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It’s Time To Stop Being Surprised By The Okanagan’s Tech Prowess

January 27, 2021 by Corie Griffiths Leave a Comment

When Kelowna was named the most entrepreneurial city in Canada by the Financial Post in 2016, many Canadians expressed surprise. When the Canadian Federation of Small Business called it the best city in B.C. to open a small business two years later, the same thing happened. Whenever I share the fact that the Okanagan region […]

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B.C. Startup Gets $5 Million from JAY-Z for Compostable Phone Case

October 11, 2019 by Techcouver Newsdesk

Kelowna’s Pela, maker of world’s first compostable phone case, has closed a $5 million funding round of funding. Marcy Venture Partners (MVP), the consumer focused VC fund co-founded by JAY-Z, Jay Brown, and Larry Marcus led the round with Toronto-based Kensington Capital. Pela was founded in 2011 by environmental consultant, Jeremy Lang after a family […]

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