The future is bright in North America’s top large city of the future. B.C.’s tech scene, much of it based out of Vancouver, just keeps winning with companies like Dapper Labs and Clio announcing huge funding rounds. However, many of those “overnight success” stories were actually years in the making. Who’s the next big winner? […]
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26 B.C. Startups That Should Be On Your Radar
The 21st annual New Ventures BC Competition, presented by Innovate BC, has determined their Top 26 startup ventures. Despite the current uncertain circumstances, this year’s annual competition broke records with over 200 applications from B.C.’s early stage tech startups. Earlier this month they narrowed the field, naming the 15 companies that would advance directly into […]
Innovate BC Awards Over $1 Million to Four B.C. R&D Projects
Innovate BC has awarded $1,075,000 to four B.C. based research projects through its Ignite Program. Since the Ignite Program launched in 2016, Innovate BC has awarded $8.5 million to 34 projects. When including matching funds from industry and government sources, total investment into these projects jumps to more than $24.8 million. The Ignite Awards is […]
B.C. Government Works For More Diversity In Tech Sector
The B.C. government announced today that is investing $15 million in the Innovator Skills Initiative (ISI) to prioritize under-represented people in the technology sector. The ISI, through the StrongerBC Future Leaders program, offers $5,000 for up to 3,000 paid placements at businesses in B.C. that are hiring for tech or tech-related roles. The funding supplements […]
New Ventures BC Narrows Field for 2021 Startup Competition
The 21st annual New Ventures BC Competition presented by Innovate BC is well underway. Despite the current uncertain circumstances, this year’s annual competition broke records with over 200 applications from B.C.’s early stage tech startups. 206 of those startups moved onto Round 2 and today they announced the names of 15 companies that are advancing directly into Round […]
Innovate BC Awards $325,000 To Three B.C. Aquaculture Innovations
Innovate BC and the B.C. government announced the award of $325,000 to three BC aquaculture innovations in yesterday’s inaugural Aquaculture Innovation Awards event. Top 10 finalists, selected through a rigorous judging process, pitched at the online awards event and then responded to questions from selected customer advisors. The customer advisors could see first-hand upstream innovations […]
Vancouver Startup Week Adds Design Thinking Hackathon To Lineup
BC’s startup tech scene has a rich history of collaboration and shared successes. And while our province continues to start and scale tech companies at a formidable pace, many other jurisdictions are accelerating too. As part of Vancouver Startup Week (VSW) and in partnership with Innovate BC, NoW of Work will be facilitating a non-technical hackathon to […]
Province of B.C. Invests $45 Million Into Skills Training Programs
During the pandemic, youth unemployment peaked at 29%, over 15 percentage points above the provincial average. As of this month, youth unemployment sits at 12.1%, above the general unemployment rate in B.C. of 6.9%. Premier John Horgan announced yesterday that the Province of British Columbia is providing more than 5,000 youth and young adults across […]
The New Ventures BC Startup Competition Is Back
The New Ventures BC Competition, presented by Innovate BC is back and searching for BC’s best new tech startups. For the 21st year, New Ventures BC is giving away over $250,000 in non-dilutive cash and prizes to the most promising tech ventures across the province. Why enter the 2021 New Ventures BC Competition? It’s more than […]
10 Homegrown B.C. Startups to Watch in 2021
2020 is in the books and despite what we’ve all been through, it was a pretty good one for the Vancouver tech community and the province as a whole. The COVID-19 pandemic forced companies to adapt quickly to change and redesign their products or services or even create new ones to respond to our new […]