Vancouver web3 gaming startup Rapture Labs has added LayerZero co-founders Bryan Pellegrino and Ryan Zarick to its advisory board. Pellegrino and Zarick co-founded LayerZero, along with Caleb Banister, to solve a problem nobody else had been able to effectively solve in crypto and blockchain spaces – to enable secure and direct cross-chain communication. Rapture Labs […]
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Digital Verification Platform Trulioo Bolsters C-Suite with Appointment of Eric Morse
Trulioo announced this week that it has appointed Eric Morse has the Vancouver-based company’s chief revenue officer. According to a statement from the BC-born digital identity verification platform, Morse brings decades of sales, technology, and business development experience to Trulioo, where he will lead the sales and customer success teams to accelerate the company’s growth trajectory […]
Visier Launches Solution to Help Companies Manage the Remote Work Paradigm Shift
The fast-growing Visier this month launched a new solution for its customers. Called Hybrid Work, the Visier NOW feature helps organizations track, measure, and report on what the Vancouver unicorn describes as “one of the most relevant and vexing workforce challenges facing organizations today.” “There is a lot of confusion for both employers and employees in […]
Ticketmaster Flows with Dapper Labs as NFTs Enhance Live Events in Canada
Live events effectively disappeared from the planet for about two years. This summer they have rebounded with gusto, as evidenced by successes like Collision, driven by pent-up demand for a return societal normalcy. Of course, two years is a long time for tech to stay quiet. So you may notice some changes to the live […]
Five BC-Based Venture Capital Firms Contributing to Canada’s Startup Success
Here at Techcouver we report daily on news and insight surrounding the technology ecosystems of Vancouver and across British Columbia. As Vancouver’s technology publication of record, we have covered hundreds of startups, including many rounds of venture capital raised. Recent examples include those of construction-tech startup Nexii Building Solutions, SaNOtize R&D, and online motor vehicle marketplace Canada […]
AltFee Integrates Lawyer Pricing Software into Clio’s Legal-Tech Ecosystem
A North Vancouver-based knowledge management and collaboration pricing software platform for law firms this month integrated with Clio, Canada’s pioneer in cloud-based legal practice management software. AltFee provides an alternative fee arrangement system to help lawyers scope out fixed fees, improving the client-lawyer relationship and boosting realization rates. An easy-to-implement tool to support the accurate […]
Connecting the Dots: July 2022
Each month, the team at Switchboard Public Relations connects the dots between the trends, headlines and narratives informing the B.C. tech sector. For July’s Connecting The Dots, the team breaks down some multimillion-dollar M&A action, explores the new wave of Green Energy, and discusses B.C.’s Centre for Agritech Innovation. The latest deal makers in B.C. […]
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 […]
Nexii Raises $45 Million at $2 Billion Valuation to Develop Sustainable Buildings
Nexii Building Solutions achieved unicorn status last year following a US$45 million funding round led by Honeywell. The Vancouver-based Nexii is a green construction tech company tackling environmental issues through sustainable building products. The company this week announced an additional US$35 million from Horizon Technology Finance Corporation and Trinity Capital, which raises its valuation to $2 […]
Five Crypto Startups to Watch in BC
Despite a current downturn, the global cryptocurrency market remains active and fascinating to say the least—and a trend with enough traction to grab the attention of virtually all companies. Blockchain-based digital assets “have risen on the radars of boards over the last few years as digital currencies are adopted into mainstream payment flows and central […]