Vancouver’s Hydra Energy, the world’s first Hydrogen-as-a-Service (HaaS™) provider for commercial fleets, has landed a partnership with a major western Canadian heavy-duty truck dealer group to accelerate adoption of its hydrogen conversion kits. This is a first-of-its-kind green trucking collaboration with First Truck Centre will now allow commercial truck fleet owners to quickly convert their trucks […]
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Victoria Hardware Startup MeepMeep Launches Tiny Tech Tracker for Disc Golf
A bootstrapped startup in Victoria has officially launched its flagship product. Given the recent disc golf boom in BC, MeepMeep is in the business of smart disc golf accessories hardware. Its first product is a stick-on, smartphone-connected tracker device designed to help disc golfers save time by finding lost discs faster. “Growing up playing disc […]
Intelligent City Raises $30 Million to Advance Sustainable Urban Housing Using Mass Timber, Automation, and Robotics
With pressure mounting for cities to address affordable housing needs, decarbonize buildings, and meet sustainability goals, housing technology company Intelligent City raised $22 million, bringing the total capital invested in the company to $30 million. As one of the first companies in North America to apply automation and robotics to the design and manufacturing of prefabricated mass […]
Nonprofit Launches Year-Long Study of BC’s Vibrant Life Sciences Sector
According to research from Invest Vancouver, the Metro Vancouver region is producing world-leading science in lipid nanoparticles, antibodies, genomics, and more. Vancouver is Canada’s top life sciences startup ecosystem, and one of the top in North America, IV’s analysis shows. It’s also rapidly growing. “BC is home to the fastest-growing life sciences sector in the […]
Future Capital Partners with BDC to Train 150 Angel Investors
Vancouver’s Future Capital has announced a second Women in Technology Series. The learning and opportunity platform for investors says the collaboration with BDC Capital’s Women in Technology Venture will launch this summer. The collaboration aims to “activate a new pipeline of women angel investors and diversify the ecosystem that supports tech founders,” according to a […]
XR’s Hyper-Immersive Experience ‘Uncontained’ Goes Live at the PNE
Last month we reported on a new experience from Vancouver-based XR Immersive Tech coming to the largest ticketed event in British Columbia. “Uncontained,” a hyper-immersive attraction, is now live at the PNE in Vancouver following a “successful installation and launch,” as well as onsite training of staff, according to a statement from the startup. “From […]
Netflix Comes To Vancouver With Animal Logic Acquisition
Netflix is acquiring Australian animation and visual effects studio Animal Logic to accelerate their animation production. Animal Logic is recognized as one of the world’s leading independent creative digital studios, producing award winning design, visual effects and animation for over 30 years. “Together, we’ll create an animation studio that will produce some of our largest animated […]
SIGGRAPH 2022 To Showcase Latest Innovations In Digital Art
SIGGRAPH is the world’s leading computer graphics and interactive techniques conference and it returns to the Vancouver Convention Center next month after being held virtually for two years. SIGGRAPH 2022 raises the stakes with 26 selected research projects out of more than 100 submissions from 27 countries as part of both its Emerging Technologies and Immersive […]
SafeDigit Raises Pre-seed Round For Last Mile Logistics
Vancouver startup SafeDigit has raised USD $1.2 million to help delivery businesses release their own applications on Shopify, WooCommerce, and Wix. Referring to themselves as the “Zapier or Mulesoft of Logistics”, SafeDigit was co-founded by CEO Marat Asadurian and Dale Williams. The new round will be used to accelerate SafeDigit’s technology innovation in the last […]
Thinkific Unveils All Women of Color Lineup for Think in Color 2022
Thinkific has announced the speaker lineup for its virtual summit Think in Color 2022 and it is one-of-a-kind. The annual event connecting, empowering, and promoting women of color in the knowledge economy will feature 20 top-tier speakers including, Lisa Nichols, Simran Kaur and Ellie Diop. “Think In Color is a safe, positive space for women […]