This article is part of a series presented in partnership with BC Tech, profiling the finalists for the 2026 Technology Impact Awards‘ Company of the Year – Startup category.
For decades, technology consulting has operated according to a familiar formula:...
The round was led by $4m from ANZ healthcare VC KP Rx, supported by existing investor Innovation (formerly Breakthrough) Victoria and Pacific Chan.
Navi previouslysupported by Medtech Actuator and Artesian VC, as well as the Victorian government fund.
The medtech startup,...
Origin Energy admits it was aware of a purported hack three weeks before a mass data breach, but decided the threat was not credible.
The personal data of almost a million current and former customers was leaked in a major...
Vancouver-based TravelAI has acquired the Sonder brand and relaunched Sonder.com, giving one of Canada’s best-known travel-tech names a second life following the collapse of its former operator.
Through parent company UpNext Ventures, TravelAI acquired the Sonder word mark, more than...
There is something wonderfully strange about a psychology study that finds part of its answer in the way people frame a selfie.
In 2020, a team led by Virginia Sturm at the University of California, San Francisco published a study...
Since 2022, the value of shares in Telus are down by more than half, even amid broader market rallies.
To help buck the trend, the venerable Vancouver telecom titan has unveiled changes to its executive leadership.
This includes David Fuller rejoining...
Wearable devices have become good at telling people when they are stressed. Vancouver’s Prana Labs wants them to help people do something about it.
The startup is behind Vayu, a wearable-first breathwork platform that combines biometric monitoring, artificial intelligence, and...
More than 265 entries were submitted across 15 categories, which features three new awards in 2026 – Best Startup Marketing, Startup Employee of the Year, and Best accelerator, Incubator or Startup Workspace.
Once again the most popular categories were once...
The cliché about midlife is that ambition softens. That people in their forties stop pushing, stop reaching, settle into the shape of whatever they’ve built. It’s a comforting story if you’re twenty-eight and worried about running out of runway,...
Andrew McKenna, managing director of logistics business McKenna Worldwide Services and general manager, ANZ for Quantium Solutions, has acquired the Sendle brand, trademarks, and domain name.
The deal’s value was not disclosed.
The purchase, revealed at the Online Retailer Conference &...
