Vancouver-based agtech company Miraterra has raised $16 million in an oversubscribed funding round to scale its AI-powered soil intelligence platform. The round, originally structured at $13.9 million, exceeded its target and was led by At One Ventures, with participation from Farm Credit Canada, S2G Investments, the Sitka Foundation, and iSelect. Miraterra is building what it […]
From Surrey to Andreessen Horowitz’s Speedrun Accelerator
A Surrey-born founder is building what she believes is the next generation of sales software—one designed for Instagram, not inboxes. Harpriya Bagri, a UBC-trained engineer and former machine learning engineer at LinkedIn, has launched Hotbox, an AI-powered platform that helps businesses identify and convert high-intent leads directly from their social media activity. The startup was […]
How CO280 Plans to Scale Carbon Removal
Vancouver-based carbon removal developer CO280 is emerging as a major player in the growing market for engineered carbon dioxide removal. The company recently signed multi-million-tonne carbon removal agreements with Microsoft and JPMorgan Chase, helping position CO280 among the world’s largest suppliers of permanent carbon removal credits. By retrofitting pulp and paper mills with carbon capture […]
Kindly Founder on Building Support for Canadians Caring for Kids and Aging Parents
More Canadians are becoming part of the “sandwich generation,” a group juggling parenting their own children and caring for their own aging loved ones. Think of being literally sandwiched in between roles, left to navigate a maze of the complex healthcare system and lengthy waits for retirement homes and more. Kindly is a Vancouver-founded tech […]
Walter Exit Adds to Vancouver Legaltech Momentum
Vancouver startup Walter has been acquired by Stockholm-based legal AI company Legora, adding an exit to the city’s growing legaltech and AI ecosystem. The acquisition comes just days after Legora raised USD $550 million in a Series D funding round led by Accel, nearly doubling the company’s valuation to USD $5.6 billion. Walter was founded […]
Ex-Rivian Engineer Launches Free App Leadership Program in BC
A Vancouver Island tech veteran is opening the doors to an aspect of app building most founders are never taught. Abbey Jackson — a Cumberland, BC–based former Staff-level iOS engineer turned product leader — has launched a free six-week program designed to help aspiring founders lead app businesses, not just write code. Called From Passion to […]
Vancouver’s Kindly Scales Caregiving Support Nationwide
Vancouver-based Kindly has launched its AI-enabled care navigation platform nationally, partnering with major Canadian employers to support workers caring for aging family members. Backed by leaders behind TD Innovation Partners, Felix Health, and Halo Health, Kindly blends human care expertise with AI-powered tools to guide families through Canada’s complex care systems. Employers including Skip, Wealthsimple, […]
DIGITAL Spotlights Cross-Canada Innovation at Vancouver Showcase and Upcoming Parliament Hill Reception
In a push to show policymakers how federally-supported tech projects are translating into commercial and dual-use opportunities for Canadians, DIGITAL, one of Canada’s Global Innovation Clusters, is highlighting a host of domestically-developed technologies at February events in both its Vancouver home base and on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. On February 17, the organization hosted “The […]
Vancouver’s Industrio Launches AI Platform for Critical Systems
As artificial intelligence adoption accelerates, organizations operating critical systems face a familiar problem: fragmented data, rigid workflows, and high accountability requirements that make experimentation risky. Vancouver-based startup Industrio believes it has built a solution for that reality. Founded in 2023 by former Microsoft leaders Edoardo De Martin and Trevor Clark, alongside longtime Mercedes-Benz data science […]
GlüxKind Among Top Finishers at Web Summit Qatar PITCH
Vancouver-based GlüxKind, the robotics startup reimagining baby strollers with AI-powered safety technology, finished as a runner-up in the PITCH startup competition at Web Summit Qatar 2026, marking its second appearance on a Web Summit PITCH stage after debuting at Web Summit Vancouver. The global startup competition brought together early-stage companies from around the world to […]