NorthX invests $2.2 million in trio of BC wildfire tech startups
BetaKit highlights NorthX’s $2.2M investment in BC wildfire startups CRWN.ai, Nova, and Skyward.
April 22, 2026
BetaKit highlights NorthX’s $2.2M investment in BC wildfire startups CRWN.ai, Nova, and Skyward.
NorthX invests $2.2M in Skyward, CRWN.ai, and Nova to scale wildfire technologies that detect, prevent, and manage fires.
The world’s largest carbon removal network isn’t being built in a lab—it’s being built in mill towns. CO280 is pioneering a first-of-a-kind integration of carbon capture and storage (CCS) with the pulp and paper industry—and making the economics work. Unlike CCS for natural gas power plants or cement facilities, CO280 captures biogenic CO2 from woody biomass combustion
Since the inception of NorthX in 2021, low carbon bio and synthetic fuels have been one of our key focus areas. These fuels represent one of the highest potential opportunities for near-term decarbonization in sectors that cannot electrify quickly. We assessed investment opportunities across the entire value chain. This includes feedstock supply, conversion technologies, and end-use
Evaluating the role of low carbon drop-in fuels in BC’s pathway to net zero.
Overview The NorthX Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) is a Canada’s Clean Fuel Regulation compliance pathway registered by Environment and Climate Change Canada and administered by NorthX Climate Tech’s catalytic platform. The NorthX ERF rapidly deploys capital into high impact projects capable of delivering verified emissions reductions while accelerating innovation across
Nova turns aerial wildfire data into real-time intelligence, helping crews detect hotspots faster, respond safely, and reduce megafire risk.
Canada is building the blueprint for a global carbon removal industry — and NorthX is helping lay the foundation. Today, at Carbon Removal Day 2026 in Ottawa, the Advance Carbon Removal Coalition (ACR) officially launched as a new initiative of Carbon Removal Canada. ACR brings together the Government of Canada alongside corporate stakeholders with the
When NorthX launched its first Call for Innovation: Women in Climate Tech in 2024, it was about more than addressing the funding gap faced by women founders. It was an opportunity to learn how support for women-led climate ventures needs to be designed in practice, from capital deployment to commercialization support. Women-led climate ventures remain underrepresented
NorthX will invest up to $3 million in Canadian-based innovators developing commercial pathways to scale hard-tech industrial decarbonization solutions across all industrial emitting sources in British Columbia.