French Lens Giant Essilor Buys Vancouver’s ClearlyContacts for $430 Million
French optical-lens-manufacturing giant Essilor has agreed to purchase Vancouver’s Clearly Contacts Inc., the parent…
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Investment Quebec Pitches Ryan Holmes and Hootsuite to Relocate
According to a new blog post by Hootsuite‘s Ryan Holmes, Investment Quebec tried luring the Vancouver-based social media…
Donde Helps You Find The Stuff You Want, Where You Want
Moving forward often involves pulling up well-established roots. Having taken flight from the Vancouver startup community,…
Nanotips Touchscreen Glove Solution Raises Seven Times its Goal on Kickstarter
Tony Yu and his Vancouver-based startup are in the clear. Nanotips produces and markets a liquid solution designed to make…
This Vancouver Startup Sends High-Quality Condoms Directly to Your Mailbox
The burning lake of fire awaits.Ā At least thatās where some people will want to cast this entrepreneur. All Alex ChuangĀ cares…
LGTmedical’s “Phone Oximeter” Could Prevent Deaths on a Global Scale
Death is inevitable, but preventable death is a tragedy. In the poorest regions of the world, tragedy happens everyday. The…
BuildDirect’s Jeff Booth is Always Learning
āBuild it and they will come.ā A great movie line, but also the mantra of how many tech companies rolled. Remember the…
Vancouver’s ePACT Network Secures $1 Million in Funding
North Vancouver’s ePACT Network has secured a funding round that’s believed to be in the $1 million area, from…
Vancouver’s Airbnb for Office Space Gets $1.1 Million Funding Round
Vancouver-based startup ShareDesk has raised $1.1 million in funding to aid its Airbnb-like for shared desk space solution.…
Vancouverās Vandrico Launches Wearable Technology Database
The wearable tech space is booming. According to a new report from Canalys, 1.6 million wrist-worn wearables shipped in the…
Can Technology Save us From Ourselves? Talking Connected Machines at Wavefront Wireless Summit
Reality is not universal. Mix one manās factual with anotherās fictional, and somewhere in that ether is another personās…
HootSuite forced to look outside Canada for talent, says it’s ‘difficult to compete’ with Silicon Valley companies
The search for great talent is ongoing. For Vancouver-based HootSuite, it’s been a trek. After successfully raising a…
Vancouverās UrtheCast Installs Space Station Cameras in Prep To Stream the World
Yesterday marked another giant step for mankind as two imaging cameras wereĀ successfully installed on the Russian side of…
Not a Silver Bullet, But Close: PHEMI’s Prescription for Fixing the Health Care System
Technology is not the health care system’s silver bullet, but individuals choosing to live healthier is. Believing in…
Vancouver’s BuildDirect Raises $30 Million Series B Round
In a home-building market worth $492 billion, Vancouver’s BuildDirect has taken a major step forward. The online supplier…