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Vancouver Startup Week (VSW) is back this fall and kicking off a week-long virtual celebration on Friday, September 25th. Over seven jam-packed days, VSW promises to connect entrepreneurs, investors, community leaders, and friends to build momentum and opportunity around Vancouver’s unique entrepreneurial identity. RELATED: Vote For Your Favourite Startup To Win $10K For the first […]
Vancouver’s Mimik Selected By 5G Open Innovation Lab
The 5G Open Innovation Lab (5G OI Lab), a startup program funded by T-Mobile, Intel, and NASA, revealed its second cohort of companies last week and Vancouver’s Mimik Technology was selected. Based in Bellevue, WA, the 5G OI Lab is a global ecosystem of developers, startups, enterprises, academia, and government institutions, focused on helping start-ups utilize […]
UBC and VCC Join Microsoft To Bolster Cloud Skills Of Students
Microsoft Canada and 12 post-secondary institutions including the University of British Columbia (UBC) and Vancouver Community College (VCC) have announced the Canada Skills Program. Launching this fall, the program will bolster the data & AI skills and employability of more than 4,500 students in diploma, degree and continuing education programs. The Canada Skills program provides opportunities […]
Get Immersed In Entrepreneurship At UBC’s Immersion Week
entrepreneurship@UBC is hosting Immersion Week starting on September 28th. Immersion Week is a five day online event for UBC students, staff, faculty, alumni and BC’s innovation ecosystem to come together with the purpose of demystifying entrepreneurship in the innovation economy. From September 28th to October 2nd, entrepreneurship@UBC will present a line-up of expert speakers, engaging conversations and […]
New Funding To Accelerate Canexia Health’s Precision Oncology Roadmap
Canexia Health has raised a new financing round from PacBridge Capital Partners to support the company’s long-term global growth and accelerate its roadmap to make cancer testing for treatment selection and monitoring accessible to all cancer patients. The amount of the funding round was not disclosed. Formerly known as Contextual Genomics, Canexia makes high-quality cancer […]
LifeSciences BC Recognizes Annual Award Winners
LifeSciences BC has announced the the recipients of the 22nd Annual LifeSciences BC Awards. The annual awards recognize talented individuals and organizations that represent the life sciences ecosystem in B.C. which includes academia, health institutions, research & development, SMEs, government, and industry. This year’s award winners represent the full spectrum from discovery to commercialization, underscoring […]
Darwin Labs & Clevest Launch Platform To Help Utilities Battle COVID-19
Public Utilities around North America are under increasing pressure to meet their provinces’ and states’ “back to work” safety advisories and requirements amid Covid-19. Most employ a diverse workforce comprising remote, facilities-based, and field workers that have a high degree of interaction with members of the community, so protecting their health is not only critical […]
Beanworks and SkyHive Named To Canadian Innovation Exchange’s Top 20
The Canadian Innovation Exchange has announced the CIX TOP 20 Early and CIX TOP 10 Growth innovative Canadian technology startups for their 2020 program. The selected companies represent a diverse range of technology companies spanning software, AI, medtech, fintech, big data, security, SaaS and cleantech sectors. CIX has two curation programs – the CIX TOP […]
Vancouver’s SeaHawk Robotics Shortlisted For Ocean Startup Challenge
The Ocean Startup Challenge is a competition designed to support innovators who are developing technologies that can be applied to large ocean challenges. The Challenge is led by the Ocean Startup Project, the first Innovation Ecosystem Project announced by Canada’s Ocean Supercluster. The Ocean Startup Project is a pan-Atlantic collaboration to create and grow high-quality […]
Victory Square Health Receives European Union Approval for COVID-19 Antibody Test
Vancouver’s Victory Square Health has been granted approval in the European Union to commence marketing, sales and distribution for its Safetest ELISA Covid-19 antibody test. Victory Square Health acquired Brazilian Covid19 test developers Safetest in June. The European Union approval comes on the heels of Safetest being granted permission by the Food & Drug Administration […]