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Eleven B.C. companies are receiving support through Innovate BC’s Go-to-Market Microgrant to help grow sales, reach new customers and expand into new markets. With funding of up to $50,000 per company, recipients across sectors including AI, health technology, advanced manufacturing, agrifood and consumer products will strengthen commercialization efforts through initiatives such as customer acquisition, sales infrastructure, regulatory readiness and market expansion. Part of the Province’s #LookWest strategy, the program is helping B.C. companies accelerate commercialization, build revenue and compete globally. Congratulations to this cohort: • Blanka • CanDry Technologies Inc. • AquaEye / VodaSafe Inc • Airble • VEGAIN Nutrition • insporos • Ma Robot AI • VoxCell • NeuroCatch® • Naqi Logix Inc. • TreeTrack 👉 Learn more: https://loom.ly/lnyzjfY #InnovateBC

🎉Please welcome the teams ready to take the stage for our next UAtech Venture Nights in Vancouver and San Francisco! We’ve officially locked in the lineups, and it’s a diverse group building everything from defense tech and renewable energy to AI-native GTM and geoscience. Meet the finalists: 🇨🇦 VANCOUVER Voltra Defense, Shirak Kevorkian Scople by Moxiebyte 🇺🇦 insporos 🇺🇦 JustVibe.ca 🇺🇦 Strathwell Inc APPA, Evgen Mykhailenko 🇺🇦 Apprify 🇺🇦 Briatagroup 🇺🇸 SAN FRANCISCO Point Zero AIChamp.com @XABA Inc., Sirocco Energy 🇺🇦 VITA325 🇺🇦 Beholder 🇺🇦 Cooshino Portality 🇺🇦 HEFT🇺🇦 If you’re in town, come out and support them. It’s going to be a good night. The link to register and see the full calendar is in the comments below! #Vancouver #SanFrancisco #SiliconValley #TechEvents #VancouverTech #SFEvents

10 innovation founders. 3 minutes each. One stage. One winner. The $20,000 Pitch Competition powered by Vancity takes centre stage at Vancity Innovation House on May 12th in Vancouver during Web Summit Vancouver and the lineup of startups competing is one of the most impressive we've ever seen. Retide Zen AI Open Waters Solar joni® 21st-Century Period Care™ PhyCo Technologies Seafoam Materials Gigsup insporos Volta Home loomi Ten companies building across AI, climate tech, health innovation, clean energy, and beyond. All earned their spot on this stage. They're competing for $20,000 in non-dilutive funding powered by Vancity, a Foundational Partnership with Frontier Collective and a pass to Frontier Summit 2026. And they'll be judged by some of the sharpest people we know: Jaclyn Cummings | Publicist & Founder, JLC Marketing Pippa Norman | Innovation & Defence Reporter, The Globe and Mail Dominic Wong | Managing Director, Invoke Co. Tim Skelley | Director, Innovation, Vancity Robert Piasentin | Partner, McMillan LLP Emceed by James Grass | Chef's Favourite May 12th. J Lounge, Vancouver. Doors open 10:30AM. Pitch competition kicks off 11:05AM sharp. → Register: https://luma.com/n9g1im76 → Full details: https://lnkd.in/gsqet_62 To the 10 founders — you earned your spot. See you on stage.

Meet the women founders shaping what comes next in climate tech. Power Pitches: Women in Climate Tech brings together women founders building bold, scalable solutions across some of the toughest challenges in climate. These are the companies shaping what the next generation of climate leadership looks like. Expect a fast-paced session where founders share how they’re turning ideas into real companies and unlocking capital, visibility, and growth. Meet the founders: Amy Yang, Seafoam Materials   Barinder Rasode, Tersa Critical Minerals   Mia Stankovic, Carbonyx   Anastasia Kiku, Reusables.com Mallory Flynn, insporos   Jaiya Varshney, Tydra Labs Labs  📅 Thursday, May 14 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM  📍 Climate Innovation Zone, Vancouver Convention Centre, Web Summit Vancouver  👉 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gWjx6tw9 #ClimateTech #WebSummitVancouver #WomenInClimate #ClimateInnovation #NorthXClimateTech

Award-winning startup insporos is a recent recipient of Genome BC’s Genomics Innovation Fund. The Vancouver-based company has spent the last few years perfecting a metabolomics-based intelligent seed scanning system, which can detect seed germination defects before seeds go to plant. Their next step? Targeted pathogen detection. Insporos are adding new data on seed-borne pathogens to the wealth of already useful information in their AI seed sorting system. The inclusion of metabolomics data will allow them to cut testing times from hours to seconds and also screen for diseases in a way that won't destroy seeds. Perfecting this technology can be huge for sustainable agriculture. A lot of crops fail in the process of planting, with some nurseries losing up to 30% to seed-borne diseases. Speedy, reliable and non-destructive quality control will make a huge difference. We’re excited for healthier, more reliable seeds to be on their way to those who grow, propagate, produce and enjoy plants 🌱

🚀 New on our radar: 10 B.C. startups to watch in 2026 British Columbia has long punched above its weight in innovation—and this next cohort is proving why. From climate and energy systems to applied AI, biotech, fintech, and foodtech, these companies are building real-world infrastructure, not just demos. Here are the 10 homegrown B.C. startups shaping what’s next—along with the founders behind them 👇 🌱 Baerfell — co-founded by Feng Jiang and Marc Massicotte 💳 Binta Financial — co-founded by Paschal Okwundu and Brian Mukeswe 🏭 Bridge2AI — co-founded by Pierre-Antoine Descôteaux and Niels de Vries 🔥 FireSwarm Solutions Inc — founded by Alex Deslauriers, David Thanh, and Melanie Anne Bitner ⚡ Fuse Power Management — led by CEO Robert (Rob) Safrata 🌾 insporos — co-founded by Mallory Flynn and Amanda Ackroyd 🍄 Maia Farms — founded by Gavin Schneider, Ashton Ostrander, and Sean Lacoursiere 🏥 Simuhealth — founded by Matthew Housser and Howard L. 🧠 Superpilot — co-founded by Igor Faletski and John Boxall ♻️ Tydra Labs — founded by Jaiya Varshney, Thanos Kritharis, and Vikramaditya G. Yadav, Ph.D., P.Eng. What unites them? Execution. These teams are powering grids, factories, farms, hospitals, and supply chains—right as markets recalibrate around resilience, sustainability, and applied AI. 👉 If 2025 was about validation, 2026 looks like a breakout year for B.C. innovation. #bctech #StartupsToWatch #ClimateTech #AI #Biotech #Fintech #FoodTech #BuiltInBC #Techcouver https://lnkd.in/gXbxXGVn

🎉 Congratulations to our Fall 2025 PitchIt Winners! 👏 Insporos 👏 Rizado 👏 PhotonNext 👏 Root and Rise 👏 Inspecto 👏 Swift COI Thank you to our judges, Humaira Ahmed, Brandon Wright, P.Eng., Lindsay Frehlick, Mayako Kruger and Brandon Faliszewski for dedicating their afternoon to join us, provide valuable feedback, and support our entrepreneurs. 💡Ready to take your startup idea to the next stage? Applications for PlanIt are now open — the perfect next step to refine your business model and prepare for future opportunities. https://lnkd.in/gGQjC3a University of Victoria #UVicInnovation #PitchIt #PlanIt #Entrepreneurship #Innovation #Startup

✨ Meet the 2025 Foresight 50 Honourees ✨ We’re proud to unveil the Foresight 50—a distinguished list of Canada’s 50 most investible cleantech companies, leading the charge toward a resilient and sustainable future. This year marks an exciting milestone: Each company on the 2025 Foresight 50 list is a first-time honouree, representing the next wave of Canadian cleantech innovation. As our country faces growing climate and economic challenges, investing in these emerging leaders is essential. The Foresight 50 are tackling urgent issues like food security, waste reduction, carbon management, and renewable energy adoption, all while creating high-quality jobs and driving resilient growth. By connecting them with capital, partnerships, and visibility, we’re building the foundation for a competitive, net zero economy. And now, here they are: - Aeon Blue (Sydney, NS) - AlumaPower (Sarnia, ON) - Aslan Renewables (Toronto, ON) - Atlantis Fiber (Vancouver, BC) - Atlas Power Technologies (Abbotsford, BC) - Azolla Hydrogen Ltd. (Calgary, AB) - CAPSolar (Montreal, QC) - Carbonova (Calgary, AB) - Chemshift Technologies (Calgary, AB) - ChillSkyn Inc (Montreal, QC) - DeNova (Dartmouth, NS) - Destiny Copper (Thorold, ON) - Ekstera (Toronto, ON) - Evercloak (Kitchener, ON) - Excir Works Corp (Calgary, AB) - FireSwarm Solutions (Squamish, BC) - Friendlier (Guelph, ON) - Fuse Power Management (Vancouver, BC) - Geosapiens (Quebec City, QC) - Good Way Living Corp (Revelstoke, BC) - Green Graphite Technologies (Montreal, QC) - GreenLIB Materials (Kingston, ON) - Grengine (Edmonton, AB) - HEJMAS Agrifibre Technologies (Calgary, AB) - Hydron Energy (North Vancouver, BC) - Insporos (Vancouver, BC) - Lillianah Technologies Nova Scotia (Dartmouth, NS) - LOD Technologies (Vancouver, BC) - Neptune Nanotechnologies (Markham, ON) - Ontoly (Squamish, BC) - ONYM Group (Adstock, QC) - Oxygen8 Solutions (Vancouver, BC) - pHathom Technologies (Halifax, NS) - Picketa Systems (Fredericton, NB) - QuantoTech Solutions (Vancouver, BC) - Rainforest Energy (Calgary, AB) - REN Energy International Corp (Kelowna, BC) - Responsible Energy Inc (Maitland, ON) - Secant Fuel (Montreal, QC) - SenseNet (Vancouver, BC) - Sixone Labs (Burnaby, BC) - SUSTAERO GP Inc. (Burnaby, BC) - Sustane Technologies (Halifax, NS) - TerraFerno Geothermal Solutions (Calgary, AB) - Variablegrid (North Vancouver, BC) - Vivid Machines (Toronto, ON) - Voxelis Canada Corporation (Richmond, BC) - Wafr Technologies (Vancouver, BC) - Xatoms (Toronto, ON) Congratulations to the 2025 Foresight 50: https://hubs.la/Q03RNT4x0 The 2025 Foresight50 is presented by Foresight with support from EDC, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Calgary Innovation Coalition, Fasken, Platform Calgary, Bonsai Growth Solutions, Brightspot Climate, and Carbon Life Media. Foresight would also like to thank the National Research Council Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program for providing funding support for its Cleantech Ventures program.️

Congratulations to insporos! Watch Mallory Flynn, winner of BC Tech's #2025TIAs Company of the Year – Startup award's acceptance speech here: https://bit.ly/47hYfG8