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Funding and Deals

Fixated acquires Ellify to deepen its reach in gaming and youth culture

Jan 23, 2026

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3 min read

Fixated acquires Ellify to deepen its reach in gaming and youth culture

The acquisition expands Fixated’s presence in creator communities favoured by Gen Z and Gen Alpha audiences.

VTJ Newsroom

Jan 21, 2026

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6 min read

The pivotal moment

Tonight's conversation on what's ahead for Vancouver's tech economy in 2026

Emily Edwards

Newsletters

Jan 18, 2026

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9 min read

Centaur status

Insider Safe Software's $100M moment.

William Johnson

Founder Toolkit

What founders need to know about exits in Canada right now

Jan 16, 2026

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6 min read

What founders need to know about exits in Canada right now

Plain-language lessons from Fasken’s Exit InSights tech M&A study.

William Johnson

Traction

The $100M moment that validated Safe Software’s bet on data

Jan 16, 2026

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5 min read

The $100M moment that validated Safe Software’s bet on data

How “any AI, all data” became a growth engine.

William Johnson

Jan 14, 2026

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7 min read

New speakers for next week

We're down to our last early bird tickets — register while you can.

Emily Edwards

Events

Canada's largest Indigenous tech conference comes to Vancouver next week

Jan 12, 2026

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2 min read

Canada's largest Indigenous tech conference comes to Vancouver next week

Speakers include Virtual Gurus' Bobbie Racette and leaders from RaceRocks 3D, R8dius

Emily Edwards

Newsletters

Jan 11, 2026

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7 min read

$180M for Vancouver's Photonic

Plus, Web Summit Vancouver's first 20 speakers.

William Johnson

People & Ventures

Here's who's leading investments at BC climate tech firm NorthX

Jan 9, 2026

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3 min read

Here's who's leading investments at BC climate tech firm NorthX

Ka-Hay Law joins Vancouver climate investor to lead investment strategy

Emily Edwards

Fixated acquires Ellify to deepen its reach in gaming and youth culture

The pivotal moment

Centaur status

What founders need to know about exits in Canada right now

The $100M moment that validated Safe Software’s bet on data

New speakers for next week

Canada's largest Indigenous tech conference comes to Vancouver next week

$180M for Vancouver's Photonic

Here's who's leading investments at BC climate tech firm NorthX

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