Vancouver-based climate tech startup Properate has unveiled Stride, a mobile app designed to help HVAC contractors size heat pumps faster and more accurately—one of the retrofit industry’s biggest challenges. Available nationwide, Stride enables contractors to complete CSA F280-compliant calculations directly on-site using mobile LiDAR scans, 3D home models, and instant heat load reports. The result […]
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Why Venture Capital Isn’t the Only Path to Growth
Many people remember 2008 for the financial crisis, but the startup community remembers those years quite differently. Between 2007 and 2009, there was a Cambrian explosion of startups, many emerging from a single startup accelerator—arguably the first modern one of its kind—Y Combinator (YC). You’ve heard their names. During those years alone, YC nurtured companies […]
British Columbia Is A Cleantech Leader
At a time when climate concerns are at an all-time high in the province, a new list of Canada’s most investable cleantech companies reveals that more than one-third of them are based in British Columbia. Vancouver is becoming recognized as a cleantech cluster. It was recently recognized as a top 10 cluster worldwide. Several B.C.-based […]