According to the Business Development Bank of Canada’s latest Venture Capital landscape report, VC investment activity in Canada declined across all stages in 2023. In response, BDC this week committed an additional $500 million to its Growth Venture Fund and $450 million to its Growth Equity Partners program in a bid to “help buoy the […]
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16 B.C. Tech Companies Named Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Winners
Deloitte Canada has announced this year’s winners of the Technology Fast 50, Companies-to-Watch, Clean Technology and Enterprise Fast 15 awards, recognizing the world-class achievements of the best in tech companies across Canada for the 27th year. The Technology Fast 50 program recognizes the world-class achievements of Canada’s leading technology companies—highlighting their commitment to innovation, strong leadership, […]
Revealed: A Ranking of the Fastest Growing Technology Companies in B.C.
Powered a steadily expanding tech ecosystem, the region of Vancouver lacked an explosive company over the past three years, with the city failing to appear in a top 50 list of Canada’s fastest-growing companies. The annual Report on Business ranking, which Calgary’s Neo Financial topped, crowned multiple firms from Calgary, as well from Toronto and […]
Certn, Leasey.AI Integrate Tech to Enhance Tenant Screening Platform
A Victoria-based leading provider of global background screening and identity verification this week announced a partnership with Leasey.AI, an automated property management software startup headquartered in Vancouver. This new collaboration between Certn and Leasey empowers property managers and landlords with direct access to Certn’s automated background checks from within the Leasey platform, according to a […]
22 B.C. Tech Companies Named Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Winners
Deloitte Canada has announced this year’s winners of the Technology Fast 50, Companies-to-Watch, Clean Technology and Enterprise Fast 15 awards, recognizing the world-class achievements of the best in tech companies across Canada for the 26th year. The Technology Fast 50 program recognizes the world-class achievements of Canada’s leading technology companies—highlighting their commitment to innovation, strong leadership, […]
Certn Expands Global Reach with Strategic Acquisition of Europe’s Trustmatic
One of British Columbia’s top-ranked artificial intelligence companies today announced the strategic acquisition of a Europe-based rival. Victoria’s Certn has acquired Trustmatic, a Europe-based remote identity verification company—a movie which solidifies Certn’s position as a global leader in screening and identity verification technology and enhances its ability to meet the KYC needs of its growing […]
Vancouver Tech Scores High in Ranking of Canada’s Fastest Growing Firms
It was in 2019 that the Globe & Mail published its inaugural Report on Business ranking of Canada’s fastest growing companies. Since then, Techcouver has reported on regional data pulled from the annual report, observing how Vancouver tech fares on the national stage. The fifth ranking of Canada’s Top Growing Companies, which scores participating private […]
Certn Supersizes Series B Round with EDC Funding to Fuel Expansion
Online identity verification company Certn today announced the securing of an additional US$30M in Series B financing. The financing hails primarily from Export Development Canada and builds on US$50 million in Series B funding led by B Capital in 2022. Export Development Canada is a financial Crown corporation dedicated to helping Canadian businesses make an impact […]
The State of Artificial Intelligence in BC in 2023
It was not long ago that Techcouver highlighted a variety of innovative BC-based startups using artificial intelligence across sectors. This coverage showcased Canada Drives, which must predict market prices and reconditioning costs to provide accurate prices to sellers and buyers, as well as Charli AI, whose generative artificial intelligence platform Ancaeus is designed for cross-functional use across […]
Connecting the Dots: December 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 December’s Connecting The Dots, the team examines B.C.’s latest cabinet shuffle, breaks down recent funding announcements, highlights the latest partnerships across the B.C. tech ecosystem, and shines a spotlight on recipients of […]