momentum has ground to a halt for a Vancouver-based designer and manufacturer of sustainable building products. Climate Smart company Nexii Building Solutions, which has recently been collaborating on projects, apparently has a lot of debt that it is struggling to pay off. Despite targeting a huge market—the building and construction industry accounts for 37% of […]
With ‘Complete Coverage of Canada’ Achieved, UniUni Eyes US Market
UniUni founder and CEO Peter Lu has an ambitious goal for his company: Achieve the famed $1 billion “unicorn” status by 2025. En route this track, the Richmond-based delivery technology upstart last year raised $20 million in Series B financing from Celtic House Venture Partners, Freshwave Capital, and others to power a logistics platform that […]
Visier Updates Platform, Reflecting Shift Toward ‘Systemic HR’
A people analytics and workforce solutions company this week issued several announcements out of the annual HR Technology Conference in Las Vegas. Vancouver’s Visier unveiled Systemic HR, which captures the shift from people analytics as a specialized reporting and analysis discipline within HR departments to people analytics as a pervasive data strategy where trusted and secure workforce insights […]
Climate Risk Forecasting Startup Planette Lands Techstars Seattle Investment
Vancouver startup Planette has landed an investment from Techstars Seattle. Founded in 2022 by CEO Hansi Singh and CTO Kalai Ramea, Planette leverages AI-powered, science-informed climate hazard forecasts that make it possible to forecast risks from wildfires, extreme heat, severe storms, and other climate hazards a season, a year, and up to several years ahead. Through […]
Clio Launches First Practice-Specific Customization for Personal Injury Lawyers
Vancouver unicorn Clio is revolutionizing how legal professionals work with a new solution designed for law firms with personal injury practices. Built on the legal industry’s most widely used cloud-based legal practice management software, Clio Manage, the new feature set addresses the distinct workflows, procedures, and requirements unique to personal injury law. This launch marks […]
Clio Simplifies Legal Advertising with Localized Ad Solution
A Vancouver-based provider of cloud-based legal technology announced this week an integration with Google Ads. The integration will see the launch of Google’s Local Services Ads for Clio, a legal marketing solution designed to transform how lawyers grow their law firms. “Legal demand is moving from the offline world to online, with most of that […]
DAZN Chooses GeoComply to Secure Sports Content for its 20 Million Subscribers Worldwide
Global sports streaming leader DAZN has chosen Vancouver unicorn GeoComply to safeguard its premium sports content. GeoComply is a leading provider of cutting-edge anti-fraud and geolocation solutions and its GeoGuard solution provides advanced protection against usage of VPNs, Tors, Proxies, and other advanced location spoofing techniques. With over 20 million premium paying subscribers across 200 […]
Dapper Labs Trims Team Yet Again as NFT Market Remains Tepid
Former tech darling Dapper Labs is continuing a downward trajectory. The Vancouver-born startup spun out of startup studio Axoim Zen in 2017 and shot toward fame through 2021 via non-fungible tokens and its Flow blockchain. However, Dapper has been experiencing a reversal of fortune over the past year. It began last November when the crypto […]