BC venture funding fell to a seven-quarter low in Q3 2022
Investor sentiment goes from FOMO to fussy as deal volume falls to three-year low.
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H|T: The Healthtech Times – AlayaCare makes cuts as revenue doesn’t follow “aggressive investment”
Plus: Nurses say Amazon’s ambitions clash with health best practices.
Armed with more capital to back women entrepreneurs, Phoenix Fire makes first investment in VoxCell
Phoenix Fire’s LPs now include the co-founders of Thinkific and Odaia.
Bootstrapped since 2008, Evidence Partners closes $20 million to tackle automated literature review market
Evidence Partners caters to more than 60% of the world’s largest pharma, medical device companies.
BC venture funding starts 2022 strong, but are later-stage companies raising at yesterday’s prices?
VCs say price uncertainty creating a “standstill” between investors and late-stage firms.
Inside the province-wide push to make BC a global leader in cleantech
Faced with increased problems from climate change, cleantech stakeholders believe BC should think bigger still.
Invest Ontario appoints CEO as InBC bolsters team with Telus exec
Ontario and British Columbia are building their respective agencies to foster local innovation.
We need to keep talking about founder mental health
People are not OK. Founders are really not OK. We need to talk about it.
Universities have a role to play in addressing BC’s tech talent crunch: report
BC faces the perils of “brain drain 2.0.”
F|T: The FinTech Times – Andreessen Horowitz wants *how much* to invest in crypto?
Plus: Shakepay shakes its way to a $44 million Series A.
Dax Dasilva on using Lightspeed learnings to address the world’s climate crisis
At a recent event for BetaKit Patreon supporters, Lightspeed Commerce founder and CEO Dax Dasilva explained how he hopes to…
Video creation platform Lumen5 awarded top prize at 2019 New Ventures BC Competition
Vancouver-based video creation platform Lumen5 is the winner of the 2019 New Ventures BC Competition, presented by Innovate…
Volta Air wins $110,000 grand prize at Innovate BC-New Ventures competition
Richmond-based Volta Air, which develops electric and zero-emission transport refrigeration units for delivery use, received…
Layer 6’s Jordan Jacobs: Canada needs to promote itself as an AI leader
Now in its second year, Elevate returns to Toronto September 21, promising to connect the Canadian startup ecosystem and deliver…
Often overlooked, Québec City’s tech is “punching above its weight”
PwC recently released its latest MoneyTree report for Q2 2018, spotlighting funding trends and deal volume from Canada’s…