As Vancouver prepares to welcome global soccer fans, Rogers is upgrading its 5G+ network across the city to improve connectivity for visitors and residents during one of the world’s biggest sporting events. The company announced a $5 million investment to enhance network coverage in key areas across Vancouver, including BC Place, fan zone locations, hotels, […]
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Federal Capital Advances B.C. Projects Supporting Cleaner Energy Systems
The federal government stated this week that it is advancing “efforts to become a clean energy superpower” across Canada, including British Columbia. Tim Hodgson, who serves Canada as Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, this week earmarked $4.5 million through the Clean Energy for Rural and Remote Communities program to support projects that generate electricity […]
Jointly Wins $10K Pitch Competition At Web Summit Vancouver
Jointly has been named the winner of the BC Founder Faceoff: The $10K Pitch Competition, taking home the $10,000 grand prize on stage at Web Summit Vancouver. Delivered as part of Innovate BC’s Road to Web Summit Vancouver initiative, the live pitch competition showcased a dozen high-growth startups from across British Columbia in front of a […]
Nutanix Opens Vancouver Engineering Hub
San Jose-based enterprise cloud company Nutanix is expanding its global engineering footprint with a permanent product engineering hub in Vancouver. The new hub will support development of the next generation of the Nutanix Cloud Platform, with local teams focused on software-defined networking, cloud management and Nutanix Agentic AI, the company’s full-stack platform for building and […]
UniUni Plots Last-Mile Logistics Toward Possible Launch on Public Markets
Earlier this year, Richmond-based last-mile delivery company UniUni raised US$85 million to accelerate automation and expansion across North America. Founded in 2019, UniUni’s mission is to make “the last mile the best mile” by leveraging scalable technology such as AI-driven routing, predictive analytics, and robotic sorting systems to deliver speed and reliability at scale. The […]
VoxCell and adMare Partner to Advance More Human-Relevant Biologic Therapy
Two British Columbia life sciences innovators are collaborating to validate the commercial potential of a novel antibody-based immune-modulating therapy. Victoria’s VoxCell BioInnovation, a developer of bio-printed vascularized human tissue models for preclinical drug development, is partnering with Vancouver’s adMare BioInnovations, a life sciences company creation engine. VoxCell’s platform brings together human tumor, immune, and stromal […]
B.C. Companies Get Go-To-Market Boost
Eleven B.C. companies are receiving new support to help turn promising technologies into stronger sales, new partnerships, and expanded market reach. The Province announced this week that Innovate BC is providing funding through its Go-to-Market Microgrant Program, with each company receiving up to $50,000 to support commercialization work such as sales tools, customer-acquisition strategies, strategic […]
West Fraser Timber to Help Kodiak AI Battle-Test Self-Driving Logging Trucks
Silicon Valley’s Kodiak AI is preparing to conduct pilot operations for autonomous driving technology in Canada alongside the world’s largest manufacturer of wood building materials. The Mountain View upstart, founded in 2018 by Don Burnette and Paz Eshel, is behind a range of purpose-built, AI-powered ground autonomy solutions. Kodiak’s solutions target the commercial trucking industry, and […]
Three Startups Named Web Summit Vancouver PITCH Finalists
Three startups working across business acquisitions, sports technology, and industrial decarbonization have been named finalists in Web Summit Vancouver’s PITCH Competition. The finalists are DealStack.ai, Vancouver’s own Drive Hockey Analytics, and Calgary-based CURA. DealStack.ai is building agentic infrastructure for buying and selling small businesses, targeting a market where transactions are often fragmented, manual, and difficult […]
University Startups Take Climate Stage at Web Summit Vancouver
Six university-linked startups took the stage at Web Summit Vancouver today as the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University teamed up to showcase the next generation of climate and agritech ventures. Held at the Climate Innovation Zone, the University Power Pitches featured five-minute presentations from emerging companies working on problems ranging from plastic […]