This year the winners of the 2020 Technology Impact Awards (TIAs) were announced virtually. Unlike previous years where the winners were showered with attention at an in-person gala event, this year the awards were presented online. Produced by the BC Tech Association, the TIA awards represent the cream of an impressive crop of innovative ventures […]
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What These 3 Successful Vancouver SaaS Companies Have In Common
In the past two years, three of my Vancouver-based Software-as-a-Service clients achieved significant growth milestones, or what we often refer to as an “event.” Lendesk was acquired in 2018, klue recently announced a $15 million Series A round, and 7Geese was acquired by Paycor a few weeks ago. In my quest to improve upon my […]
Eight High-Growth Vancouver Tech Companies To Watch
The Globe and Mail has published their second annual ranking of Canada’s Top Growing Companies and the list of 400 businesses sprawl across sectors, from fashion to finance, and manufacture everything from medical testing devices to organic pasta. Techcouver has poured over the list to uncover Vancouver’s gems of entrepreneurial success, whether they be companies […]
Klue Raises $15 Million From David Sacks’ Craft Ventures
Vancouver startup Klue has raised a $15 million Series A funding round led by Silicon Valley’s Craft Ventures. Klue helps companies collect and curate hard to find competitive intelligence, combining the best of what the web knows about your competition with the best of what your employees know into a single repository. This combined source […]
BC Tech Association Announces Finalists for 2020 Technology Impact Awards
The BC Tech Association took to Zoom today to announce the finalists for the 2020 Technology Impact Awards (TIAs). BC Tech President and CEO Jill Tipping joined co-host Riaz Meghji online to announce the finalists live amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This year the theme of the B.C.’s largest and longest-running tech awards program is “Purpose,” […]
Rocket Builders Announces 2020 Ready to Rocket Lists
Rocket Builders has released its 18th annual “Ready to Rocket” lists. The “Ready to Rocket” lists are the only predictive lists of its kind in North America, requiring many months of sector and company analysis. These lists profile the B.C. technology companies that are best positioned to capitalize on the technology sector trends that will […]
5 More Homegrown B.C. Startups to Watch in 2020
Last month Techcouver kicked off the new year with a listicle tagging 10 Homegrown B.C. Startups to Watch in 2020 and the concept proved very popular. We’ve received many requests for additions to the list so we’ve decided to make it a monthly series. Please continue to suggest companies for consideration as often the most […]
Explore Your Career Options With Amazon And More
Exploring your career options in Vancouver? We’ve got the event for you! Produced in partnership with Techcouver, the Tech Talent Vancouver Job Fair is a unique recruiting event that connects Vancouver’s fastest growing companies with the top tech talent in the city. Throughout the evening, hiring company execs pitch a crowd of potential employees on […]
Why This Flourishing Startup is Staying—and Hiring—in Vancouver
You don’t have a clue how your competitor is doing so well. With Klue, you just might. Since emerging from stealth two years ago, Klue employs what it calls “competitive enablement” to help enterprises boost sales—by finding out what is and isn’t working for your competitors. If the capitalist market is competitive—and who could argue […]
BC Founders Selected for 11th Annual Metabridge Event
Metabridge has announced the top founders of its 2019 Canadian scale-up program. Now in its 11th year, Metabridge supports Canadian technology CEO’s and founders with programs and executive events to help grow their network. “We started this program to connect Canada to Silicon Valley, but over the last 11 years it’s developed into a community of […]