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April 8, 2022
It is estimated that more than 1,000,000 hours of valuable time has been returned to staff who should be focused on patient care instead of outreach. The impact of COVID-19 on the senior care industry around the world cannot be understated. In many cases, lasting effects are being felt by staff, residents and related families.…
April 8, 2022
TELUS will use the autonomous SXM system to continuously characterize all 4G and 5G network deployments in a region and track competitive occupancy, coverage, spectrum sharing and technology changes over time. This Quarter saw portfolio company thinkRF establish a partnership with TELUS, one of the largest Canadian telecommunications companies, to co-develop a radio/wireless spectrum monitoring…
April 8, 2022
In British Columbia, where Alacrity Canada runs the Alacrity Cleantech Program, extreme weather events over the last twelve months served to highlight a number of disturbing vulnerabilities in local infrastructures and societal systems. During that time frame, the province was hit by a series of devastating wildfires, intense floods, a winter freeze, and massive disruption…
December 3, 2021
The platform has been recognized as one of the top 10 solutions for Customer Advocacy Software and Loyalty Management Software by G2, the popular peer-to-peer business software review authority. The dynamics of online marketing have been permanently transformed by the pandemic. Competition has intensified. The digital advertising arena has become over-crowded and prohibitively expensive. Customer…
December 3, 2021
Enjovia has now expanded the global deployment of its software to 125 businesses spread across 30 countries Despite very challenging circumstances for the leisure and hospitality industry, UK-based gift voucher management company Enjovia has successfully increased its customer base by 80% since the start of the pandemic. As of the end of this Quarter, the…
December 3, 2021
This Quarter, portfolio company InitLive was pleased to announce that the company has been officially certified as a B-Corporation. “B-Corps”, as they are called, are a recent ‘class’ of for-profit businesses that have been independently verified to exceed a threshold for positive impact on people and the planet. It is an international “seal of approval”…
December 3, 2021
Cleantech start-ups with impactful ideas will become increasingly key contributors to that ‘net-zero’ social and economic transition. Early this Quarter the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) — the cross-governmental body of the United Nations that is responsible for advancing knowledge about human-induced climate change — released Part One of their threepart Sixth Assessment Report…
August 13, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic caused senior care homes to face many challenges. Regular communication with residents, families and staff members became a critical one. Portfolio company Cliniconex has developed an automated messaging platform focused on addressing that ongoing challenge. In early 2020, the company established a partnership with key industry supplier PointClickCare, and since that time…
August 13, 2021
In addition to the full voice, video and web co-browsing capabilities UK-based Talkative provides for contact center agents, this Quarter saw the team add Social Media Messaging integration to their software features. Clients can now use live chat on WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Twitter or traditional SMS as yet another set of options for engaging with…
August 13, 2021
A graduate of the U.K. Alacrity program, portfolio company Hut Six provides cybersecurity awareness training through a digital SaaS platform. The company enables clients to customize, deliver, track and measure the effectiveness of online security training, and conduct ongoing audits to address the single biggest vulnerability companies face — their unsuspecting, unprepared employee workforce. The…
