In today’s COVID-19 world, both human connection and personal distance are essential day-to-day requirements to keep our economies alive and populations safe. There’s very little we can say for certain, but the way we connect and communicate has likely changed forever. Real-time collaboration through virtual meetings, classes and events have become the norm as people […]
Creative Destruction Lab Launches COVID-19 Recovery Program
Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) has launched a new program called CDL Recovery, which aims to rapidly transform scientific innovations into useful products and services that address public health and economic challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The seed-stage accelerator, which is based at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management and boasts a global network […]
Mangrove Water Technologies Joins Chevron Technology Ventures’ Catalyst Program
Vancouver’s Mangrove Water Technologies has been selected by Chevron Technology Ventures to join its Catalyst Program. The waste-treatment startup seeks to convert produced water from oil and gas operations to chemicals such as hydrochloric acid, sodium hydroxide and desalinated water for re-use. The Catalyst Program helps advance early stage startups that have developed technologies beneficial […]
B.C. Startups Selected For 48 Hours In The Valley
The C100’s 48Hrs in the Valley is a two-day program that offers strategic networking and business development opportunities to Canada’s most promising entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. The 19th edition of 48Hrs in the Valley was scheduled for May 2020 but due to the COVID-19 global pandemic the C100 is postponing the event until later this […]
TELUS Partners With School Boards To Offer $10 Per Month Internet Plan
As we adjust to new ways of living amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and teachers work with parents to enable their children to learn from home, TELUS has announced it is working in partnership with local school boards across the province to offer its Internet for Good program to students in need. TELUS’ Internet for Good […]
D-Wave Provides Free Quantum Computing for Global Response to COVID-19
Effectively responding to the COVID-19 pandemic requires a collaborative and global effort across diverse organizations, including both private and public institutions. To help Burnaby’s D-Wave Systems is offering free access to its quantum systems via the Leap quantum cloud service for anyone working on responses to the COVID-19 crisis. This initiative comes in response to a request […]
Traction on Demand Builds COVID-19 Supply Hub for B.C.
The Province of B.C. has partnered with the Digital Technology Supercluster and the Business Council of British Columbia to create an online platform to co-ordinate, source and expedite medical supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for provincial health authorities to support front-line health workers fighting COVID-19. The COVID-19 Supply Hub provides a single point of […]
Damon Motorcycles Raises $3 Million And Makes Acquisition
Vancouver’s Damon Motorcycles has raised $3 million and acquired the intellectual property of Mission Motors. According to Techcrunch, the funding is additional capital raised at the pre-series A level from undisclosed angel investors. Previous investors include Round 13 Capital, Techstars, Extreme Venture Partners and Pallasite Ventures. Built in Vancouver and founded by serial entrepreneurs Jay Giraud […]
RED Academy Abruptly Closes Vancouver Campus
January 26, 2021 UPDATE: Closure of Vancouver’s top tech school leaves teachers, students in financial mess RED Academy’s Chief Commercial Officer Roy Agostino announced today that RED Academy is closing their Vancouver campus effective immediately. The vision at RED was to create a world where everyone had the freedom to design and create the future […]
Disney and Vancouver’s Kabam Team Up For Mirrorverse
Disney and Vancouver’s Kabam have announced Disney Mirrorverse, an all-new Action Role-Playing Game (RPG) for Android and iOS. Kabam was founded in 2006 and creates, develops and publishes massively multiplayer social games for mobile such as Disney’s Marvel Contest of Champions. Disney Mirrorverse will transport players to a brand new action-ready universe, featuring evolved and […]