Will cybercrime cause $1 trillion in damage to an already-vulnerable economy by 2021? Not if MergeBase Software has anything to do with it. The Vancouver startup just raised a $500,000 funding round for its cybersecurity product and plans to use the funds to ramp up sales and distribution. MergeBase protects the security of software supply […]
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When Government Programs Won’t Save Your Business, These Money Moves Might
Recent weeks have felt eerily similar to the market crash of 2008. I remind myself and many of the entrepreneurs I work with that while the last financial crisis left our personal and business finances beaten, we came out of it with massive growth in the years that followed. This also led to innovation – […]
Victoria’s StarFish Medical To Develop Open-source Ventilator Design
On March 20, 2020, the Government of Canada sent a call to action to Canadian businesses and manufacturers to help deliver critical health supplies that will help Canada fight the COVID‑19 pandemic. Since then, the government has been working with almost 3,000 companies who have stepped up to offer their expertise and capacity. One of […]
The State of Vancouver and BC’s VR/AR Ecosystem
In today’s COVID-19 world, both human connection and personal distance are essential day-to-day requirements to keep our economies alive and populations safe. There’s very little we can say for certain, but the way we connect and communicate has likely changed forever. Real-time collaboration through virtual meetings, classes and events have become the norm as people […]
Covid & Startups — Managing In A Time Of Crisis
The world has changed, Covid-19 has turned everything on it’s head and if you run a start-up company, especially one that might be pre-revenue, what does this mean for you? Is this the end of your company’s journey or is there a light at the end of the tunnel? I had the chance to have […]
Creative Destruction Lab Launches COVID-19 Recovery Program
Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) has launched a new program called CDL Recovery, which aims to rapidly transform scientific innovations into useful products and services that address public health and economic challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The seed-stage accelerator, which is based at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management and boasts a global network […]
Mangrove Water Technologies Joins Chevron Technology Ventures’ Catalyst Program
Vancouver’s Mangrove Water Technologies has been selected by Chevron Technology Ventures to join its Catalyst Program. The waste-treatment startup seeks to convert produced water from oil and gas operations to chemicals such as hydrochloric acid, sodium hydroxide and desalinated water for re-use. The Catalyst Program helps advance early stage startups that have developed technologies beneficial […]
B.C. Startups Selected For 48 Hours In The Valley
The C100’s 48Hrs in the Valley is a two-day program that offers strategic networking and business development opportunities to Canada’s most promising entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. The 19th edition of 48Hrs in the Valley was scheduled for May 2020 but due to the COVID-19 global pandemic the C100 is postponing the event until later this […]
TELUS Partners With School Boards To Offer $10 Per Month Internet Plan
As we adjust to new ways of living amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and teachers work with parents to enable their children to learn from home, TELUS has announced it is working in partnership with local school boards across the province to offer its Internet for Good program to students in need. TELUS’ Internet for Good […]
D-Wave Provides Free Quantum Computing for Global Response to COVID-19
Effectively responding to the COVID-19 pandemic requires a collaborative and global effort across diverse organizations, including both private and public institutions. To help Burnaby’s D-Wave Systems is offering free access to its quantum systems via the Leap quantum cloud service for anyone working on responses to the COVID-19 crisis. This initiative comes in response to a request […]