Vancouver’s Boast has added to its c-suite with hiring of Shahed Khalili as Chief Product Officer. Khalili joins the research and development (R&D) and tax credit intelligence platform with 20 years of experience designing and delivering SaaS products in the governance, risk, compliance, and banking industries. Prior to joining Boast, he served as Vice President […]
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How AI Is Moving R&D Tax Credits From The Rearview Mirror To The Cutting Edge
With so much competition in the tech and venture capital spaces, companies are always looking for a way to maximize returns on their innovations and investments. Whether it’s a new platform, unique product, or breakthrough study, innovation is essential to growth. The trouble is, those investments don’t always yield returns. I sat down with Alok […]
Boast Names Veteran SaaS Executive As CEO To Scale Company
Vancouver-born Boast has named Alok Tyagi CEO for the next phase of the company’s growth. Boast is a fast-growing fintech that helps businesses automate the cumbersome process of preparing and financing Research and Development (R&D) tax credit claims. The new CEO has helped scale companies from low revenue to hundreds of millions of dollars, with […]
SR&ED Automation Pioneer Boast Rebrands
Innovative companies grow an impressive 260% faster than average companies. Boast’s mission is to help companies innovate faster through tax incentives and R&D intelligence. Over the past five years, SR&ED automation pioneer Boast has grown from what was once a small team to 100+ strong across the globe—all on a mission to help innovative companies […]
BC Tech Announces Winners of 2021 Technology Impact Awards
Now in their 28th year, the Technology Impact Awards (TIAs) have never had more reasons to celebrate than they did last night at Science World. The sold-out TIAs Gala returned to an in-person format while also broadcasting the event live to the tech community. “It was wonderful to come together as a community and experience […]
BC Tech Unveils Finalists For 2021 Technology Impact Awards
The BC Tech Association has announced the finalists for the 2021 Technology Impact Awards (TIAs). “Throughout the COVID-19 crisis the province’s tech sector pulled together to support our communities, help small business to adopt technology, provide reskilling programs and put workers displaced by Covid into new jobs in the tech sector,” said Jill Tipping, BC […]
Boast Expands Leadership Team with Industry Heavyweights
Vancouver-headquartered Boast is putting their recent fundraising dollars to work. The Scientific Research & Experimental Development (SR&ED) tax credit platform has added a new board member and three new executives to its c-suite. Laurie Schultz joins Boast’s board of directors. She was most recently the CEO of Galvanize, a SaaS Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC) […]
Boast.AI Adds $100 Million In Fuel For Financing Startups
Boast.ai has secured a $100 million credit facility from New York’s Brevet Capital to launch an innovative financing platform enabling startups to receive cash advances on R&D tax credits and subsidies. This new financing is in addition to the $30 million Series A Boast.ai announced in December. Boast.ai’s flagship software product automates the complex process […]
Boast.ai Raises $30 Million To Revolutionize SR&ED Tax Credits with AI
Vancouver-headquartered Boast.ai has raised a CAD $30 million Series A funding round for its AI-powered platform that automates the complex process of claiming R&D tax credits. The round was led by Radian Capital. With the investment Boast.ai will further develop their platform to better serve their nearly 1,000 customers, launch new products to help companies […]