North American ski hills get about 80 million visits per year but ripping down mountains in winter isn’t the safest activity. Canadian youths experience more than one thousand hospital emergency room visits per year from ski and snowboard-related accidents. SkiKrumb provides a safety net for outdoor enthusiasts braving the wintry hills. The Vancouver startup is the […]
New Ventures BC
Sky’s the Limit for Surrey Agtech Startup Competing as Finalist in Multiple Events
The New Ventures B.C. Competition is a well-seasoned event. The annual affair started more than two decades ago, back in 2000, under the direction of Wal van Lierop. The driving idea behind the competition was to encourage regional innovation in tech—and the event has been an icon of the local ecosystem ever since. This year, […]
UBC Cleantech Startup Fibernx Recognized in B.C. and Alberta for Carbon Fibre Innovation
Bitumen from Alberta’s oil sands, typically restricted for use as fuel or asphalt, can now be transformed into more useful and valuable carbon nanofibres, say local experts working on the technology. UBC materials engineer Dr. Yasmine Abdin, alongside Dr. Frank Ko from the Faculty of Applied Science and Dr. Scott Renneckar from the Faculty of […]
FIBR.BIO Keeps It Circular with Organic, Zero-Waste Alternatives to Popular Synthetic Fabrics
Synthetic fibres are common today across clothing, packaging, and industrial applications, but that does not make them good for the environment. These fibres—90 tonnes per year—may prove practical to produce but they account for 8% of global emissions, and, worse, are infamous for their lack of recyclability. A Canadian startup is seeking to shift the […]
Vancouver Cleantech Firm TIMEZYX Enhances Infrastructure Resilience with Digital Twin Tech
A clean technology startup based out of Vancouver is garnering attention for its response to a reported rise in climate risks. TIMEZYX, a Top 10 Finalist in this year’s NVBC Competition, has developed digital twin software that targets cities and other infrastructure owners, enabling them to simulate real-world counterparts in a bid to gain valuable […]
How Port Coquitlam’s Tree Track Intelligence Helps Restore Lands Impacted by Wildfire
While many entities in Canada are tackling wildfire management through technological and other means, it must still be accepted that the natural phenomenon will always occur to some degree—as it should. Beyond wildfire mitigation, therefore, lies how to optimize lands already impacted by the event. An upstart out of Port Coquitlam by the name of […]
Biotech Startup CereCura Nanotherapeutics is Innovating Treatment for Brain Diseases
A preclinical biotechnology company developing a disease-agnostic approach to overcome barriers to central nervous system treatments has garnered attention from New Ventures BC. Based out of Vancouver, CereCura Nanotherapeutics was founded by neuroscientists Louis-Philippe Bernier and Nicholas Weilinger alongside Brian MacVicar, Peter Cullis, and Richard Howlett in June of 2022 with an aim to improve […]
Entrepreneur Returns to Canada After Swiss Stint to Launch AI Fintech Startup
North America’s financial industry, known for slow change in the prior century, has been disrupted by technology since the turn of the millennium. The most recent advancement in tech impacting finance is generative artificial intelligence, which is already being applied to the industry in myriad ways. Vancouver-based yPilot launched this year. Riding the wave of […]
New Ventures BC Announces Top 10 for 2024 Competition
New Ventures BC has announced the Top 10 companies of this year’s startup competition. The New Ventures BC Competition started in 2000 under the direction of Wal van Lierop, to encourage innovation in BC’s tech sector. This year $250,000 in cash and prizes are at stake, with the winner taking home a $110K prize package. In alphabetical […]
New Ventures BC Announces Top 26 For 2024 Competition
The 24th annual New Ventures BC Competition, presented by Innovate BC, has determined their Top 26 startup ventures. Earlier this month they narrowed the field, naming the 16 companies that would advance directly into Round 3 as well as the ventures that were selected to pitch in Round 2.5. This week they announced the nine ventures […]