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Marina Tran-Vu’s EQUO Named To Techstars Toronto’s 2021 Cohort

April 5, 2021 by Techcouver Newsdesk Leave a Comment

Vancouver-raised Marina Tran-Vu is the founder of EQUO, a sustainability startup delivering easy solutions for everyday single-use plastic items. EQUO’s first line of products is drinking straws made from grass, rice, coconut and sugarcane that are 100% plastic-free, biodegradable, compostable and non-toxic. Additional product lines will include utensils, dishware and stationary. Today EQUO was one […]

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5 Vancouver Startups That Got Their Start At Techstars

January 26, 2021 by Robert Lewis Leave a Comment

Founded in 2006 in Boulder, Colorado, Techstars is a seed accelerator with a founder-first philosophy that fuels startups across a range of verticals, linking them to a network of successful mentors, partners, and investors. Getting accepted into one of Techstars’ 3-month accelerator programs is not easy. Fewer than 1% of startups that apply for Techstars […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Aplic, Bench, Damon Motorcycles, Olive, Routific, Spocket, Techstars

Vancouver’s Olive Raises $1 Million Because Buying Technology Sucks

September 29, 2020 by Techcouver Newsdesk

Vancouver startup Olive has raised a $1 million seed round led by San Antonio’s Active Capital with participation from Techstars and UK-based Novator. The Techstars Seattle alumni has created a vendor selection platform that helps companies streamline IT procurement. Olive transforms the buying process by moving customers away from the archaic RFP/RFI processes to a […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Active Capital, Novator, Olive, Techstars

Vancouver’s V2 Games Acquires Techstars 2019 Alumni GameOn

September 22, 2020 by Techcouver Newsdesk

Victory Square Technologies portfolio company V2 Games has acquired Techstars 2019 Alumnus GameOn in an all-stock transaction. GameOn provides consumers, broadcasters, sportsbooks, venues and brand partners with interactive, social experiences around sports, television and live events. GameOn has entered into a distribution partnership with Comcast to deliver the GameOn-branded sports prediction experience to homes and […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: GameOn, Techstars, V2 Games, Victory Square Technologies

Damon Motorcycles Raises $3 Million And Makes Acquisition

April 1, 2020 by Techcouver Newsdesk

Vancouver’s Damon Motorcycles has raised $3 million and acquired the intellectual property of Mission Motors. According to Techcrunch, the funding is additional capital raised at the pre-series A level from undisclosed angel investors. Previous investors include Round 13 Capital, Techstars, Extreme Venture Partners and Pallasite Ventures. Built in Vancouver and founded by serial entrepreneurs Jay Giraud […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Damon Motorcycles, Extreme Venture Partners, Pallasite Ventures, Round 13 Capital, Techstars

Vancouver’s Olive Selected for Techstars Seattle Class of 2020

February 5, 2020 by Robert Lewis

Making decisions on enterprise technology can be stressful and complicated. Fitting a new solution into your business is even more complex. The risk of choosing the wrong solution necessitates deep analysis, both of the available options AND of your business. This is what Olive is purpose built to solve. The Vancouver startup provides you with […]

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AI-Powered Damon Motorcycles Secures $2.5 Million Seed Round

June 4, 2019 by Techcouver Newsdesk Leave a Comment

Damon Motorcycles has announced the completion of a $2.5 million seed financing round including Round 13 Capital and investment firms Techstars, Extreme Venture Partners and Pallasite Ventures. Built in Vancouver and founded by serial entrepreneurs Jay Giraud and Dominique Kwong, Damon Motorcycles is a two-wheel technology company that employs radical innovations in sensor fusion, robotics […]

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