A snapshot of who's shipping what in Vancouver tech.
The newly-announced 130,000-square-foot Vancouver facility aims to accelerate the development of antibody-based therapies for an array of medical conditions.
Plus 4 other headlines from the last 24 hours.
The acquisition comes less than a month after the local Agtech leader acquired California-based Altrac.
The funding comes less than six months after an initial $2.5 million seed round.
"Businesses are becoming... dependent on software we expect to be engineered like bridges, but are more often than not hacked together like my childhood treehouse." - Alex Dow, Mirai Security
The Department of National Defence dolled out 42 financial awards for innovative ideas, with just over $2 million going to eight BC companies including Xtract AI, Metaspectral and Terra Sense.
Plus 8 other headlines from the last 24 hours.
The funding, through Innovate BC’s Ignite program, is accelerating the commercialization of biotech, cleantech, mining and robotics projects.
Local leaders to be recognized across a range of categories including technology adoption, resilience and diversity and inclusion.
The funding comes via the IDEaS program and totals over $2M.
Through the 10-week virtual accelerator program, startups gain access to Google's programs, products, people and technology.
