3D printing: The future of art, retail, and outer space
In 2015, the crowd is being given even more power than before. There has been a seismic shift towards engaging and empowering…
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Procurify secures $4 million investment, brings on Hootsuite CEO Ryan Holmes and CFO Steve Johnson as advisors
Procurify, an international cloud procurement software firm headquartered in Vancouver, announced it’s received $4 million…
Jon Jones appointed as President of Trulioo
Vancouver-based Trulioo has hired Jon Jones as President to lead the company to its “next phase of growth.” “Jon…
Lighthouse Labs giving back with charity hackathon
A big part of startup culture is giving back, and next weekend, Lighthouse Labs is embracing that notion with a for-charity…
Nothing cloudy in Adrian Cockcroft’s tech forecast
Vancouver’s Dun & Bradstreet Cloud Innovation Centre recently hosted their first #dnbtechtalks event Future of Cloud…
TRACE Live Networks Raises $7 million to take live-streamed content “to an entirely new level”
Toronto-based Trace has followed-up its 2.5 million seed round from late 2014 and announced a $7 million ‘B’ financing…
PlentyOfFish acquired by Match Group for $575 million (USD)
Vancouver-based Plenty of Fish, the online dating site that was started by Markus Frind in 2003, has been acquired by the Match…
Today in funding: Introhive, Fulcrum Capital Partners, Xagenic, and Canadian Media Fund
Canadian companies in the media, medical, and middle-market industries — plus a couple of former BlackBerry execs — raised…
UrtheCast announces closing of subscription receipts of $99,475,000
Quick update for those following along with the ongoing history of Vancouver-based UrtheCast. The company recently delivered…
Kathryn Loewen shares Control’s funding strategy
Vancouver startup Control recently announced $1.5 million in seed funding for its online payments management and analytics…
Airbnb launches #TheAirbnbBus in Toronto as listings top 33,000 in Canada
Last week, Airbnb launched #TheAirbnbBus in Toronto after announcing that the company has more than 33,000 rental listings…
SilkStart’s new funding shows it pays to listen to your customers
Victoria-based SilkStart today announced that it has raised a $550,000 oversubscribed seed round, led by Canadian accelerator…
#YVRTech trend: communities with a cause
BetaKit’s West Coast Editor John Gray often tells me that people do things a little differently on the “best coast.”…
Marketing tech is migrating to sales, and that’s a Big Deal
Over the last 2 to 3 years the market for sales software has been heating up: Hubspot released a free CRM last year, LinkedIn…
Today in funding: Vogogo, Gladius Pharmaceuticals, and Mojio
Canadian FinTech, Healthtech and IoT companies are all receiving new funding. Here’s the latest on who raised how much, from…