Our local TiE Vancouver chapter is hosting a series of learning, mentoring and networking events for operators of startups and scaleups. After a series of sold-out events, they’re at it again on October 26th with a seminar and fireside chat on early stage fundraising and what founders need to know. Startups need capital to grow, […]
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Upcoming Tech Events in Vancouver You Won’t Want to Miss
There is a new energy to events this year. While some major events such as Dreamforce returned last year, many annual events have waited until 2023 to once again go live and in-person since pre-Pandemic. It feels like we are almost back into the full swing of things, with regular events being hosted online and […]
Five BC-Based Venture Capital Firms Contributing to Canada’s Startup Success
Here at Techcouver we report daily on news and insight surrounding the technology ecosystems of Vancouver and across British Columbia. As Vancouver’s technology publication of record, we have covered hundreds of startups, including many rounds of venture capital raised. Recent examples include those of construction-tech startup Nexii Building Solutions, SaNOtize R&D, and online motor vehicle marketplace Canada […]
Moment Energy Lands Supply Agreement With Mercedes-Benz For Second-life Batteries
Clean energy startup Moment Energy has established a supply agreement with Mercedes-Benz Energy (MBE) for second-life electric vehicle (EV) batteries. This marks the first agreement Mercedes-Benz Energy has signed with a North American second-life energy storage system (ESS) provider. “Together with Moment Energy we will enable sustainable ESS-solutions for North America based on second-life batteries. […]
Wertz of Wisdom: Version One’s Boris Reflects on 10 Years of Investing
In the summer of 2012, Boris Wertz proudly announced the launch of Version One Ventures. Fast-forward a decade: he this month celebrated 10 years of venture capital under his brand. Today Version One is a multi-fund franchise funds with investments in several dozen companies and a quarter billion dollars in assets under management. Some of Version […]
Boris Wertz Celebrates 10 Years of Version One Ventures
In the summer of 2012, Boris Wertz proudly announced the launch of Version One Ventures. Fast-forward a decade and Wertz is celebrating 10 years of venture capital under his brand. In that time, Version One has grown from a single fund into an entire franchise spanning six different funds, several dozen companies, and a quarter […]
Boris Wertz Gives Bitcoin to Charity in First Crypto Donation on CanadaHelps Platform
Canada’s largest platform for donating and fundraising online today announced that it now accepts donations of cryptocurrency in support of any of Canada’s 86,000 registered charities. CanadaHelps says that charities are facing “unprecedented demand and declining donation revenue,” and that the new service is in response to growing interest “from both charities and younger donors.” […]
Moment Energy Raises $3.5 Million To Give Electric Vehicle Batteries A Second Life
Vancouver clean energy startup Moment Energy has raised a $3.5 million seed round of funding led by Vancouver’s Version One Ventures with major involvement from Fika Ventures, Garage Capital and MCJ Collective. Co-founded by four young and diverse entrepreneurs from British Columbia, Moment Energy creates sustainable energy storage systems by repurposing retired electric vehicle batteries. […]
CULT Food Science Announces $1 million CULT PRIZE To Accelerate the Future of Food
Vancouver’s CULT Food Science has officially launched the CULT PRIZE with the goal of accelerating the future of food worldwide. CULT Food Science is an investment platform with an exclusive focus on clean, lab-grown food that is advancing the development of novel technologies to provide a sustainable, environmental, and ethical solution to the global factory […]
TiE Vancouver Hosts Fireside Chat With Version One’s Boris Wertz
TiE Vancouver is hosting a fireside chat with entrepreneur turned venture Capitalist Boris Wertz on November 24th. In conversation with Maninder Dhaliwal, chair of TiE Vancouver Angels, Wertz will be speaking about building startups and fundraising. Wertz is founding partner of Version One Ventures and one of the top early-stage tech investors in North America. […]