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    Esports in Vancouver and BC

    research / Digital Entertainment, Tech, Entrepreneurship & Industry Support

    This report includes an overview of the global and local esports industry, including a summary analysis of leading hubs acting on esports initiatives ...
  • Signature Report Star
    Reality Check: Vancouver and BC’s VR/AR Ecosystem
    Reality Check: Vancouver and BC’s VR/AR Ecosystem

    research / Digital Entertainment, Entrepreneurship & Industry Support

    Industry research, mapping and recommendations for the virtual and augmented reality sector.
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    The $426 Million Sector You’ve Never Heard of – Meet Vancouver’s Contech Ecosystem | Photo: GeoSimsCities
    The Contech Ecosystem in Metro Vancouver

    research / Green Economy, Entrepreneurship & Industry Support

    A snapshot of the emerging construction tech industry in Metro Vancouver, including active companies, their revenues and employees
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    From Waste to Wealth – Vancouver’s Deconstruction Economy Potential | Vancouver Economic Commission, Unbuilders and BCIT
    The Business Case for Deconstruction

    research / Green Economy, Entrepreneurship & Industry Support

    Economic and environmental impacts of a demolition-deconstruction shift in Metro Vancouver.
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    Discovery Foundation’s Capital Mentorship Program

    programs / Capital, Entrepreneurship & Industry Support

    The Capital Mentorship Program tests investor readiness through a combination of workshops, seminars, mentor-driven education, and peer support.
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    Impact 6 Pack 2020 | Delivered by Decade Impact Strategy & Activation, sponsored by the Business Development Bank of Canada, and hosted by the Vancouver Economic Commission
    Impact 6 Pack

    programs / Entrepreneurship & Industry Support, Impact

    Impact 6 Pack is a comprehensive 6-part course designed to help business create their own Impact Strategies.
  • Signature Report
    Today, one in 15 Vancouverites works in the green economy. In VEC’s State of Vancouver's Green Economy 2018 report, you can read about over 200 leading green businesses making great strides in innovation and the development of low-carbon solutions to traditional and contemporary problems in buildings, energy, mobility and resource management.
    State of Vancouver’s Green Economy 2018

    research / Green Economy, Entrepreneurship & Industry Support

    This report highlights over 200 leading green businesses – and the policies, innovation and culture – that have catalyzed our $31.5 billion brand.
  • INDUSTRIAL INSIGHTS Research Understanding Industrial Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities in Vancouver | Vancouver Economic Commission
    Industrial Concierge

    programs / Entrepreneurship & Industry Support

    Vancouver's Industrial Concierge is supports space sharing among industrial startups by activating underutilized industrial spaces and simplifying the ...
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    PG Connects 2019

    programs / Digital Entertainment, Entrepreneurship & Industry Support

    Level Up: Vancouver, British Columbia Pavilion at PG Connects London brings local companies to Europes biggest mobile games event.
  • Signature Report
    INDUSTRIAL INSIGHTS Research Understanding Industrial Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities in Vancouver | Vancouver Economic Commission
    Industrial Insights Research

    research / Entrepreneurship & Industry Support

    Based on a citywide survey of industrial businesses, this reports uncovers the opportunities and risks faced by local industrial businesses.
  • Signature Report
    Resilient Future Economy

    research / Entrepreneurship & Industry Support, Resilience

    Together with the City of Vancouver’s Resilience Team we convened a group of private sector stakeholders to develop ideas around a collective vision ...
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    Cascadia Connect 2018

    programs / Green Economy, Entrepreneurship & Industry Support

    March 15, 2018 -- This reverse-pitch enables companies in Cascadia Innovation Corridor to pitch their technology needs to local solution providers.
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    PG Connects 2018

    programs / Digital Entertainment, Entrepreneurship & Industry Support

    Level Up: Vancouver, British Columbia Pavilion at PG Connects London brings local companies to Europes biggest mobile games event.
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    Space Matching in the False Creek Flats
    Flats Climate Action Program

    programs / Green Economy, Entrepreneurship & Industry Support

    Climate Smart program helps businesses improve their energy, water and waste footprints while reducing associated costs.
  • Events
    PG Connects 2017

    programs / Digital Entertainment, Entrepreneurship & Industry Support

    Level Up: Vancouver, British Columbia Pavilion at PG Connects London brings local companies to Europes biggest mobile games event.
  • PDF
    Participants at the Renewable Energy Challenge hard at work. Brought to you by the Vancouver Economic Commission, C40 Cities, and Renewable Cities. Part of GLOBE 2016.
    Renewable Energy Challenge Outcomes Report

    research / Green Economy, Entrepreneurship & Industry Support

    This workshop summary report underscores the drive in local businesses for collective action to address climate change.
  • Events
    Startup City 2015

    programs / Entrepreneurship & Industry Support, Tech

    Alongside Startup Week 2015, VEC partnered with world-class organizations to put on first-rate programming for the startup community.
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