Carbon management technologies and alternative clean fuel sources play an important role in the decarbonization and competitiveness of Canada’s economy, the federal government believes, and says it is working to strengthen the country’s advantages in these areas. Canada announced $12 million in investments targeting clean technology projects in British Columbia, including $5M for Squamish-based Carbon […]
Biotech is Buzzing in Vancouver as 2024 Marks Year of Momentum for the Sector
Last year, Techcouver reported on a local property management firm helping turn a pocket of the city into a world-class bio-technology hub. Low Tide Properties, co-founded in 2011 by Vancouver celebrity entrepreneur Chip Wilson, has been advancing Great North Way in Vancouver as a biotech hotspot within Canada. This plan includes the launch of Lab […]
Mastercard Launches ‘Enchanting’ Experience for Small Business Shoppers
Small businesses contribute more than one-third of Canada’s gross domestic product from the private sector. As the holiday season approaches, Mastercard is inviting Canadians to “step into a storybook world and celebrate the heart and soul of small businesses with an enchanting, immersive new shopping experience.” The finance giant is bringing this seasonal innovation to […]
Damon Motors Goes Public for Capital as Motorbike Innovator Battles Delays
Founded in 2017, Vancouver’s Damon Motors is behind the tech-forward HyperSport electric motorcycle. Originally announced in 2023, the HyperSport promises a range of up to 200 miles and a top speed of 200 miles per hour, as well as a novel production design and new safety technologies such as an AI-enhanced 360º collision warning system. […]
Maximum Contrast Reimagines Brand Engagement with Lumos XR Platform
Maximum Contrast this month announced the launch of Lumos XR, which the Vancouver-based creative technology agency describes as a groundbreaking extended reality platform designed to revolutionize how brands and consumers connect in the marketing and retail landscape. Lumos XR features advanced gesture-based interactions, voice activation, and gaze tracking, opening a world of immersive touch-free technology. […]
Circular Biotech Startup Mycofoundry is Growing Furniture from Mushrooms
A studio based in Vancouver is building a business around growing furniture rather than manufacturing it. Mycofoundry combines a “deep knowledge of spatial design” with modern bio-technology to build “enduring furnishings in partnership with nature.” The B.C. startup creates its products out of mycelium, which it describes as “an organism rooted in circularity.” More specifically, […]
NanoVation Bolsters Board, Captures Capital to Advance Novel Biotech
A B.C. company developing technologies to overcome barriers to nucleic acid delivery has announced a funding round. Vancouver’s NanoVation Therapeutics raised financing from Convergent Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on founders working on science-based technologies impacting health. The new financing will support advancement of NanoVation’s lipid nanoparticle technology platform for RNA delivery to […]
Sanctuary AI Sheds Staff Following the ‘Sudden, Unexpected’ Departure of CEO
The chief executive officer of one of Canada’s most interesting robotics companies departed his company unexpectedly this month. “We are announcing a significant transition within our leadership team,” read a recent announcement from Sanctuary AI, whose Phoenix robot and Carbon AI combination stands among the world’s top innovations. “After much consideration, Geordie Rose is leaving […]
Gingko Health to Launch Pocket-Sized A.I. Personal Trainer Next Month
Founded in Vancouver in 2019, Ginkgo Health was launched to reduce the global healthcare burden caused by aging through technological solutions. Ginkgo is planning to release next month Ginkgo Active, an artificially intelligent application to deliver personalized exercise prescriptions for the prevention and management of chronic conditions and injuries. An exercise prescription should consider myriad […]
Freshly Funded Rigid Robotics Ready to Transform Mining Operations with Tech
A company out of Burnaby is applying a suite of modern technologies in an effort to bring higher level of precision to Canada’s mining industry. Rigid Robotics leverages sensors, the internet of things, and artificial intelligence to automate large mining shovels and optimize digging conditions for operations. “At Rigid Robotics, we are connecting mining equipment […]