Each month, the team at Switchboard Public Relations connects the dots between the trends, headlines and narratives informing the B.C. tech sector. For September’s Connecting The Dots, the team breaks down recent funding announcements and multimillion-dollar M&A action, shines a spotlight on BC Tech’s first-ever Dragon’s Den Pitch Night, and explores new partnerships. Funding flows […]
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Four Startups Emerge From Dragon’s Den As Finalists For 2022 TIAs
The BC Tech Association’s first-ever Dragon’s Den Pitch Night was held yesterday at Microsoft’s offices in downtown Vancouver. The unique pitch event was part of the 2022 Technology Impact Awards (TIAs), which celebrate outstanding B.C. companies that have made significant, positive impacts on the province’s tech sector, and deserve recognition for generating jobs, investment and […]
BC Tech Hosts Dragon’s Den Pitch Night
BC Tech is hosting their first ever Dragon’s Den Pitch Night for the #2022TIAs tomorrow. The event will feature all 10 finalists of the #2022TIAs Company of the Year – Startup Award category as they pitch to our esteemed panel of judges. This year’s Company of the Year – Startup Award finalists are: Arya Health […]
10 B.C. Startups to Keep an Eye on in 2022
The BC Tech Association recently announced the finalists for the 2022 Technology Impact Awards. BC Tech announced 48 finalists across 12 Technology Impact Award categories who achieved exceptional success in the past year. “Ambition” is the theme for this year’s awards. “What is thrilling about this year’s 48 finalists is that they represent exceptional ambition […]
BC Tech Unveils Finalists For 2022 Technology Impact Awards
The BC Tech Association has announced the finalists for the 2022 Technology Impact Awards (TIAs). 48 finalists across 12 Technology Impact Award categories who achieved exceptional success in the past year made the final cut. With ambition as the theme for this year’s awards, the award finalists showcase the incredible accomplishments of BC’s tech companies. […]
UBC Spin-offs Get $2 million From Elon Musk’s Foundation For Carbon Removal
UBC spin-off Carbin Minerals will receive $1 million from XPRIZE and the Musk Foundation to remove thousands of tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Carbin Minerals accelerates and optimizes permanent carbon removal in mine tailings, with the goal of enabling mines to produce both net-negative emissions and the metals essential […]
Shopify’s Sustainability Fund Partners With Vancouver’s Carbin Minerals
Today Shopify announced new partnerships with nine entrepreneurial, climate-forward trailblazers through its Sustainability Fund, bringing their total carbon removal purchase commitment to $32 million. One of the newly added partners is a Vancouver’s own Carbin Minerals. Carbin Minerals accelerates and optimizes permanent carbon removal in mine tailings, with the goal of enabling mines to produce […]