Best Internet First Media Companies in British Columbia, Canada
The 54 best Internet First Media companies in British Columbia, Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: CBM Asia Development.
Ranked: Best Internet First Media companies in British Columbia
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CBM Asia Development Online platform providing news on multiple categories | $12M | 152 mo ago | Public | Charles Bloomquist CEO & President | 2006 | — | — |
| 2 | PressReader Digital newspaper and magazine aggregator | $9M | 118 mo ago | Series A | — | 1999 | WordPressMySQLPHP+38 | — |
| 3 | MovieSet Community Online movie fan community | $6M | 215 mo ago | Series A | Colleen Hardwick CEO | 2007 | — | — |
| 4 | Tonit App-based networking platform for motorcycle enthusiasts | $932K | 89 mo ago | Seed | Jason Lotoski Founder and CEO | 2016 | Amazon Web ServicesNetlifystyled-components+27 | — |
| 5 | VENERABLE VENTURES Provider of Indonesian news, current events, and entertainment industry reporting | $393K | 18 mo ago | Public | Alan Macdonald CEO & Director | 2010 | — | — |
| 6 | Investing News Digital media resource on investing | $55K | 141 mo ago | Late Stage | Kathleen McClay | 2008 | RebelMouseApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+31 | — |
| 7 | Stockhouse Online financial portal. | $19K | 154 mo ago | Acquired | Dale Prosser CEO | 1995 | Kentico CMSApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+35 | — |
| 8 | Summify Social News Digest and Reader | — | 183 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | Cristian Strat Co-Founder | 2010 | — | — |
Top 8 Internet First Media companies in British Columbia
#1
Public · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2010$392.7Kraised▾
Provider of Indonesian news, current events, and entertainment industry reporting. It delivers the latest information and in-depth analysis on a variety of topics. Content includes breaking news, detailed analyses, and diverse perspectives. The organization is committed to maintaining high standards of quality in every published article.
- Jan 2025Post IPO$174.5K
- Jul 2024Post IPO$218.2K
#2
Public · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2006 · 7 employees$12.2Mraised▾
CBMasia is an online platform providing news on multiple categories such as politics, lifestyle, games, culture, entertainment, sports, travel, and more. Monetizes through display advertisements.
- Oct 2013Post IPO$48K
- Jun 2012Post IPO$2.3M
- Apr 2012Post IPO$99.8K
- Mar 2012Post IPO$5.4M
#3
Series A · Richmond, British Columbia · founded 1999 · 500 employees$8.5Mraised▾
PressReader offers one-click access to more than 2,300 ‘replica’, full-content newspapers from close to 100 countries through smart phone apps as well as web. Some of the daily newspapers that will be available: Chicago Tribune, Daily Mail, International Herald, Irish Times, La Presse, La Tribune, Le Monde, The Australian, The Guardian, The Globe and Mail and The Washington Post. Most individual newspapers and magazines available through PressReader can be purchased for $0.99 per issue or downloaded in conjunction with a paid subscription on PressDisplay.com.
- Aug 2016Grant (prize money)$32.3K
- Mar 2005Series A$8.5M
#4
Series A · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2007$6.5Mraised▾
Online movie fan community. It provides behind the scenes videos, pictures, and news from films production. Users can follow the creation of movies from development through production, to their release and beyond. Enable users to keep track of the latest movie news, watch the exclusive videos and read blogs from the movie's creators.
- Jul 2008Series A$1.5M
- Jun 2008Series A$5M
#5
Seed · Kelowna, British Columbia · founded 2016$932.4Kraised▾
Tonit is a developer of an app-based networking platform for motorcycle enthusiasts. It offers a portal where users can find riders nearby them, share content, track & save routes, post their motorcycle's photos, videos, news, organize motorcycles rider clubs, customize their profiles and save & share their favorite routes with their group members. The application is available on Android & iOS platform.
- Feb 2019Seed$474.2K
- Aug 2018Seed$600K
#6
Late Stage · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2008$55.3Kraised▾
InvestingNews is an independent digital media resource providing investment news. Claims to track 40 sectors including gold, silver, graphite, uranium, potash, medical devices, biotech, 3D printing, cloud computing, social media, technology, life sciences, etc. Monetizes through lead generation and advertising. Owned and operated by Dig Media, Inc.
- Sep 2014Post IPO$55.3K
#7
Acquired · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 1995 · 2 employees$19.2Kraised▾
Stockhouse is a financial portal that provides active investors with market data, breaking news, insightful editorial and portfolio management and analysis tools to grow their investments. The financial data on the platform is delayed by 15 minutes.
- Sep 2013Post IPO$19.2K
#8
Acqui-Hired · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2010—raised▾
Summify offers a service that provides daily summaries of users’ social news feed via email, web or mobile. This service is accessible to individuals via Twitter, Facebook, and Google Reader accounts. Aggregating the vast amounts of news coming through users news feeds and evaluating it based on social signals such as likes, shares and RTs. Summify learns from your reading history.
- Mar 2011Angel—
- Aug 2010Seed—
- Mar 2010Seed—
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