BC's clean tech scene gets a huge boost

Hon. Michelle Rempel announced a $2 million fund to support the creation of a clean tech development facility, Advanced Resource Clean Technology Innovation Centre (ARCTIC). It will be hosted at our province’s only clean tech accelerator, Foresight!

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Rising Startups Series: Starling Minds

Starling Minds' online platform provides organizations with a mental health toolkit to help employees affected by depression or anxiety. It includes resources to properly understand, learn about, track and overcome their illness.

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Round 2 companies for BCIC - New Ventures Competition announced

Round 2 of the BCIC-New Ventures BC Competition is underway! Congratulations to the 134 companies who are proceeding to the second round – stay tuned as the list is narrowed to 25 companies in May!

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Learn about 25 game-changing BC tech companies at NextBC2

Want to meet some of BC’s cutting-edge innovators? Join DigiBC on May 21 at NextBC2 as they celebrate 25 innovative companies that are creating game-changing technology here in BC! It’s not too late to get your ticket.

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Come to Vancouver to transform your career and 'Break Something'!

BC’s tech community is always looking for innovators who are ready to break the mould and go where no other has gone before!

Check out this awesome short video of Vancouver’s technology sector created by the Vancouver Economic Commission in partnership with BCIC and Microsoft. You can learn more about how you can 'transform your career' at the upcoming Tech Fest by TechVibes on May 15. 

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2015 Technology Impact Awards (TIAs) Finalists Announced

Congratulations to the 22 terrific companies up for an award at this year’s TIAs, Including Venture Acceleration Program companies Optigo Networks and FusionPipe Software who are both up for the ‘Most Promising Startup’ award. The ceremony will take place June 4 - purchase your ticket today! 

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Seminar 8: Intro to Exit Strategy, BCIC-New Ventures, May 6, Vancouver

Government Support of Business Emergence, SFU Beedie School of Business, May 6, Vancouver

GradusTalks: Non-Profit, GradusOne, May 6, Vancouver

BlastOff With RADIUS Ventures, May 7, Vancouver

Code For Canada: First Gathering, Code For Canada, May 7, Vancouver

Girls Learning Code: Mother-Daughter Intro to HTML & CSS, Ladies Learning Code, May 9, Vancouver

Digital Strategy Conference 2015, May 12 - 14, Vancouver

Seminar 9: Capital Planning - Building an Early Stage Financing Plan, BCIC - New Ventures, May 13, Vancouver

Discovery Foundation TEP 2015 "How-To" Pitch Educational Event, LifeSciences BC, May 13, Vancouver

Startup Grind Hosts Michael Gokturk, May 13, Vancouver

TechFest, TechVibes, May 14, Vancouver

OpenStack Summit, May 18 - 22, Vancouver

Wealthy & Wise 2015, BCBusiness, May 19, Vancouver

NextBC2, DigiBC, May 21, Vancouver

Creating Connections 4.0, Simon Fraser University, May 22 - 23, Burnaby

Traction Force 2015, Traction On Demand, May 26, Vancouver

A Look at Drone Technologies, Vancouver Enterprise Forum, May 26, Vancouver

Community Development Forum, Kootenay Association for Science & Technology, May 28 - 29, Rossland BC