In 2017, Hootsuite co-founder Ryan Holmes launched League of Innovators because there was a shortage of mentorship for young entrepreneurs. Today, Holmes is teaming up with fellow Vancouver angel Manny Padda to announce a $20 million venture fund called LOI Venture to address the shortage of capital for founders under 30. There was a shortage […]
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Connecting The Dots: November 2021
Bruce Claggett (Managing Director at Switchboard Public Relations) connects the dots between the trends, headlines and narratives that are informing the B.C. tech sector. This month, Bruce hones in on the players that are creating positive change in B.C. There is a sense of optimism in the industry that we want to shine a light […]
Thinkific Appoints First Chief Marketing Officer and New Chief Technology Officer
Vancouver’s Thinkific today announced two strategic appointments to its executive team. Henk Campher joins Thinkific as Chief Marketing Officer and Chris McGuire as Chief Technology Officer. The new executive appointments come on the heels of the company’s recent announcement on the first-of-its-kind Fiverr Store launch which matches Course Creators with skilled digital freelancers. Earlier in the […]
Meet The B.C. Startups That Participated In Y Combinator’s Summer 2021 Demo Day
This week’s Y Combinator (YC) Summer 2021 Demo Day is in the books. The Silicon Valley accelerator’s 33rd Demo Day ever included sixteen Canadian tech startups and according to BetaKit it is the most Canadian companies the accelerator has ever had present at a Demo Day. Of the sixteen Canadian startups, 3.5 call B.C. home. […]
Cybersecurity Startup Cmd Acquired By Elastic
Vancouver cybersecurity startup Cmd has been acquired by Amsterdam-headquartered Elastic. Financial terms of the deal are not being publicly disclosed. Cmd’s technology provides runtime security for cloud infrastructure, helping organizations gain better visibility into processes that are running. The acquisition comes just days after Elastic announced the acquisition of build.security. With Cmd on board Elastic will […]
Victory Square Doubles Down On Top 10 Ranked Influencer Platform
Victory Square Technologies (VST) is investing a further $1 million into portfolio company Creator.co. The funds from the follow-on investment will be used to grow the existing platform and to complete the development of an add-on feature which will allow creators to launch their own digital currency powered by the blockchain. Launched in 2018, Creator.co […]
Connecting The Dots: July 2021
Each month, Kathleen Reid (Founder + Managing Director at Switchboard Public Relations) connects the dots between the trends, headlines and narratives that are informing the BC tech sector. Following a two-month hiatus, she resumes CTD’s regular monthly schedule by shedding light on BC Tech’s New Economy Report, recent acquisitions by BC’s biggest tech companies, and […]
11 B.C. Tech Companies Named To 2021 Narwhal List
The Narwhal Project identifies a set of young Canadian companies that have the potential to become successful on the world stage. The Narwhal List sheds light on the ability of firms to scale up and reach world-class status. 2020 was another remarkable year for Canadian Narwhals and eleven companies from B.C. made the cut. The […]
Fintech Unicorn Chime To Employ 100 In Vancouver By End Of 2021
The trend is undeniable. Tech companies hailing from San Francisco are setting up shop in Vancouver to gain access to our strong talent base. This trend shouldn’t surprise anyone. The strongest economic argument in Vancouver’s pitch to Amazon to build their HQ2 was that the city’s tech workers have the “lowest wages of all North […]
Silicon Valley Startup Chime To Employ 100 In Vancouver By End Of 2021
One month ago Silicon Valley’s Chime added a Mobile Software Developer role to the Techcouver job board. At first blush it looked like the San Francisco-headquartered fintech was simply posting a remote role. Chime tested the Vancouver waters back in 2019 when they worked with Terminal to hire technical employees North of the border on […]