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$40M spinouts, $900M supercomputers, $32M space deal

Mar 29, 2026

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$40M spinouts, $900M supercomputers, $32M space deal

Big bets across BC tech—from UBC startups and AI soil platforms to defence, compute, and critical minerals

William Johnson

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UBC, InBC launch up to $40M fund to back university spinouts

Mar 28, 2026

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UBC, InBC launch up to $40M fund to back university spinouts

New Catalyst Ventures Fund targets life sciences and deep tech companies emerging from UBC research, with plans to attract private capital and scale firms in BC.

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$16M raise will scale Miraterra's AI soil intelligence platform

Mar 26, 2026

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4 min read

$16M raise will scale Miraterra's AI soil intelligence platform

Vancouver company decodes soil health using a combination of DNA sequencing, spectroscopy, and AI

Emily Edwards

Mar 25, 2026

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7 min read

April events line-up

Plus, defence tech opportunities, AI's real-world applications, and what's next for analytics talent

Emily Edwards

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Mar 22, 2026

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6 min read

Deals and depth

How SFU is working with Moment Energy to bring cleantech into high-performance computing.

William Johnson

Mar 18, 2026

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8 min read

Building for defence

A small, high-signal conversation on what's changing in Canada's defence tech landscape

Emily Edwards

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Mar 16, 2026

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7 min read

$50M for Vancouver-founded Gumloop

Plus, inside BC’s growing resilience-tech ecosystem.

William Johnson

How BC is becoming a national foodtech hub

The province has a diverse food processing industry, world-class research facilities, and a deep bench of tech talent — everything a foodtech ecosystem needs to thrive.