Double the fun

Plus, an AI risk event for founders who'd rather get ahead of it than catch up later.

It's Vancouver Startup Week

Plus, a Vancouver startup turning mining waste into carbon removal.

Thinking beyond Canada

Plus, what founders need to know about AI risk before it becomes a problem.

BDC launches $150M life sciences fund

Plus, why B.C.'s AI companies keep selling their best work elsewhere.

$127M for Vancouver life sciences

Plus, why Canada's AI economy risks leaving women behind.

Office hours next week

Grab a drink or coffee and come talk Vancouver tech with us.

$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

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.

Deals and depth

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

$50M for Vancouver-founded Gumloop

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

Poetical science

Where imagination meets execution in Vancouver tech this week.

The BC defence tech moment

A $400M fund, quantum networks, defence tech, and a sharper talent debate.

A busy week for builders

A snapshot of funding momentum and the next wave of founder support.

The hardest part

...about building startups.

What leaders do at work, but forget at home

Laurie Schultz's raw insights from the 51's Road to the Summit.

Competing for power

The conversation is shifting from what we should support to how we actually make it work.

Centaur status

Insider Safe Software's $100M moment.

$180M for Vancouver's Photonic

Plus, Web Summit Vancouver's first 20 speakers.

🏙️ Top stories of the year

Plus, a few recommendations.

Red tape

Can B.C. keep its best builders—and attract the next wave—without getting in its own way?

$25M for Vancouver's ph7

This week’s biggest stories—and our last event of the year.

Deals, discoveries, and a 50% off sale

This week’s biggest stories—and your chance to upgrade for less.

The secret power shift in BC tech

Frontier breakthroughs, major financings, and the frictions shaping what comes next.

A major B.C. tech unicorn just hit $5B

And insights on another $1B deal.

Budget bulls and bears