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VoxCell BioInnovation Wins $10K Pitch at Web Summit Vancouver

May 30, 2025 by Techcouver Newsdesk Leave a Comment

Vancouver-based VoxCell BioInnovation has added another trophy to its shelf, winning The $10K Pitch: BC’s Startup All-Stars at Web Summit Vancouver this week. The live competition featured 12 of British Columbia’s most promising startups, with VoxCell walking away with the $10,000 grand prize. This marks VoxCell’s second major pitch competition victory in just over a […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: New Ventures BC, VoxCell BioInnovation, Web Summit Vancouver

BC’s Top Startup Competition Returns for 2025

March 11, 2025 by Techcouver Newsdesk Leave a Comment

One of British Columbia’s premier startup competitions is back. The 2025 New Ventures BC Competition is now accepting applications, offering early-stage tech companies the chance to compete for over $250,000 in cash and prizes. Now in its 25th year, the competition has served as a launchpad for many of BC’s most promising tech startups. Since […]

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NVBC Finalist skiKrumb Goes ‘Unbound’ as Wearable Startup Partners with More Ski Hills

September 17, 2024 by Knowlton Thomas Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: New Ventures BC, skiKrumb

Sky’s the Limit for Surrey Agtech Startup Competing as Finalist in Multiple Events

September 16, 2024 by Knowlton Thomas Leave a Comment

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, […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: New Ventures BC, SkyAcres

UBC Cleantech Startup Fibernx Recognized in B.C. and Alberta for Carbon Fibre Innovation

September 13, 2024 by Knowlton Thomas Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Fibernx Technologies, New Ventures BC

FIBR.BIO Keeps It Circular with Organic, Zero-Waste Alternatives to Popular Synthetic Fabrics

September 12, 2024 by Knowlton Thomas Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: FIBR.BIO, New Ventures BC

Vancouver Cleantech Firm TIMEZYX Enhances Infrastructure Resilience with Digital Twin Tech

September 11, 2024 by Knowlton Thomas Leave a Comment

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 […]

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How Port Coquitlam’s Tree Track Intelligence Helps Restore Lands Impacted by Wildfire

September 11, 2024 by Knowlton Thomas Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: BC Tech Member, New Ventures BC, Tree Track Intelligence

Biotech Startup CereCura Nanotherapeutics is Innovating Treatment for Brain Diseases

September 10, 2024 by Knowlton Thomas Leave a Comment

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 […]

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Entrepreneur Returns to Canada After Swiss Stint to Launch AI Fintech Startup

September 9, 2024 by Knowlton Thomas Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: New Ventures BC, yPilot

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