Seventeen companies based in British Columbia have joined Canada’s only accelerator dedicated exclusively to advancing circular innovation across the building materials and construction sectors. The Circular Construction Accelerator is powered by Light House, a catalyst for building circular and regenerative environments that aim to nurture ecological and human health. “We are proud to support this […]
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With a Spotlight on Early-Stage Ocean Innovation, Pitchfest Returns to Victoria
The coast of British Columbia stretches nearly 1,000 kilometres north-to-south. Factoring incisions and the province’s 40,000 islands, that figure quickly balloons to 26,000 km—or, in other terms, an impressive 10% of the entire country’s coastline. Celebrating innovation in this wheelhouse is the Centre for Ocean Applied Sustainable Technology, an organization which is bringing back the […]
Vancouver Startups Lead New Wave of Women-Led Climate Tech
Vancouver startups Agora Energy Technologies and Seacork Studio are among five women-led ventures selected to receive funding from the B.C. Centre for Innovation and Clean Energy (CICE), as part of a $2.46 million investment aimed at accelerating decarbonization in Canada’s most emissions-intensive sectors. The announcement marks the launch of CICE’s inaugural Women in Climate Tech […]
Seven ‘Dynamic’ B.C. Startups Selected for This Year’s Ocean Challenge
The Ocean Startup Project this week announced 16 companies selected to participate in this year’s edition of the organization’s annual Ocean Startup Challenge. Each startup is poised receive up to $25,000 in non-dilutive funding on top of a “comprehensive support package” designed to to accelerate the growth of ocean-focused solutions. This year’s cohort represents “such […]
Seacork Studio Wins COAST Pitchfest with Innovative Seaweed-Based Acoustic Panels
From Washington to Alaska, the coast of British Columbia stretches nearly 1,000 kilometres north-south. When you factor in the coast’s many deep incisions and the province’s 40,000 islands, that figure balloons to a remarkable 26,000 km—or, in other terms, 10% of the entire country’s coastline. Thus it is of little surprise that the super natural […]