This summer, Google celebrated the fifth anniversary of the Canadian edition of the Google for Startups Accelerator program. And same as every other year, Google put out a call for Canadian tech startups—this round, with a focus on firms leveraging artificial intelligence. “We were blown away by the quality of the applications we received, and […]
Surrey Agtech Innovator SkyAcres Joins Google for Startups Accelerator
Last year, Innovate BC and the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program provided $2 million in research and development funding to help regional companies pilot technologies and create new jobs across British Columbia. The B.C. Fast Pilot invested in 14 companies at the time—including SkyAcres Agrotechnologies, which was recently named one of the […]
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 […]
Victoria Startup Secures Funding to Fuel Green Infrastructure Siting Platform
Determining the optimal location for green infrastructure projects has long been a hurdle to the wider adoption of sustainable commodity production. Within a landscape of shifting regulations and a complex market, aligning the diverse array of stakeholders required for such projects is a daunting task. Enter Othersphere, a Victoria-based clean-tech startup, which is designing software to […]
ShareWares Selected for the 2023 Google for Startups Accelerator
Vancouver’s ShareWares has been selected to participate in the 2023 Google for Startups Accelerator Canada program. ShareWares will be joining eleven other Canadian startups in the 10-week, equity-free program, designed to bring the best of Google’s programs, products, people and technology to Canadian startups – at a time when AI continues to advance. ShareWares developed a platform that pairs […]
Google Accepting Applications for Latest Startups Accelerator Canada Program
In 2020, Google launched its first Startup Accelerator in Canada. Since then the company supported more than 30 Canadian startups from coast-to-coast. These startups cover a wide range of industries—from healthcare and biotech, agriculture, education, finance, telecommunications, real estate and more—and have gone on to raise more than $140 million collectively. Google is now accepting […]
Blossom Among Three Canadian Startups Selected for Latest Google Accelerator
In the startup ecosystem, women founders are less likely to receive financing than men, says Google, which is the reasoning behind its Accelerator for Women Founders. There are 12 startups comprising the 2022 cohort of Google for Startups Accelerator: Women Founders, now in its third run. The dozen women-led fledglings hail from across North America, […]
Google Accepting Applications for Latest Startups Accelerator Canada Program
In 2020, Google launched its first Startup Accelerator in Canada. Since then the company has rolled out additional accelerator programs to support different technical areas, graduating more than 50 Canadian startups. Google is now accepting applications until June 21 for the third cohort of its Startups Accelerator Canada program. The program is open to startups […]
Vancouver Startups Rank Among Second Cohort of Google Accelerator
Last year, Victoria’s Audette and Vancouver’s Goose Insurance were two BC startups among 12 across Canada for Google’s first Cloud Accelerator in the country. Earlier this year Google called upon Canadian startups once again to wrangle a second cohort for its popular Cloud Accelerator, a 10-week virtual program offering Canadian startups in the cloud an opportunity […]
Former Meta Exec Reno Mathews Joins Ever-Expanding Trulioo in New Role
Trulioo today announced the appointment of Reno Mathews as the company’s first Chief Compliance Officer. Mathews joins the leading global identity verification company with 20 years of experience in building global compliance programs and leading remediation efforts related to regulatory enforcement actions in the banking, money service businesses, crypto and broker-dealer industries. “Reno’s global compliance expertise […]