Foresight Canada celebrated the province’s top cleantech innovators at the fifth annual BC Cleantech Awards, held last night at a sold-out ceremony in Yaletown. The event honoured individuals and organizations driving forward climate solutions, clean technology adoption, and sustainable economic development in B.C. As environmental and economic challenges mount worldwide, British Columbia continues to shine […]
Active Impact Investments
Active Impact Ramps Ups Eco-Ambition with Third Climate-Tech Fundraise
In 2021, Active Impact Investments closed an oversubscribed fund at $54 million. It was the Vancouver-based Certified B Corp’s second fund, and like the first carried a mission to support environmental sustainability through profitable investment. In 2023, Active Impact is making solid progress toward its third fund. Already Canada’s largest climate-tech seed fund, Active this […]
Victoria Startup Secures Funding to Fuel Green Infrastructure Siting Platform
Determining the optimal location for green infrastructure projects has long been a hurdle to the wider adoption of sustainable commodity production. Within a landscape of shifting regulations and a complex market, aligning the diverse array of stakeholders required for such projects is a daunting task. Enter Othersphere, a Victoria-based clean-tech startup, which is designing software to […]
Active Impact Investments Closes $54 Million Climate Tech Fund
Vancouver’s Active Impact Investments has closed its oversubscribed second fund at $54 million, making the firm one of the fastest growing environmental impact venture capital companies in Canada. Active Impact Investments is a Certified B Corp with a mission is to support environmental sustainability through profitable investment. With two limited partnership funds with over $64 […]