Built in B.C. | Building B.C. A series exploring how Innovate BC-supported projects are helping organizations solve real-world challenges through made-in-B.C. innovation. Lax Kw’alaams First Nation, located on British Columbia’s North Coast, has a long history of conservation management and connection to the lands and waters of the Skeena estuary. Through an Integrated Marketplace project […]
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RZOLV Secures $1.9M Following ‘Positive Results’ for Lab Test of Cleantech
RZOLV Technologies has secured nearly $2 million through an over-subscribed non-brokered private placement financing. RZOLV, founded in 2022 in Vancouver, has developed a non-toxic, water-based reagent for gold and critical mineral extraction, serving as a cyanide-free alternative in mining to promote more environmentally sustainable recovery processes. The proceeds from the private placement will be used […]
WELL to Go Public with Spinout WELLSTAR to ‘Enhance Strategic Flexibility’
WELL Health Technologies is plotting to spin out a subsidiary and list it publicly. The Vancouver-based health-tech innovator, which trades on the TSX as WELL, is going public with spinout WELLSTAR, a digital healthcare company focused on positively impacting health outcomes by leveraging technology to empower providers and their patients. “This transaction is a significant […]
Innovation Hub Opens at BCIT to Help Modernize Industry with Digital Tech
As Canada modernizes energy systems and strengthens infrastructure, systems are becoming more complex. Organizations must develop and adopt new technologies while at the same time maintaining reliability and uninterrupted services. But power grids can’t be shut down, airports can’t disrupt operations, and operators can’t expose critical systems to potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities. One emerging solution to […]
FintechWerx Acquiring Ruby Loans to Tap into ‘Significant Opportunity’
Vancouver’s FintechWerx International Software Services is acquiring the intellectual property and technology of a business lending platform. The publicly traded Fintechwerx delivers automated onboarding, identity verification, payment solutions, trust and compliance tools, and data management services under one unified architecture. The firm confirmed this week that it is set to acquire Ruby Loans, which streamlines […]
Free Smart Thermostats Available in B.C. to Help Residents Lower Energy Bills
BC Hydro has launched the latest part of its Power Smart 2.0 plan. Unveiled earlier this year, BC Hydro’s Power Smart 2.0 plan is a $1-billion, three-year investment designed to help people save energy and lower bills. Effective immediately, people throughout B.C. can register to receive free smart thermostats, according to the province’s minister of […]
Photonic Adds Microsoft Quantum, UK Intelligence Veterans to Leadership Team
Vancouver’s Photonic is strengthening its leadership team as the quantum computing company moves deeper into commercialization. The company announced this week that Orlagh Neary has joined as Chief Marketing Officer, while Briony Shipman has been appointed Vice President of Global Government Affairs. The hires follow Photonic’s final close of more than $200 million in May, […]
BC TechMap 2026 Charts the Players Powering B.C.’s Tech Ecosystem
The BC Tech Association has published its BC TechMap 2026, a visual snapshot of the companies, organizations, and ecosystem builders helping shape the province’s innovation economy. The annual map is designed to showcase the key players across B.C.’s technology sector while highlighting how BC Tech members work together to help turn more startups into scaleups […]
CIB and TELUS Collaborate to ‘Close the Connectivity Gap’ in Remote Regions
The Canada Infrastructure Bank and TELUS are expanding high-speed internet service across British Columbia. CIB and TELUS announced this week that they have formalized an agreement which sees a total of nearly $400M committed to the project. This includes a sizeable loan to TELUS as the telecom titan aims to provide broadband access to rural […]
Startup Zamala Uses AI to Bring Cultural Context to Event Planning
When Juliana Morais and Raphael Andrade helped friends plan celebrations in Vancouver, they kept running into the same problem: finding the right local people for the right kind of event was harder than it should be. A wedding, birthday, quinceañera, tea ceremony, sangeet, or sofreh aghd may all fall under the broad category of “event […]