When people think of “Finance” in Canada, minds go straight to Bay Street. The same can be said for financial technology, where downtown Toronto houses the country’s largest hub of fintech startups by a wide margin. Ontario is home to a majority of Canada’s fintechs, including Shopify, Wealthsimple, Koho, Borrowell, and hundreds more. Vancouver seldom […]
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UX Work Celebrated with the 2023 Vancouver User Experience Awards
Every day, new industries are taking advantage of what User Experience has to offer, seeing the value it provides not only to their customers and users, but their internal teams. The 2023 Vancouver UX Awards will be back on March 29th and submissions are open. Inspired by the expanding growth in the User Experience practice, […]
Vancouver’s No Story Lost Takes Home Top Prize At Tiny Summit
Tiny Summit is an opportunity for a select group of entrepreneurial University of Victoria Gustavson School of Business alumni to compete for up to $24,000 in funding prize money. Sponsored by Victoria’s Tiny, the summit’s competition is for startups five years and younger that are looking to scale their business and reach their next milestone. […]
TELUS Ranks Highest Among Telecoms On Sustainability
TELUS has been recognized by Corporate Knights in its Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations as the top North American telecommunications company, ranking 37th overall. This years ranking is an improvement for TELUS – an increase from 49th in 2022 and 54th in 2021 – recognizing TELUS’ ongoing commitment to make sustainability a core part of […]
Frontier Collective to Showcase Vancouver’s Transformational Technology at SXSW
Last year, Frontier Collective created a flagship summit aimed at connecting global investors, leaders, and stakeholders with metaverse and Web3 leaders in Vancouver. “Frontier technologies are thriving in this region and we see a tremendous opportunity to cement Vancouver’s position both nationally and globally,” stated Dan Burgar, co-founder and CEO of the Frontier Collective, at the time. […]
Foresight Launches Innovation Network to Catalyze Cleantech Innovation Across the Province
Today Foresight Canada announced the launch of the BC Net Zero Innovation Network (BCNZIN), an initiative that will accelerate the development and adoption of critical climate solutions from across the province and establish BC as a global leader in cleantech innovation. The opportunity and the need for BCNZIN was shaped by Foresight’s work back in 2019, when […]
Levr.ai Lands $1 Million To Change The Way Businesses Access And Manage Loans
Vancouver fintech startup Levr.ai has secured $1 million to transform the way businesses access and manage loans. Co-founded by Kaylan Pepin and Roman Hartmann, Levr.ai makes the process of finding, applying for, and managing business loans easy. Levr.ai uses accounting and banking APIs to accelerate the process of looking for a loan, applying for a loan, […]
BCIT and Teck Open Copper Innovation Hub
British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) is now home to the new Teck Copper Innovation Hub. Made possible by a $1.75 million donation from Teck, the facility will enable BCIT researchers and students to research and test the use of antimicrobial copper in a range of healthcare devices, including prosthetics and orthotics. Copper has unique […]
GM Invests $650 Million in Vancouver’s Lithium Americas
General Motors will become the biggest shareholder of Lithium Americas in a deal that’s expected to speed up production of the key electric-vehicle battery metal in Nevada. The auto manufacturer and Vancouver-headquartered lithium miner announced that they will jointly invest to develop the Thacker Pass mine in Nevada, which is the largest known source of lithium in […]
Trulioo Launches New Global Identity Verification Platform
The surge in online shopping, mobile payments and digital currencies in recent years presents opportunities for innovation and growth. But it also poses challenges for businesses to mitigate fraud and meet evolving regulations such as Know Your Customer, Know Your Business and Anti-Money Laundering requirements around the world. Vancouver’s Trulioo has launched a new global […]