Vancouver’s Spare today announced the successful completion of its Series B funding round, raising $42 million. The funding round was led by Inovia Capital, a longtime partner and lead investor from Spare’s $18 million Series A round. Other previous investors, including Kensington Capital and Nicola Wealth, also participated. This new funding will enable Spare to meet […]
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Inverted AI Captures Capital to Power Next-Gen Safety Simulation Tech
A Vancouver-born startup operating in the business of generative artificial intelligence has secured more than US$4 million worth of early-stage financing toward its mission of simulating human behaviour. “Our mission is to build AI agents that behave like humans,” states Inverted AI. “We use proprietary techniques to transfer these models into simulated environments where we […]
On ‘Cusp on Quantum Inflection Point,’ Photonic Draws $100M for Unique Tech
A B.C. company building a scalable, fault-tolerant, and unified quantum computing platform today announced substantial funding. Vancouver-based Photonic, whose quantum tech utilizes photonically linked silicon spin qubits, has secured US$100 million. The capital hails from a variety of contributors, including the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation, the National Security Strategic Investment Fund in the UK, Inovia […]
Startup Accelerator FounderFuel Is Back and Wants to Meet Vancouver’s Startups
Startup accelerator FounderFuel is back this spring for the first time in three years and they’re hitting the road to find Canada’s top tech talent. FounderFuel will be in Vancouver on Wednesday, March 8th for an in-depth information session where startup founders can learn about the program’s main components, including mentor matching, leadership development, expert […]
Navigating an Era of Unprecedented Liquidity
Investment in the Canadian tech ecosystem has never been stronger, evidenced by explosive growth in venture capital flowing from investors on both sides of the border. This month the Vancouver Entrepreneurs Forum hears expert perspectives on what this means for Vancouver entrepreneurs and how to take advantage of this when planning IPOs & exits, secondaries, […]