The Collision conference has set new records, gathering 37,832 attendees from 117 countries. Marking its last year in Toronto, Collision will transition to Web Summit Vancouver in May 2025, promising a new chapter for the renowned tech conference. This year, Collision celebrated a significant milestone with over 45 percent of startups (734) being women-founded, the […]
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Collision to Rebrand as Web Summit Vancouver, Move to West Coast for 2025
The idea of North American technology conference Collision moving from Toronto to Vancouver is not new. But fiction will soon be reality. With Collision sent to rock Toronto next week, the annual weeklong celebration of Canadian tech is moving to Vancouver in 2025, according to the event’s parent company, Web Summit. Web Summit officially confirmed […]
Four BC Startups Will Be Pitching Onstage At Collision 2023
2,000+ startups will be exhibiting at this week’s Collision Conference but only 70 have been selected to PITCH onstage live. PITCH is Collision’s startup competition that brings together the world’s leading early-stage startups to battle it out onstage. Among the 70 lucky startups to get stage time in Toronto is four that call British Columbia […]
Sorry Vancouver, Collision To Remain In Toronto For 2024
Collision – one of the world’s biggest tech events – confirmed today that it will host the 2024 event in Toronto. The event will bring together thousands of next-generation entrepreneurs, investors, and journalists from around the world. This year, Collision is expected to contribute $49 million to Toronto’s economy, according to projections from Destination Toronto. […]
Vancouver’s Impro AI Announces Seed Funding at Collision in Toronto
The Collision Conference returned to its first in-person event in two years this week, taking over Toronto’s Enercare Centre. It’s the largest international gathering of its kind in Canada since prior to the COVID-19 Pandemic, and the perfect backdrop for Impro.ai’s latest announcement. The Vancouver-based startup revealed at Collision that it has raised seed funding north […]
Dapper Labs’ Roham Gharogozlou Takes On Bill Gates On Collision Centre Stage
Vancouver’s own Roham Gharogozlou took centre stage on opening night of the Collision Conference in Toronto last night. The Dapper Labs CEO spoke with the Cut’s Lindsay Peoples about the future of NFTs. Their fireside chat included a response to Bill Gates’ view of NFTs – in which he claimed that they are a sham, […]
Two Vancouver Startups to PITCH at Collision Competition
The Collision Conference is returning to its first in-person event in two years, marking Toronto’s Enercare Centre June 20 through 23. The tech event will be the largest international gathering of its kind in Canada since prior to the COVID-19 Pandemic, with 35,000 attendees expected to convene in our nation’s fintech hotspot. “While we’ve successfully hosted Collision online […]
Vancouver Startups Ready for Collision in June
The Collision Conference is returning to its first in-person event in two years, marking Toronto’s Enercare Centre June 20 through 23. The tech event will be the largest international gathering of its kind in Canada since prior to the COVID-19 Pandemic, with more than 30,000 attendees expected to convene in our nation’s fintech hotspot. “While we’ve successfully […]
Countdown to Collision Comes To Vancouver on April 27th
Collision, the fastest growing technology event in North America, is coming to Vancouver next week. In the lead-up to the Collision Conference on June 20-23 select cities across Canada will be hosting Countdown to Collision events with the Vancouver edition taking place in the Fairmont Waterfront on April 27th from 6-9pm. Speakers on the night […]
10 Years of Startup Conferences & the Subtle Art of Connecting People
This past August 7th marks the 10th anniversary of the first startup conference in Hong Kong – we did it on a Saturday so it was adeptly named “Startup Saturday.” We got the venue Cyberport to sponsor the venue for 300 people, Microsoft sponsored the lunch, Rackspace did some lucky draws for that first iPad […]