Bit Stew Systems Completes Initial Closing of Series C to Drive the Future of the IIoT Ecosystem

Burnaby, BC – Bit Stew Systems, developer of the premier platform that solves the data integration challenge in the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), today announced the initial closing of Series C funding to help advance the company’s global market growth and development plans. The undisclosed investment round includes an… Read More

Best Buy Canada Launches Solegear’s good natured™ Sustainable Office Products

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA- Solegear Bioplastic Technologies Inc. (TSX VENTURE:SGB) (“Solegear” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that its recently launched good natured™ office organization products are now available online at BestBuy.ca. good natured™ stackable legal trays, self-stacker desk trays, vertical file holders, paper clip dispensers and pencil holders are all made with… Read More

Equicare Health Helps to Operationalize the Process of Meeting Commission on Cancer Accreditation

Vancouver, Canada – Equicare Health Inc., the leading supplier of comprehensive care coordination solutions, today announces the release of the latest version of their software products,EQUICARE CS™, and Active Patient Portal. The v4.5 release includes a new feature called Compliance Worklists, which operationalizes the process of meeting industry standards like… Read More

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

Growth Stories Well Told by CEOs in Yaletown Portfolio

If you weren’t among the crowd at Yaletown Partners’ 2016 Annual Meeting Welcome event, here’s a run down of the portfolio companies that shared their growth stories. These companies are well worth watching and we thank each CEO for carving out precious time to be in Vancouver and present. Read More

Yaletown Newsletter – Yaletown Emerging Growth Fund in Early Stages

Yaletown has invested in a number of “emerging-growth” technology businesses in recent years. Typically, these companies had annual product sales of $2-5 million and were looking to scale their go-to-market programs. Read the web version of the March Newsletter Author: Yaletown… 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

Bit Stew Among Top 50 Technology Investments of 2015 as Yaletown Works to Close Canada’s Emerging-Growth Financing Gap

Yaletown Partners remains one of Canada’s most active private independent VC firms and our investment in Bit Stew Systems ranked as one of the top 50 deals of the year according to the Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association’s independent annual roll of up investment activity for 2015. Read More