TiE Vancouver is hosting a fireside chat with local angel investor Rasool Rayani on September 29th. In conversation with Maninder Dhaliwal, chair of TiE Vancouver Angels, Rayani will be speaking about building startups and fundraising. Rayani is a prolific angel investor with a focus on health innovation and consumer packaged goods including food. His investments include […]
New Ventures BC Announces Top 10 for 2021 Competition
New Ventures BC has announced the Top 10 companies of this year’s startup competition. The New Ventures BC Competition started in 2000 under the direction of Wal van Lierop, to encourage innovation in BC’s tech sector. Since then, the organization has supported 2,360 startups, who have created 3,720+ jobs and have raised $302 million in financing. Who […]
TiE Vancouver Hosts Fireside Chat With Angel Norm Francis
TiE Vancouver is hosting a fireside chat with local angel investing pioneer Norm Francis on June 22nd. In conversation with Maninder Dhaliwal, chair of TiE Vancouver Angels, Francis will be speaking about building startups and fundraising. Francis was the founder of Pivotal Software – the company that invented the concept of 360-degree customer relationship management (CRM), […]
New Ventures BC Narrows Field for 2021 Startup Competition
The 21st annual New Ventures BC Competition presented by Innovate BC is well underway. Despite the current uncertain circumstances, this year’s annual competition broke records with over 200 applications from B.C.’s early stage tech startups. 206 of those startups moved onto Round 2 and today they announced the names of 15 companies that are advancing directly into Round […]
Launch Academy Giving Away $100K In Scholarships To Aspiring Entrepreneurs
The past year have been difficult for a lot of people, but in particular for the younger workforce. Launch Academy is stepping up to help out. Ray Walia & Launch Academy are giving away $100,000 worth of scholarships for their online Launch Your Startup program for up to 300 aspiring entrepreneurs who have found themselves […]
TiE Vancouver Hosts Fireside Chat With Angel Investor Hannes Blum
TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) was founded in Silicon Valley in 1992 by successful entrepreneurs with roots in the Indus region (the Indian subcontinent). With a mission to support startups through networking and the raising of capital for entrepreneurs, TiE has spread over 72 chapters in 17 countries with over 20,000 Members. TiE Vancouver is hosting a […]
Innovate BC Awards $325,000 To Three B.C. Aquaculture Innovations
Innovate BC and the B.C. government announced the award of $325,000 to three BC aquaculture innovations in yesterday’s inaugural Aquaculture Innovation Awards event. Top 10 finalists, selected through a rigorous judging process, pitched at the online awards event and then responded to questions from selected customer advisors. The customer advisors could see first-hand upstream innovations […]
Vancouver Startup Week Adds Design Thinking Hackathon To Lineup
BC’s startup tech scene has a rich history of collaboration and shared successes. And while our province continues to start and scale tech companies at a formidable pace, many other jurisdictions are accelerating too. As part of Vancouver Startup Week (VSW) and in partnership with Innovate BC, NoW of Work will be facilitating a non-technical hackathon to […]
Grab Your Ticket For Vancouver Startup Week
Vancouver Startup Week (VSW) is back for its 8th consecutive year and will be taking place virtually from May 21–28th. While Vancouver Startup Week involves many tech companies, it’s an event for companies from all industries that are at the startup level. Attendees will be able to attend exciting events like fireside chats, hackathons and […]
New Ventures BC Announces 2021 Competition Round 2 Finalists
The New Ventures BC Competition, presented by Innovate BC, is in full swing and today they announced the companies that will be moving on to Round 2 of their 21st annual startup competition. New Ventures BC is giving away over $250,000 in non-dilutive cash and prizes to the most promising tech ventures across the province. Beyond […]