She tried to bring Silicon Valley’s tech energy to Vancouver. Why did she leave to build a US startup instead?
Mai Trinh’s Internet Backyard nabs $4.5 million USD pre-seed for data centre financing platform.
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BC offers local businesses up to $500,000 to test early-stage tech innovations
Innovate BC has allocated $2.5 million to projects submitted by Dec. 21.
Clio takes Alexi to court over database at the centre of billion-dollar vLex deal
Alexi denies misusing Fastcase data to build a competing platform.
Nord Quantique, Xanadu, Photonic advance to next phase of DARPA quantum race
US military-backed initiative aims to build useful quantum computer by 2033.
Grammarly rebrands to Superhuman as it expands from catching typos to AI productivity
Superhuman houses writing assistant, email, collaboration tools, and AI agents in a unified platform.
BDC Capital’s Cheri Corbett joins Pender Ventures as partner
Calgary-based Corbett joins a month after Isaac Souweine left the fund.
InBC CEO Jill Earthy leaves after “mutual decision” with board
Earthy expects no short-term strategy changes as organization searches for new head.
AI bookkeeping startup Ceedar is turning customers into investors
Ceedar nabs angel cheques from Canadian founders looking for simplified accounting options.
4AG Robotics looks to grow fleet of mushroom-harvesting robots with $40-million Series B round
AgTech startup says it’s on track to hit $7 million in annual revenue amid high demand for agricultural labour.
D-Wave sells $400 million USD in common shares to fund acquisitions, working capital
Quantum computing firm joins competitors in selling stock for third time since December.
Boris Wertz thinks science is the new moat for Canadian tech
The Version One Ventures investor explains why he bets big on AI, robotics, and Web3.
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.
Women-led startups sweep first Pitch competition on stage at Web Summit Vancouver
Early-stage sustainability startup Lite-1 edged out Glüxkind and Vodasafe.
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.
Bell to build six AI data centres in Canada as telcos compete on infrastructure
First two facilities in BC “supercluster” will have a fraction of typical AI data centre compute power.