BC Place, home venue for the Vancouver Whitecaps and the BC Lions, announced this month that it is “rolling out several new food and beverage innovations,” including launching Canada’s first stadium-wide reusable cup program. All draft beer, wine, cocktails and mocktails are now being served in cups from ShareWares, shifting tens of thousands of cups […]
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BC Tech Names Top 3 Startup Finalists
FireSwarm, Glüxkind, and Insporos have been named the top three finalists for BC Tech Association’s Company of the Year – Startup Award, following a live pitch showdown in Vancouver. Hosted at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP’s downtown offices on September 24, ten shortlisted startups pitched their ideas to a panel of industry judges. The three […]
Vancouver’s LōD Technologies Launches CLōD to Govern AI Workflows
Vancouver-based LōD Technologies has launched CLōD, a new AI inference platform designed to embed governance, compliance, and monitoring directly into every AI workflow. The product was unveiled this week at All In 2025 in Montreal, where LōD was part of the AI Network of BC (AInBC) delegation showcasing British Columbia’s growing AI ecosystem. Built for […]
With a Spotlight on Early-Stage Ocean Innovation, Pitchfest Returns to Victoria
The coast of British Columbia stretches nearly 1,000 kilometres north-to-south. Factoring incisions and the province’s 40,000 islands, that figure quickly balloons to 26,000 km—or, in other terms, an impressive 10% of the entire country’s coastline. Celebrating innovation in this wheelhouse is the Centre for Ocean Applied Sustainable Technology, an organization which is bringing back the […]
Two B.C. Innovators Secure NorthX Energy Storage Funding
Vancouver’s FUTURi Power and Richmond’s Foreseeson Technology are among the recipients of $1.6 million in funding announced today by NorthX Climate Tech to accelerate Canadian energy storage innovation. FUTURi Power is developing a bidirectional system that allows energy to flow between the grid and both EVs and stationary batteries, turning them into flexible grid assets. […]
Vancouver Innovator infinitii ai to Debut New flowworks Products in Chicago
Vancouver’s infinitii ai intends to debut two “major product advancements” for its flagship offering at WEFTEC 2025 in Chicago next week. The Water Environment Federation’s Technical Exhibition and Conference is the largest annual water quality exhibition in North America. There, two new products from the B.C.-based provider of AI-driven predictive analytics for Smart City water […]
Biotech Startup Attracts US$350M Deal to Accelerate Drug Discovery with AI
A generative AI drug discovery company based out of Vancouver has announced a collaboration with Merck, an American pharmaceutical titan established in 1891. The partnership will see Variational AI leverage its signature Enki platform to design and optimize novel small molecule candidates against two undisclosed targets, according to a statement from the firms. Variational AI […]
October Event to Rally Ocean Experts for ‘Last Great Exploration on Earth’
A strong majority of the ocean’s floor has not been mapped out in any meaningful way. In response, an event oriented around the bottom of the ocean is coming to Victoria this autumn. The 2025 edition of Ocean Floor Explore is taking place on the West Coast of Canada for the first time, October 26th […]
Timber House Brings Prefab Innovation to Northern B.C.
Next month, Nak’azdli Development Corp. (NDC) will unveil its first Timber House — a prefabricated home that combines lumber from local sawmills with an innovative panel system developed by forestry startup Deadwood Innovations. The project shows what’s possible when business and academia work together to tackle Canada’s housing crisis. While mass timber construction is being […]
AI Startup ShopVision Raises Capital for ‘Category-Defining’ Commerce Platform
A Vancouver startup that launched earlier this year has announced the close of a seed financing round. ShopVision Technologies revealed this week that it has secured US$4.1 million in a round let by Brightspark Ventures, with participation from BDC Capital and Rhino Ventures. Conceived in 2024 and launched in April, ShopVision is aiming to innovate […]