Elastic Path Hires Digital Veteran Sean Skamnes as VP Business Development

Vancouver, Canada –Elastic Path Software Inc., a leading provider of enterprise commerce solutions that enable innovation in the age of digital transformation, today announced it has hired veteran digital strategy and channel sales executive Sean Skamnes as Vice President Business Development. A 20-year veteran in ecommerce and digital transformation, Sean will lead… Read More

Yaletown Venture Partners launches $135 mln emerging growth fund

Vancouver-based Yaletown Partners has launched a new fund earmarked for technology companies in Canada that have exceptional growth potential, but often too little cash. Yaletown Emerging Growth Fund is targeted to raise $135 million in committed capital, Yaletown General Partner Mike Satterfieldtold PE Hub Canada. Fundraising is expected to commence shortly, with the goal of… Read More

Gartner Positions Elastic Path as a Visionary for Digital Commerce

VANCOUVER – Elastic Path Software Inc., an ecommerce company helping the world’s biggest brands generate more revenue, today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc., the leading provider of research and analysis on the global information technology industry, as a Visionary in the 2016 Magic Quadrant for Digital Commerce. “We’re… Read More

Hitachi And Redlen Technologies Announce Agreement On Joint Development

Saanichton, BC, — Hitachi Medical Corporation, a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501) and Redlen Technologies Inc., a Canadian technology company, today announced an agreement to jointly develop a direct conversion semiconductor x-ray detector module required for new photon counting computed tomography systems (PCCT), a promising next generation diagnostic medical imaging… Read More

Forbes ranks Bit Stew on the Top 100 Internet of Things Startups List for 2015

Making the Forbes list of Top 100 Internet of Things Startups worldwide validates Bit Stew’s growing market traction and contribution to the IoT sector. According the Bernard Marr, Big Data and Enterprise Analytics Contributor at Forbes, the majority of people (87%) have not heard… Read More

Betakit counts Showbie among its 11 Tech Companies to Watch for 2016

The Canadian Startup News & Tech Innovation blog, Betakit, announce its 11 Canadian Tech Companies Watch List for 2016. Among them, Yaletown portfolio company Showbie ranked for their innovation in EdTech. Here’s an excerpt… Showbie Alberta is quickly becoming a place to watch for exciting Canadian startups, with companies like… Read More

Tasktop Strengthens Management Team With Sarah Elkins, Adrian Jones, John Kapral and Betty Zakheim

Tasktop, the leader in Software Lifecycle Integration (SLI) and creator of the Eclipse Mylyn open source tool, today announced newly hired Sarah Elkins and Adrian Jones as vice president of Demand Generation and vice president of Sales, EMEA, respectively. In addition, it tapped internal… Read More

Clique Media Acquires Shopping Startup Wantering, A Yaletown Portfolio Company

Clique Media Group, the company behind shoppable fashion site Who What Wear, has acquired Canadian startup [and Yaletown portfolio company] Wantering. Clique’s properties (which also include lifestyle site MyDomaine and beauty site Byrdie) already combine editorial content with… Read More

PHEMI Named One of Canada’s Companies-to-Watch in the 2015 Deloitte Technology Fast 50™ Awards

Vancouver, BC – PHEMI, the company delivering privacy, security, governance and enterprise-grade management for big data, today announced it has received a 2015 Deloitte Technology Fast 50™ Award in the “Companies-to-Watch” category. Launched over 15 years ago, the Deloitte Technology Fast 50™ celebrates leadership, innovation and excellence in the Canadian… Read More

Enterprise e-commerce leader Elastic Path raises $10M in growth funding

Vancouver, B.C.– Elastic Path Software Inc., an enterprise commerce company helping the world’s biggest brands generate higher revenue through innovative omnichannel experiences, announced it has secured CDN$10 million funding led by Yaletown Venture Partners and the BDC Venture Capital IT Fund. The funds will be used to grow the company’s… Read More