For the first time this year, Entrepreneurship Immersion Week 2023 will be hosting a regional ecosystem startup pitch event featuring companies across our province who are creating transformative solutions in climate, human health and social impact. The Regional Ecosystem Showcase will feature 10 companies across the province who’ve proven market traction and are ready to […]
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Three Women-Founded Businesses Celebrated at The Odlum Brown Forum Pitch Finale
Canadian charity, The Forum, has announced the three winners of this year’s Odlum Brown Forum Pitch Finale. The event is aimed at mentoring, educating and empowering women entrepreneurs in their business endeavors, and the three finalists each received a grand prize package worth $37,750 to help fund and fast-track their business goals. The recipients of […]
Early Stage Fundraising Tips for Female Founded Startups
Our local TiE Vancouver chapter is hosting a series of learning, mentoring and networking events for operators of startups and scaleups. After a series of sold-out events, they’re at it again on May 18th with a panel on early stage fundraising for female founded startups. Spearheaded and moderated by TiE Vancouver’s Maninder Dhaliwal, the speaker […]
MintList, QUIL, and VodaSafe Are Finalists At The Odlum Brown Forum Pitch
The Forum is a Canadian charity that mentors, educates and empowers women entrepreneurs. For 20 years they’ve been supporting businesses big and small. Now in its 7th year, The Odlum Brown Forum Pitch is a program that helps women entrepreneurs navigate and fast track their funding journey. Addressing the barrier of access to capital, The Forum Pitch gives […]
Six Hardware Startups in BC You May Not Have Heard Of
Most startups today are digital-first. Such enterprises are typically easier to launch, and statistics suggest they’re more likely to get funding and survive than their hardware counterparts. “As hard as it is for all tech startups, it’s even more difficult for consumer hardware companies,” affirms a report from CB Insights, which found that 97% of consumer hardware […]
BC Tech Crowns Winners of 2022 Technology Impact Awards
Now in their 29th year, the Technology Impact Awards (TIAs) have never had more reasons to celebrate than they did last night at the Vancouver Convention Centre. Ambition was the theme of the 2022 TIAs and through the evening’s celebration 45 TIAs finalists across 12 categories were honoured. Staged before a sold-out crowd at the Vancouver Convention […]
Connecting The Dots: September 2022
Each month, the team at Switchboard Public Relations connects the dots between the trends, headlines and narratives informing the B.C. tech sector. For September’s Connecting The Dots, the team breaks down recent funding announcements and multimillion-dollar M&A action, shines a spotlight on BC Tech’s first-ever Dragon’s Den Pitch Night, and explores new partnerships. Funding flows […]
Four Startups Emerge From Dragon’s Den As Finalists For 2022 TIAs
The BC Tech Association’s first-ever Dragon’s Den Pitch Night was held yesterday at Microsoft’s offices in downtown Vancouver. The unique pitch event was part of the 2022 Technology Impact Awards (TIAs), which celebrate outstanding B.C. companies that have made significant, positive impacts on the province’s tech sector, and deserve recognition for generating jobs, investment and […]
BC Tech Hosts Dragon’s Den Pitch Night
BC Tech is hosting their first ever Dragon’s Den Pitch Night for the #2022TIAs tomorrow. The event will feature all 10 finalists of the #2022TIAs Company of the Year – Startup Award category as they pitch to our esteemed panel of judges. This year’s Company of the Year – Startup Award finalists are: Arya Health […]
10 B.C. Startups to Keep an Eye on in 2022
The BC Tech Association recently announced the finalists for the 2022 Technology Impact Awards. BC Tech announced 48 finalists across 12 Technology Impact Award categories who achieved exceptional success in the past year. “Ambition” is the theme for this year’s awards. “What is thrilling about this year’s 48 finalists is that they represent exceptional ambition […]