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    • News
    • Monday, Jun 15th, 2020
    • Technology

    Five Platforms Facilitating the Transition to Virtual Onboarding

    With more and more businesses turning towards remote working, technology supporting virtual onboarding and training has become more important than ever.
    • VEC's Take
    • Friday, Jun 5th, 2020
    • Technology, Resilience

    Access to Early-Stage and Venture Capital remains crucial topic for BC

    If starved of investment, our region's entire innovation ecosystem could dry up over time, beginning with the startup ecosystem, and ultimately impacting the entire range of mid-sized and mature companies that generate local IP and revenues.
    • VEC's Take
    • Wednesday, May 6th, 2020
    • Technology, Resilience

    Why Tech could form the backbone of BC’s economic recovery

    Technology is already supporting our recovery process by enabling people to work and purchase remotely – and safely. Forced to isolate and physically distance themselves, people use tech to maintain social connection, entertain themselves, and stay informed. Here are five considerations and assumptions that could be integral to productive and thoughtful discussions of technology and its role in economic recovery.
    • News
    • Wednesday, Apr 15th, 2020
    • Resilience, Technology

    AbCellera Biologics Describes Unprecedented Speed of Innovation

    Within days of using their industry-leading antibody technology to analyze a blood sample from a recovered COVID-19 patient, the AbCellera team identified 500 antibodies with potential to treat the respiratory illness – the world’s largest panel of antibodies to date.
    • VEC's Take
    • Thursday, Apr 2nd, 2020
    • Resilience, Technology, Other Sectors

    How Speedy Government Funding is Facilitating Unprecedented Research

    We are witnessing the sheer agility that governments and funding bodies can achieve during crises. We are also experiencing firsthand the corresponding speed of innovation made possible by adequately resourced minds and institutions.  
    • News
    • Thursday, Apr 2nd, 2020
    • Resilience, Technology

    STEMCELL: Supporting Science against COVID-19

    British Columbia’s life sciences industry, which typically employs more than 11,000 people, has risen to the challenge of speedy research into COVID-19 and developing promising treatments that carry significant potential to improve patient outcomes and save lives.  
    • News
    • Monday, Mar 23rd, 2020
    • Resilience, Technology

    Vancouver-based AbCellera on Leading Edge of COVID-19 Drug Development

    Vancouver-based biotech firm AbCellera Biologics Inc. has captured global attention as a leader in the fight against COVID-19.
    • News
    • Monday, Jul 15th, 2019
    • Technology, Digital Entertainment & Interactive, Green Economy, Other Sectors

    Retooled Capital Mentorship Program provides valuable training opportunity for startups

    Brought to you by the Vancouver Economic Commission (VEC) and Spring, Discovery Foundation’s Capital Mentorship Program returns in 2019, featuring robust new content and a better startup experience than ever.
    • Media Release
    • Thursday, Jun 20th, 2019
    • Green Economy, Digital Entertainment & Interactive, Technology

    New TransLink and VEC Partnership to Showcase Green, Digital Ideas on Transit

    TransLink and the Vancouver Economic Commission (VEC) today formalized an agreement allowing local and international organizations to showcase green and digital technologies and services on TransLink assets.
    • News
    • Thursday, Jan 17th, 2019
    • Technology

    Disrupting the Coworking Market: An Interview with Kimberly Tholl and CityHack

    CityHack Founder & CEO Kimberly Tholl brings affordable coworking to solopreneurs and freelancers by leveraging existing meeting spaces to provide clients access to underused venues in downtown Vancouver’s hotel and hospitality industry.
    • VEC's Take
    • Monday, Jan 7th, 2019
    • Technology

    Grappling with the Gap: Vancouver Must Provide Better Support for Women Entrepreneurs

    In addition to the overall systemic bias women founders experience during their fund-raising journeys, these founders, along with other diverse founders of Canada, often struggle to find comprehensive support and mentorship programs that walk them through the capital-raising process.
    • News
    • Tuesday, Nov 27th, 2018
    • Technology

    Women in Tech: An Interview with Locumunity and Dr. Haneen Abu-Remaileh

    In addition to the usual challenges common to early-stage companies, female-founded startups across Canada often face additional barriers to success. We sat down with Dr. Haneen Abu-Remaileh, CEO & Co-Founder of Locumunity, a startup connecting gigging doctors to clinics, to discuss these barriers.
    • Media Release
    • Tuesday, Oct 16th, 2018
    • Green Economy, Technology

    RELEASE: New Westminster and Vancouver Economic Commission Sign Innovation MOU

    The City of New Westminster and the Vancouver Economic Commission (VEC) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on technology deployment and innovation. This marks the beginning of a partnership between the two parties to build a regional platform for technology deployment, demonstration, and business innovation.
    • News
    • Tuesday, Dec 12th, 2017
    • Technology

    Startup Genome 2018 Survey

    If you're a founder of a Vancouver startup, please take 10-15 minutes to complete the short survey and share your thoughts and insights on Vancouver's startup community.
    • News
    • Saturday, Oct 21st, 2017
    • Technology, Other Sectors

    Vancouver regional and provincial partners submit Amazon HQ2 Proposal

    Submission concludes Vancouver region’s response to ‘biggest economic development event in a generation’ Vancouver, BC (October 21, 2017) – The Vancouver Economic Commission (VEC) and its regional and provincial partners are delighted to announce that the metro...
    • News
    • Tuesday, Sep 26th, 2017
    • Technology

    Vancouver Startup UrbanLogiq takes home $10,000 City Innovation Prize from BCIC-New Ventures Competition

    VANCOUVER, BC – New Ventures BC last night awarded Vancouver-based UrbanLogiq with the $10,000 City Innovation Prize sponsored by the Vancouver Economic Commission (VEC) as part of the BCIC-New Ventures Competition. Our...
    • VEC's Take
    • Thursday, Sep 21st, 2017
    • Technology, Digital Entertainment & Interactive, Green Economy, Asia Pacific, Other Sectors

    VEC Statement on Amazon HQ2 RFP

    The Amazon HQ2 Project has concluded. Please refer here for an update. For information on the context of the Amazon HQ2 Project, please refer to Amazon's announcement and to the RFP document itself. VEC...
    • News
    • Wednesday, Sep 20th, 2017
    • Technology

    Announcing the Fall 2017 Vancouver Tech Showcase Startups

    The Vancouver Tech Showcase is a highly curated deal flow event designed to accelerate follow-on funding through deep dive sessions with investors. In a departure from the...
    • News
    • Tuesday, Aug 15th, 2017
    • Technology, Digital Entertainment & Interactive, Green Economy

    Research Study shows need for events like Vancouver Tech Showcase

    We need events like the Vancouver Tech Showcase to not only maintain our standing as Canada’s top startup ecosystem, but to increase our competitiveness on a global scale.
    • News
    • Thursday, Aug 3rd, 2017
    • Technology

    Workers-First scheduling app CrewDriver launches 6-month pilot with City of Vancouver

    GetWorkers has launched a demonstration of their scheduling technology, CrewDriver, through the City of Vancouver and Vancouver Economic Commission’s Green and Digital Demonstration Program (GDDP). Their product speeds scheduling and dramatically reduces labour placement costs with an easy, worker-friendly text message interface.
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