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2021 Wrapup: A Look Back at T-Net's Top 10 'Most Read' News Stories of 2021
Thursday, December 30, 2021
Copperleaf team members in Vancouver (Credit: Copperleaf)
Vancouver, BC, December 30, 2021--(T-Net)--As we wind down another stellar year in the BC tech industry, and look forward with excitement to what the upcoming new year has in store for us in 2022, we thought we'd leave you with a few of the news highlights we covered over the past year.
These are not necessarily the biggest deals or most important breaking stories of the year (largest financings or biggest M&A announcements, etc), but these were the stories on T-Net that received the highest news views and that most resonated with you our valued readers over the past 12 months.
Out of the 1,531 news stories T-Net published over the past year, here are the top 10 'most viewed' by our website readers and email newsletter subscribers in 2021. Enjoy!
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1. Vancouver-based Copperleaf Technologies Files to Go Public via IPO on Toronto Stock Exchange |
Vancouver, BC, September 17, 2021--Vancouver-based Copperleaf Technologies Inc. (TSX: CPLF), a provider of enterprise decision analytics software solutions, announced that it has filed, and obtained a receipt for, a preliminary base PREP prospectus with the securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces and territories in Canada for a proposed IPO (initial public offering) of common shares in the capital of the Company. |
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Squamish, BC, March 11, 2021--Carbon Engineering (CE) annonced that it has launched a new carbon dioxide removal service that allows customers to purchase the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere using CE's large-scale DAC technology. |
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4. Hardbacon Unveils its Ranking of the Top 36 Angel Investors in Canada for 2021 (14 From BC) |
Vancouver, BC, July 6, 2021--Hardbacon, a personal finance application used by more than 30,000 Canadians, has released its ranking of the top 36 angel investors in Canada. To establish the top 36 ranking, Hardbacon looked at various factors including number of deals, deal sizes, number of exits and career highlights. |
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Vancouver, BC, March 16, 2021--Vancouver-based startup DeFi Ventures Inc. has raised $2M CAD in its seed financing round. The round included investments by several prominent Canadian angels and VCs, and strategic investments by a US-based technology hedge fund, BIGG Digital and First Block Capital. |
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Vancouver, BC, February 11, 2021--The ExOne Company (Nasdaq: XONE), a global leader in industrial sand and metal 3D printers using binder jetting technology, announced the launch of the ExOne Metal Designlab printer and X1F advanced furnace in an exclusive partnership with Rapidia, a Vancouver, BC-based technology company founded by serial entrepreneur and company founder Dan Gelbart. |
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Vancouver, BC, May 7, 2021--Amazon announced its continued investment in British Columbia's economy and Metro Vancouver through an expansion that includes five new buildings: a fulfillment centre, sortation centre and three delivery stations. |
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Burnaby, BC, June 25, 2021--Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ: BLDP; TSX: BLDP) announced that it has received a follow-on purchase order from New Flyer (www.newflyer.com), North America's heavy-duty transit bus leader and Ballard partner, for 20 fuel cell modules to power 20 New Flyer Xcelsior® model Fuel Cell Electric Buses, or FCEBs, planned for deployment with Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit) in Oakland, California. |
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8. Vancouver-based Travel Tech App Developer Launchtrip Raises $4.75 Million Seed Investment |
Vancouver, BC, March 18, 2021--Launchtrip announces the close of its seed investment round totaling $4.75 million ($3.8M USD), including funding raised by Axis Capital. Launchtrip plans to launch its new app in beta this Spring 2021. |
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Vancouver, BC, March 11, 2021--Vancouver-based Damon Motors announced it has raised more than $30M in funding, completing a bridge round led by Benevolent Capital, SOL Global Investments, Zirmania, and others. The financing couples with skyrocketing preorder sales that have now reached $20M for the exhilarating line of HyperSport motorcycles. |
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Vancouver, BC, May 3, 2021--The Government of BC has announced a first-of-its-kind $500-million strategic investment fund will provide B.C.-based businesses with capital to position the province as a front-runner in the post-pandemic economy. The B.C. government has introduced legislation to support the operations of InBC Investment Corp. (InBC), a new $500-million strategic investment fund. |
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