Acquisitions, Canadian Startup NewsJuly 15, 2014<July 15, 2014 Vancouver’s ClearlyContacts Acquires Former Employee’s Startup in ShoeMe.ca by Joseph Czikk Vancouver’s ClearlyContacts went on a bit of a shopping spree as it announced this morning the acquisition of both Vancouver-based…
Canadian Startup NewsJune 10, 2014<June 10, 2014 Vancouver’s ShoeMe Made a Few Smart Hires Last Week by Joseph Czikk I’m usually not big on writing articles about people that you’ve never heard of being brought onĀ as “C__”…
Acquisitions, Canadian Startup NewsFebruary 27, 2014<February 28, 2014 French Lens Giant Essilor Buys Vancouver’s ClearlyContacts for $430 Million by Joseph Czikk French optical-lens-manufacturing giant Essilor has agreed to purchase Vancouver’s Clearly Contacts Inc., the parent…
LaunchesApril 26, 2012<April 26, 2012 DITTO Launches Online Eyewear Boutique With $3M in Funding by Darrell Etherington A new Mountain View startup founded by Kate Endress, ex-Google Engineer Sergey Surkov and ex-Nokia engineer Dmitry Kornilov…