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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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
VEC announces Greater Vancouver Innovation Capital: A Collaboration with World-renowned Economic Theorist Jeremy Rifkin
The Vancouver Economic Commission (VEC) is pleased to announce the creation of the Greater Vancouver Innovation Capital (GVIC) and the beginning of a year-long collaboration with world-renowned economic theorist Jeremy Rifkin and his global team. -
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. -
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... -
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 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... -
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... -
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. -
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. -
Applications for the Summer Capital Mentorship Program are OPEN
Are you an entrepreneur looking to sharpen your pitch and prepare yourself for $1M+ in investment capital? The next installment of the Discovery Foundation Capital Mentorship Program offers a 4-week program for up to 16 entrepreneurs. -
Spring Launches Canada’s First Global Impact Accelerator Program
The Global Impact Accelerator Program at Spring is the first in Canada to focus on global impact businesses looking to move to Canada and make the world a better place through their ventures. -
North America’s Greenest Cities Announce Partnership to Help Cleantech Companies
Please join the Vancouver Economic Commission and San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer for a special announcement about a cleantech partnership between the two regions today at 13:00. -
Sustainability Goes Beyond Green at Conference in Detroit
At times the conversation around corporate responsibility seems stuck – not surprising in a field where companies are trying to use the power of their products and services to solve some of... -
New Global Talent Stream to help Canadian businesses support the creation of good jobs for Canadians
Minister Hajdu meets with industry leaders on the Global Talent Stream The Government of Canada’s new Global Talent Stream will create good, middle-class jobs in our country by helping innovative companies in Canada access the... -
Presenting 6 of Vancouver’s Emerging Seed-Stage Startups
The Vancouver Tech Showcase is a highly curated deal flow event designed to accelerate follow-on funding through deep dive sessions with investors.