The Forum, a Canadian charity that mentors, educates and empowers women entrepreneurs, has announced the three finalists of this year’s The Odlum Brown Forum Pitch Finale. As Canada’s leading pitch program for women entrepreneurs, each finalist receives a $46,500 grand prize package to fast-track their business goals and growth. The Odlum Brown Forum Pitch Program […]
Clio Appoints Marina Harris as Chief People Officer
Clio announced today the appointment of Marina Harris as its new Chief People Officer. The Vancouver-based company has grown into a global force in legal technology, with over 150,000 customers in more than 100 countries. In 2022, Clio announced centaur status—a title reserved for private SaaS companies with more than US$100 million in annual recurring revenue and […]
Seacork Studio Wins COAST Pitchfest with Innovative Seaweed-Based Acoustic Panels
From Washington to Alaska, the coast of British Columbia stretches nearly 1,000 kilometres north-south. When you factor in the coast’s many deep incisions and the province’s 40,000 islands, that figure balloons to a remarkable 26,000 km—or, in other terms, 10% of the entire country’s coastline. Thus it is of little surprise that the super natural […]
Vancouver’s Taking Root Among Finalists Competing for $500K Climate Prize
The Wilkes Center for Climate Science & Policy announced the seven finalists for the $500,000 Wilkes Climate Launch Prize at the University of Utah this week. The Climate Launch Prize supports innovative ideas from organizations at all stages, both for-profits and nonprofits—anywhere in the world—to help fund and accelerate solutions to climate change. Among the […]
UBC Spinoff Bioform Gets Major Investment To Eliminate Single-Use Plastics
UBC spinoff Bioform Technologies has secured a $5 million seed round investment from Suzano Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Suzano, the world’s largest market pulp producer. The strategic investment will enable Bioform to accelerate the development of its novel bio-based plastic alternatives. Bioform’s proprietary technology rapidly produces wood pulp-reinforced hydrogels to create high-performance […]
MaRS Purchases Carbon Removal Credits From Vancouver Cleantech
Canada’s largest urban innovation hub is taking a trailblazing step in the fight against climate change. Today, MaRS Discovery District announced the purchase of carbon removal credits from five Canadian ventures through its Mission from MaRS program. Among the five ventures is Vancouver-based cleantech Arca. Originally known as Carbin Minerals, Arca re-processes tailings from nickel […]
Veer Bhatia’s Journey from Vancouver to Silicon Valley: The Story of Julius
Silicon Valley, the hub of technological innovation and entrepreneurial dreams, has drawn countless talented individuals seeking to make their mark in the tech industry. Among them is Veer Bhatia, a machine learning and AI enthusiast who is dropping out of university to pursue his startup dream. A Leap of Faith: From School to Startup Bhatia, […]
Responsive AI Joins The Founders Arena’s WealthTech Accelerator
Vancouver’s Responsive has been selected to participate in The Founders Arena’s second annual WealthTech Accelerator. The accelerator announced their next cohort of companies today and it includes startups in AI, Data Analytics, Automation, Estate Planning, and Embedded Finance. Each company in the cohort brings a distinctive approach to wealth management challenges. Responsive is a hybrid […]
Ballard to Supply Wrightbus with 70 Hydrogen Fuel Cell Engines in 2024
Burnaby’s Ballard Power Systems announced today that it has received multiple purchase orders totalling 70 FCmove®-HD hydrogen fuel cell engines from its customer Wrightbus. Wrightbus is a UK-based bus manufacturer deploying hydrogen-powered buses in the UK and Europe. The news follows on the heels of Ballard announcing a sale of 1,000 hydrogen fuel cell engines […]
Vancouver’s VoPay and Mastercard Partner to Simplify Money Transfers
Vancouver’s VoPay and Mastercard have announced a strategic partnership that will simplify both domestic and cross-border money movement for businesses and consumers in Canada. Responding to the ever-growing need to move money seamlessly, the new partnership will offer choice, simplicity and efficiency for near-real-time money movement in Canada and internationally for businesses and consumers. Leveraging Mastercard […]