Deloitte Canada today revealed the winners of its 2026 Technology Fast 50 program. Now in its 29th year, the Technology Fast program recognizes achievements made by Canada’s fastest-growing technology companies, celebrating entrepreneurial spirit and highlighting commitment to innovation across three distinct categories: Technology Fast 50, Enterprise—Industry Leaders, and Companies-to-Watch. This year’s Technology Fast 50 cohort […]
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Jetson Home Expands Product Lineup with Launch of EV Charging Tech
Jetson today unveiled new products with an eye toward a more complete “connected home” system. Founded in 2024, Jetson sells heat pump technology—named one of the World’s Best Inventions—directly to homeowners, using a direct, vertically integrated approach. The Vancouver-born firm this week launched Jetson Water, a heat pump water heater, and Jetson Charge, a Level […]
NorthX Reveals Speakers for 2026 Edition of Climate-Focused Converge
This November, Converge 2026 will connect more than 300 founders, investors, and government partners from across the province. Converge is a flagship gathering of British Columbia’s climate tech community powered by NorthX, formerly the BC Centre for Innovation and Clean Energy. Attendees will hear from companies hard problems, as well as join investors navigating capital […]
Software Startup Targets Increasingly Scrutinized Sector with Proprietary Platform
Over the past year, The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada confirmed more than $3 million in penalties against casino-sector organizations nationwide. A startup based in B.C. is developing proprietary software that targets compliance concerns for an increasingly scrutinized online gambling sector. Fortrix Systems, situated on Dewdney Trunk Road in Maple Ridge, has […]
Kardium Enrolls First Patient in North American Globe Registry
Burnaby-based Kardium has enrolled the first patient in a new registry that will track how its Globe Pulsed Field System performs in routine clinical practice as adoption of the heart-treatment technology expands. The Globe Registry is expected to enrol up to 500 patients across sites in Canada and the United States, with participants followed for […]
Global Engineering Congress Brings AI, Advanced Manufacturing, and Clean Energy to Vancouver
Vancouver’s tech community will have an opportunity to connect with engineering researchers and industry leaders from around the world when the International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE) arrives next month. Organized by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the conference takes place November 8–12 at the Vancouver Convention Centre, with its exhibition running […]
DIGITAL, Innovate BC, and New Ventures to Collab on New National IP Framework
A cross-Canada collaboration between more than a dozen organizations nationwide seeks to strengthen education and awareness around intellectual property for businesses and entrepreneurs. Konstantinos Georgaras, who heads the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, says that “Strong IP knowledge helps turn ideas into economic impact.” The agreement between CIPO and 13 others brings together federal and provincial […]
FORM’s Smart Swim Goggles Named to TIME’s Best Inventions of 2026
Vancouver-based FORM has earned a spot on TIME’s Best Inventions of 2026 list for its Smart Swim 2 PRO goggles, bringing international recognition to the company’s augmented reality swimming technology. Featured in the Sports & Fitness category, the TIME selection highlights goggles that bring performance data and coaching directly into a swimmer’s field of vision, […]
Vancouver’s Glüxkind Rolls Onto TIME’s Best Inventions List
Vancouver-based Glüxkind has been named to TIME’s Best Inventions of 2026 for Rosa, its smart stroller designed to make everyday parenting a little easier. The Parenting category selection recognizes a stroller that combines motor-assisted movement with features such as automatic rocking and integrated audio. TIME highlights Rosa’s ability to help parents navigate hills and soothe […]
Converge 2026 to Explore How Canada Can Scale Climate Hard Tech
NorthX’s Converge 2026 is expected to bring together more than 300 founders, investors, policymakers, researchers and industry partners in Vancouver on November 25 to explore what it takes to build and scale climate hard tech companies in Canada. The gathering comes as NorthX marks five years of funding Canadian climate hard tech, providing an opportunity […]