Deloitte Canada has announced this year’s winners of the Technology Fast 50, Companies-to-Watch, and Enterprise Fast 15 awards, recognizing the world-class achievements of the best in tech companies across Canada for the 25th year. The program reaches a milestone this year, celebrating 25 years of recognizing Canadian technology companies’ achievements, outstanding innovation, leadership, and growth. […]
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B.C. Startup Named To Canada’s Most Innovative Tech Companies
CIX Canadian Innovation Exchange has announced the Top 10 Growth Stage Companies and the Top 20 Early Stage Companies for their 2022 program. While the Top 10 Growth Stage company list did not include any B.C.-based companies, the list of CIX Top 20 Early Stage companies included Victoria’s Solaires. This year’s selections is in contrast […]
Vancouver’s APOLLO Insurance Impresses Judges at Tech Innovator Competition
One thing technology does great is turn our dirty, complicated tasks into clean, efficient processes. Take for example the business of insurance: in an era of paper stacks and calculators, one can imagine a nightmarish field. However, companies like Apollo modernize the insurance process thoroughly, leaving nary a hint of the ways of old. “Our […]
Connecting the Dots: May 2022
Each month, the team at Switchboard Public Relations connects the dots between the trends, headlines and narratives informing the B.C. tech sector. For May’s Connecting The Dots, the team breaks down some multimillion-dollar M&A action, explores the emissions-reducing power of new agtech, and follows up on a trailblazing 5G research partnership. B.C. tech companies buy, […]
The New Ventures BC Competition Is Back
Now in its 22nd year, the New Ventures BC Competition, presented by Innovate BC, is back and searching for BC’s best new tech startups. BC’s largest and longest-running tech competition is known for identifying and propelling forward the province’s most quickly-rising startups. MintList (Traffic Driven), Train Fitness, and Moment Energy have gone on to raise a combined $6.5 […]
8 High-Growth B.C. Tech Companies To Watch
The Globe and Mail has published their third annual ranking of Canada’s Top Growing Companies and the list of 448 businesses sprawl across sectors, from fashion to finance, and manufacture everything from medical testing devices to organic pasta. Techcouver has poured over the list to uncover Vancouver’s gems of entrepreneurial success, whether they be companies […]
Seven B.C. Startups Named To Canada’s Most Innovative Technology Companies Lists
CIX Canadian Innovation Exchange has announced the CIX TOP 20 Early and CIX TOP 10 Growth lists of innovative Canadian technology startups for the 2021 program. Chosen by the CIX 2021 Selection Committee of 100+ global technology investors, the selected companies represent a diverse range of technology companies spanning software, AI, medtech, fintech, big data, […]
Capitalizing On Economic Recovery — The Necessity Of Fast Remote Hiring Post-COVID
An unprecedented economic boom is coming for a variety of industries around the world. As vaccine distribution continues to roll out globally, it is expected that rapid economic recovery will offer new opportunities to scale and innovate. With over 20 years of experience in the Canadian tech space, I have navigated changing global conditions and […]
Victoria’s Defined Raises $2.5 Million Round From Version One & Tiny Capital
Victoria’s Defined has closed a $2.5 million seed round from a group of investors that includes B.C.’s Version One Ventures, Tiny Capital, and angel Rasool Rayani. Also participating in the round were Compound, Capital6 Eagle, Kamunting Street Capital, Mark Cuban, Inflection Ventures, Portico Ventures, and Balaji Srinivasan. Defined is a data platform for the open […]
Rocket Builders Announces 2021 Ready to Rocket Lists
Rocket Builders has released its 19th annual “Ready to Rocket” lists. The “Ready to Rocket” lists are the only predictive lists of its kind in North America, requiring many months of sector and company analysis. These lists profile the B.C. technology companies that are best positioned to capitalize on the technology sector trends that will […]