Canadian Start-Up Helping Kids with Autism Raises $500K in Investment
June 10, 2015 08:00 ET | Snug Vest
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - June 10, 2015) - Snug Vest (by Wearable Therapeutics Inc.) today announced the successful closure of over $500,000 CAD in seed funding. This is...
Control Secures $1.5 Million in Seed Funding
June 09, 2015 06:00 ET | Control
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - June 9, 2015) - Control, a management and analytics platform for online payments, has successfully closed an oversubscribed seed round of $1.5...
Multi-Channel Payment Platform Payfirma Raises $13 Million
May 27, 2015 14:40 ET | Payfirma Corp.
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - May 27, 2015) - Payfirma Corp. ("Payfirma" or the "Company") a multi-channel payment platform provider for small and mid-sized companies, is...
Blender Wins Best In Class Award For 2015 Interactive Media Awards
May 19, 2015 09:00 ET | Blender Media Inc.
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - May 19, 2015) - Blender is proud to announce the acceptance of the 2015 IMA Best In Class Award for the Investor Relations category. ...
Coastal Contacts Inc. Unveils New Brand and Direction One Year After $430 M Acquisition by Essilor
May 13, 2015 03:00 ET | Clearly
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - May 13, 2015) - Coastal Contacts Inc., the world's largest online eyewear retailer, today announced a rebrand of ClearlyContacts.ca to...
Discover Media House Launches First All-Media Advertising Marketplace
May 12, 2015 14:37 ET | Discover Media House
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - May 12, 2015) - Discover Media House launched today with a technology platform poised to radically alter the process of planning and buying...
Vancouver-Based Forum for Women Entrepreneurs to Host First-Ever Toronto Event Featuring Christine Day (CEO, Luvo Inc, Past CEO, lululemon athletica)
May 05, 2015 12:40 ET | Forum for Women Entrepreneurs
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - May 5, 2015) - The Forum for Women Entrepreneurs (FWE) announced it is hosting its first-ever event in Toronto, welcoming over 100 women entrepreneurs and...
Access Our Medicine Calls on UN to Add Affordable Medicine to Sustainable Development Goals
April 06, 2015 08:00 ET | Access Our Medicine
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - April 6, 2015) - Access Our Medicine is proud to announce more than 100,000 supporters representing 800 million people worldwide are demanding...
Vancouver Eyewear Retailer Leads Charge in Anti-Bullying Movement
February 23, 2015 09:00 ET | ClearlyContacts.ca;CKNW Orphans' Fund
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Feb. 23, 2015) - Canada's largest online optical retailer, ClearlyContacts.ca, announced today its plan to support Pink Shirt Day by donating...
ArcticNet Hosts Canada's Largest International Arctic Scientific Conference in Ottawa
December 01, 2014 09:00 ET | ArcticNet
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Dec. 1, 2014) - Over 1200 leading international Arctic researchers, indigenous leaders, policy makers, NGOs, northern community members and private sector...