Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to reshape virtually every industry, the workforce and, ultimately, the entire economy. The rapid evolution of AI brings new buzzwords – machine learning, deep learning, neural networks – and many questions about how best to understand and implement these new technologies. Machine learning offers new opportunities and creates risks, […]
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Q+A with CTO of BlocPal on the Importance of Financial Inclusion
Financial inclusion has been an ongoing issue around the world, and for the majority of Canadians, appropriate financial services are readily available and accessible. However, we continue to witness several unbanked and underbanked communities around the world – whether it is rural and semi-urban parts of India and Mexico or even members of the Indigenous […]
North Vancouver To Be World’s First City Heated By Bitcoin
The City of North Vancouver runs on a hydronic district energy system that delivers heat to 100 residential and commercial buildings. Lonsdale Energy Corporation (LEC), the award-winning district energy utility wholly owned by the City, is on a decarbonization journey to implement more renewable and clean energy, transitioning from the use of conventional natural gas. In […]
Pani Energy Lands $8 Million To Use AI In Water Treatment Facilities
Victoria’s Pani Energy has raised $8 million to accelerate the adoption of their software in the global water treatment market to improve clean water yield and reduce cost, risk, and emissions. The $8 million round includes a seed equity round co-led by Blue Bear Capital and Blue Coast Partners, along with participation from Mazarine Ventures […]
Looking Glass Labs Sells NFT Offering for $6.2 Million in 37 Minutes
Vancouver’s Looking Glass Labs announced this week that its flagship studio House of Kibaa recently conducted the successful sale of a class of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) known as GenZeroes. GenZeroes is a new multi-media franchise and is being developed in collaboration with several artists with work experience that includes projects for both the StarWars and […]
Popular Pitch For The Purse Is Now The Forum Pitch
Earlier this year the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs became The Forum and their Pitch for the Purse program became The Forum Pitch. What could your business achieve with $25,000, mentorship and a community of entrepreneurs, business leaders & investors actively working to open doors for you? The Forum Pitch program is divided into four sections designed […]
Vancouver Startup NiceJob Acquired by Paystone
London, Ontario’s Paystone has acquired Vancouver startup NiceJob, an award-winning reputation marketing platform for service businesses. Founded in 2017, NiceJob has quickly grown to become the North American market leader for small and medium-sized businesses looking to engage in reputation marketing. NiceJob automates the collection of online customer reviews and referrals and distributes them to […]
Province of B.C. Investing In World-leading Clean Fuels Plant In Merritt
The Province of B.C. is contributing $2 million from the Innovative Clean Energy (ICE) Fund to support the engineering and design of a first-of-its-kind plant in Merritt to capture carbon dioxide and convert it to clean fuels, creating new jobs and economic opportunities in B.C.͛s cleantech sector. “The Merritt Electro Fuels Project advances made-in-B.C. technology […]
Lucid Motors To Open Vancouver Showroom This Weekend
Sales of zero-emission cars accounted for almost 10 per cent of all car sales in B.C. in 2020 — the highest electric vehicle uptake in North America. So it should come as no surprise that the recently public electric car brand Lucid Motors will open its first showroom in Canada in Vancouver. The new showroom […]
Epic Selected For Canada’s Only Hardware & Semiconductor-Focused Incubator
Canada’s only hardware and semiconductor-focused lab has announced its third cohort of participating companies and one of B.C.’s own is in the mix. ventureLAB’s Hardware Catalyst Initiative has selected Vancouver’s Epic Semiconductors as one one of eight emerging tech companies from across Canada that the initiative will support as they aspire to join the $7 trillion […]