Vancouver’s VoltSafe has graduated from the Oceans Stream at CDL-Atlantic in Halifax – the forefront of Canada’s Ocean industry. VoltSafe has reinvented the electrical plug by eliminating prongs, adding magnets and an “electrical fingerprint”. Using patented technology, VoltSafe has created the world’s safest, simplest, and smartest plug design since electricity came into homes more than […]
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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 […]
Pilot Platform Empowers Canadians to Collaborate on Dream Trips
A Canadian startup’s journey from inception to success demonstrates the resilience of entrepreneurship and the vibrant dynamic of the tech industry. Pilot, born from founder Connor Wilson’s contemplative ATV ride on a Greek mountain in March 2019, was initially registered as HappyHour, a representation of quality time with friends. The nascent company initially planned to […]
Creative Destruction Lab Establishes CDL-Seattle At University of Washington
Canada’s Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) will launch its third U.S.-based location in Seattle this fall. CDL is a nonprofit organization for massively scalable, seed-stage, science- and technology-based companies, with ten locations including CDL-Vancouver at the Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia. Based at the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business, CDL-Seattle will […]
Creative Destruction Lab Launches COVID-19 Recovery Program
Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) has launched a new program called CDL Recovery, which aims to rapidly transform scientific innovations into useful products and services that address public health and economic challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The seed-stage accelerator, which is based at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management and boasts a global network […]