As the first #WebSummitVancouver kicks off, @garymarcus.bsky.social and @bsky.app CEO @jay.bsky.team discuss LLMs and the open web. #YVRtech #CDNtech
Web Summit Vancouver’s kickoff offers thoughtful critiques and alternatives to current tech
Gary Marcus and Bluesky CEO Jay Graber discuss the limitations of LLMs and the future of the open web as Web Summit’s first West Coast edition kicks off.
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May 28, 2025 at 6:05 AM
As the first #WebSummitVancouver kicks off, @garymarcus.bsky.social and @bsky.app CEO @jay.bsky.team discuss LLMs and the open web. #YVRtech #CDNtech
Aspect Biosystems lands $165-million CAD Series B to advance 3D-printed tissue therapies #YVRtech #CDNtech
Aspect Biosystems lands $165-million CAD Series B
Financing pushes Vancouver startup closer to clinical trials targeting diabetes, liver disease.
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January 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
#Biotech startup Reverb Therapeutics closes $17-million seed round led by Amplitude Ventures. #YVRtech
Reverb Therapeutics closes $17-million seed round led by Amplitude Ventures
Reverb looks to treat cancer and autoimmune diseases with its antibody modification platform.
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February 19, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Moment Energy raises $21.5-million Series A amidst tough funding climate for #cleantech hardware startups. #YVRtech
Moment Energy raises $21.5-million Series A amidst tough funding climate for cleantech hardware startups
EV battery repurposing startup to double size of Vancouver HQ and build gigafactory in Texas.
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January 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Moment Energy raises $21.5-million Series A amidst tough funding climate for #cleantech hardware startups. #YVRtech
Thank you to Vancouver Independent School for Science and Technology (VISST) for hosting our joint lightning talks night with RLadies Vancouver on August 19.
#PyLadies #PyLadiesVancouver #Python #Vancouver #YVRtech #RLadies #RLadiesVancouver #RStats #CommunityFirst
#PyLadies #PyLadiesVancouver #Python #Vancouver #YVRtech #RLadies #RLadiesVancouver #RStats #CommunityFirst
August 21, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Thank you to Vancouver Independent School for Science and Technology (VISST) for hosting our joint lightning talks night with RLadies Vancouver on August 19.
#PyLadies #PyLadiesVancouver #Python #Vancouver #YVRtech #RLadies #RLadiesVancouver #RStats #CommunityFirst
#PyLadies #PyLadiesVancouver #Python #Vancouver #YVRtech #RLadies #RLadiesVancouver #RStats #CommunityFirst
London #foodtech startup Appetronix cooks up bigger robotic kitchen ambitions with acquisition of Vancouver’s Cibotica. #YVRtech #CDNtech
Appetronix cooks up bigger robotic kitchen ambitions with Cibotica acquisition
London, Ontario’s Appetronix has purchased another company developing robotics for restaurant kitchens in Vancouver’s Cibotica.
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April 28, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Databricks opens Vancouver R&D centre as data giant anticipates $100-billion USD valuation. #YVRtech
Databricks opens Vancouver R&D centre as data giant anticipates $100-billion USD valuation
New hub will be led by Ken Wong, who founded Vancouver startup Datajoy.
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August 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Databricks opens Vancouver R&D centre as data giant anticipates $100-billion USD valuation. #YVRtech
Eyam Health strikes partnership with Swiss non-profit Medicines for Malaria Venture to develop one-dollar malaria treatment. #YVRtech
Eyam Health strikes partnership with Swiss non-profit to develop one-dollar malaria treatment
Eyam claims its AI drug discovery and delivery platform can develop treatment at less than half the usual cost.
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July 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Eyam Health strikes partnership with Swiss non-profit Medicines for Malaria Venture to develop one-dollar malaria treatment. #YVRtech
Vancouver-based Reusables looks to help cafeterias scrap single-use containers with $3.6-million seed round. #YVRtech #CDNtech
Reusables looks to help cafeterias scrap single-use containers with $3.6-million seed round
Co-founder Anastasia Kiku claims Reusables’ university clients reuse over 500,000 containers in just two semesters.
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April 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Paging Dr. Cube: Vancouver-based UniDoc Health to buy software from AMD Telemedicine to improve remote healthcare offering. $UDOC #YVRtech #CDNtech
Paging Dr. Cube: UniDoc to buy software from AMD Telemedicine to improve remote health offering
Vancouver-based health kiosk developer UniDoc Health has struck a deal to purchase software and other assets from American healthtech firm AMD Telemedicine.
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March 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
BetaKit jumped on an electric bus to tour BC’s #cleantech sector ahead of Web Summit Vancouver. Come along for the ride. #YVRtech #BCtech
At Web Summit Vancouver, BC wants to let the world know its cleantech hub is open for business
BetaKit hitched a ride on an electric bus and checked in with industry leaders on the state of BC cleantech, how they are feeling about Web Summit Vancouver, and shifting market conditions.
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May 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
BetaKit jumped on an electric bus to tour BC’s #cleantech sector ahead of Web Summit Vancouver. Come along for the ride. #YVRtech #BCtech
Tonight. Lightning talks with R-Ladies Vancouver.
VISST, 1490 West Broadway, Suite 200, Vancouver. Doors open at 6.
Four lightning talks, Python and R. Light snacks. Free.
RSVP: luma.com/3gsm7kqq
#PyLadies #PyLadiesVancouver #Python #Vancouver #YVRtech #RLadies #RLadiesVancouver #RStats
VISST, 1490 West Broadway, Suite 200, Vancouver. Doors open at 6.
Four lightning talks, Python and R. Light snacks. Free.
RSVP: luma.com/3gsm7kqq
#PyLadies #PyLadiesVancouver #Python #Vancouver #YVRtech #RLadies #RLadiesVancouver #RStats
PyLadies × R-Ladies Vancouver Lightning Talks · Luma
PyLadies Vancouver and R-Ladies Vancouver are teaming up for a night of lightning talks: short talks from speakers in both communities, Python and R side…
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August 19, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Tonight. Lightning talks with R-Ladies Vancouver.
VISST, 1490 West Broadway, Suite 200, Vancouver. Doors open at 6.
Four lightning talks, Python and R. Light snacks. Free.
RSVP: luma.com/3gsm7kqq
#PyLadies #PyLadiesVancouver #Python #Vancouver #YVRtech #RLadies #RLadiesVancouver #RStats
VISST, 1490 West Broadway, Suite 200, Vancouver. Doors open at 6.
Four lightning talks, Python and R. Light snacks. Free.
RSVP: luma.com/3gsm7kqq
#PyLadies #PyLadiesVancouver #Python #Vancouver #YVRtech #RLadies #RLadiesVancouver #RStats
Just caught up with @NickCromydas from @huntclubco - any #yvrtech companies that are hiring, check out the platform http://huntclub.co/companies
March 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Just caught up with @NickCromydas from @huntclubco - any #yvrtech companies that are hiring, check out the platform http://huntclub.co/companies
Yaletown Partners has raised $100 million in first close of its third Innovation Growth Fund. #VC #YVRtech
Yaletown Partners raises $100 million in first close for third Innovation Growth Fund
Vancouver VC firm is targeting a final close totalling $250 million within the next year.
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July 30, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Vancouver-based #insurtech startup Quandri secures $16.5 million CAD to help North American insurance firms automate renewals with #AI. #YVRtech
Quandri secures $16.5 million CAD to help insurance firms automate renewals with AI
Vancouver insurtech startup Quandri has secured $12 million USD ($16.5 million CAD) in fresh financing to scale its AI platform for the insurance industry.
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July 16, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Vancouver-based #insurtech startup Quandri secures $16.5 million CAD to help North American insurance firms automate renewals with #AI. #YVRtech
Vancouver-based Klue has slashed just over 40 percent of its workforce as it contends with growing competition from businesses experimenting with #AI internally. #YVRtech #CDNtech
Klue lays off 40 percent of staff as startup faces internal and external AI pressure | BetaKit
Vancouver-based Klue has slashed 40 percent of its workforce as it contends with growing competition from businesses experimenting with AI internally, BetaKit has learned
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June 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
This year's Startup Genome global ecosystem rankings found weak startup funding to be a common denominator across #CDNtech hubs.
Find out which cities stayed strong, and which have lost ground since last year. #MTLtech #ottcity #YYCtech #YVRtech #KWtech
Find out which cities stayed strong, and which have lost ground since last year. #MTLtech #ottcity #YYCtech #YVRtech #KWtech
Toronto-Waterloo, Vancouver, Ottawa drop in Startup Genome’s 2025 global ecosystem rankings as Montréal, Calgary hold steady | BetaKit
Startup Genome’s latest global startup ecosystem rankings say some of Canada’s largest tech hubs have lost ground since last year while others are hanging on.
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June 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Vancouver-based Fispan continues industry trend of secondary-heavy deals with $41-million Series B round. #YVRtech #fintech
Fispan continues industry trend of secondary-heavy deals with Series B round
Vancouver-based embedded banking startup says it’s bringing in $34 million annually.
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June 5, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Women-led startups sweep first Pitch competition on stage at #WebSummitVancouver. #YVRtech
Women-led startups sweep Pitch competition at Web Summit
Early-stage sustainability startup Lite-1 edged out Glüxkind and Vodasafe.
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June 2, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Women-led startups sweep first Pitch competition on stage at #WebSummitVancouver. #YVRtech
UrbanLogiq wants governments to rely on its #AI-powered insights. #YVRtech
UrbanLogiq wants governments to rely on its AI-powered insights
Startup partners with engineering, IT firms WSP and Cubic to source private-sector data for government clients.
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June 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
UrbanLogiq wants governments to rely on its #AI-powered insights. #YVRtech