PITCH is Collision’s startup competition that brings together the world’s leading early-stage startups to battle it out onstage. PITCH is open to any ALPHA and BETA startups exhibiting at Collision that have received less than $5 million in funding to date and have not had a discernible change in business model in the last three years. […]
Clio’s Chief Operating Officer on the Unique Challenges of Mid-Sized Law Firms
Vancouver-born Clio is a global force in legal technology, with 1,000+ employees and over 150,000 customers in more than 100 countries. The #1 choice of legal professionals for managing clients, cases, and billing announced centaur status in 2022—a title reserved for private SaaS companies with more than US$100 million in annual recurring revenue. Techcouver sat […]
Collision 2024: Record-Breaking Farewell in Toronto Before Moving to Vancouver
The Collision conference has set new records, gathering 37,832 attendees from 117 countries. Marking its last year in Toronto, Collision will transition to Web Summit Vancouver in May 2025, promising a new chapter for the renowned tech conference. This year, Collision celebrated a significant milestone with over 45 percent of startups (734) being women-founded, the […]
VulcanX Energy Joins Accelerator to Drive Innovation in Hydrogen Production
The Rice Alliance Clean Energy Accelerator helps seed-stage startups from around the world developing clean energy solutions achieve technical and commercial milestones that accelerate development, establish market adoption, and expand their reach. This week the accelerator announced the ventures for their fourth cohort. The 12 ventures in Class 4 are driving innovation in Advanced Materials, […]
Vancouver’s Orderbot Acquired by OneRail
OneRail, a leading last-mile delivery fulfillment provider with a network of 12 million drivers across North America, has announced its acquisition of Vancouver-based Orderbot. This strategic move aims to revolutionize the fulfillment landscape by combining Orderbot’s advanced inventory and Distributed Order Management (DOM) solutions with OneRail’s OmniPoint® cloud-based operating system. Orderbot, known for serving market […]
Novartis Partners with Clarius Mobile Health to Enhance Early Detection of Psoriatic Arthritis
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada has announced a partnership with Vancouver’s Clarius Mobile Health as part of a dedicated effort to aid in early detection of psoriatic arthritis in Canada. Psoriatic arthritis is a chronic, autoimmune disease form of arthritis that causes joint inflammation (swelling, pain, stiffness) and occurs with skin condition psoriasis. It can also affect the spine […]
HTEC and Canada Infrastructure Bank Partner to Transform Hydrogen Fuel Landscape with $337 Million Investment
Vancouver’s HTEC, Canada’s leading clean hydrogen solutions company, announced today that they are partnering with the Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) to accelerate the deployment of hydrogen production and refuelling infrastructure. A $337 million investment from CIB will contribute to the implementation of HTEC’s full-service, sustainable fuel supply chain focused on reducing emissions in the transportation sector, called […]
Canada Invests in Firstline to Combat Drug-Resistant Infections
In Canada and across the world, microbes that cause infections are becoming increasingly resistant to the drugs designed to treat them. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a top ten public health threat facing humanity and a leading cause of death worldwide. Canada’s Honourable Mark Holland, Minister of Heath, has announced funding of up to $843,225 over […]
Airbus and Canada’s Busiest Airports, Including YVR, Launch Pioneering Hydrogen Feasibility Study
Airbus and ZeroAvia have signed a series of partnerships with Canada’s three busiest airports, Montréal–Trudeau International Airport (YUL), Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) and Vancouver International Airport (YVR) to study the feasibility of hydrogen infrastructure at airports in Canada. This is the first time that a feasibility study of this magnitude has taken place in […]
Social Marketplace Poshmark Celebrates Five Years in Canada with New AI Feature
Poshmark Canada, this month celebrates five years in Canada. Since the resale platform’s launch in 2019, it has amassed over six million Canadian users, collectively keeping more than 10 million items in circulation through the digitization of secondhand buying and selling. Earlier this year Poshmark introduced a new feature to Canada named Posh Lens. The […]