Cooledge Lighting, the leading developer of flat and flexible LED lighting solutions, received the ‘Emerging Company of the Year’ award from the BC Technology Industry Association (BCTIA) last week. The award recognizes companies that demonstrate outstanding performance as a technology enterprise and that have growing revenues and a business… Read More
Bit Stew to expand commercial horizons with GE-led $17.2 mln funding. On May 12, Bit Stew Systems, the Vancouver-based provider of data integration and management solutions to utilities, closed a Series B financing to bring its technology to a broader range of customers, including energy businesses. Read More
Shane Dingman, Technology editor for The Globe and Mail, explores what “the array of signals technology sometimes called the Internet of Things can do for businesses. Simply defined, IoT is about connecting objects, from trucks to refrigerators and hydro meters, to the Internet. Data gleaned from the sensors and systems… Read More
When Yaletown and Cisco invested in Bit Stew two years ago, the focus was on confirming the platform’s effectiveness in the utility industry. In a short time, there has been a “remarkable pace of adoption” among leading North American electric, natural gas and water utilities that spurred revenue growth. Today,… Read More
VANCOUVER, B.C. – Bit Stew Systems, a leader in Software Defined Operations for the Industrial Internet, today announced that it has raised an additional $17.2 million1 in a Series B funding round. The investment round, led by GE Ventures, includes existing investors Cisco Investments and Yaletown Venture Partners, and brings… Read More
Bit Stew is named to Greentech Media’s prestigious Grid Edge 20 today as one of the most innovative firms working to architect the electric power industry’s future over the past year. “We’re excited to be recognized on Greentech Media’s Grid Edge 20 list, amongst other leading technology disrupters who are… Read More
Vancouver, BC –(TSX VENTURE:SGB) Solegear Bioplastic Technologies Inc.*(“SBTI” – *previously named RODEO CAPITAL III CORP.) announced that it has obtained a public listing for its securities on the TSX Venture Exchange (the “TSX-V”) following closing of the Qualifying Transaction (as such term is defined in TSX-V Policy 2.4) between Solegear… Read More
Edmonton, Canada — Showbie, the maker of the Showbie iPad app for classroom workflow, today announced a new version of the app extending its use beyond iPads to include iPhones and access from any web browser. Showbie, used by more than 1.2 million teachers and students worldwide, is backed by… Read More
Vancouver, BC — Canada has a lot of technology talent: it’s a hub for innovative game design and clean tech ventures, for example. It has its share of smart software companies, but when it comes to helping them all grow, it needs help. In Canada, venture capital firms invested $1.9bn… Read More
VC activity in 2014 reached a twelve-year high with over $2.3 billion invested according to Thomson Reuters’ annual review of Canada’s Venture Capital Market. In the report, Yaletown ranked as Canada’s most active private independent VC for 2014, a rank the firm also achieved in 2013. Read the… Read More