Vancouver Technology News

Pitch Clean & Fast at the VEF next week

Posted by Rob Lewis on Thu, March 18, 2010 4:38 PM · Filed under Vancouver , Events, Start-up, CleanTech · No Comments
On Tuesday, March 23rd the Vancouver Enterprise Forum (VEF) is hosting Winning the Cleantech Game – Real Growth Stories hosted by Yaletown Venture Partners' Kirk Washington. Cleantech is one of the fastest growing areas of technology in BC and the VEF have assembled a panel of Cleantech CEOs that are leading... [more]

Canadian Sustainable Development Tech Fund looking to invest

Posted by Rob Lewis on Fri, February 26, 2010 12:03 PM · Filed under Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, Atlantic-Canada , Venture Capital, Government, CleanTech · No Comments
Between research and commercialization lie the critical stages of development and demonstration: the points at which technologies leave the laboratory and undergo conclusive real-world testing. Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) supports clean-technology projects through these critical stages - without taking an equity stake, without requiring ownership of intellectual property or any... [more]

Chrysalix Fund exceeds US $100 Million with Credit Suisse investment

Posted by Rob Lewis on Wed, February 17, 2010 4:06 PM · Filed under Vancouver , Venture Capital, CleanTech · No Comments
Chrysalix Energy announced on Monday that its latest fund has increased to more than US $100 Million with an investment by the Oregon Investment Fund, LLC - an affiliate of Credit Suisse. Chrysalix CEO Wal van Lierop said this new fund, named Chrysalix Energy Limited Partnership III (CELP III), is... [more]

Test Driving the Chevy Volt in Vancouver

Posted by Kemp Edmonds on Wed, February 10, 2010 11:56 AM · Filed under Vancouver , CleanTech · No Comments
This is a guest post written by Blogger Kemp Edmonds - a longer verson of this blog post is available here.   After testing driving the Chevy Volt we made this short 60 second video to highlight the most important features: Full electric up to 64km Gasoline engine kicks in after 64km Chargeable... [more]

Sustainable Development Tech Fund looking for investments

Posted by Rob Lewis on Thu, February 4, 2010 4:00 PM · Filed under Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, Atlantic-Canada , Venture Capital, CleanTech · No Comments
Between research and commercialization lie the critical stages of development and demonstration: the points at which technologies leave the laboratory and undergo conclusive real-world testing. Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) supports clean-technology projects through these critical stages - without taking an equity stake, without requiring ownership of intellectual property or any... [more]

Greenscape Capital to build network of Electric Vehicle charging stations

Posted by Rob Lewis on Thu, February 4, 2010 7:43 AM · Filed under Vancouver, Victoria , CleanTech · No Comments
As consumer demand rises and auto manufacturers across the board begin the rollout of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) and full Electric Vehicles (EVs), the development of a reliable, efficient, and accessible network of EV charging stations will be crucial. Vancouver's Greenscape Capital Group Inc. wants to solve the problem. This... [more]

Vancouver Greentech Exchange heads to Discovery Parks

Posted by Rob Lewis on Wed, February 3, 2010 9:51 AM · Filed under Vancouver , Events, CleanTech · No Comments
The Vancouver Greentech Exchange (VGE) is happening again in February and for this month only the Exchange will be held at Discovery Parks Vancouver at 887 Great Northern Way. For good reason though - this month's topic is Building Sustainability - The Discovery Parks Model with Discovery Parks Trust Executive... [more]

GreenAngel Energy to raise up to $5 Million for Rapid Electric Vehicles

Posted by Rob Lewis on Tue, February 2, 2010 6:00 AM · Filed under Vancouver , Venture Capital, CleanTech · No Comments
GreenAngel Energy Corporation announced today that they have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Rapid Electric Vehicles Inc. (REV) to raise up to $5 Million in several tranches during 2010. Under the terms of the MOU, GreenAngel will raise capital for REV using a special purpose Venture Capital Corporation as... [more]

Etalim - Making the Stirling Engine Shine

Posted by Chris Forrest on Sun, January 31, 2010 11:43 AM · Filed under Vancouver , Venture Capital, Events, CleanTech · No Comments
The Canadian Financing Forum took place this week in Vancouver and Chris Forrest took in a handful of the Cleantech presentations. This blog post is the last in a series of five. Who needs heat when you have acoustic waves or natural gas or biomass?  Etalim Inc. is using a proprietary... [more]

CopperLeaf Technologies - Next Generation BI for Asset Management

Posted by Chris Forrest on Sat, January 30, 2010 8:40 PM · Filed under Vancouver , Venture Capital, Events, CleanTech · No Comments
The Canadian Financing Forum took place this week in Vancouver and Chris Forrest took in a handful of the Cleantech presentations. This blog post is the third in a series of five. CopperLeaf Technologies CEO, Judi Hess will be the first to tell you, they are not an EAM, BI, PPM... [more]