Four the fourth year in a row, Canada ranked fourth on StartupBlink’s Global Startup Ecosystem Index for 2023, behind Israel, the UK, and the US. Within Canada, Toronto ranked as the top startup hub. Vancouver, whose startup ecosystem ranked 18th in North America, placed second in the nation. Vancouver best watch out though—the city dropped […]
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Legatech Centaur Clio Announces New Chief Product Officer
After recently celebrating its 15th birthday, legal technology company Clio announced a notable change in its executive leadership this week. Technology product leader Hemant Kashyap has joined the Vancouver-based firm as their new Chief Product Officer. Kashyap’s responsibilities will include directing Clio’s product strategy, development, and execution, including the company’s expansive app integration ecosystem, according […]
Innovation District Arises in Vancouver as City Endures State of Flux
Last year, Keltic Canada Development broke ground on a new health-innovation project. The Vancouver-based Keltic teamed up with global medical technology company Masimo to develop a multi-level facility. “We’re proud to see that our reputation as a leader in the life sciences sector has helped lead Masimo to expand their operations in B.C.,” stated Ravi […]
Thinkific Finds Success with Stripe-Powered Payments
In 2021, Thinkific launched an embedded Payments feature. Thinkific also went public in 2021 on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “THNC” with shares rising as high as $19.47, giving the Vancouver tech firm a peak market capitalization of over $2 billion. “Thinkific Payments gives course creators tools that help them sell more […]
Clio Ventures Invests in Legaltech Startup Steno with Eye on Integration
In a recent development set to advance Canada’s legal-tech landscape, Vancouver’s cloud-based legal technology titan, Clio, affirmed financial support for Steno, a burgeoning Los Angeles startup specializing in legaltech. Steno’s suite of services, ranging from efficient court reporting to litigation support, have positioned it as a frontrunner in legaltech and a prime target for investment. […]
LayerZero Secures Capital, Strategic Alignment to Unlock ‘Blockchains Without Borders’
Web3 messaging platform LayerZero Labs this week closed a Series B round to the tune of US$120 million. The sizeable raise builds on LayerZero’s US$135 million round co-led by Sequoia Capital, FTX Ventures, and Andreessen Horowitz in 2022. Last year’s round pushed the Vancouver-born blockchain startup into Unicorn status; this week’s follow-up values the BC tech firm […]
Trulioo Cofounder Authors First Book, Sharing Best Practices
Vancouver’s Tanis Jorge is a serial tech entrepreneur and a leading advisor on entrepreneurship and building successful cofounder partnerships. Over the course of her career in startups, spanning the last 20 years, Tanis has cofounded, scaled, and successfully exited multiple, data-driven businesses with the same partner, Stephen Ufford. Tanis and Stephen’s most recent venture was […]
Clio Celebrates 15th Anniversary on way to Becoming a 100-year Company
Vancouver unicorn Clio is celebrating its 15th anniversary this week. When Clio launched in 2008 at ABA TECHSHOW, no one could have predicted its significant impact on the legal industry. Clio has grown into a global force in legal technology, with over 150,000 customers in more than 100 countries. For 15 years, the Burnaby-born startup […]
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 […]
When NFTs Cross the Line from ‘Baseball Card’ to ‘Investment Contract’
There has been much talk in the last year of so-called non-fungible tokens in Canada—what are they, what can they do, what will they become? The answer, it seems, is still unraveling itself. Bitcoin launched over a decade ago as a simple, decentralized alternative to fiat currency. Eventually, companies decided to compete in some sense […]