Accessibility to capital is one of the largest challenges faced by women and BIPOC entrepreneurs. Backbone Angels launched one year ago today to tackle this issue and today, on International Women’s Day, they are celebrating their one-year anniversary. Backbone Angels is a collective of 10 women in tech who are united around the same goal: […]
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Hootsuite Celebrates International Women’s Day with World Woman Hour
Today on International Women’s Day, Hootsuite will power the second annual World Woman Hour, a global digital celebration dedicated to highlighting inspirational stories of women from all walks of life. Led by the World Woman Foundation, the socially enabled movement aims to mentor one million women by 2030 and will feature inspiring stories from 60 […]
Igloo Innovations Finds A New Home With Hedgehog Technologies
Vancouver’s Hedgehog Technologies is acquiring Igloo Innovations, a mechanical engineering firm with creative and technical capabilities. Hedgehog is a world-class electrical engineering consulting firm that works on innovative projects with a safety-critical approach from global amusement rides to solar arrays in extreme climates. The acquisition will expand Hedgehog Technologies to include mechanical engineering services for the […]
CubicFarms Lands $5 Million Sale to Greenhouse Growers in Winnipeg
Langley’s CubicFarms today announced the sale of 27 CubicFarm System modules in Winnipeg at a sale price of over $5 million. The new modules were purchased by experienced greenhouse farmers Sheldon and Carrie Enns who operate the Green Valley Garden Centre. The Enns have been supplying high-quality vegetables and ornamental plants in Southeastern Manitoba for the past […]
ElectraMeccanica Establishes New Global Corporate Headquarters in Burnaby
Vancouver’s ElectraMeccanica (NASDAQ: SOLO) is moving its global corporate headquarters in Burnaby. The new headquarters provides an expanded 14,000 square foot area for the company’s engineering, accounting, finance, HR, logistics and operations departments to operate under a single roof for the first time. This will enable better collaboration and productivity as well as an improved […]
TED Conference Returns To Vancouver With Elon Musk And Bill Gates
The TED Conference is returning to Vancouver in 2022. Featuring Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Microsoft founder Bill Gates, the world’s most high-profile conference returns to the Vancouver Convention Centre from April 10th to April 14th. The TED Conference, which stands for Technology Entertainment and Design, moved to Vancouver as its permanent home for its […]
Surrey’s Quantum Algorithms Institute Works To Build Quantum Workforce In Canada
Surrey’s Quantum Algorithms Institute (QAI), a not-for-profit organization that facilitates collaboration among industry, academia and government in British Columbia, has teamed up with Xanadu, the Toronto-based world leader in photonic quantum computing. The collaboration between the two Canadian organizations is designed to build a highly skilled future workforce that will drive economic growth in British Columbia […]
Sanctuary AI Raises $75 Million To Create Human-Like, General-Purpose Robots
Vancouver’s Sanctuary AI, a company focused on creating the world’s first human-like intelligence in general-purpose robots, today announced the successful closing of an oversubscribed $75.5 million Series A funding. Investors in the massive financing round include Bell, Evok Innovations, Export Development Canada, Magna, SE Health, Verizon Ventures, and Workday Ventures. Using breakthrough technology in artificial […]
TELUS Brings Canada’s Fastest Internet Speeds To Vancouver
Today TELUS launched their PureFibre X service across the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley. PureFibre X is a new tier of home Internet with symmetrical upload and download speeds of 2.5 Gbps. These speeds are the fastest in Canada among all major providers and mark a substantial leap in the next generation of Internet technology. […]
Nexii Partners With Siemens To Design EV Charger Prototype
Vancouver green building company Nexii has partnered with Siemens to develop a new sustainable EV charger prototype. Developed from ideation to implementation in six months, the prototype EV charging concept structure is designed for electrifying fleets and high demand charging applications at scale. Rapidly developed and co-patented with Nexii, the prototype is the industry’s first […]