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Whistler Search & Rescue to Use VodaSafe’s AquaEye To Reduce Drowning Recovery Time

December 14, 2020 by Techcouver Newsdesk Leave a Comment

Last week Vancouver’s VodaSafe donated an AquaEye®, the world’s first hand-held scanning sonar device for water-based search and rescue, to Whistler Search and Rescue. The AquaEye unit will be used to help Whistler Fire’s firefighters and Whistler Search and Rescue rescue and recover missing persons from Whistler’s bodies of water. “Our first-of-its-kind technology is helping […]

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Venture Capital Deal Activity Robust In B.C. During Q3 2020

November 30, 2020 by Techcouver Newsdesk Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Ecosystem Tagged With: Attendease, Chinook Therapeutics, Conexiom, Craft Ventures, Dapper Labs, FoodX Technologies, HealthTech Connex, Ideon, Klue, Olive, Rhino Ventures, Thinkific, TIMIA Capital, Vanedge Capital, VodaSafe

VodaSafe Raises $1.4 Million from Vanedge for AquaEye Sonar Device

July 30, 2020 by Robert Lewis

Vancouver’s VodaSafe has raised a $1.4 million seed round to further expand the availability its AquaEye®, the world’s first hand-held scanning sonar device for water-based search and rescue. The round was led by Vanedge with participation from BDC, two VC firms that have funded successful hardware technology companies including Echodyne, Recon Instruments, and TouchBistro. “We are […]

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Rescue Or Recovery, BC Startup Helps Identify Potential Victims Underwater

July 13, 2020 by Robert Lewis

Los Angeles’ Ventura County Sheriff’s Office Search & Rescue Team announced this morning that a body had been found after the six day search for Glee Actress Naya Rivera. This afternoon officials confirmed that the recovered body was Rivera. Rivera went missing on July 8th after renting a pontoon boat with her 4 year-old son […]

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