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Vancouver Startup Week 2020

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Speakers

Cassandra Ratcliffe Shopify

Shopify

Josh MacIntyre

Grammarly

Gerard Pietrykiewicz

Golden Point Solutions

Kristoffer Vik Hansen

Spare

Waseem Javed

Manning Elliott

Prentice Durbin

Harper Grey

Joanne Norris

Futurpreneur

Joanne stone-campbell

Futurpreneur

Caledonia Glendale

Futurpreneur

Eric Grice

Boast.ai

Chin Chang

Classy Narwhal

Andy Crebar

Sapling

Carolyn MacLaren

Futurpreneur

Mina Haghighi

Futurpreneur

April Bellia

April May Bellia

Stephanie Sang

Granted Consulting

Kenneth Ip

Startup Grind

Tara Clark

Social T

Robert Cooper

PlusROI

Anastasia Hambali

BC Tech Association

Mark Williams

BC Tech Association

Minal Shankar

BC Tech Association

Praveen Varshney

BC Tech Association

Raphael Rocha

Global Startup School

Nicola Jones-Crossley

Futurpreneur

Camille Hunt

Valhalla Angels

David Rowat

Strategic Exits Corp

Dylan Hrycyshen

Small Business BC

Ruby Wang

Small Business BC

Steve Lukas

Harper Grey

Kimmy Kwok

BluMaan

Brandon Kazakoff

Traction

Collin Stewart

Traction

Pauline Leoncio

SFU Venture Labs

Tomas Skrinskas

Ascension Sciences Inc.

Colin Weston

Startup Vancouver

Annika Lui

Startup Vancouver

Kelsey Gernert Aina

Hubspot

Chris Stairs

Canada StartUp

Tanessa Shears

Tanessa Shears Coaching

Emily Kerr

BMO

Jay Rhind

Rhino Ventures

Melissa Woodside

Boscoriva Consulting

Priscilla Lam

SFU

Yogmaya Singh

UBC Sauder

Jan Natividad

Riipen

Jonathon Lee

KPU

Kathleen Reid

Switchboard PR

Andre Alie Day

The High Technology Facilities Group CBRE

Hannah Le

Prosperea

Connor Wilson

NiceJob Inc.

Lauren Adolphe

LifeLuxe

Bonnie Mah

BDO Canada

Bhavik Chauhan

OKR Financial

GEORGE HRISCU

Global Affairs Canada

Ramneet Sran

Global Affairs Canada

Jason Cheng

PwC

Irene Dorsman

Angel Forum

Tiffany Shen

Spring

Erin Brandt (she/her)

PortaLaw

Warren Thompson

Ollo Metrics

Lauren Van Woerden

Ollo Metrics

Alison Berg

SFU VentureLabs

Eric Enno Tamm

ThisFish Inc.

Magdaline Small

HubSpot

Natalie Serafini

Optigo Networks

Lesley Duncan

SFU VentureLabs

Chris Hobbs

TTT Studios

Chloe Thomas

McCarthy Tétrault

Selena Brown

McCarthy Tétrault

Amy Fong

McCarthy Tétrault

Leah Brighton

Mirae Talent & Executive Search

Lina Ismail

thinki3

Min FitzGerald

Clio

Amanda Nagy

Thinkific

Nicole Davidson

Beacon HR

Grace Shaw

McMillan

Rachel Bartholomew

Hyivy

Stephanie Gurski

Novellum Global

Pam Sauder

Novellum Global

Isabel Nolan (Volition)

Volition Advisors

Iain Rogers

entreflow consulting group

Christine Somerville

BDC

Kookai Chaimahawong

Pangaea Ventures

Rachel Jean-Pierre

Women in Tech World

Glorie Averbach

Women in Tech World

Nicola Jones-Crossley

Women in Tech World

Anand Athiviraham

Watson Goepel

Cameron Funnell

Watson Goepel

Jared Byrne

Pop Queen Cardio

Reagan Attle

Clio

Stephen Nairne

Indigenous Raven Capital Partners

Russ Armstrong

Boast.ai

Ciara Slattery

Sapling

Lanna Lucas

Hunter Browns

Gene Murphy

Startup Boost

Robert Piasentin

McMillan

Marissa Grootes

STIL

Pablo Tseng

McMillan

Chris Heard

Olive Technologies

elan Bailey

Startup Vancouver

Jim Thompson

SFU VentureLabs

Ryan Kuder

Techstars

Garret LaValley

Garibaldi Capital

Emily Gubski

UBC

Alain Rivere

The High Technology Facilities Group CBRE

Aliya Ramji

MT>Ventures

Bill McGraw

RECAST

Anna Chan

myMomentum

Grant Lawrence

Valhalla Angels

Lauren Isaacson

SFU VentureLabs

Dave Thomas

SFU VentureLabs

Thealzel Lee

E-Fund (VANTEC Entrepreneurs Fund VCC Inc)

Mike Volker

Angel Investor

Hans Knapp

Yaletown Partners

Connie Yang

SFU VentureLabs

John McDonald

RECAST

Vahid Shababi

Victory Square Technologies

Betty Hasker

Women in Tech World

Fatimah Younes

S.U.C.C.E.S.S.

Reza V. @OVOU

OVOU

Fiona Li

SFU VentureLabs

Mike Cheng

Lumen5

T M

Aright Greentech Canada

Lily Okamoto (FemTech)

THEY

Justin Young

Osler

Tony Yu

Vessi

Colin McWhinnie

Canada Startup

Elias Beaino

EDC

Mark Huvenaars

Orkabox

Bernadette Butler

StoryTap

Stephanie Andrew

Women's Equity Lab

Brenda Irwin

Relentless Venture Fund

Craig Smith

Manning Elliott

Duncan Kennedy

Futurpreneur

Isaac Kato

Techstars

Saif Hashmi

BDC

Laura Aveledo

Small Business BC

Javier Gotschlich

Hubspot

Brian Chan

Boast Capital

Dan Zollmann

Qase

Brian Johnson

Solar Earth

Evelyn Cerda

Valhalla Angels

Kevin Nelson

The High Technology Facilities Group CBRE

Loren Bergmann

The High Technology Facilities Group CBRE

Isaque Eberhardt

Agryo

Monica Oravcova

Naoris

Jens Bartenschlager

Fidectus

Kendall Raessler

Ownest

Alan Ringvald

Relativity6

Hans Frauenlob

Sentro

Paul Travis

Talem Health Analytics

Paul Brassard

Volition Advisors

tina shih

Global Affairs Canada

Maryam Mobini

to:Resonate

Geoffrey Hansen

Garibaldi Capital

Andrea Reimer

Strait Communications

Sean Hinton

SkyHive Technologies

Lukas Merhi

BioInteractive Technologies

Randy Thompson

Valhalla Angels

Arik Broadbent

Dentons

Sam El Falah

Holt Accelerator

Jan Christopher Arp

Holt Accelerator

Laura Webb

Osler

Leena Manro

All Purpose

Lee Ling Yang

WIT

Mike Winterfield

Active Impact Investments

Valerie Mann

Lawson Lundell

Lloyd Gerry

AbeBooks

afrothiti yannitsos

Lighthouse Labs

Charlyne Fothergill

CTO.ai

Pauline Lee

TTT Studios

aman mann

Procurify

Keira Roets

Beacon HR

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Switchboard PR

We help innovators and impact-makers create positive change by driving PR campaigns and communication strategies that get results.

TTT Studios

We build experiences and solutions for industry leaders and those with their sights set on the future.

Vancouver Startup Week

You enjoyed VSW2020? VSW2021 is May 21-28, 2021. You don't have to wait a full year this time! Come in to claim your early bird pass.

Boscoriva Consulting

Boscoriva Consulting offers winning business plans for investors looking to expand to Canada for corporate immigration (ICT and BCPNP Visas), and for those startups ready to apply for finance or grants.

Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association (DVBIA)

The Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association (DVBIA) supports, promotes and represents the shared interests of 8,000 businesses and property owners in the central 90-block area of Vancouver’s downtown core.

Dream Bravely

Dream Bravely is an award-winning production house with a serious vision and mission to tell great, visual stories.

Futurpreneur

Futurpreneur is the only national, non-profit organization that provides financing, mentoring and support tools to aspiring business owners aged 18-39.

Golden Point Solutions

We commit ourselves to provide excellent technical solutions, bringing ideas to life, and empowering teams.

Hubspot Inc.

HubSpot is a leading growth platform with thousands of customers around the world.

Grammarly

Grammarly’s digital writing assistant helps more than 20 million people write more clearly and effectively every day. In building a product that scales across multiple platforms and devices, Grammarly works to empower users whenever and wherever they communicate.

Manning Elliott

Manning Elliott LLP offers professional accounting, taxation and business advisory services with offices in Vancouver, Abbotsford, Surrey and Burnaby BC.

Mark V Ponce Design

Meet the head designer and Creative Director of VSW

McCarthy Tétrault

McCarthy Tétrault’s new division, MT❯Ventures, provides legal and non-legal services including mentors, industry experts, and access to capital, helping founders propel their businesses forward through all stages of their growth.

McMillan

McMillan provides flexible, agile, bespoke legal services at rates that make sense to Startups and Emerging Companies. We work with you at every stage in the startup lifecycle as part of your team, with the resources of a full-service national law firm. Visit us at mcmillanstartups.ca to learn more.

Novellum Global

Novellum provides expert SR&ED, grants, IP and financial consulting services to entrepreneurs, investors and firms at every stage, from start-ups to multinationals.

New York Institute of Technology

Explore New York Institute of Technology—a dynamic, highly ranked, and accredited not-for-profit university committed to educating the next generation of leaders, and to inspiring innovation and advancing entrepreneurship.

Osler

Osler is a leading business law firm practising internationally from offices across Canada and in New York.

Techstars

Techstars is the global platform for investment and innovation. We connect entrepreneurs, investors, and corporations.

Watson Goepel

We are an established multi-service law firm based in downtown Vancouver, with additional offices in Surrey and West Vancouver. We provide legal solutions in the areas of Business, Employment, Family, Personal Injury and Dispute Resolution.

Angel Forum

We are a non-profit organization and connect promising start-ups with accredited angel capital.

April May Bellia

Start-up entrepreneur consulting. Intuitive coaching. April Bellia.

Ascension Sciences Inc.

Nano Solutions, Macro Possibilities.

BC Tech Association

While our members focus on growing their businesses, BC Tech takes the lead in tackling the gaps and leveraging the strengths of our ecosystem.

Beacon HR

People geeks on a mission to build better, brighter, bolder workplaces.

BluMaan

BluMaan is a global leader in men's hair.

BMO

At BMO, banking is our personal commitment to helping people at every stage of their financial lives.

Canada StartUp

CanadaStartUp.com gets ventures off the ground.

Classy Narwhal

Sales + Revenue Optimization for B2B Tech Startups.

DJ Krista

“Be the change you want to see in the world”

DJ Neky

DJ Neky The Kid

DJ Pri

Pri's an accomplished DJ, sophisticated Musical Maven & Talent Booker. She spins at luxury weddings, opulent corporate events & Vancouver's high society.

Garibaldi Capital

Garibaldi Capital Advisors is a mid-market transaction advisory services firm focused solely on the Canadian technology market.

Government of Canada

The mandate of Global Affairs Canada is to manage Canada's diplomatic and consular relations, to encourage the country's international trade and to lead Canada’s international development and humanitarian assistance.

Global Startup School

The Global Startup School at Tamwood Careers is a new and exciting addition to the thriving Vancouver Startup Ecosystem, filling the gap between traditional, formal business education and accelerators.

Granted Consulting

We're grants experts in our field - so you don't have to be!

Holt Accelerator

AI Fintech Accelerator

Lighthouse Labs

Education done differently. Hands-on data science and web development training that will transform your career.

Lumen5

Turn blog posts & news articles into delightful shareable videos & stories using A.I. and machine learning.

New Ventures BC (NVBC)

New Ventures BC (NVBC) is here to help BC tech startups. New Ventures BC (NVBC) was initiated 20 years ago to support early stage tech startups. As a non-profit, they run the annual New Ventures BC Competition, a Distance Venture Acceleration Program, and the ISI grant program.

NEXT Canada

At NEXT we’re on a mission to build a nation of ambitious, lifelong entrepreneurs.

Ollo Metrics

Digital Marketing Agency: Data-Driven Marketing & Analytics For Digital Leaders

PlusROI

Performance-focused marketing. Based in Victoria BC - serving the US and Canada.

PortaLaw

We are employment and human rights lawyers solving your problems at work.

RECAST

Thesis-Driven Strategy & Innovation

Riipen

Riipen is enabling transformative opportunities for companies to collaborate with post-secondary students in real-time.

Sapling

Sapling is a People Ops platform that manages everything from onboarding to offboarding.

SFU VentureLabs

Accelerating science and technology-based new ventures, turning big ideas into profitable, sustainable businesses.

Shopify

We support independent businesses in every way possible; helping them start, sell, market & manage.

Small Business BC

Small Business BC provides entrepreneurs with the information and guidance necessary to build a solid foundation for their business.

Social T: Social Media Management, Strategy and Training

Our “Thought Leadership Masterclass” takes place on November 5, 2020.

Spring Activator

Helping impact entrepreneurs, investors, and entrepreneur ecosystem builders change the world by doing business better.

Startup Grind

World's largest startup community.

Startup Vancouver

A vibrant hub created by entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs at all stages to connect, learn, network and grow their ideas.

Tanessa Shears Coaching

Tanessa Shears is an expert on helping entrepreneurs biohack their health to optimize their body, brain & productivity with science.

The High Technology Facilities Group

The High Technology Facilities Group at CBRE Canada.

THEY

We develop menstrual products with womxn and end-cycle in mind.

Traction

Traction Conference brings you actionable strategies and tactics

Valhalla Angels

We Bring Founders and Investors Together

VGH and UBC Hospital Foundation

to raise money for their Most Urgent Needs Fund

Victory Square

Victory Square provides decades of management expertise, deep distribution networks and in-depth deployment knowledge to help startups scale globally.

Volition

Elevating entrepreneurship through skill-building training, events, and coaching for the global startup ecosystem.

Women in Tech World

We’re creating actionable steps to advance women in tech.