Source: BIV Author: Hayley Woodin 

B.C. mining tech startup selected for U.S. 'smash space'

A Victoria-based mining technology company is one of 15 startups selected for an international initiative designed to connect new technologies with enterprise companies in search of innovation.

Llamazoo Interactive Inc., which builds 3D simulations for industries such as mining, has started a 12-month program with Prospect Mining Studio, which is run by New York-based innovation hub Newlab.

It’s like a “smash space,” explains Llamazoo CEO and co-founder Charles Lavigne. Neither incubator nor accelerator, the program is intended to help tech companies build and scale their technologies. It also provides companies within the studio’s inaugural companies an opportunity to collaborate.

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Photo: Llamazoo co-founders Charles Lavigne (left) and Kevin Oke demonstrate Llamazoo Interactive’s technology at the B.C. Tech Summit in 2018 | Chung Chow/BIV files