Turbulent times have arrived: A storm comprised of pandemic hysteria, inflation and recession fears, supply chain issues, spiralling housing costs, widespread layoffs—the list goes on. By 2025, half the workforce is expected to consist of Gen Z and Millennials, most of whom have never dealt with such cumulative chaos. To navigate such a volatile market, […]
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Vancouver’s Dooly Parts with a Dozen Staff
Software-as-a-service startup Dooly is another victim of the market downturn. The Vancouver-based SaaS firm, which uses AI to help salespeople, let go of a dozen of their 100-strong team. Kris Hartvigsen, who founded Dooly in 2014, expressed his sentiment surrounding the decision in a post on LinkedIn. “We might be a SaaS company where most […]
BC Tech Unveils Finalists For 2022 Technology Impact Awards
The BC Tech Association has announced the finalists for the 2022 Technology Impact Awards (TIAs). 48 finalists across 12 Technology Impact Award categories who achieved exceptional success in the past year made the final cut. With ambition as the theme for this year’s awards, the award finalists showcase the incredible accomplishments of BC’s tech companies. […]
Connecting the Dots: March 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 March’s Connecting The Dots, the team looks back on an International Women’s Day to remember, the B.C. tech sector’s latest wins and a tech-enabled surge of support for Ukraine. Moving the needle […]
Connecting the Dots: January 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 January’s Connecting The Dots, the team looks back on the month’s raises, CubicFarm Systems’ innovative supply chain solutions, and the industry as a whole as it takes the time to #ShowUsYourLeave. Tech […]
Ryan Holmes Recruits Heavy Hitter Investors For LOI Venture Fund I
One month after announcing their fund LOI Venture has unveiled their first close of LOI Venture Fund I. LOI Venture was launched by Hootsuite co-founder Ryan Holmes and New Avenue Capital founder Manny Padda. LOI Venture invests solely in the brightest entrepreneurs in Canada under 30, with a high percentage of them coming out of League […]
10 Homegrown B.C. Startups to Watch in 2022
2021 is in the books and despite what we’ve all been through, it was a pretty good year for the Vancouver tech community and the province as a whole. Tech companies specializing in everything from geo-fencing to non-fungible tokens, from green construction to legaltech, have been leading an unprecedented unicorn stampede for the local economy. […]
Connecting The Dots: December 2021
Each month, the Switchboard PR team connects the dots between the trends, headlines and narratives informing the BC tech sector. For December’s Connecting The Dots, Founder and Chief Communications Officer Kathleen Reid looks back on Klue’s dynamic talent search, more milestones for AbCellera, and the tech community’s inspiring flood-relief generosity in the midst of an […]
Techcouver’s Most Read Stories of 2021
It’s fair to say 2021 was an improvement on 2020. The pandemic recovery dominated tech – like all else – with many of us spending more time than ever in front of screens. Not surprisingly, Techcouver had a banner year with site traffic growing every month during 2021. As we look forward to a much […]
Ryan Holmes’ LOI Venture Invests In Employee Engagement Platform WFHomie
Ryan Holmes’ new venture fund has made its first investment. LOI Venture, a collaboration between Holmes and New Avenue Capital’s Manny Padda, has led a USD $1.5 million seed round in WFHomie, an employee engagement and distributed team culture platform. LOI Venture invests solely in early-stage startups who enrol in League of Innovators programs. Both […]