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CEO Wayne Ting believes the e-scooter and e-bike company is the city’s best option for micro-mobility.
RetreatsAndVenues has taken the first-place prize in the annual business competition.
Nine companies were awarded trophies at the event, and eight individuals were added to the Innovators Hall of Fame.
Thirty-five Vancouver companies have officially made the Globe and Mail’s list of Canada’s fastest-growing businesses this year. Read our most popular member briefing from last week. Members only.
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🤝 Funding and deals
Version One Ventures, an early-stage venture fund, released its Q3 portfolio review.
BTQ Technologies, a quantum computing company, announced its collaboration with ITRI to develop a security chip that uses quantum computation in memory technology.
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🗞️ In other news
Signals, an interactive and immersive exhibit delving into the possibilities of creative technology, is now live in downtown’s Bentall II tower, as part of VIFF.
PixelPAD, a tool for app development, partnered with SFU to launch a new coding league, which is now open for registration.
GeoComply — which provides geolocation compliance, fraud prevention and cybersecurity solutions — was selected by BET99 to be its new geolocation provider in Ontario.
The Leap, course creation platform Thinkific’s in-house publication, debuted a free AI tool that allows creators to create and sell digital products.
Timeplus, a data infrastructure company, has licensed its streaming processing engine, named Proton, as open source to the global community.
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💡 Ideas and insights
Ray Walia, CEO of accelerator Launch, wrote for Forbes about the untapped potential of athlete’s data.
Yvette Wu, CEO of fintech company Yield Exchange, wrote on her company’s blog about how to look beyond credit ratings.
Traction podcast interviewed Leah Tharin, growth advisor for scaling B2B companies, about how she grew her audience on LinkedIn and Substack from 0 to 40,000 subscribers in one year.
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