Few think of British Columbia as a hub for innovation in the cosmos. But given how tech-forward the entrepreneurship ecosystem is in Vancouver, it’s no surprise that there is indeed space-level innovation occurring locally. For example, last month we reported on a Homer Street startup developing next-generation synthetic-aperture radar satellites to deliver a new level […]
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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 […]
Technology Innovators in BC are Raising Capital to Grow in 2024
Vancouver boasts Canada’s third largest metropolitan area by tech employment, with a workforce nearly 150,000 strong, CompTIA’s State of Workforce found. The city gained almost 4,000 workers in 2023 alone. In fact, Vancouver has been home to Canada’s fastest-growing tech force for multiple years now, with techies representing an above-average 9% of the workforce. Employing this […]
Space Agency Offers $1 Million to Innovate Water-Tech on the Moon
The rugged and majestic coastline of British Columbia stretches on for more than 25,000 kilometres, from its southernmost tip at the US border near Vancouver, far north to the stunning and wild expanse of the Yukon Territory. Three-quarters of our vast province is covered with mountains (some up to 4,600 metres high), which shape the […]
Safe Software Secures Growth Investment for Spatial Data Tech
The perennially profitable Safe Software announced today that it has received a strategic growth investment from JMI Equity, a firm focused on providing software companies with flexible capital, industry expertise, and operational support to build businesses of enduring value. Headquartered in Surrey, Safe provides solutions that empower people and enterprises to unlock the full potential […]
Climate Risk Forecasting Startup Planette Lands Techstars Seattle Investment
Vancouver startup Planette has landed an investment from Techstars Seattle. Founded in 2022 by CEO Hansi Singh and CTO Kalai Ramea, Planette leverages AI-powered, science-informed climate hazard forecasts that make it possible to forecast risks from wildfires, extreme heat, severe storms, and other climate hazards a season, a year, and up to several years ahead. Through […]
Forest Eye Taps Tech and Drudges Data to Keep Watch Over Logging in BC
Working with computers since his earliest teenage years, Dax Dasilva seemed destined for a career in tech. The Vancouver-born entrepreneur fulfilled this destiny when we founded Lightspeed Commerce in 2005—which remains one of Canada’s largest publicly traded fintech firms. Although Lightspeed is as successful as ever, Dasilva has since moved on to other projects. In […]
B.C. Founded Companies Join 1t.org’s Billion Tree Canadian Commitment
The unprecedented number of wildfires across Canada this summer — including some devastating scenes in B.C. — proves that we need leadership and solutions for climate change in both the public and private sectors. Last week, three British Columbia-founded companies — TELUS, tentree and veritree, and Teck Resources — announced they are joining 1t.org in the […]
TiE Incubation Lab Alumni SenseNet Secures $1 Million To Combat Forest Fires With AI
TiE Vancouver’s TiE Incubation Lab announced today that its first successful startup graduate has secured USD $1 million in funding for its AI-powered wildfire detection platform. SenseNet seamlessly merges data from diverse sources such as sensors, cameras, satellites, historical data, weather stations, topography data, railways maps, campsites maps, city infrastructures maps to provide unparalleled insights and […]
TELUS Pollinator Fund for Good Invests $40 Million in 26 Companies in 2022
The TELUS Pollinator Fund for Good has released its second annual impact report detailing the nearly $40 million of its initial $100 million investment commitment. According to the report the Fund has almost doubled its portfolio to 26 mission-driven startups and is generating promising early results with portfolio companies delivering a 155 per cent revenue […]