2,000+ startups will be exhibiting at this week’s Collision Conference but only 70 have been selected to PITCH onstage live. PITCH is Collision’s startup competition that brings together the world’s leading early-stage startups to battle it out onstage. Among the 70 lucky startups to get stage time in Toronto is four that call British Columbia […]
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10 Homegrown B.C. Startups to Watch in 2023
2022 is in the books and despite what we’ve all been through, it was a pretty good year for the Vancouver tech community and the provincial scene as a whole. Tech companies specializing in everything from capturing carbon dioxide to social investing, and from background screening to non-fungible people have been leading an unprecedented tech […]
Impact Challenge Awards Voxcell BioInnovation with Investment Toward Anti-Cancer Tech
VoxCell BioInnovation is creating vascularized, human-like cancer tissue models by combining a custom high-resolution 3D bioprinter, advanced software, and proprietary bio-inks. The New Ventures BC Competition finalist aims to accelerate the development of life-saving anti-cancer drugs by providing tissue models that can identify viable candidates earlier in the drug-development pipeline. Toward this tremendous goal will go […]
Life Sciences BC Brings Together Healthcare Ecosystem With ‘Invest In BC’
Life Sciences BC is hosting their 7th annual Invest in BC event this week on November 2nd & 3rd, bringing together stakeholders in the healthcare innovation ecosystem. Invest in BC, presented by Lumira Ventures, is an opportunity for companies to pitch their projects, attract attention, solicit support, and secure investment that will aid them in […]
New Ventures BC Announces Top 11 for 2022 Competition
New Ventures BC has announced the Top 11 companies of this year’s startup competition. That’s right 11. The competition was so close this year that they added an extra startup to the final round. The New Ventures BC Competition started in 2000 under the direction of Wal van Lierop, to encourage innovation in BC’s tech […]