Victoria’s Tiny, the tech holding company known for acquiring standout, profitable brands, is expanding into the music tech space with the purchase of a majority stake in DJ software company Serato. Under the terms of the agreement, Tiny will acquire 66% of Auckland-based Serato for USD $66 million, a mix of cash and Tiny Class […]
Andrew Wilkinson
Amid Taxes Drama, Investor Tiny Rips Page from Warren Buffet’s Playbook
Investors on Vancouver Island are taking a page out of Warren Buffet’s old playbook. “If you own a Canadian business, there’s a vital reason why you should consider selling,” Andrew Wilkinson, cofounder of Tiny Foundation, posted recently on X. “By June 25, the capital gains tax on the sale of your business will soar.” Wilkinson […]
Victoria’s Tiny Acquires New York’s HappyFunCorp for $30 Million
Victoria-headquartered Tiny has acquired New York’s HappyFunCorp for USD $30 million in cash and stock. Founded in 2009 by Ben Schippers and Will Schenk, HappyFunCorp is a software engineering firm focused on designing products and experiences for the connected world. Co-CEO Schippers, along with Co-CEO Holly Zappa and COO Robb Chen-Ware, will continue to lead the […]
VRIFY’s $6 Million Boost: Unearthing the Future of Mining Communication and Virtual Reality
Vancouver’s VRIFY has raised a $6 million to fuel their market expansion plans and feature development. VRIFY is a mining communications technology platform that helps mining companies attract and secure investment through innovative tools. The Series A round was co-led by RCF Jolimont Innovation and Beedie Capital, with participation from Victoria’s Tiny. VRIFY offers 3D visualization technologies […]
Vancouver’s No Story Lost Takes Home Top Prize At Tiny Summit
Tiny Summit is an opportunity for a select group of entrepreneurial University of Victoria Gustavson School of Business alumni to compete for up to $24,000 in funding prize money. Sponsored by Victoria’s Tiny, the summit’s competition is for startups five years and younger that are looking to scale their business and reach their next milestone. […]
Connecting the Dots: January 2023
Each month, the team at Switchboard connects the dots between the trends, headlines and narratives informing the B.C. tech sector. Before we get started, some VERY exciting news: Switchboard has officially joined forces with Earnscliffe Strategies! The acquisition will combine the world-class experience, expertise and resources of Earnscliffe, a national leader in strategic communications, government […]
Victoria’s Tiny Capital To Go Public On TSXV Through Reverse Merger
Publicly traded WeCommerce has entered into an agreement with Victoria’s Tiny Capital and a WeCommerce subsidiary to combine their businesses in an all-share transaction. While the arrangement looks like a merger, in reality it is a reverse merger as Tiny Capital will own 75% of the company and Tiny’s co-founders will become CEOs of the […]
No-code Platform Frontly Raises Round From West Coast Investors
Victoria’s Frontly has raised a $350,000 round to grow their custom internal admin tooling platform in the burgeoning no-code market space. No-code is an approach to designing and using applications that doesn’t require any coding or knowledge of programming languages. This type of software is part of the self-service movement that empowers business users to create, […]
Endur Apparel Rebrands to Outway Socks After $3.2 Million Investment
One of North America’s leading performance sock brands, Victoria’s Endur Apparel has just announced a refreshed brand identity with Outway as its new name. The company’s new brand positioning will be fuelled by a $3.2 million investment led by Andrew Wilkinson of Tiny. Other investors include Shane Parrish, Jason Warner, Jonathan Becker, Rasool Rayani, Ben Moore, Tobyn Sowden, Janene Scordo, Tina Swinton, Rajiv Khaneja, and Carla Matheson. Outway was […]
VINN To Revolutionize The Automotive Retail Model
The automotive sales and distribution model has largely been the same since the 1980s, with little change taking place despite technology revolutionizing other industries. The automotive industry as a whole has not adapted to the shift to online as quickly as many had predicted. Although consumers have moved online, veteran automotive OEMs still sell the […]