Immersion Week, powered by Innovation UBC, is coming up September 24-25 at UBC Robson Square. This annual celebration promises to bring together storytellers and movement builders from across the Vancouver ecosystem to share their insights on the strategies and tactics that helped them transform their innovation and ideas to impact. This year’s theme is Translating Inventions […]
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Foresight Fulfilled: Arca Rocking B.C.’s Green Tech Scene
Techcouver named Arca Climate Technologies one of 10 homegrown B.C. startups to watch in 2024 and apparently we were right. Earlier this year the Vancouver company picked up the Startup of the Year award at the BC Cleantech Awards and they are currently a top 20 finalist in the prestigious XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition. They continue […]
Nine B.C. Innovators Secure $7.6M from CICE to Propel Clean Energy Solutions
Nine B.C. companies have secured a total of $7.6 million from the B.C. Centre for Innovation and Clean Energy (CICE) to scale breakthrough innovation and lead the net-zero global economy. Founded in October 2021, CICE is an independent, not-for-profit corporation that helps fund the commercial development and scaling of made-in-B.C. clean energy solutions — from […]
Arca Named As Finalist in Prestigious XPRIZE Carbon Removal Competition
Vancouver’s Arca has been named a top 20 finalist in the prestigious XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition. The competition invites innovators and teams from anywhere on the planet to create and demonstrate solutions that can pull carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere or oceans and sequester it durably and sustainably. Arca is 1 of 20 finalists that […]
MaRS Purchases Carbon Removal Credits From Vancouver Cleantech
Canada’s largest urban innovation hub is taking a trailblazing step in the fight against climate change. Today, MaRS Discovery District announced the purchase of carbon removal credits from five Canadian ventures through its Mission from MaRS program. Among the five ventures is Vancouver-based cleantech Arca. Originally known as Carbin Minerals, Arca re-processes tailings from nickel […]
Arca, Intelligent City Among Winners Of 2024 BC Cleantech Awards
This past winter was Canada’s warmest on record by a wide margin, and the low snowpack in the mountains of British Columbia has authorities warning of potential droughts, increased wildfires, and water shortages this summer. The signs of climate change have never been more clearly on display, and there has never been a better time […]
Arca and RainStick Among Finalists for 2024 BC Cleantech Awards
The finalists for the 2024 BC Cleantech Awards have been announced. Chosen from over 130 nominations, these individuals and organizations reflect the best of BC cleantech. The BC Cleantech Awards ceremony will be a live event this year with finalists and program partners gathering in-person on March 27th. Among the companies nominated in for the […]
10 Homegrown B.C. Startups to Watch in 2024
Capital is hard to come by. The economy is in flux. And yet B.C. entrepreneurs are finding traction amid the turmoil. Tech companies specializing in everything from capturing carbon dioxide to smart glasses, and from beauty brands to farm automation have been leading an unprecedented tech stampede for the local economy. We have much to look […]
Cleantech Spotlight: B.C. Dominates Foresight 50 List of Canada’s Top Climate Innovators
At a time when climate concerns are at an all-time high in the province, a list of Canada’s most investable cleantech companies reveals that more than a third of them are based in British Columbia. Vancouver is becoming recognized as a cleantech cluster. It was recently recognized as a top 10 cluster worldwide. Several B.C.-based cleantech […]
CICE Invests $2.82 Million in Carbon Emission Measurement, Monitoring, and Verification Innovations
This morning the B.C. Centre for Innovation and Clean Energy (CICE) announced the allocation of $2.82 million in non-dilutive funding for B.C. companies that support the measurement, monitoring, and verification (MMV) of carbon emission reduction, removal and avoidance. Through this investment CICE is supporting the commercialization of MMV solutions which are vital to assessing carbon […]