Dan Mangan is a Vancouver-based singer-songwriter with two Juno Awards to his name and he’s added startup founder to his resume as well. Mangan’s rise in the music ranks was not overnight. It was slow and hard and he’s no stranger to the tiny venues that struggling musicians are resigned to play until they make […]
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Vancouver-born Thinkific Opens TSX With $1 Billion Valuation
Vancouver’s Thinkific virtually rang the opening bell at the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) today to celebrate the company’s first day of public trading. Listed under the ticker symbol “THNC”, Thinkific shares opened at $13.50 and have risen as high as $15.37 today giving Thinkific a market capitalization of $1.18 billion and making it the second […]
Thinkific Crosses 100 Million Online Courses Taken on its Platform
Vancouver’s Thinkific announced today that it has had over 100 million courses taken through it’s platform with over 63 million courses taken in 2020 alone. The latest milestone comes at the end of an exceptional growth year for the online course platform that included a $22 million growth financing round led by Rhino Ventures. Thinkific […]
Venture Capital Deal Activity Robust In B.C. During Q3 2020
Hockeystick has released their BC Tech Report for Q3 2020 that summarizes venture capital deal activity in Q3. COVID-19 has not slowed down deal activity in the region, but its impact can be seen in the types of companies raising funds, exemplified by Thinkific’s $22 million raise to address remote learning demand attributed to COVID-19 changes […]
Thinkific Raises $22 Million to Meet Surging Demand in Online Courses
Thinkific has closed a $22 million growth financing round led by Vancouver’s own Rhino Ventures. Thinkific has been profitable since 2018, yet chose to raise additional funding to accelerate product innovation, and continue shaping the future of online courses. Rhino Ventures were early investors in the elearning startup and the new money brings the total […]
Digital Health Startup Curatio Raises Series A Round Led By Rhino Ventures
Vancouver’s Curatio has raised a Series A round led by Vancouver’s Rhino Ventures with participation from Conexus Venture Capital Fund. The amount of funding has not been disclosed. Curatio is a digital health company that has developed the world’s first social health prescription to tackle loneliness and isolation. Used in over 85 countries and available […]
5 More Homegrown B.C. Startups to Watch in 2020
Last month Techcouver kicked off the new year with a listicle tagging 10 Homegrown B.C. Startups to Watch in 2020 and the concept proved very popular. We’ve received many requests for additions to the list so we’ve decided to make it a monthly series. Please continue to suggest companies for consideration as often the most […]
Rhino Ventures Doubles Down On Fatigue Science
Vancouver’s Fatigue Science has closed a Series A financing round. The financing amount was undisclosed but made up of a syndicate of new and existing investors including Vancouver’s Rhino Ventures, the company’s first venture capital investor. Fatigue Science is a leader in providing predictive human performance data around sleep in elite sports, military and heavy […]
Aspect Biosystems Raises $20 Million for 3D Printing of Human Tissue
Vancouver’s Aspect Biosystems today announced a US $20 million Series A financing round led by Radical Ventures with participation from investors Pangaea Ventures, Pallasite Ventures, and Rhino Ventures. Aspect is a biotechnology company pioneering microfluidic 3D bioprinting of human tissues and will use this capital to advance multiple tissue therapeutic programs, expand its technology platform […]
Vancouver Founder Fund Rebrands As Rhino Ventures
Four years ago, Fraser Hall and Dan Eisenhardt started Vancouver Founder Fund (VFF) with one goal: to be the funders they wished they had had as founders. The Vancouver Founder Fund name came from Hall and Eisenhardt wanting to pay homage to the city in which they built their previous company, Recon Instruments. They set […]