Burnaby’s Rigid Robotics has been named one of three grand winners in a global mining innovation challenge backed by Hitachi Construction Machinery and Founders Factory. The B.C. company won the Smarter Machines category in the inaugural LANDCROS Innovation Studios Mining Challenge, an open innovation program created to identify startups developing technologies for the future of […]
Jointly Wins $10K Pitch Competition At Web Summit Vancouver
Jointly has been named the winner of the BC Founder Faceoff: The $10K Pitch Competition, taking home the $10,000 grand prize on stage at Web Summit Vancouver. Delivered as part of Innovate BC’s Road to Web Summit Vancouver initiative, the live pitch competition showcased a dozen high-growth startups from across British Columbia in front of a […]
Three Startups Named Web Summit Vancouver PITCH Finalists
Three startups working across business acquisitions, sports technology, and industrial decarbonization have been named finalists in Web Summit Vancouver’s PITCH Competition. The finalists are DealStack.ai, Vancouver’s own Drive Hockey Analytics, and Calgary-based CURA. DealStack.ai is building agentic infrastructure for buying and selling small businesses, targeting a market where transactions are often fragmented, manual, and difficult […]
University Startups Take Climate Stage at Web Summit Vancouver
Six university-linked startups took the stage at Web Summit Vancouver today as the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University teamed up to showcase the next generation of climate and agritech ventures. Held at the Climate Innovation Zone, the University Power Pitches featured five-minute presentations from emerging companies working on problems ranging from plastic […]
Moment Energy Building World’s Largest Battery Repurposing Facility in Surrey
Moment Energy is scaling its North American manufacturing footprint with a new Surrey facility that the company says will become the world’s largest battery repurposing facility. The Vancouver-born clean technology company announced today that it is building the facility over the next six weeks, with completion and full operations expected by the end of June […]
B.C. Backs Health Tech Testing Through Innovate BC Marketplace
The Province is investing more than $5.3 million to help B.C. companies test made-in-B.C. health and life-sciences technologies in real-world settings, supporting innovation that could improve patient care while growing the province’s life-sciences sector. Announced at Web Summit Vancouver, the funding is being delivered through the Integrated Marketplace’s Health Testbed, a program created by the […]
SFU Launches Venture Fund at Web Summit Vancouver
Simon Fraser University is putting new capital behind its next generation of spin-off companies. The Burnaby-based university has launched the SFU Innovates Venture Fund, a new fund created with InBC Investment Corp. to support early-stage ventures emerging from SFU researchers, students, and alumni. The fund will focus on companies in sectors with strong economic potential, […]
Web Summit Vancouver Opens With Record Investor Turnout
Web Summit Vancouver officially opened this week with more than 20,000 attendees, nearly 1,200 startups, and the largest investor turnout the North American edition of the global technology conference has ever seen. The event welcomed 20,235 attendees from more than 100 countries to the Vancouver Convention Centre, up nearly 30 percent from last year’s edition. […]
Spring Spotlights Impact Ventures Ahead Of Web Summit
As Vancouver prepares to host Web Summit, Spring is shining a light on a group of B.C. startups it says deserve attention on the global stage. The Vancouver-based ecosystem organization, which trains and connects impact founders and investors, has named four B.C.-based companies to its latest “Impact Ventures to Watch” list, highlighting startups tackling urgent […]
Cibotica Acquired by Appetronix in Canadian Food Robotics Deal
Vancouver-based food robotics startup Cibotica has been acquired by Ontario’s Appetronix, marking a notable exit in Canada’s emerging restaurant automation sector. The deal brings Cibotica’s proprietary ingredient-dispensing technology into Appetronix’s broader robotic kitchen platform, as the company looks to expand beyond its initial focus on pizza into a wider range of cuisines. Financial terms were […]