Vancouver’s Metaspectral has been selected to proceed to the semifinals of the XPRIZE Wildfire competition. XPRIZE Wildfire is a 4-year, $11 million competition incentivizing the innovation of firefighting technologies to mitigate destructive wildfires. The prize aims to transform current wildfire management approaches through the development of new technologies that can rapidly and accurately detect, characterize, […]
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CICE Invests $2.82 Million in Carbon Emission Measurement, Monitoring, and Verification Innovations
This morning the BC 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 […]
Province Invests $8 Million Across 14 Projects Innovating Plastic Waste Throughout BC
British Columbia is making strides in reducing plastic waste, cutting down on emissions and creating new clean-tech jobs through its CleanBC Plastics Action Fund. The fund supports innovative projects aimed at reducing plastic pollution and changing the way plastic is designed and used in the province. The goal of the CleanBC Plastics Action Plan is […]
Metaspectral Joins Venture Catalyst Space in Australia to Accelerate Fusion Tech
Metaspectral, a software company advancing computer vision through deep learning and hyper-spectral imagery, announced this week that it has been selected to join Venture Catalyst Space. Venture Catalyst Space is a commercial space incubator located at the University of South Australia’s Innovation & Collaboration Centre in Adelaide. Metaspectral was the only Canadian company selected. Funded […]
Computer Vision Startup Metaspectral Secures Seed Round to Advance Fusion Platform
Building on funding from the Canadian Space Agency, Vancouver startup Metaspectral this week closed a seed round. The BC-based startup, which is advancing computer vision through deep learning and hyperspectral imagery, secured $4.7 million from SOMA Capital, Acequia Capital, the Government of Canada, and multiple angel investors including Jude Gomila and Alan Rutledge. The company stated […]
Metaspectral to Build Hyper-Spectral Project for International Space Station
Metaspectral announced recently that it will be developing a new Earth observation payload for the International Space Station. According to the announcement, which came on the anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 moonwalk, payload is known as “Onboard Programmable Technology for Image Classification and Analysis, or OPTICA. It will enable real-time compression, streaming, and analysis […]
Metaspectral Secures Capital from Canadian Space Agency to Detect Gas Emissions on Earth
Metaspectral has received funding from the Canadian Space Agency. The Vancouver startup, software company delivering the next generation of computer vision, secured the capital through smartEarth, a funding initiative related to Earth observation applications development. Metaspectral says it will use the funding to build a method to systematically and methodically quantify carbon dioxide levels present at […]
Vancouver’s Metaspectral Wins Canadian Defence Contract
Vancouver’s Metaspectral has been selected to receive up to $200,000 as the first funding component of the Department of National Defence’s Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS) program for the Better Than Meets the Eye challenge. The Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces (DND/CAF) were seeking innovative solutions to assist Maritime […]
Metaspectral AI will Sort Recyclable Plastic in B.C. by the End of 2021
Vancouver’s Metaspectral has received a $300,000 grant from CleanBC to develop computer vision, artificial intelligence, and robotics designed to sort post-consumer recycled plastic. It is impossible for humans to differentiate between different types of clear plastic bottles with the naked eye, so until now, various types of post-consumer recycled clear plastics were sold together in […]
Vancouver’s Metaspectral Selected For SCALE Aerospace Accelerator Program
Vancouver’s Metaspectral has been selected to join the SCALE Aerospace Accelerator Program. Run by the Starburst Aerospace Accelerator in collaboration with UCLA, SCALE is an early-stage, aerospace-focused accelerator that helps entrepreneurs launch and scale their businesses. Metaspectral’s unique technology derives real-time insights from artificial intelligence (AI) using ultra-high-resolution, visible-to-infrared (hyperspectral) images. This is enabled by its […]