We claim to be a community-oriented group with a goal of introducing NFTs to the masses. So, why isn’t democratizing the NFT industry every artist’s top priority? On May 3rd, 2014, Kevin McCoy minted the first NFT (non-fungible token), “Quantum,” long before the crypto market exploded. A pixelated image of an octagon filled with denoting […]
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BC Tech Announces Winners of 2021 Technology Impact Awards
Now in their 28th year, the Technology Impact Awards (TIAs) have never had more reasons to celebrate than they did last night at Science World. The sold-out TIAs Gala returned to an in-person format while also broadcasting the event live to the tech community. “It was wonderful to come together as a community and experience […]
Twitter Expands Engineering Footprint In Vancouver
Twitter has big plans for Canada and that includes Vancouver. The social network hosted a press roundtable today that featured Tristan Jung, Senior Engineering Manager & Canadian Engineering Site Lead, Hanson Ho, a Staff Software Engineer in Vancouver, and Paul Burns, Managing Director of Twitter Canada. Twitter currently has 200+ employees in Canada, spread across […]
APOLLO Recruits For Their Rocketship As They Redefine Insurance
Vancouver-headquartered APOLLO Insurance is redefining the distribution of insurance and now offers the largest selection of online insurance in Canada through thousands of digitally enhanced agents and embedded finance partnerships. Launched in April 2019, APOLLO’s proprietary technology platform, the APOLLO Exchange, transacts insurance business in real time, leverages extensive data and sophisticated algorithms to quote, collect […]
18 B.C. Tech Companies Named Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Winners
Deloitte Canada has announced this year’s winners of the Technology Fast 50, Companies-to-Watch, and Enterprise Fast 15 awards, recognizing the world-class achievements of the best in tech companies across Canada for the 24th year. 2021 saw its own unique challenges that shaped today’s tech companies. The list unveiled today highlights those who have shown true […]
Moment Energy Raises $3.5 Million To Give Electric Vehicle Batteries A Second Life
Vancouver clean energy startup Moment Energy has raised a $3.5 million seed round of funding led by Vancouver’s Version One Ventures with major involvement from Fika Ventures, Garage Capital and MCJ Collective. Co-founded by four young and diverse entrepreneurs from British Columbia, Moment Energy creates sustainable energy storage systems by repurposing retired electric vehicle batteries. […]
Mangrove Lithium Raises USD $10 Million Round Led by Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Vancouver’s Mangrove Lithium has closed a $10 million USD Series A investment round led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) with participation from existing investor BDC Capital’s Cleantech Practice (BDC). Backed by Bill Gates, BEV invests in cutting-edge companies that will lead the world to net-zero emissions. Benchmark Mineral Intelligence forecasts a global supply gap of […]
Rallying The World To Join A Local, Sustainable Farming Revolution Driven By Tech
Just past the one-hour mark of CubicFarms AMPLIFIED I appeared on camera for the third and final time. Over the course of those 20 seconds, my goal was to communicate how passionately I believe in the new industry category, local chain ag-tech, being launched at the October 21 event. As CubicFarms’ Chief Marketing Officer, I’m […]
RainStick Awarded Best of CES 2022 Innovation Award for Smart, Circular Shower Technology
Kelowna’s RainStick Shower has been awarded the “Best of CES 2022 Innovations Award Honouree” for their circular shower technology. The announcement was made ahead of CES 2022, the world’s most influential technology event, happening January 5-8 in Las Vegas. The CES Innovation Awards program, organised by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), is an annual competition […]
CULT Food Science Announces $1 million CULT PRIZE To Accelerate the Future of Food
Vancouver’s CULT Food Science has officially launched the CULT PRIZE with the goal of accelerating the future of food worldwide. CULT Food Science is an investment platform with an exclusive focus on clean, lab-grown food that is advancing the development of novel technologies to provide a sustainable, environmental, and ethical solution to the global factory […]