This week, 10 companies were accepted into the fourth class of the Comcast NBCUniversal SportsTech Accelerator powered by Boomtown. The immersive six-month program, slated to kick off in March, selected the lucky few startups among more than 1,500 applicants across over 50 nations. Notably, four are Canadian, rendering Canada the most represented country this year. […]
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Waiting for Healthcare is a Growing Problem in BC, Medimap Data Shows
A new report confirms that patients in British Columbia continued to face some of the longest average wait-times to see a doctor at a walk-in clinic across Canada in 2023. On average, British Columbians had to wait 93 minutes to see a doctor at a walk-in clinic in 2023, according to data from Medimap. That’s […]
OKGN WMAN Launches Fund 2 and Invests in Rainstick and Apricotton
Okanagan Women’s Mentoring and Angel Network Investment (OKGN WMAN) announced this week that it has closed a second fund with 30 women investors and completed investments in Rainstick and Apricotton, both Canadian-based, women-led, social impact businesses. The first OKGN WMAN Fund, which originally kicked off on International Women’s Day 2021, is now fully invested and […]
B.C. at Forefront of Decarbonizing Innovations En Route to Net Zero
The British Columbia Centre for Innovation and Clean Energy (CICE) has collaborated with Innovative Breakthrough Energy Technologies to produce a first-of-its-kind report dedicated to investigating technologies with the capacity to scale Carbon Dioxide Removal to a one gigatonne milestone. The report comprises a series of “techno-economic analyses” of various approaches to carbon removal. The paper’s […]
SpaceAlpha Advances Environmental Monitoring with Next-Gen Satellite Tech
A Homer Street startup is developing next-generation synthetic-aperture radar satellites to deliver a new level of geospatial intelligence. Vancouver-based SpaceAlpha Insights is a pioneer in the emerging “NewSpace” sector of private industry targeting the cosmos. The firm is “working to unlock a new era of geospatial intelligence by providing next-gen Earth Observation solutions with SAR-XL […]
Moment Energy’s Innovative Battery System to Power YVR Fleet
A new battery energy-storage system (BESS), developed by Coquitlam-based Moment Energy, will soon provide reliable, high-speed charging capacity for the public and fleet vehicles at the Vancouver International Airport (YVR). Through B.C.’s Integrated Marketplace, Moment Energy’s solution promises efficient charging and contributes to a sustainable energy ecosystem, positioning British Columbia at the forefront of a clean-energy economy. […]
Stealthy SkyAcres to Foster ‘Food Sovereignty’ with Vertical Farm Tech
Last year, Innovate BC and the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program provided $2 million in research and development funding to help regional companies pilot technologies and create new jobs across British Columbia. The B.C. Fast Pilot invested in 14 companies at the time—including SkyAcres Agrotechnologies, which was recently named one of the […]
Levr.ai Raises Additional $1 Million for North American Expansion in Small Business Loan Software
Vancouver’s Levr.ai has raised another $1 million, building on the momentum of its previously announced funding in 2023. This brings Levr.ai’s total funding to over $2.5 million. Levr.ai is a cutting-edge intelligent loans software platform that now powers over 2,000 small businesses across Canada and the US, with 30% of all traffic coming from the US […]
BC Filmmaker to Premiere ‘Work Different’ Documentary in Vancouver
As March looms, we approach the fourth anniversary of Canada’s initial Pandemic lockdown. The response to the emerging Covid-19 virus—including a temporary shuttering of many businesses and offices—spurred an unprecedented surge in Canadians working from home (and not working at all). Digitalization and automation were “already well underway before the pandemic and COVID-19 accelerated it,” according to […]
Lawyaw Unites Under Clio Umbrella as Legaltech Enjoys Rebrand, Upgrade
When Clio launched in 2008 at ABA TECHSHOW, no one could have predicted its significant impact on the legal industry. The company has since grown into a global force in legal technology, with over 150,000 customers in more than 100 countries. In 2021, Clio acquired San Francisco’s Lawyaw, a developer of innovative digital workflows for […]