Tech & Science
On a worldwide scale, B.C. keeps boosting its cleantech cred. Oh, and all hail Burnaby. Seven local companies made the 2022 edition of the Global Cleantech 100. The 13th annual list, published by San Francisco–based research, consulting and events firm Cleantech...
Every leader has their own superhero ability, Andrew Reid reckons. So what’s his? “The ability to get in the room with people and get them to work together and collaborate and have that shared sense of purpose,” says the founder...
Anna Sainsbury once learned that an employee at her company’s Vancouver head office had been very nervous to meet her. “I was horrified,” recalls Sainsbury, co-founder and chair of cybersecurity firm GeoComply Solutions. “I spent 30 minutes interviewing her on...
More than most people, Steve Munford knows how costly a case of mistaken identity can be for businesses. Cybersecurity veteran Munford took over as CEO of Trulioo, the leading online identity verification provider, at the start of the pandemic. The...
When Kristoffer Vik Hansen, Josh Andrews and Alexey Indeev met 10 years ago at UBC, they set out on a fairly ambitious venture. “We were trying to be the first team in the world that could cross the Atlantic Ocean with a fully autonomous self-driving...
BC Business + Fortinet After more than 20 months of remote working, businesses are looking forward to a return to the office. But, for most, some form of hybrid work model is here to stay. The ability to work from anywhere does have advantages. It enables business continuity, which enhances organizational resilience. It...
There are a lot of reasons one might move to Vancouver from Toronto. But for Andrew Just and Antoine Neidecker, COVID was the breaking point. The pair, who met at McGill University, had come up with the idea to launch an...
Something tells us that Carl Hansen might need a bigger shelf. During a virtual ceremony yesterday, the founder, director and CEO of AbCellera Biologics was named Canada’s EY Entrepreneur Of The Year for 2021. This honour comes less than a week after...
Well, apparently nerds and geeks have one thing in common: they like to party. That was the scene last night at Science World, when the 28th Technology Impact Awards (TIAs) celebrated the achievements of the province’s tech sector with a good...
Unprecedented times goes without saying. (Also, we never want to hear the word "pivot" again.) Despite the challenges of 2021, B.C. has no shortage of companies that are growing and growing—here are the Top 100 largest businesses in the province...