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PRESIDENT: Alvin Brouwer PUBLISHER AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, BUSINESS IN VANCOUVER; VICE-PRESIDENT, GLACIER MEDIA: Kirk LaPointe EXECUTIVE EDITOR: Hayley Woodin DESIGN: Petra Kaksonen PRODUCTION: Rob Benac CONTRIBUTORS: Nelson Bennett, Glen Korstrom, Tyler Orton RESEARCHERS: Anna Liczmanska, Albert Van Santvoort SALES MANAGER: Laura Torrance ADVERTISING SALES: Blair Johnston, Corinne Tkachuk, Chris Wilson ADMINISTRATOR: Katherine Butler

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8 ACROSS THE METAVERSE Vancouver’s potential as a Web3 hub 14 SHIFTING GEARS Talent demand persists despite hiring slow-down 18 BOTTLING THE SUN Fusion energy companies chart major milestones 22 GROWN IN B.C. How local tech can help fill food security gaps 26 AGRITECH INNOVATION How local tech can help fill food security gaps COLUMNS 6 TIPPING: A new economic narrative for B.C. 12 HOLLINGSHEAD: Wild ride for tech talent market 17 EARTHY: A balanced impact investment approach 21 KAHLON: Fostering tech and innovation in B.C. SPECIAL CONTENT 28 2022 Technology Impact Awards 36 LIST: Biggest B.C. (non-mining) mergers and acquisitions of 2021 37 LIST: Biggest life sciences companies 38 LIST: Top 100 tech companies in B.C. 43 LIST: Biggest digital and media agencies 44 LIST: Biggest digital arts companies 45 LIST: Biggest software companies 46 LIST: Biggest communications tech firms 47 LIST: Biggest alternative energy companies 48 LIST: Biggest tech companies by revenue

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MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR

WELCOME TO THE FUTURE As we prepared to go to press, the world was celebrating the first official International NFT Day. This day has a deep Vancouver connection: Five years ago, the CTO of Vancouver-based Dapper Labs published ERC-721, the standard on Ethereum from which non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are built. This publication coined the term NFT – a term that, in the years since September 2017, has rocketed into the mainstream.

This is exemplary of the exciting – and rapid – evolution of technology in the 21st century. Terms that would have been obscure or unknown to many of us (this writer included) a mere half-decade ago now lead headlines, and headline sold-out events.

The metaverse is another example, and there is excitement building in Vancouver about the city’s potential to be a hub for the development of future digital

worlds and Web3 opportunities. This possibility is explored in our lead feature (page 8).

There is surrealism to some of this futurism. But in the pages ahead, we endeavour to show you the real-world potential and importance of the innovations taking place in British Columbia.

Richmond-based General Fusion (page 18) is one step closer to “bottling the sun” and commercializing fusion power.

And Langley-based CubicFarm Systems (page 22) is one of several home-grown companies whose tech could help address critical food insecurities.

B.C.’s future will be powered by tech, writes BC Tech CEO Jill Tipping (page 6), and the faster we realize this, the faster we can mobilize to invest in, support and grow the province’s tech potential.

There are, after all, serious challenges on the horizon. The future, for all of the

opportunity and possibility it may bring, we also be shaped by climate change, pandemics and significant economic and monetary shifts. B.C.’s short-term outlook includes continued labour shortages, inflation, recessionary challenges and economic uncertainty.

Tech is not a panacea. It can’t save us from inaction, nor can it force us to make some of the difficult decisions that lie ahead. But it can give us hope. It can create new worlds of opportunity, and it can create life-saving, environmentally conscious solutions for the physical world we share. The future can be bright.

Regardless, it’s here.

Hayley Woodin Executive editor, BIV Editor, BIV Magazine hwoodin@biv.com

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A NEW ECONOMIC NARRATIVE FOR B.C.: A TECH-POWERED FUTURE Steps must be taken to scale the province’s tech potential

JILL TIPPING

At BC Tech, we want to make B.C. the best place to build a tech company by helping startups grow into scale-ups and anchors – the large companies that drive both B.C.’s tech sector and the economy.

B.C. has long had a thriving startup tech sector. Startups are a vital and essential part of the ecosystem. That’s why BC Tech launched our BCTech4Startups program in 2021. And it’s why we were delighted to expand the 2022 Technology Impact Award for Startup of the Year to feature 10 exceptional finalists, boost their profiles and accelerate their growth.

We must help more of B.C.’s startups to scale up. KPMG Canada’s 2020 British Columbia Technology Report Card found that of the 11,000 tech companies in B.C., only 220 employ at least 100 people. That’s just 2% and it is not enough.

There’s an oft-repeated myth in B.C. that when tech companies get acquired, the companies and their jobs leave the province. That may have been true 30-plus years ago, but a lot has changed over three decades and today, it is the exception, not the rule. Tech talent is the constrained resource these days. So now when a company is acquired, the new investor buys the team as much as the business. The jobs stay.

But at BC Tech, we are more ambitious for B.C. than that. Here is the mission we must embrace: To ensure that far more than 2% of our tech companies grow into resilient scale-ups and anchor companies. Let’s make that number 10% not 2% and build another 1,000 scale and anchor companies that will deliver long-term economic strength and stability.

There’s a key role here for BC Tech to serve directly.

Our track record of delivering high-impact accelerator programming to support startups to grow into the next generation of B.C. scale and anchor companies is second to none. An independent third-party audit of BC Tech found the return on $1 invested in our programs was $14 in gross domestic product (GDP) and $9 in incremental tax revenues for government. Those are exceptional rates of return. But the mission to grow a pipeline of 1,000 more scale and anchor companies for B.C. cannot be delivered from the resources of BC Tech members alone – it also needs the leverage of targeted government investment.

Alongside realizing the potential of individual B.C. tech companies, we also want to realize the tech-powered potential of B.C.’s economy.

Over the past three decades, a massive shift occurred as B.C. rapidly became a knowledge- and service-driven economy. Today, the province’s services sector (which includes tech) accounts for 80% of B.C.’s jobs, 75% of its GDP and 50% of its exports.

Tech company size by jurisdiction

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BC’s Biggest tech companies are small The threshold to be one of the largest 10% of tech companies in BC is an employee count of 50. The comparable threshold for Canada is 100 which trails Germany at 150, Israel at 200, and California at 500.

Source: British Columbia Technology Report Card, KPMG Canada (2020)

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Corporate income: 14.1% Property: 6.8%

Employer health: 6.3% Personal income 32.5% PTT: 6.1% Carbon: 4.9% Fuel: 2.7% Sales 22.5%

Tobacco: 2.1% Insurance: 1.9%

Source: A new economic narrative for BC: BC’s fiscal future, BC Tech (2022)

Over the past year, BC Tech has published four publications in our ‘New Economic Narrative for BC’ series.

We have reviewed the current state of the B.C. economy, how global trends are reshaping economies around the world and what B.C. needs to do to position our economy to stay competitive. We have explored the real sources of government revenues (spoiler alert: it is people and their taxes, not resource royalties). We’ve addressed how to advance B.C.’s manufacturing sector and build more resilient supply chains. And we’ve quantified the talent gap we’ll face in B.C. in the coming decade, when industry demand will outstrip talent supply by at least 100,000 and perhaps by as many as 200,000 roles.

We’ve been urging Canada’s and B.C.’s governments to take three key steps to realize the potential of a tech-powered economy for B.C.: 1. Embrace technology and innovation as the critical driver of economic growth and resilience, with increased investment in tech talent and support to help entrepreneurs scale; 2.Increase access to education and skills training, and invest in the infrastructure of the services economy; and 3. Capture better data on B.C.’s economy to identify the real economic drivers of long-term prosperity and competitiveness in the knowledge economy.

At BC Tech, we will continue to press for these three priorities. We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform British Columbia’s economy and we must seize it. É Jill Tipping is president and CEO of the BC Tech Association.

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ACROSS THE METAVERSE A new tech frontier and Vancouver’s potential to be a hub for Web3 innovation

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nvestment firm Republic Realm made headlines last fall when it spent US$4.3 million to buy a digital property located in the Sandbox metaverse.

That surpassed the US$2.4 million that Tokens.com spent months earlier to buy 6,090 square feet of real estate on the Fashion Street of metaverse platform Decentraland – a move intended to help it host digital fashion events and sell virtual clothing for users’ avatars.

While these virtual land purchases reveal corporate gusto in embracing new digital worlds, some critics lambaste the idea.

Billionaire investor Mark Cuban recently told the Altcoin Daily podcast that buying virtual real estate is “super-meta immaculately dumb” because there is no scarcity, unlike real-world real estate.

Fortunately, companies have other ways to dip their toes in metaverses.

Bacardi Ltd.’s vodka brand Grey Goose operated a virtual VIP lounge in Decentraland during the U.S. Open tennis championship in September.

Visitors played games and bellied up to a virtual bar to learn cocktail recipes.

Decentraland is one of many virtual worlds, or metaverses. Social media platform Facebook last year opened its metaverse platform Horizon Worlds to everyone 18 years and older in the U.S. and Canada. It then rebranded as Meta – short for metaverse – to show its faith in a future where immersive, three-dimensional virtual worlds thrive.

Metaverses started in the early 2000s, when online multimedia platform Second Life allowed people to create avatars for themselves, interact with others and buy clothes and other virtual goods. It has since morphed to include a dizzying range of platforms.

Plenty of tech-savvy consumers and investors envisage metaverses and what some call Web3 – the third iteration of the Internet – to be a big part of humanity’s future.

Hardware sales demonstrate that the space is nascent.

Research giant IDC says it expects global headset sales to reach 50 million by the end of 2026. That compares with nearly 1.5 billion smartphones sold annually worldwide today.

Using a headset, however, is not necessary to enter a metaverse, explains gaming giant Electronic Arts Inc.’s (EA) vice-president of strategy, Dan Box. “The metaverse is an immersive, interactive three-dimensional environment where you and I can be hanging out in a room together should we choose to – virtually, where we’re not exactly in the same room but it looks and feels and we act like we are,” he explains.

That engagement could happen on computers or TV screens if not via a headset.

EA, which has a large campus in Burnaby, is not primarily focused on the metaverse, but it has products that are played on virtual headsets or VR platforms, Box says.

INVESTING IN THE METAVERSE

Excitement about metaverses and Web3 has started to inspire investors.

Vancouver’s Dapper Labs has raised a total of US$750 million through its Ecosystem Fund.

The company is best known for its online marketplace NBA Top Shot, which enables people to buy and sell digital collectibles, such as video highlights of NBA games, in the form of non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

Sequoia Capital, FTX Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz led a US$135 million financing round in March for Vancouver’s LayerZero Labs. Coinbase Ventures, PayPal Ventures, Tiger Global and Uniswap Labs were among other investors.

“We have a technology layer,” explains LayerZero CEO Bryan Pellegrino. “We connect blockchains and allow different blockchains to communicate with each other.”

This solves frustration among blockchain users as they often find the process of shifting assets between blockchains to be cumbersome and time consuming, Pellegrino says.

His platform enables messages to be sent back and forth.

Future revenue for LayerZero would come from charging tiny fees to send those messages or to transfer assets.

Data transfers could be from a gamer who on one blockchain has conquered a king in a video game, and who wants

THE POTENTIAL FOR WEB3, IN PARTICULAR, IS REALLY SPECIAL. VANCOUVER IS THE ONLY CITY IN THE WORLD THAT HAS A WORLD-LEADING FILM AND ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY, A LEADING VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY AND INCREDIBLY STRONG ENGINEERING TALENT COMING OUT OF THE UNIVERSITIES AND COMPANIES HERE j Chris Neumann General partner Panache Ventures

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THE METAVERSE IS AN IMMERSIVE, INTERACTIVE THREE-DIMENSIONAL ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOU AND I CAN BE HANGING OUT IN A ROOM TOGETHER SHOULD WE CHOOSE TO – VIRTUALLY j Dan Box Vice-president of strategy Electronic Arts

EA vice-president of strategy Dan Box says the metaverse will be accessible even without a headset • CHUNG CHOW

to update information from that acquisition into an avatar on another blockchain, Pellegrino says.

Large established companies, such as Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase & Co., also have their own blockchains, across which users may need to communicate.

“Maybe you have a trade that settles on the Goldman chain, and they need to tell the JPMorgan chain about it,” Pellegrino says. “There needs to be communication between those, and that’s what we do. We’re a layer of communication.”

Smaller Vancouver companies have also attracted capital.

AMPD Ventures Inc. raised about $3.2 million when it went public on the Canadian Stock Exchange in 2019.

Since then it has raised another $13 million in four private placements that included mostly Canadian investors, such as Canaccord Genuity and Varshney Capital Corp.

One AMPD subsidiary makes the underlying infrastructure that is needed before users can create and distribute metaverse content. Its second subsidiary brings the physical world into the metaverse through holograms made by 106 cameras in a green-screen room. Future technology users will be able to view real-world boxing matches fought in the green-screen room through the eyes of the fighters, CEO Anthony Brown tells BIV Magazine.

Brown says he believes Vancouver is poised to become a hub city for metaverse-related companies such as his own, because of the city’s wealth of talent in the video game and film sectors.

Pellegrino, who has visited more than 80 countries and lived in more than a dozen cities around the world, similarly says

he believes in Vancouver’s potential.

When he first visited Vancouver about a decade ago, he thought the U.S. was siphoning off too much of the city’s technology talent, and that there was not sufficient access to local capital.

That has changed.

“Now you have your Amazons and your other large companies here,” Pellegrino says.

“A kid who is fresh out of college can get a good job here, work for a year or two, realize that working for big companies sucks – then go and start his own company and still be here in Vancouver, not in the Bay Area.”

Industry advocates are courting international capital to support and grow the opportunities available in Vancouver.

Dan Burgar co-founded Frontier Collective, a coalition of technology, culture and community leaders, which presented its Frontier Summit on August 9 and 10 to coincide with the Special Interest Group on Graphics and Interactive Technologies (SIGGRAPH) conference in Vancouver.

“We probably had about 200 people for the dinners that we held, and the core was 80 people – 40 local and 40 global,” Burgar says of his summit.

The global participants in the summit included what Burgar called “top investors” and influencers who are helping shape what the metaverse looks like, and how Web3 evolves.

His dream is to create a physical office hub in Vancouver that contains up to 150,000 square feet of space and functions like a magnet for the local metaverse and Web3 ecosystem.

“Most of the vibrant innovation ecosystems in the world have some sort of centre of gravity for innovation,” Burgar says. “So you see Newlab in New York City, and STATION F in Paris. Vancouver essentially needs a place where the ecosystem can be.”

Burgar has not specifically asked the B.C. government to implement tax credit incentives to draw companies in this niche, but he says he wants governments to “sit at the table and look at how they can participate.”

The BC Tech Association is also launching what it calls a metaverse C-council this fall. C-councils help executives share insights, best practices and common challenges.

CAPITAL TAKES NOTE OF WEB3 OPPORTUNITIES

Local venture capital firms are starting to take notice of the B.C.’s emerging metaverse ecosystem.

Panache Ventures’ general partner Chris Neumann calls Version One Ventures LLC a “godfather firm” in terms of funding to the sector.

Version One’s founding partner Boris Wertz has recently

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Frontier Collective founder Dan Burgar held a summit in August to attract international investment into Vancouver’s metaverse niche • ROB KRUYT

focused on cryptocurrencies and Web3 technologies among other investing niches. He made his fortune in e-commerce by co-founding JustBooks in 1999 in Germany and selling it to Victoria-based AbeBooks, where he remained an executive until Amazon.com Inc. in 2008 bought the company for what analysts estimated to be more than US$100 million.

Wertz was an early founder of Dapper Labs, which last year was valued at US$7.6 billion.

Neumann, a Vancouverite and Simon Fraser University graduate, attended graduate school in California and made his fortune as a serial investor – founding and selling various Silicon Valley firms, many for undisclosed amounts.

“At this point we’ve made four investments in the Web3 space,” he says of Panache.

They include Big Whale Labs, BeatDapp, MetaCommerce and one that Neumann was not yet able to reveal.

He is giddy about Vancouver’s potential to create a world-leading cluster of metaverse and Web3 companies.

“Vancouver as an ecosystem is globally unique,” Neumann says. “The potential for Web3, in particular, is really special.

Vancouver is the only city in the world that has a world-leading film and entertainment industry, a leading video game industry

and incredibly strong engineering talent coming out of the universities and companies here.”

Duncan Stewart, Toronto-based director of research for technology and media with Deloitte, has a more sobering view.

He agrees that Vancouver has a capable talent pool that has emerged from film and gaming, but warned that it is far too early to tell where future metaverse technology clusters will sprout.

“When you ask who’s the leader in Canada in the metaverse, the answer is nobody yet – it’s much too early,” he says.

“There are hardware issues, software issues, communications and connectivity issues, pricing, consumer acceptance – the list of reasons why the metaverse is a way off is pretty long.”

Stewart said he doubts there will be a decent-sized consumer market for the metaverse for about a decade, and perhaps three to five years for enterprise customers.

“It would be really hard to say which city in Canada will be in the lead,” he says.

“Ottawa could be really strong because of communications.

Montreal has communications. Meanwhile, in terms of enterprise software, well, that’s probably Toronto, right? There is also a need for the computer science back-end stuff that Kitchener-Waterloo is so good for. É

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A WILD RIDE IN B.C.’S TECH TALENT MARKET Strong growth and international competition drive unprecedented turnover and salary increases

STEPHANIE HOLLINGSHEAD

As the dust settles following a year of booming growth, record-breaking venture capital and tales of doubling salaries, many are eager to understand the impact on compensation in B.C.’s tech sector. How did the ‘great resignation’ show up in B.C.? How are recent tech-sector layoffs affecting the industry as a whole?

W hile there are many theories around what’s been driving compensation, what we do know is that: ■ The sector has seen unprecedented voluntary turnover compared to previous years; ■ Average overall spend on salary increases rose significantly to 6.5%; and ■ B.C. tech company headcounts have expanded rapidly.

We’re pleased to share key highlights from our annual

tech talent salary survey. This year’s survey includes data from 30,000 incumbents at 216 Canadian tech companies.

WHAT CAUSED SUCH A SPIKE IN VOLUNTARY TURNOVER?

It was raining jobs.

Vancouver’s tech workforce has grown 63% in the past five years, according to CBRE Research’s Scoring Tech Talent 2022 report. The pace of growth has been breathtaking and is the highest workforce growth rate in all of North America.

This spring, 61% of the organizations in our survey were anticipating 2022 headcount growth to be higher than 2021 and 22% were anticipating it to be about the same. The influx of international companies setting up or expanding offices in Metro Vancouver has also continued.

Remote work opportunities exploded last year. Almost one quarter of the voluntary turnover in the sector this spring can be attributed to people leaving for remote

P:DĒÚÙĒ":PĒ+: KĒ D ± · ±ĒÅ · Ē· {Ē g±·{±·Ē Ä ĒªgÇĒ ĒÛÙÛÛ % increase in average salary for common incumbents

1. Manufacturing Engineer - intermediate

26.6%

2. Hardware, Electrical Engineer - fully competent

25.4%

3. Manufacturing Engineer - senior / lead

22.2%

4. 2D / 3D Concept Artist - entry

20.3%

5. Director, Research & Development

19.8%

6. Director, Product Management

18.7%

6. Software Testing - fully competent

18.7%

8. Production Coordinator - Film

17.8%

9. Production Manager - Digital / Gaming

17.4%

10. Animator - entry

16.8%

10. DevOps Developer / Engineer - fully competent

16.8%

Source: Tech Talent Survey, TAP Network (2022)

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roles with non-local companies. This is a new and significant pressure on our local tech sector employment market as we experience increased competition with global companies hiring people remotely.

Tech sector voluntary turnover averaged 18.5% this past year, with e-commerce, visual effects and animation, software products and services, artificial intelligence and data science, and technical and engineering services subsectors all seeing rates above 20%. In comparison, average turnover in the previous year was 10%.

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HOW DID COMPANIES RESPOND?

Cash.

The past year saw tech companies madly trying to compete for talent, providing significantly higher salaries, bonuses and stock grants to attract and retain employees. Last year the average overall spend on salary increases jumped to 6.5% from a five-year average of 3.8%.

An incredible 39% of the jobs in our survey saw average salaries increase by over 10%. To put that in perspective, we looked back at this data over the past five years and found the historic average to be 4.4%.

The average salary of a senior- or lead-level software developer in Vancouver is 10% higher this year at $134,100. While the hottest jobs were all technical, many executive positions and jobs in sales, marketing and human resources also saw average salaries grow by more than 10%.

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CASH ISN’T THE ONLY BENEFIT

HIGH INFLATION, RISING INTEREST RATES... WHAT NOW?

Tech companies have also been increasing health and well-being benefits to remain competitive and attract a more diverse workforce. Fertility drug and treatment coverage is now provided by 32% of tech companies, and fitness programs are offered by 22%. Mental health coverage amounts are increasing dramatically, particularly at larger tech employers. Gender affirmation coverage is also increasingly being added by tech employers.

Meanwhile, retirement plans are becoming more inclusive, with shorter waiting periods, socially responsible funds, taxfree savings account employer matching and simplified open enrolments. Unlimited paid time off is increasing in prevalence and is now provided by 9% of tech companies.

Perks are changing to accommodate more hybrid and remote work arrangements. Offerings such as flexible hours, working from home and paid time off to volunteer are increasing, while onsite office perks like showers, alcoholic drinks and free or subsidized food are decreasing. Additionally: ■ 99% of companies now offer the option to work from home; ■ 78% permit remote employees to live and work in a different province from the office; and ■ 37% now permit remote employees to live and work in a different country.

In an abrupt turn of events this summer, several tech companies laid off employees, sending hundreds of qualified local tech sector workers into the employment market. As interest rates rise and inflation hovers around 7% to 8%, many more companies are now taking a cautious approach to hiring and spending in general.

With more talent available, we are seeing the local talent market regain some equilibrium. Smaller tech companies should now be able to retain employees and hire the additional talent they need to grow their businesses. Moving forward, however, we should all expect continued pressure on local salaries as our talent market globalizes.

Hiring presents opportunities to diversify a workforce, salary increases present opportunities for pay equity and layoffs present opportunities to retain marginalized and racialized employees. If we are strategic about our actions, we can use these rollercoaster months to significantly increase the overall diversity and equity in B.C.’s tech sector. É Stephanie Hollingshead is CEO of the non-profit association TAP Network, which – since 1994 – has produced an annual salary survey to provide B.C. tech companies with in-depth local market data. TAP Network’s Tech Salary Survey is available for purchase at tapnetwork.ca

VANCOUVER’S TECH WORKFORCE HAS GROWN 63% IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS.… THE PACE OF GROWTH HAS BEEN BREATHTAKING AND IS THE HIGHEST WORKFORCE GROWTH RATE IN ALL OF NORTH AMERICA

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SHIFTING GEARS

Even as companies decelerate from hyper-growth hiring, tech talent demand persists in B.C.

TYLER ORTON

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he B.C. tech sector has been licking its wounds as of late after experiencing its most explosive period of growth in a generation.

After delivering more than a dozen unicorns – privately held firms valued at US$1 billion or more – in the span of about a year since December 2020, the West Coast tech ecosystem has seen a change of pace since January 2022, and a number of firms have let go of employees.

In a sector where it seems impossible to satiate the demand for talent, how is it that companies are willing to part with these highly coveted workers?

“These companies are obviously no longer in hypergrowth,” says Nicole Davidson, CEO of Vancouver-based Beacon HR, which provides human resources and recruitment services to tech companies.

“Many of them are, in fact, still hiring, but more strategically and with a lot more caution, which actually isn’t a bad thing.”

Davidson says tech workers laid off in 2022 have highly desirable skill sets and will land on their feet.

“It is going to take them longer to find their next ideal role and they won’t have multiple offers as they have maybe enjoyed in the previous couple of years,” she says, adding some might migrate to tech roles in other sectors.

“The more traditional industries are actually really going to benefit from having greater access to some of these tech workers and their skill sets.”

Those highest in demand within the tech sector include full-stack senior software engineers, those with expertise in data analytics, cybersecurity experts, software development and IT operations (better known as DevOps) workers and those with an abundance of experience with product and domain knowledge, according to Davidson.

But B.C. is still not meeting the demand for such workers within the tech industry, she adds.

Metro Vancouver experienced the highest surge of tech

Nicole Davidson is CEO of Vancouver-based Beacon HR, which provides human resources and recruitment services to tech companies • ROB KRUYT

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THESE COMPANIES ARE OBVIOUSLY NO LONGER IN HYPER-GROWTH.… MANY OF THEM ARE, IN FACT, STILL HIRING, BUT MORE STRATEGICALLY AND WITH A LOT MORE CAUTION, WHICH ACTUALLY ISN’T A BAD THING j Nicole Davidson CEO Beacon HR

employment (66%) across all North American tech hubs between 2016 and 2021, according to CBRE Research’s 2022 Scoring Tech Talent report.

The real estate services firm determined the region added a total of 44,600 jobs during that five-year period as more multinationals set up shop in the area and as homegrown companies expanded.

The report ranks Vancouver as the No. 8 tech hub in North America, owing in part to an exchange rate that makes it cheaper to hire workers and lease space.

Average wages for tech jobs in Vancouver stand at US$91,686 compared with US$122,341 in Seattle and US$139,907 in San Francisco.

Though the rise of remote working might lead one to believe there would be less demand to scoop up physical office space in B.C., big U.S. tech companies appear to be growing more comfortable securing space and hiring workers in the province to exploit lower operating costs.

Amazon, Microsoft, fintech company Tipalti and medical devices firm Masimo are among the American tech companies that have been expanding significantly in downtown Vancouver in recent years.

Local tech firms that recently reached unicorn status, including Trulioo, GeoComply and Galvanize, have also been increasing their footprint in the city’s downtown core.

Although none of those aforementioned B.C. companies announced layoffs this summer, the industry was hit with a high-profile round of dismissals in August.

Tech marketing firm Unbounce laid off nearly 50 workers

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SHIFTING GEARS

Hootsuite headquarters in Vancouver’s Mount Pleasant neighbourhood: The social media management company cut 30% of its workforce – at least 350 workers – in August • CHUNG CHOW

– 20% of its workforce – in early August. E-commerce company Article, best known for selling furniture, laid off more than 200 workers – 17% of its staff – that same week.

Hootsuite revealed the following week that it, too, would be letting workers go.

The social media marketing company, which has commanded the attention of the B.C. tech sector for more than a decade, announced it was cutting its workforce by 30% – a figure amounting to at least 350 workers.

Talent cutbacks within the industry began months earlier, when B.C. biotech Zymeworks cut 25% of its staff in January following founder Ali Tehrani’s departure as CEO. Losses there had grown to US$212 million by the end of fiscal 2021 – up US$41

million from a loss of US$171 million a year earlier.

Online course creation firm Thinkific Labs followed suit in March, cutting 20% of its team (100 workers) after posting a $26 million loss in its last fiscal year.

“More and more companies will cut staff in the months ahead,” says Ilya Brotzky, CEO of the VanHack Technologies recruitment firm.

“I anticipate the correction to last until the new year.”

He said the rate at which recently laid-off workers get hired at other companies will depend on their role.

“Many companies are still hiring tech talent,” Brotzky says.

“But other roles like talent acquisition or customer service might be a bit slower to find new opportunities.” É

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A BALANCED IMPACT INVESTMENT APPROACH TO ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL CHALLENGES InBC ready to invest with its triple bottom line mandate JILL EARTHY

To tackle some of the biggest challenges of our time, we need new ways of thinking and new models to support change. Here in British Columbia, we are seeing the drastic affects of climate change through extreme weather, as well as rising interest rates and a high cost of living connected to a shifting economic environment. Many businesses that have experienced tremendous growth over the past few years, particularly in the technology sector, are struggling as evidenced by recent layoffs.

InBC Investment Corp., a provincial Crown corporation, was created to be a different model of financing, taking a balanced approach focused on people, planet and profit. This triple bottom line mandate is outlined in the legislation passed in May 2021, which established it as a corporation, and is now being put into action as InBC forms its operations and begins investing. Its recently approved investment policy outlines four impact objectives, including: ■ Elevating inclusive communities; ■ Driving climate action; ■ Advancing reconciliation; and ■ Innovating for the future.

As an impact investment fund, InBC incorporates global impact investing standards to screen for investments that can demonstrate and measure how impact and inclusivity is embedded in business models, alongside the potential for financial returns. This aligns with current market conditions, which are prompting both investors and entrepreneurs to re-examine risk and value, and to recognize a more balanced approach to growth.

The emerging trend to balance sustainable and profitable growth is a correction from the previously celebrated

growth-at-all-costs model. Recognizing this approach will drive positive change, including elevating more underestimated founders, many of whom are already operating this way.

InBC will begin by investing in venture capital funds, focusing on early stage companies aligned with at least one of InBC’s impact objectives, and that has a strong connection to British Columbia.

InBC will support both established and emerging fund managers to further expand the innovation ecosystem in the province. Starting in 2023, InBC will explore opportunities to invest directly in private companies.

Its emphasis on innovation goes beyond the technology sector, extending to any sector or industry innovating for a clean and inclusive economy, including health, agriculture and the transition of traditional sectors.

InBC will also partner with other public and private funders to increase local capital sources for B.C. companies. In 2021, B.C.-based companies received the least amount of Canadian capital compared to companies in other provinces. By growing the local capital pool, companies that start in B.C. are more likely to stay and grow in the province, creating lasting economic benefits, including job creation and retention of intellectual property. When local investors invest in B.C. companies, the financial returns generated cycle back into the local economy. We have a significant opportunity in B.C. to think differently and to lead with innovative financing models to generate broad impact.

Through a collaborative, impactful and profitable approach, InBC is in position to enhance the innovation ecosystem and support the growth of strong, sustaining B.C. companies that are solving our most pressing issues.

The result of this balanced approach will be a stronger economy for British Columbians. É Jill Earthy is CEO of InBC Investment Corp.

WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITY IN B.C. TO THINK DIFFERENTLY AND TO LEAD WITH INNOVATIVE FINANCING MODELS TO GENERATE BROAD IMPACT

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BOTTLING THE SUN

Fusion energy companies mark significant milestones on path to harness the power of the sun NELSON BENNETT

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hen Burnaby-based General Fusion was founded in 2002, it was one of only three private startups chasing the Holy Grail of clean energy – fusion power.

Today there are 33, according to the Fusion Industry Association (FIA).

That’s on top of large fusion research projects, like the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor in France, Joint European Torus (JET) in the U.K. and National Ignition Facility in the U.S. Of the US$5 billion that private fusion companies have raised to date, US$2.8 billion of that was raised just in the last year, according to the FIA. “When the history books are written about fusion energy, the last 12 months will be seen as the turning point when it became clear that fusion would move out of the laboratories and into the marketplace,” the FIA says in its 2022 industry survey.

In November 2021, General Fusion closed a US$130 million Series E funding round that was US$10 million oversubscribed.

“The goal was, of course, to raise capital,” says Greg Twinney, who moved from CFO to CEO in July. “An almost equally important goal was to bring on the right types of investors – ones that would be able to take us from where we were previously funded through VCs [venture capital firms] and whatnot and bring on big global investors.”

Those Series E investors include Singapore’s Temasek,

the Jameel Investment Management Co., and the Business Development Bank of Canada.

“Those types of investors are ones that have a long view and have the types of capital we need to execute the program,” Twinney says.“We will be going back out to market later this year to do a Series F round of capital. I expect that it will be more than double than what we raised in the Series E.” General Fusion has marked some important technical and business milestones in the last 12 months, as have other fusion projects. The company’s headcount has increased from 60 to 200 and it is on the move in two directions.

The company is in the process of moving its headquarters from Burnaby to Sea Island, and it has begun site preparation for a demonstration machine in the U.K. The demonstration project is being built in partnership with the UK Atomic Energy Authority’s Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, which is the site of the JET fusion experimental reactor.

“That’s where recently one of their machines, one of the largest longest running machines in the world – JET (Joint European Torus) – hit a world record,” Twinney says. “We’re actually building our machine right beside theirs. That machine’s going to be our step-out from the

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General Fusion is one of the few companies taking a hybrid approach to fusion power. The company uses magnets to confine plasma, and pistons that fire synchronously to collapse the plasma and spark ignition • GENERAL FUSION

lab and into full-scale demonstration as the major last milestone to a commercial pilot plant. This is a massive, massive milestone.”

Far from seeing the space becoming too crowded, Twinney says the fact there are now more than 30 private companies pursuing fusion power is good for all involved. They all learn from each other’s successes and failures, and are creating momentum for the whole industry.

“Fusion is the future of energy – there is no doubt in my mind, and our minds,” Twinney says. “And the fact that others are recognizing that and investors are recognizing that is a good thing.”

Fusion power is considered the Holy Grail of clean energy because the fuel is plentiful – heavy hydrogen from seawater – it would produce zero greenhouse gases, there is no danger of meltdowns and the only radioactive substance produced is tritium, which has a very short half-life and is not waste per se because it is actually part of the heavy hydrogen fuel mix.

Most fusion companies are pursuing one of two approaches: Magnetic or inertial confinement. General Fusion is one of the few that is taking a more hybrid approach – magnetic confinement with pulse compression.

Fusion occurs when smaller nuclei are fused together under tremendous force into larger nuclei, with a release of energy occurring in the form of neutrons. It’s what happens in stars when gravitational force creates extreme heat that turns on the fusion engine.

Replicating that in a machine requires some form of confinement to squeeze plasma – a kind of super-hot fog of unbound positive and negative particles – to the point where nuclei fuse.

One approach is inertial confinement, in which lasers are focused

on a small capsule of heavy hydrogen fuel (deuterium and tritium) to create ignition. This takes a tremendous amount of energy, and the challenge for all fusion efforts is to get a sustained ignition that produces more energy than it takes to get ignition – called

General Fusion’s machine uses liquid metal spinning inside a chamber that acts as a protective barrier between the hot plasma and the machine • GENERAL FUSION

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BOTTLING THE SUN

This decade we will start to see commercial pilot plants built,” says General Fusion CEO Greg Twinney • ROB KRUYT

net energy gain.

The other main approach is magnetic confinement, using powerful magnets in a machine called a tokomak to contain and squeeze plasma into a donut-shaped form called a torus.

General Fusion uses magnets to confine the plasma, but to get ignition it uses pistons arrayed around a spherical chamber to fire synchronously to essentially collapse the plasma on itself and spark ignition.

General Fusion’s machine uses liquid metal spinning inside a chamber that acts as a protective barrier between the hot plasma and the machine – basically, a sphere of plasma contained within a sphere of liquid metal. This protects the machine from damage.

The temperatures generated in fusion – up to 150 million degrees Celsius – are five or six times hotter than the core of the sun, and can destroy the machines that produce them. This makes durability a big challenge in any fusion machine.

“You can do research projects for seconds or milliseconds, but a plant needs to last 40 years for it to be economical,” Twinney says.

“So a durable machine is something that our approach enables, with liquid metal protecting the machine from neutron damage.”

The other advantage of the liquid metal blanket is that, since it gets extremely hot, the heat can be transferred with heat exchangers to drive steam turbines to produce electricity.

“We have been generating plasmas and sustaining them long enough that we feel confident that we have that box checked to move into this demonstration program,” Twinney says.

WE WILL BE GOING BACK OUT TO MARKET LATER THIS YEAR TO DO A SERIES F ROUND OF CAPITAL. I EXPECT THAT IT WILL BE MORE THAN DOUBLE THAN WHAT WE RAISED IN THE SERIES E j Greg Twinney CEO General Fusion

Building the demonstration project will take about five years, with commissioning to be done in stages.

“We are in a new era for fusion energy,” says FIA CEO Andrew Holland. “We are on an accelerated schedule now. These companies are building this proof of concept machine now, then it moves to pilot plant. All this leads, we think, to our goal of fusion energy on the grid in the 2030s.”

Twinney says he thinks fusion power could be a reality even sooner than that.

“This decade we will start to see commercial pilot plants built.” É

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FOSTERING TECH AND INNOVATION THROUGHOUT BRITISH COLUMBIA People are at the core of fostering a world-leading, innovation-driven economy

RAVI KAHLON

Tech is no longer just about the latest iPhone or gadget for your house.

B.C.’s tech sector is advancing at lightning speed to solve some of the world’s biggest challenges – challenges such as fighting climate change in the cleantech sector, protecting public health in the life sciences field and building more efficient and sustainable food systems with agritech.

Tech is one of our province’s fastest-growing sectors, generating billions of dollars in activity and providing tens of thousands of good jobs for British Columbians.

Our government is committed to its growth.

Supporting B.C.’s tech sector is at the heart of the StrongerBC Economic Plan, which lays out six missions to grow a clean and inclusive economy that works for all British Columbians, including fostering innovation in both emerging and traditional industries.

As minister of jobs, economic recovery and innovation, I’ve heard from tech companies and leaders who know exactly what their biggest issue is. It’s an issue that so many places and so many sectors are facing: A shortage of skilled workers.

Here in B.C. we know our competitive advantage is our people, so that’s why we are working to develop and attract a more diverse, highly skilled labour force.

Through our Future Ready plan, which you will hear more about in the coming months, our government is making a generational commitment to ensure British Columbians have the skills and talents they need to fill the jobs of tomorrow as we continue growing the knowledge-based economy. We’re making education and training more affordable and accessible to match

the needs of the economy.

For the tech sector, this means supporting the biggest expansion of tech education in the province’s history, with the creation of 2,000 new tech seats at B.C.’s colleges and universities – on top of the 2,900 tech seats already created since 2017.

With the Innovator Skills Initiative announced last fall, we are helping make the tech sector more inclusive and welcoming, while also addressing the labour shortage by providing dedicated funding in tech education that helps people in under-represented groups gain valuable experience in tech. It is a true win-win for everyone.

In a fast-changing and uncertain world, our ability to be agile, to innovate and to adapt will be crucial to meeting the challenges we face.

B.C.’s cutting-edge sectors – such as Web3, artificial intelligence, video games, visual effects, cleantech, life sciences, biomanufacturing and agritech –demonstrate the province’s greatest economic advantage: The skills, talents and ambitions of our people. Our people support our government’s efforts to build more resilient communities where everyone shares in the province’s economic success.

In an open and growing economy, like we have in B.C., tech is crucial to realizing our vision. It brings out our best, challenging us to compete and win on the global stage. It helps generate the ideas, businesses and wealth that are driving B.C.’s economic recovery – the strongest in Canada.

So, yes, tech will continue to evolve. And so must we.

We will do so through our work to attract, develop and nurture the talent we need to succeed in a clean and inclusive way, and to benefit all of B.C. É Ravi Kahlon is B.C.’s minister of jobs, economic recovery and innovation.

TECH IS ONE OF OUR PROVINCE’S FASTEST-GROWING SECTORS, GENERATING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN ACTIVITY AND PROVIDING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF GOOD JOBS FOR BRITISH COLUMBIANS

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GROWN IN B.C. How local technology solutions can help fill food security gaps

Thanks to its technology, CubicFarm Systems can grow and distribute food that can compete with imports on a price-per-meal basis • CUBICFARM SYSTEMS

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limate change, global supply chain disruptions and labour shortages have combined to create what Dave Dinesen describes as a “perfect storm” for food security.

“Shipping has just been a gong show as of late,” says the CEO of B.C.based CubicFarm Systems Corp., referring to rapidly rising costs.

“Assuming that you can just grow things far away, and then ship them and they arrive at a reasonable price is no longer a reasonable conclusion to draw. In fact, quite the opposite.”

As surging inflation puts pressure on shoppers in the grocery aisle, made-in-B.C. agricultural technology (agritech) is positioning itself to fill gaps for consumers in both the province and beyond.

CubicFarm specializes in indoor growing systems – shipping container-sized units arrayed with LED lights that feature rotating trays that bring crops to workers standing at the front where they tend to the produce inside. Indoor farming allows for crops to be grown 12 months a year, while cultivation is less labour intensive than sending workers outdoors to face the heat, cold or rain.

A 2019 Royal Bank of Canada report estimates the country’s agricultural labour shortage will to grow to 123,000 positions by 2030.

Last year, CubicFarm received an order from a private investor group for an indoor growing system covering one acre of land within Greater Vancouver.

That system, for example, features 96 double-stacked modules that can produce the equivalent of 100 acres’ worth of salad products grown in a field.

“We are able to grow food locally and get it out to people on a price per meal basis that can compete with importing,” said Dinesen.

“Local growing can help to stabilize local food sources and therefore supply, therefore prices can stay stable. So that is what you’ll begin to see as local indoor farming really begins to take hold.”

The province has been taking initiative to make vertical farming and indoor farming ventures more widespread. In February, the government updated its Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) regulations to permit vertical farming.

Instead of spreading crops across vast acres of farmland, this technique can be tapped to grow more crops within a smaller area by allowing them to be grown in stacks layered vertically.

“Historically, it has been challenging for municipalities to attract large-scale agritech companies as there was uncertainty with the ALR regulations,” Abbotsford Mayor Henry Braun, whose community was ravaged by severe flooding throughout its farmlands last fall, said when the province announced the updates to ALR regulations. “By making

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Dave Dinesen is CEO of the B.C. agritech company CubicFarm Systems • SUBMITTED

these changes the provincial government can help this industry thrive, making it easier for orgs, farmers and municipalities to collaborate and innovate.”

B.C. is home to more than 150 agritech companies.

While a 2020 report from B.C.’s Food Security Task Force described nearly all of those companies as “quite small,” some of the larger ones have been drawing increasing interest from well-capitalized global investors.

Vancouver-based SemiosBio Technologies Inc., which specializes in using sensors and data to help farmers monitor for pests and harmful weather, has raised $200 million from investors over the past two years. About three million Semios sensors have been deployed globally, reporting every 10 minutes to help manage farming operations. For example, devices can detect and identify agricultural pests and trigger the release of pheromones to thwart their mating.

“What we’ve learned through this pandemic is that we’re already maxed out, and we really cannot afford for our food system to fail for a whole season – that’s just not on the table anymore,” CEO and founder Michael Gilbert told BIV last fall after his company closed its latest $100 million funding round.

Semios went on an acquisition spree last year, scooping up

WE ARE ABLE TO GROW FOOD LOCALLY AND GET IT OUT TO PEOPLE ON A PRICE PER MEAL BASIS THAT CAN COMPETE WITH IMPORTING j Dave Dinesen CEO CubicFarm Systems

three smaller competitors based in California, Washington state and Australia.

Terms of all three recent acquisitions were not disclosed, but they come as demand for agritech ramps up as seasonal weather patterns become harder to forecast, according to Gilbert.

“We can’t control [extreme weather events], but we can definitely do a lot to predict what the impact will be,” he said.

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Another one of B.C.’s larger agritech firms, Terramera Inc., drew US$45 million in investment capital back in 2019 as part of its effort to reduce synthetic chemicals used in agriculture globally by 80% by 2030.

Terramera is best known for its flagship chemistry technology, Actigate, which can be licensed to producers of both natural and synthetic pesticides to improve the efficiency, uptake and performance of the active ingredients in crop protection products.

The technology could allow farmers to increase the performance of materials sprayed on agriculture while reducing the overall amount required.

“One of the unfortunate things in the world is that it’s cheap to eat poorly compared to eating well,” Dinesen says.

“Canada is fortunate that we are able to buy food, but there’s certainly lots of people in Canada that are living right on the edge. And as soon as there’s an increase in food price, there’s compromises in other places, [such as] in the quality of the food, the kind of food they’re buying.” É

CubicFarm specializes in indoor growing systems – shipping containersized units arrayed with LED lights and rotating trays • CUBICFARM SYSTEMS

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AGRITECH INNOVATION B.C. companies and farmers receive $1 million in funding to support tech trials

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rom a mini electric tractor designed to save farm workers from back-breaking labour, to sensor technology that reduces the use of water in vineyards, B.C. farmers and technology companies are trialling some interesting agri-technology, thanks to federal and provincial funding.

Ten agritech companies or farm operators in B.C. are receiving $1 million in funding from the Canada-British Columbia Agri-Innovation Program.

Geotronics Consulting Inc. has secured $192,022 to demonstrate irrigation technology based on sensors and wireless technology to track real-time use of water in vineyards.

“The technology could also be applied to other farmed crops that use automatic watering systems, once validated and commercialized,” the B.C.’s Ministry of Agriculture and Food stated in a press release.

Dicklands Farms in Chiliwack has received $165,000 under the program to design a dairy barn that improves air quality and temperature control and reduces methane emissions.

“The idea behind this barn is to create a way for B.C.’s dairy industry to dramatically reduce its carbon footprint by eradicating greenhouse gas emissions from enteric fermentation,” George Dick, farm manager for Dicklands Farms, said in a news release.

“This project wouldn’t have been possible without the generous funding support from the governments of Canada and B.C., and BC Dairy Association’s Dairy Industry Research and Education Committee.”

Okanagan College has received $62,950 to design an algaebased bio-reactor that can sequester carbon dioxide produced in the fermentation process of making beer, wine and spirits.

Docantheon Horticulture in Victoria has secured $15,000 to develop a three-wheeled, electric mini-tractor that farm labourers can drive laying face-down. This would allow them to plant, weed and harvest vegetable crops without having to constantly bend down.

“It should save a lot of bent-over labour … during garlic planting this fall,” says Ross Borden, who designed the mini tractor.

Vineyards in the Okanagan use a lot of water. A new agritech system is being trialled to reduce water use • JOHN ELK III/GETTY IMAGES

To date, the Canada-British Columbia Agri-Innovation Program has disbursed more than $11.3 million in funding.

The partnership is a five-year, $3 billion fund that supports innovation in agriculture and agri-food industries. É

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The BC Tech Association celebrates online with their 2022 Technology Impact Awards scholarship recipients. Three high school students and three post-secondary students will receive support from BC Tech as they pursue their studies and career ambitions • SUBMITTED

Highlighting the 2022 Technology Impact Awards scholarship recipients As part of the BC Tech Association’s 2022 Technology Impact Awards (TIAs), the BC Tech Association (BC Tech) is proud to announce this year’s TIAs scholarship recipients. This marks the 17th year that BC Tech has provided financial bursaries to high school and post-secondary students to fund their pursuit of careers in technology and innovation. The Spirit of BC Tech scholarship award celebrates one post-secondary and one Grade 12 student who best exemplify the values of B.C.’s thriving tech sector by demonstrating how their ambition and resilience has helped them to overcome challenges and achieve excellence. A special congratulations to Spirit of BC Tech scholarship fund bursary recipients Rachel Shi and Reann Sherman.

HIGH SCHOOL RECIPIENTS Rachel Shi

Rachel Stewart began attending UBC this fall to pursue a bachelor of science. Along with her peers, she founded a student-led organization focused on raising awareness for local and global issues in the world. Shi hopes to use her skills and experience to help others through her career.

Nathan Stewart

Nathan Stewart entered UBC’s bachelor of applied sciences program this fall. He plans to major in engineering physics before continuing his graduate studies in aerospace technology. Stewart’s dream is to support the design of rocket technologies that would allow mass travel to outer space, specifically Mars.

Evan Armstrong

Evan Armstrong entered UBC’s bachelor of science program this Fall. While in high school, he authored and published Humanity Endures ,

a science fiction novel, available for purchase online. He strongly believes that tech is an unmatched force for good and wants to tap into this potential to create something that will benefit many.

UNIVERSITY RECIPIENTS Reann Sherman

Reann Sherman is currently completing the digital forensics and cybersecurity certification as part of her bachelor of technology program at BCIT. She has completed co-op positions at Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the British Columbia Lottery Commission.

After completing her degree, Sherman will be looking for a role as an information security analyst or network security analyst, and hopes to be a role model and mentor to other young women in cybersecurity.

Adel Kuanysheva

Adel Kuanysheva is a student at BCIT completing her diploma in computer information technology. She gained experience in tech as a data scientist intern, and led a student team as a project manager at Wattch. With a passion for data science, automation and algorithms, Kuanysheva is excited about further exploring the intersection of fitness, health and technology.

Andy Luo

Andy Luo is pursuing a bachelor of applied science at UBC. At age 14, he created a system to harness bacteria strains and produce electricity from dirty sludge water. Fast-forward to today: Luo spent the summer working with his team to create a robot to participate in the annual second-year engineering physics robotics competition. He hopes to change the lives of many people throughout his career by creating novel technology solutions.

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This Richmond, B.C.-based company has pioneered the use of video analytics in providing safety knowledge for aviation, civil infrastructure, and transportation professionals around the world. Transoft’s automated video-based road safety solutions assist in the design and evaluation of road structures by focusing on the causes of collisions before they happen.

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This Vancouver-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) company digitally transforms agriculture companies by using data science to improve supply chain visibility, operational productivity, and yield optimization. Originally designed for the cannabis industry – the most regulated, operationally intense and precision-critical segment of controlled environment agriculture (CEA)– Elevated Signals’ platform combines inventory tracking, quality compliance and environmental planning monitoring for some of the largest cannabis producers in North America.

“We are proving that a small, scrappy company can have a bold mission and build at scale.

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Sam Gharegozlou President One of Vancouver’s tech unicorns, Dapper Labs uses blockchain technology to bring non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and new forms of digital engagement to fans around the world. With a mission of paving the way for a more open and inclusive digital world, using games and entertainment such as CryptoKitties and NBA Top Shot as the starting place, Dapper Labs emphasizes equity and diversity by introducing people to the ben-

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FreshWorks Studio (now EYDS) collaborates with the public sector to build powerful and highly functional apps for the web and mobile (digital solutions). It creates strategic partnerships with clients looking to create social impact and value through remarkable and easy-to-use digital interfaces. Notable work includes supporting the design and EXLOG RI DSSV OLNH %&ȇV 9DFFLQH &DUG 9HULȴHU and Espri by TELUS Health, in addition to leading the Capital Assets Planning System modernization for the BC Ministry of Education. By nurturing a culture that highlights empathy, engagement, leadership, loyalty and communication, the Victoria-based company supports its team of innovators, product owners, business analysts, designers, developers, and consultants in making an impact on the lives of their friends, families and communities.

Powered by machine learning and designed for businesses, brands, and creatives, Lumen5’s platform makes video marketing accessible to everyone. The Vancouver-based organization is built on trust, which is reinforced at every stage of an employee's journey. Lumen5 trusts its team intrinsically to do the right thing for themselves and the business, which makes for a remarkable DPRXQW RI DXWRQRP\ DQG ȵH[LELOLW\ &(2 0Lchael Cheng frequently shares his vision of encouraging everyone to feel a sense of ownership when it comes to improving Lumen5.

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Startups are the lifeblood of BC’s tech sector and BC Tech is thrilled to celebrate 10 finalists for the #2022TIAs Company of the Year – Startup award. Visit the BC Tech website to learn more about this year’s winner and runner-up finalists!

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“With everything that has happened over the past few years, it’s more important than ever to ensure that healthcare professionals have the resources and support they need to succeed in such demanding roles. Saving them headaches and money by improving the EMRs they use will be a huge part of our success.”

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“The decarbonization of global energy systems will require the mining of vast new quantities of critical metals such as nickel, copper and cobalt. Clearing mining itself must become carbon neutral, and furthermore the waste from these operations represents a huge opportunity for carbon removal. We work with leading mining companies that are powering the clean energy transition and committed to decarbonization.”

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“During the pandemic, we realized the need to accelerate our expansion and become a full-scale manufacturing company in order to reduce Vancouver’s reliance on overseas suppliers and to protect our clients’ intellectual SURSHUWLHV DQG WUDGH VHFUHWV :H VSHQW WKH ȴUVW few months of the pandemic allocating our resources to designing and producing PPE that EHQHȴWHG RUJDQL]DWLRQV VXFK DV ORQJ WHUP FDUH facilities, hospitals, and small businesses and now serve small and large clients such as startups and Seaspan.”

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“Our platform provides a welcome change from the traditionally frustrating process of buying and selling cars, and the tremendous success we’ve had in disrupting the trillion-dollar global automotive market proves that consumers and dealers alike want this. Our tech, drive, and determination to succeed are unmatched, and we’re just getting started.”

Mehrsa Raeiszadeh Co-founder, COO

“CargoSprout is levelling the competitive landscape to source and manage logistics faced by small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which in turn will help alleviate the economic challenges facing people and communities struggling with poverty and low income to get the things they need. The key factors that contributed to our growth are our willingness to challenge complex and hidden problems that have the potential to deliver immense value such as the sustainable production, transportation, and consumption of goods worldwide.”

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“Grant funding has been around in Canada for almost a century, yet every year billions of dollars in government grants go unused. Unlike other players, Pocketed's intelligent platform matches our users with eligible funding programs in seconds and helps them submit winning applications with our proprietary technology.”

Brianna Blaney, Co-Founder and CEO

“We built this technology because drowning is an unaddressed problem on a global scale. The heroes who jump in the water to save a life rely on outdated, high-risk techniques and they deserve more support. AquaEye saves lives.”

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“Perfectly Snug will dominate the sleeptech market. Already we are seeing high customer satisfaction with reports of ‘life changing sleep quality’. Building on our technology, we are developing in-app advanced intelligent sleep data feedback and sleep coaching. We are also uniquely positioned to adapt our technology to a smart body temperature controlling mattress product.”

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This Victoria-based company’s low-code approach has made it one of the fastest-growing and most innovative application developers in Canada. What started with two founders and a $15,000 youth loan from Futurpreneur Canada has led to a decade of growth that now sees AOT employ around 60 people in B.C. and 120 worldwide.

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Based in Vancouver, this global sports and entertainment company is focusing on technology related to regulated and lawful online gaming. FansUnite’s unique iGaming SODWIRUP &KDPHOHRQ R΋HUV RSHUDWRUV D IXOO suite of solutions with a sports and e-sports focus for the next generation of online bettors and casino players. Along with providing B2B technology solutions, FansUnite operates multiple B2C brands, such as Scottish sportsbook McBookie and Brazilian esportsbook VamosGG, and produces casino-style slot games under its Askott Games subsidiary. FansUnite is the parent company of 1RUWK $PHULFD IRFXVHG $PHULFDQ $ɝOLDWH ZKLFK RSHUDWHV OHDGLQJ DɝOLDWH EUDQGV VXFK as Betting Hero and Props.com.

Headquartered in Vancouver, Oxygen8 is reinventing how buildings provide healthy and comfortable air to occupants. The company develops, manufactures and sells 100-percent dedicated outside air systems to meet the needs of modern building design and address human health and climate challenges.

Oxygen8’s solutions use membrane-based enthalpy exchangers to recover heat and latent energy, with its smart control systems optimizing health and energy consumption DQG LQWHJUDWLQJ ZLWK KLJK HɝFLHQF\ KHDW pump technology to provide all-electric venWLODWLRQ ȴOWUDWLRQ KHDWLQJ DQG FRROLQJ VROXtions. Driving factors for this growth include the COVID-19 pandemic, the worldwide push to reduce buildings’ greenhouse gas emissions, and the need for intelligent building solutions in an increasingly digitalized world.

This Vancouver-based team of young entrepreneurs is disrupting the governance, risk and compliance (GRC) market with a high-performing automated platform that SURYLGHV D VFDODEOH HɝFLHQW DQG FRVW H΋HFtive solution for transforming internal teams, VXFK DV LQIRUPDWLRQ VHFXULW\ OHJDO ȴQDQFH and procurement, into revenue drivers.

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Winner “Our dedicated team of more than 40 hightech professionals, ranging from specialized technicians to engineers, scientists and radiochemists, is proud to deliver quality workmanship, on-time delivery, and outstanding services worldwide. ACSI’s success is rooted in its superior technology, continuous design improvements, new value-added features and products that benHȴW ERWK H[LVWLQJ DQG QHZ FXVWRPHUV UHVSRQVLYHness to customization requirements, and options for after-sales services and support.”

Richard Eppich President and CEO In business for over 30 years, ACSI is the only Canadian company involved in the design, manufacturing, installation and servicing of medical cyclotrons for radioisotope production. The Richmond-based company has set records in every category and class of cyclotrons, including the highest production capacity, highest uptime, highest yields, and most compact high-energy solutions.

The leading independent provider of fundamental models and data to institutional investors worldwide delivers instant access to the cleanest, richest and best-structured data available today via a database of forecast models on more than 4,000 global securities. Canalyst’s products enable invesWRUV WR LPSOHPHQW QHZ HɝFLHQF\ WRROV LQWR WKHLU ZRUNȵRZV DQG XQFRYHU KLJKHU FRQviction investment opportunities by quickly ramping up and expanding coverage.

Pre-Launchpad, only enterprise-level and )RUWXQH FRPSDQLHV FRXOG D΋RUG WKH costly platforms and services needed to digitally transform their way of working with data. Now, organizations of all sizes around the world can seamlessly connect and manage enterprise automation and data integration by leveraging Launchpad’s cloud-hosted and fully managed PaasportTM platform, DV ZHOO DV SRVW FRQȴJXUDWLRQ VHUYLFHV WKDW go above and beyond by providing long-tail support as part of clients’ subscriptions.

Headquartered on the University of British Columbia campus, Weir Motion Metrics uses DUWLȴFLDO LQWHOOLJHQFH DQG FRPSXWHU YLVLRQ WR LPSURYH PLQLQJ VDIHW\ DQG HQHUJ\ HɝFLHQF\ ΔWV ȵDJVKLS VROXWLRQ D PLVVLQJ WRRWK GHWHFtion system for mining shovels and loaders, QRWLȴHV PLQH SHUVRQQHO ZKHQ D WRRWK JRHV missing so it can be diverted before it obstructs crushers. This tech makes mining so much safer that many Weir customers refuse to operate their equipment without it.

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Winner “Scaling a mission-driven, BC manufacturing company with products based on innovative and highly capital-intensive technology is a triple challenge. The passion and determination of the Redlen team to do so are LQVSLUHG E\ WKH HQRUPRXV EHQHȴWV RXU WHFKnology provides for medical diagnosis and patient outcomes. Our recent acquisition by Canon Inc. bridges the remaining resource DQG H[SHUWLVH JDS WR HQDEOH XV WR H[HFXWH D ten times product scale-up plan by 2026.”

Glenn Bindley President and CEO From modest beginnings in 1999, Redlen has applied resilience, perseverance, and sciHQWLȴF ULJRXU WR DFKLHYH LWV VLJQLȴFDQW VFDOH and current recognition as a global leader in the cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) semiconductor industry. In a huge win for B.C.'s tech industry, Redlen’s technical leadership and innovation prompted medical equipment multinational Canon Inc. to acquire the Saanichton-based company for $430 million in October of 2021.

Vancouver-based Freight Club is a leading end-to-end shipping platform that manages everything from quoting, booking, and tracking to complete claims management and secondary insurance protection, with zero subscription fees. It provides retailers with exclusive access to enterprise rates from one of the largest networks of

#2022TIAs | WEAREBCTECH.COM less-than-full truckload (LTL) and parcel carriers in the United States. At the same time, Freight Club’s simple and scalable application helps retails ship more and faster. )UHLJKW &OXE SURXGO\ R΋VHWV RI DOO VKLSments through the planting of trees.

/LJKWKRXVH /DEVȇ JRDO LV WR ȴQG LQQRYDWLYH ways to train the next generation of tech talent. In an age of disruption across every industry, its mission is to give Canadians the VNLOOV WKH\ QHHG WR ȴQG ORQJ ODVWLQJ FDUHHUV in an increasingly digital workforce. With the support of a brilliant team of instructors and mentors, Lighthouse Labs continues to empower students, launch careers, and contribute to the growth of Canada’s tech industry.

ReadyMode’s enterprise-grade, cloud-based, all-in-one predictive dialer intelligently connects call centre agents with more leads in less time. The Vancouver-based company has raised the bar with the fastest dialling speeds on the market, advanced inbound queue strategies, powerful customer relationship management tools, industry-leading analytics and reporting, personalized training sessions, and a full in-house support team.

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Winner “As a Vancouver unicorn with growing global RSHUDWLRQV *HR&RPSO\ FRPELQHV SURȴWDELOLW\ and smart business practices with a commitment to better the world. Our highly diverse WHDP LV SDVVLRQDWH DERXW PDNLQJ D VLJQLȴFDQW positive impact not only in B.C. and in the industries where we operate, but also among vulnerable people around the world.”

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used by streaming video broadcasters and the online banking, payments and cryptocurrency industries, with global customers including Amazon Prime Video, BBC, Akamai, Sightline, DraftKings, FanDuel and MGM.

Global Relay is the world’s leading provider of cloud archiving, surveillance, eDiscovery, and analytics solutions to the global ȴQDQFH LQGXVWU\ ΔWV VROXWLRQV KHOS ȴQDQFLDO ȴUPV FRPSO\ ZLWK VWULQJHQW UHFRUGNHHSLQJ and supervision regulations; gain critical business intelligence from their data; and proactively prepare for audits, information requests, and litigation. Headquartered in Vancouver’s Gastown neighbourhood, *OREDO 5HOD\ KDV &DQDGLDQ EUDQFK RɝFHV LQ .HORZQD DQG +DOLID[ 8 6 RɝFHV LQ &KLFDJR 1HZ <RUN DQG 5DOHLJK DQG JOREDO RɝFHV LQ London and Singapore.

This proud Métis from Willow River, a small community north of Prince George, approaches the tech industry in much the same way as career development: If you want something, “traditional” limitations shouldn’t stop you. Had Josh been limited by the expectations of others, he might never have left his career in hospitality, started in tech or co-founded East Side Games (ESG), which went public on the Toronto Stock Exchange in 2021 following its $159-million acquisition by LEAF Mobile Inc. (now East Side Games Group).

Joy Johnson Headquartered in Vancouver, this global leader in 3D scanning and inspection provides fast, driven industrial inspection.

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Operating out of the Vancouver Shipyards, Vancouver Drydock, and Victoria Shipyards, this branch of North Vancouver-based Seaspan ULC builds, repairs, refurbishes, manages and converts ships and other marine vessels such as deep-sea vessels and submarines. As a long-term partner of Canada’s National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS), Seaspan designs, engineers and constructs technologically advanced non-combat vessels for the Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian Coast Guard.

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Vancouver-based GeoComply provides solutions that detect online location fraud and help verify users’ true digital identities.

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and it will only get stronger as we welcome more people with varied experiences. Tech is for everyone, not just those fortunate enough to go to post-secondary school. If you can pursue formal education, go for it, but it shouldn't be a determining factor when considering a career in tech. With these jobs becoming available outside of Vancouver and Victoria, tech is going to grow even bigger in B.C."

Josh Nilson Winner “The B.C. gaming industry needs to tell the world just how successful we are. I think we have the best gaming ecosystem in the world

Appointed as Simon Fraser University’s 10th President and Vice-Chancellor in January 2020, Joy’s keen intelligence, broad experience, and compassionate and collaborative leadership helped her steer the SFU community through one of the most uncertain periods in recent history. She has removed bureaucratic barriers to facilitate more robust university-industry partnerships, continually VWULYHV WR UHPRYH EDUULHUV WR HTXLW\ DQG Hɝcacy, and places great importance on training and developing the next generation of leaders. Throughout her career, she has taught, supervised, mentored and worked with a genHUDWLRQ RI LQȵXHQWLDO ZRPHQ LQ VFLHQFH

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INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS Accelerate Okanagan Technology Association (AOTA) Thuy Tran, acting CEO 460 Doyle Ave Suite 201 Kelowna, BC, V1Y OC2 250-870-9028 contact@accelerateokanagan.com accelerateokanagan.com Aerospace Industries Association of Canada – AIAC Pacific Mike Mueller, vice-president, operations and marketing 999 Canada Pl Suite 404 Vancouver, BC, V6C 3E2 604-652-3324 aiacpacific.ca Applied Science Technologists & Technicians of BC (ASTTBC) Theresa McCurry, CEO 10767 148 Street Surrey , BC, V3R 0S4 604-585-2788 604-585-2790 techinfo@asttbc.org asttbc.org BC Bioenergy Network Box 78521 University PO Vancouver, BC, V6T 2E7 604-889-4549 bcbioenergy.ca BC Sustainable Energy Association 1631 Oakland Ave Victoria, BC, V8T 2L3 604-332-0025 info@bcsea.org bcsea.org BC Tech Association Jill Tipping, president and CEO 1401 8th Ave W Suite 210 Vancouver, BC, V6H 1C9 604-683-6159 hello@wearebctech.com wearebctech.com

BCNET 555 Seymour St Suite 750 Vancouver, BC, V6B 3H6 604-822-1348 604-822-9887 info@bc.net bc.net Canadian Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association Ivette Vera-Perez, president and CEO 550 Burrard Street Suite 2900 Vancouver, BC, V6C 0A3 604-283-1040 info@chfca.ca chfca.ca Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters – British Columbia PO Box 36570 Seafair Richmond, BC, V7C 5M4 604-713-7800 604-713-7801 bc@cme-mec.ca cme-mec.ca DigiBC – The Creative Technology Association of BC Loc Dao, executive director 577 Great Northern Way Suite 210 Vancouver, BC, V5T 1E1 604-602-5237 team@digibc.org digibc.org Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia Heidi Yang, CEO 4010 Regent St Suite 200 Burnaby, BC, V5C 6N2 604-430-8035 604-430-8085 info@egbc.ca egbc.ca

Innovate BC 1188 Georgia St W Suite 900 Vancouver, BC, V6E 4A2 604-952-5035 info@innovatebc.ca innovatebc.ca

Technical Safety BC 2889 12th Ave E Suite 600 Vancouver, BC, V5M 4T5 866-566-7233 contact@technicalsafetybc.ca technicalsafetybc.ca

Innovation Island Technology Association (IITA) Graham Truax, executive director 1200 Princess Royal Ave Unit 5 Nanaimo, BC, V9S 3Z7 250-753-8324 info@innovationisland.ca innovationisland.ca

T-Net British Columbia 1207 Pacific Blvd Suite 300 Vancouver, BC, V6Z 2R6 604-210-5034 bctechnology.com

Kamloops Innovation Centre Society 348 Tranquille Rd Kamloops, BC, V2B 3G6 250-434-0200 info@kamloopsinnovation.ca kamloopsinnovation.ca Kootenay Association for Science and Technology (KAST) 91-D Baker Street Nelson, BC, V1L 4G8 236-527-2121 info@kast.com kast.com Kootenay Rockies Innovation Council (KRIC) PO Box 453 Stn Main Cranbrook, BC, V1C 4H0 250-426-6388 info@kric.ca kric.silkstart.com LifeSciences British Columbia Wendy Hurlburt, president and CEO 1066 Hastings Street W Suite 1890 Vancouver, BC, V6E 3X2 604-669-9909 admin@lifesciencesbc.ca lifesciencesbc.ca

Tech and People Network (TAP Network) Stephanie Hollingshead , CEO PO Box 38024 Vancouver, BC, V5Z 4L9 604-874-2653 604-874-2654 tapnetwork.ca Victoria Innovation, Advanced Technology & Entrepreneurship Council (VIATeC) Dan Gunn, CEO 777 Fort Street Victoria, BC, V8W 1G0 250-483-3214 tectoria@viatec.ca viatec.ca VR/AR Association – Vancouver Chapter Sarah Ennis, chapter president 2757 8th Ave W Vancouver, BC, V6K 3Z1 604-880-8983 vancouver@thevrara.com thevrara.com

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TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORY CATEGORY INDEX AEROSPACE 100 150 310

Maintenance ..........................................................50 Manufacturing.......................................................50 Other .........................................................................50

BIOTECHNOLOGY – LIFE SCIENCES 1010 1040 1050 1060 1000

Agricultural Biotech ...........................................50 Medical Devices & Diagnostics ....................50 Pharmaceuticals ..................................................50 Research & Scientific Services.....................50 Other .........................................................................50

A comprehensive listing of technology companies in British Columbia, organized by industry sector.

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ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES 2005 2010 2030 2070 2000

Alternative Energy ...............................................51 Alternative Engine Fuels...................................51 Fuel Cells ..................................................................51 Power & Energy Efficiency Technologies 51 Other ..........................................................................51

INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY 3010 Electronics ...............................................................51 3015 Engineering, Analytical & Design Services .......................................................................................51 3020 Hardware ..................................................................51 3022 Internet Providers ................................................51 3025 Internet Services ..................................................51 3030 Software & Services ...........................................51 3040 Telecommunications .........................................53 3050 Videoconferencing/Webcasting .................53 3000 Other .........................................................................53

NEW MEDIA 4010 4020 4030 4040 4045 4050 4060

Animation/Digital Film .....................................53 E-Learning ..............................................................53 Interactive Design & Communications ....53 Interactive Entertainment/Games .............54 Mobile Marketing ................................................54 Software ..................................................................54 Web Development/Marketing/Commerce ......................................................................................54 4000 Other .........................................................................54

SERVICES 7010 7013 7015 7020 7030 7040 7050 7075 7000

Accounting..............................................................54 Audiovisual..............................................................54 Consultants ............................................................54 Financial Services................................................54 Legal Services .......................................................54 Marketing Research ...........................................55 Professional Services ........................................55 Recruiting ................................................................55 Other .........................................................................55

SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES 5005 Electric Vehicle Technologies.......................55 5040 Green Building & Sustainable Planning Services ....................................................................55 5050 Hazardous/Solid Waste Management .....55 5090 Site Remediation .................................................55 5100 Water & Waste-Water Treatment: Water Conservation Equipment ................................55 5000 Other .........................................................................55

WIRELESS 6010 6020 6030 6000

Components, Infrastructure & Devices ...55 Enabling Software ..............................................55 Wireless Applications........................................55 Other .........................................................................55

AEROSPACE MAINTENANCE

MEDICAL DEVICES & DIAGNOSTICS 100

Testforce Systems Inc 34255 Larch St, Abbotsford V2S 2P7 Chris Sztuhar ... p: 604-557-0715 f: 514-856-6983 e: chris@testforce.com testforce.com MANUFACTURING

150

AGO Environmental Electronics Ltd 626 Esquimalt Rd Suite 10, Victoria V9A 3L4 James C Harrington ...................p: 250-386-4015 f: 250-386-4016 e: info@agoenvironmental.com agoenvironmental.com/agofuelcells.com Asco Aerospace (Canada) Ltd 8510 River Rd, Delta V4G 1B5 Kevin Russell ... p: 604-946-4900 f: 604-946-4671 e: krussell@ascoaerospace.ca asco.be Metal Action Machining Ltd 12448 82nd Ave Suite 207, Surrey V3W 3E9 James Hargrove .........................p: 604-543-7378 f: 604-592-7372 e: sales@metalactionmachining.com metalactionmachining.com OTHER

310

BC Tech Association 1401 8th Ave W Suite 210, Vancouver V6H 1C9 ......................................p: 604-683-6159 e: hello@wearebctech.com wearebctech.com

BIOTECHNOLOGY – LIFE SCIENCES AGRICULTURAL BIOTECH

1010

Renaissance BioScience Corp 2389 Heath Sciences Mall Suite 410, Vancouver V6T 1Z3 John Husnik................................p: 604-822-6499 e: info@renaissancebioscience.com renaissancebioscience.com Semios 22 5th Ave E Suite 300, Vancouver V5T 2W9 Michael Gilbert ..........................p: 604-229-2044 e: info@semios.com semios.com TerraBioGen Technologies Inc 8536 Baxter Pl, Burnaby V5A 4T8 ......................................p: 604-444-1023 e: bheffelfinger@terrabiogen.com terrabiogen.com Terramera Inc 887 Great Northern Way Suite 131, Vancouver V5T 4T5 .......................................p: 604-639-9600 e: info@terramera.com terramera.com

1040

Artron BioResearch Inc 3938 North Fraser Way, Burnaby V5J 5H6 ........... p: 604-415-9757 f: 604-415-9795 e: info@artronbio.com artronbio.com bioLytical Laboratories Inc 13251 Delf Pl Suite 406, Richmond V6V 2A2 ......................................p: 866-674-6784 e: info@biolytical.com biolytical.com Clarius Mobile Health 2985 Visrtual Way Suite 130, Vancouver V5M 4X7 .....................................p: 778-800-9975 e: hello@clarius.com clarius.com Corcym Canada Corp 5005 North Fraser Way, Burnaby V5J 5M1 .......... p: 604-412-5650 f: 604-412-5690 corcym.com Datrend Systems Inc 4020 Viking Way Suite 130, Richmond V6V 2L4 Jon Strong ....... p: 604-291-7747 f: 604-294-2355 e: jon.strong@datrend.com datrend.com

Alectos Therapeutics 8999 Nelson Way, Burnaby V5A 4B5 ........... p: 604-628-7129 f: 604-628-0137 e: info@alectos.com alectos.com Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc 4464 Markham St Suite 1203, Victoria V8Z 7X8............ p: 250-708-4272 f: 250-744-2498 auriniapharma.com Burrard Pharmaceuticals 2240 Chippendale Rd, West Vancouver V7S 3J5.......................................p: 778-279-3901 e: info@burrardpharma.com burrardpharma.com Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc 3650 Gilmore Way Suite 200, Burnaby V5G 4W8.......... p: 604-484-3300 f: 604-484-3450 e: info@xenon-pharma.com xenon-pharma.com Zymeworks Inc 114 4th Ave E Suite 800, Vancouver V5T 1G4 ........... p: 604-678-1388 f: 604-737-7077 e: info@zymeworks.com zymeworks.com RESEARCH & SCIENTIFIC SERVICES

1060

GenomeMe Inc 3691 Viking Way Unit 1, Richmond V6V 2J6.......................................p: 604-244-9962 e: info@genomeme.ca genomeme.ca

ABM - Applied Biological Materials Inc 3671 Viking Way Unit 1, Richmond V6V 2J5............ p: 604-247-2416 f: 604-247-2414 e: info@abmgood.com abmgood.com

Kardium Inc 8518 Glenlyon Pky Suite 155, Burnaby V5J 0B6............ p: 604-248-8891 f: 604-304-3478 e: doug.goertzen@kardium.com kardium.com

Kinexus Bioinformatics Corp 8755 Ash St Suite 1, Vancouver V6P 6T3 Catherine Sutter .........................p: 604-323-2547 f: 604-323-2548 e: info@kinexus.ca kinexus.ca

MindfulGarden Digital Health Inc Vancouver Catherine Winckler ..p: 604-309-7530 e: cwinckler@mindfulgarden.com mindfulgarden.com Neovasc Inc 13700 Mayfield Pl Unit 2135, Richmond V6V 2J7............ p: 604-270-4344 f: 604-270-4384 e: info@neovasc.com neovasc.com Response Biomedical Corp 1781 75th Ave W, Vancouver V6P 6P2 ............ p: 604-456-6010 f: 604-456-6066 e: customersupport@responsebio.com responsebio.com StarFish Medical 455 Boleskine Rd, Victoria V8Z 1E7 ............ p: 250-388-3537 f: 250-483-1975 e: info@starfishmedical.com starfishmedical.com Verathon Medical Canada ULC 2227 Douglas Rd, Burnaby V5C 5A9 ........... p: 604-439-3009 f: 604-439-3039 e: canadasales@verathon.com verathon.com PHARMACEUTICALS

1050

Amgen British Columbia Inc 7990 Enterprise St, Burnaby V5A 1V7 ........... p: 604-415-1800 f: 604-676-8349 e: natashab@amgen.com amgen.ca

LifeLabs Medical Laboratory Services 3680 Gilmore Way, Burnaby V5G 4V8 ......................................p: 604-431-5005 e: contactus-BC@lifelabs.com lifelabs.com SignalChem Biotech Inc 13120 Vanier Pl Suite 110, Richmond V6V 2J2............ p: 604-232-4600 f: 604-232-4601 e: info@signalchem.com signalchem.com Stemcell Technologies Inc 1618 Station St, Vancouver V6A 1B6 ........... p: 604-877-0713 f: 800-567-2899 e: info@stemcell.com stemcell.com WEX Pharmaceuticals Inc 1100 Melville St Suite 1150, Vancouver V6E 4A6 Walter Korz ..... p: 604-676-7893 f: 604-683-8868 e: walterk@wexpharma.com wexpharma.com OTHER

1000

AbCellera 2215 Yukon St, Vancouver V5Y 0A1 Carl Hansen ................................p: 604-559-9005 e: info@abcellera.com abcellera.com Aspect Biosystems 1781 75th Ave W, Vancouver V6P 6P2 .......................................p: 604-263-0502 e: info@aspectbiosystems.com aspectbiosystems.com

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BC Tech Association 1401 8th Ave W Suite 210, Vancouver V6H 1C9 ......................................p: 604-683-6159 e: hello@wearebctech.com wearebctech.com

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Westport Fuel Systems Inc 1750 75th Ave W Suite 101, Vancouver V6P 6G2 ........... p: 604-718-2000 f: 604-718-2001 e: info@wfsinc.com wfsinc.com FUEL CELLS

ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES

Information & communications technology

2030

2005

General Fusion Inc 3680 Bonneville Pl Suite 106, Burnaby V3N 4T5 ......................................p: 604-439-3003 e: info@generalfusion.com generalfusion.com GeoTility Geothermal Installations Corp 4320 Viking Way Unit 180, Richmond V6V 2L4 Jimmy Leask.... p: 604-273-5776 f: 604-273-5779 e: jleask2@geotility.ca geotility.com Greenlight Innovation Corp 8339 Eastlake Dr Suite 101, Burnaby V5A 4W2.......... p: 604-676-4012 f: 604-676-4111 e: info@greenlightinnovation.com greenlightinnovation.com Hakai Energy Solutions Inc 2956 Ulverston Ave PO Box 779, Cumberland V0R 1S0 Jason Jackson............................p: 888-604-3128 e: info@hakaienergysolutions.com hakaienergysolutions.com Innergex Renewable Energy Inc 888 Dunsmuir St Suite 1100, Vancouver V6C 3K4 ........... p: 604-633-9990 f: 604-633-9991 e: info@innergex.com innergex.com Schneider Electric Canada Inc 3700 Gilmore Way, Burnaby V5G 4M1 .....................................p: 604-422-8595 e: canadian.pss@schneider-electric.com se.com/ca Svante Inc 8528 Glenlyon Pky Unit 143, Burnaby V5J 0B6............ p: 604-456-0504 f: 604-435-7670 e: info@svanteinc.com svanteinc.com Testforce Systems Inc 34255 Larch St, Abbotsford V2S 2P7 Chris Sztuhar ... p: 604-557-0715 f: 514-856-6983 e: chris@testforce.com testforce.com VREC - Vancouver Renewable Energy 1245 Glen Dr Suite 110, Vancouver V6A 3M8 .....................................p: 778-869-8333 e: main@vrec.ca vrec.ca Wellons Canada 19087 96 Ave, Surrey V4N 3P2 ........... p: 604-888-0122 f: 604-888-2959 e: pat.thornton@wellons.ca wellons.ca ALTERNATIVE ENGINE FUELS

2010

Freethem Generation Inc 815 Hornby St Suite 406, Vancouver V6Z 2E6 Claes Fredriksson ................................................. e: claes@freethem.com freethem.com HTEC 2920 Virtual Way Suite 450, Vancouver V5M 0C4 .....................................p: 604-904-0412 e: info@htec.ca htec.ca Hydra Energy Canada Corp 1610 Derwent Way Unit 15, Delta V3M 6W1 e: info@hydra-energy.ca hydraenergy.com

2000

Carbon Engineering Ltd 37322 Galbraith Rd PO Box 187, Squamish V8B 0A2 ................................................................ e: info@carbonengineering.com carbonengineering.com

Ausenco 4515 Central Blvd Suite 1800, Burnaby V5H 0C6 Alexandra Almenara ..................p: 604-669-0424 e: info.nam@ausenco.com ausenco.com Chinook Power Corp 4388 Prospect Rd, North Vancouver V7N 3L7 Stephen Cheeseman ..................p: 604-924-4494 chinookpower.com

OTHER

BC Tech Association 1401 8th Ave W Suite 210, Vancouver V6H 1C9 ......................................p: 604-683-6159 e: hello@wearebctech.com wearebctech.com

INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY Ballard Power Systems Inc 9000 Glenlyon Pky, Burnaby V5J 5J8 Monique Dunn. p: 604-454-0900 f: 604-412-4700 e: marketing@ballard.com ballard.com Loop Energy Inc 2880 Production Way, Burnaby V5A 4T6 ........... p: 604-222-3400 f: 604-227-4365 e: info@loopenergy.com loopenergy.com Palcan Energy Corp 8988 Fraserton Crt Suite 311, Burnaby V5J 5H8 ........... p: 604-288-7822 f: 604-288-7878 palcan.com Testforce Systems Inc 34255 Larch St, Abbotsford V2S 2P7 Chris Sztuhar ... p: 604-557-0715 f: 514-856-6983 e: chris@testforce.com testforce.com Zinc8 Energy Solutions Inc 8765 Ash St Unit 1, Vancouver V6P 6T3 .......................................p: 604-558-1406 e: partners@zinc8energy.com zinc8energy.com POWER & ENERGY EFFICIENCY TECHNOLOGIES

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Analytic Systems Ware (1993) Ltd 8128 River Way Suite 101, Delta V4G IK5 ............ p: 604-946-9981 f: 604-946-9983 e: sales@analyticsystems.com analyticsystems.com Coda Research Corp 195 21st St Suite 1201, West Vancouver V7V 4A4 Johan Dooyeweerd ....................p: 604-986-2004 e: codares.pwr@gmail.com codaresearch.com Delta-Q Technologies Corp 3755 Willingdon Ave, Burnaby V5G 3H3 ........... p: 604-327-8244 f: 604-327-8246 e: info@delta-q.com delta-q.com IFD Technologies 59 6th Ave W, Vancouver V5Y 1K2 ........... p: 604-734-0105 f: 604-734-0120 e: jeremy.vanhorn@ifdtech.com ifdtech.com Lockhart Industries Ltd PO Box 784, Duncan V9L 3Y1 ............ p: 250-748-1731 f: 250-743-4570 e: sales@lockhart.ca lockhart.ca QMC Metering Solutions 573 Sherling Pl Suite 1105, Port Coquitlam V3B 0J6............ p: 604-526-5155 f: 604-526-7667 e: info@qmeters.com qmeters.com Rainforest Automation Inc 311 Pender St W Suite 200, Vancouver V6B 1T3 Bill Richardson ...........................p: 604-630-4287 e: bill.richardson@rainforestautomation.com rainforestautomation.com Tantalus Systems Corp 3555 Gilmore Way Suite 200, Burnaby V5G 0B3 ........... p: 604-299-0458 f: 604-451-4111 e: tantalusinfo@tantalus.com tantalus.com

ELECTRONICS

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Form3 Design Inc 405 Railway St Suite 201, Vancouver V6A 1A7 Alex Feldman..............................p: 604-709-3676 e: alexf@form3.com form3.com Fortig Inc 4363 Locarno Cres, Vancouver V6R 1G2 Gail Petersen ..............................p: 604-644-2121 e: gail.petersen@fortig.com fortig.com Kinetics Drive Solutions Inc 27489 56 Ave, Langley V4W 3X1 .......... p: 604-607-8877 f: 604-607-8825 kineticsdrive.com LMI Technologies 9200 Glenlyon Pky, Burnaby V5J 5J8 .......................................p: 604-636-1011 e: info@lmi3d.com lmi3d.com

Ampco Manufacturers Inc 9 Burbidge St Suite 101, Coquitlam V3K 7B2 Dann Konkin .... p: 604-472-3800 f: 604-944-4068 e: sales@ampcomfg.com ampcomfg.com

Powertech Labs Inc 12388 88 Ave, Surrey V3W 7R7 .......... p: 604-598-5116 f: 604-590-6656 e: monica.pineda@powertechlabs.com powertechlabs.com

Canada Brio Technology Ltd 8988 Fraserton Crt Suite 312, Burnaby V5J 5H8 ........... p: 604-430-2027 f: 604-435-0553 e: sales@brio-tech.ca brio-tech.ca

Rapidia Inc 1201 Franklin St, Vancouver V6A 1L2 Artem Bylinskii ...........................p: 604-267-0199 e: info@rapidia.com rapidia.com

CCI Canadian Circuits Inc 13140 88 Ave Suite 12, Surrey V3W 3K3 Praveen Arya ..............................p: 604-599-8600 e: pam@canadiancircuits.com canadiancircuits.com

Synetic Inc 780 Kings Rd, 2nd floor, Victoria V8T 5A2 ......................................p: 250-475-3001 e: inquiry@synetic.ca synetic.ca

Creation Technologies 8999 Fraserton Crt , Burnaby V5J 5H8 .....................................p: 604-430-4336 e: info@creationtech.com creationtech.com D-Wave Systems Inc 3033 Beta Ave, Burnaby V5G 4M9 .......... p: 604-630-1428 f: 604-630-1434 e: sales@dwavesys.com dwavesys.com DNA Data Networking and Assemblies Ltd 7799 Berg Rd Suite 105, Burnaby V4G 0A5 ........... p: 604-439-1099 f: 604-439-1187 e: sales@dnadata.net dnadata.net Dorigo Systems Ltd 5085 North Fraser Way, Burnaby V5J 0J2 ............ p: 604-294-4600 f: 604-294-4609 e: bmiller@pillonholdings.com dorigo.com

TechBrew Robotics 2960 Okanagan Ave E Suite 120, Salmon Arm V1E 1E6 Michael Boudreau ......................p: 250-833-5647 f: 250-833-5649 e: mike.boudreau@techbrewrobotics.com techbrewrobotics.com HARDWARE

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Foreseeson Technology Inc 11980 Hammersmith Way Suite 2105, Richmond V7A 0A4 ........... p: 604-233-0247 f: 604-233-0248 e: sumoon@foreseeson.com foreseeson.com INTERNET PROVIDERS

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Enigma Interconnect 8070 Winston St, Burnaby V5A 2H5 ........... p: 604-420-3313 f: 604-420-7525 e: boards@enigmacorp.com enigmacorp.com Euro Solutions Ltd 19720 94A Ave Suite E104, Langley V1M 3B7 Lada Cervinek .............................p: 604-513-8584 e: info@eurobc.com eurobc.com Flir Integrated Imaging Solutions Inc 12051 Riverside Way, Richmond V6W 1K7 .......... p: 604-242-9937 f: 604-242-9938 e: mv-info@flir.com flir.com Testforce Systems Inc 34255 Larch St, Abbotsford V2S 2P7 Chris Sztuhar ... p: 604-557-0715 f: 514-856-6983 e: chris@testforce.com testforce.com ENGINEERING, ANALYTICAL & DESIGN SERVICES 3015

Novus Entertainment Inc 112 3rd Ave E Suite 300, Vancouver V5T 1C8 p: 604-642-6688 f: 604-685-7832 e: customerservice@novusnow.ca novusnow.ca INTERNET SERVICES

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Webnames.ca Inc 3020 Lincoln Ave Suite 260, Coquitlam V3B 6B4 ........... p: 604-633-1142 f: 206-456-2714 e: support@webnames.ca webnames.ca SOFTWARE & SERVICES

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Aero Geometrics Ltd 837 Hastings St W Suite 209, Vancouver V6C 3N6 Tim Daly........... p: 604-408-8740 f: 604-408-8747 e: manager@aerogeo.com aerogeo.com

1stDataRecovery.com 2981 Simpson Rd Suite 210, Richmond V6X 2R2 Ann An........................................p: 604-278-3776 e: info@1stdatarecovery.com 1stdatarecovery.com

DFM Technology Inc 10043 Park Dr, Surrey V3V 3A5 Dave Miller...... p: 604-671-3153 f: 877-405-4597 e: dave@dfmtech.com dfmtech.com

Absolute Software 1055 Dunsmuir St Suite 1400 PO Box 49211, Vancouver V7X 1K8 ........... p: 604-730-9851 f: 604-730-2621 e: info@absolute.com absolute.com

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Information & communications technology

AccSys Solutions Inc 20627 Fraser Hwy, Langley V3A 4G4 Douglas Dickie ...........................p: 604-534-4344 e: sales@accsyssolutions.com accsyssolutions.com Aequilibrium Software Inc 409 Granville St Suite 1300, Vancouver V6C 1T2 Adrian Moise..............................p: 877-231-9422 e: adrian.moise@aequilibrium.ca aequilibrium.com AirMed Canada Systems Inc Box 53574 RPO Broadmead, Victoria V8X 5K2 Karla Willems.............................p: 877-313-2442 e: info@airmed.ca airmedcloud.com Alianza 505 Burrard St Suite 300, Vancouver V7X 1M3 .......... p: 604-320-3344 f: 604-320-3399 e: corporate@counterpath.com counterpath.com Allocadia Software Inc 200 Granville St Suite 400, Vancouver V6E 3X1.......................................p: 604-639-5736 e: hello@allocadia.com allocadia.com Andornot Consulting Inc 808 Nelson St Suite 1700, Vancouver V6Z 2H2 ......................................p: 604-269-2525 e: info@andornot.com andornot.com Aquatic Informatics 1111 Georgia St W Suite 2400, Vancouver V6E 4M3 .......... p: 604-873-2782 f: 604-873-2750 e: info@aquaticinformatics.com aquaticinformatics.com Avocette Technologies Inc 422 Sixth St Suite 200, New Westminster V3L 3B2 ............ p: 604-395-6000 f: 604-395-6004 e: marketing@avocette.com avocette.com

Certn Holdings Inc 1006 Fort St Suite 300, Victoria V8V 3K4 ......................................p: 844-987-0690 e: info@certn.co certn.co

Gravit-e Technologies Inc 525 Seymour St Suite 610, Vancouver V6B 3H7 Nick Oostveen . p: 604-637-6567 f: 604-608-5528 e: info@gravit-e.ca gravit-e.ca

PAI Health 510 Seymour St Suite 700, Vancouver V6B 3J5.......................................p: 604-224-9184 e: sales@paihealth.com paihealth.com

CGI Group Inc 1175 Douglas St Suite 600, Victoria V8W 2E1 ......... p: 250-383-3934 f: 250-388-5018 e: info@cgi.com cgi.com

happier IT Inc 15670 Columbia Ave, White Rock V4B 1L1 Lee Van Iderstine........................p: 888-974-2779 e: info@happierit.com happierit.com

Procurify 455 Granville St Suite 500, Vancouver V6C 1T1.......................................p: 888-463-5254 e: contact@procurify.com procurify.com

Change Healthcare Imaging, Workflow & Care Solutions 10711 Cambie Rd Suite 130, Richmond V6X 3G5 ........... p: 604-279-5422 f: 604-279-0572 changehealthcare.com

IBM Canada Ltd 4611 Canada Way Suite 200, Burnaby V5G 4X3 ........... p: 778-327-7241 f: 778-327-7400 e: ericj@ca.ibm.com ibm.com/ca

Realtor.com 10271 Shellbridge Way Suite 300, Richmond V6X 2W8 .....................................p: 800-444-8570 e: sales@topproducer.com topproducer.com careers.realtor.com

Clio (Themis Solutions Inc) 4611 Canada Way, Burnaby V5G 4X3 ......................................p: 888-858-2546 e: info@clio.com clio.com Conexiom 1140 Pender St W Suite 1400, Vancouver V6E 4G1 ........... p: 604-638-2300 f: 604-638-2301 e: info@conexiom.com conexiom.com Conquer Experience 13737 96 Ave Suite 201, Surrey V3V 0C6 Angela Robert ............................p: 236-477-1684 e: info@conquerexperience.com conquerexperience.com Copperleaf 2920 Virtual Way Suite 140, Vancouver V5M 0C4 Laura Ryan....... p: 604-639-9700 f: 604-639-9699 e: info13@copperleaf.com copperleaf.com CPG Systems 2818 Main St Suite 301, Vancouver V5T 0C1.......................................p: 604-336-8133 e: ask.us@cpgsystems.ca cpgsystems.ca

Barnet POS Systems 7404 King George Blvd Suite 200, Surrey V3W 1N6 ......... p: 604-833-5721 f: 604-677-6260 e: info@barnetbc.com barnetpos.com

DBC Technologies Ltd. 33 Smithe St Suite 2003, Vancouver V6B 0B5 Dennis Wilson ............................p: 604-900-2384 e: dennis@deliverybizconnect.com deliverybizconnect.com

Bayleaf Software 839 Cambie St Suite 200, Vancouver V6B 2P4 George Tomes . p: 604-683-1288 f: 604-683-1287 e: info@bayleaf.com bayleaf.com

Dolphin Enterprises Ltd 850 Hastings St W Suite 609, Vancouver V6E 1E1 .......................................p: 604-685-6721 e: info@dolphinent.com dolphinent.com

Bench 545 Robson St Suite 200, Vancouver V6B 2B7 ................................................................ e: media@bench.co bench.co

FinancialCAD Corp (FINCAD) 13450 102 Ave Suite 1750 Central City, Surrey V3T 5X3............ p: 604-957-1200 f: 604-957-1201 e: info@fincad.com fincad.com

Binary Stream Software Inc 7300 Edmonds St Suite 800, Burnaby V3N 0G8......................................p: 604-522-6300 e: info@binarystream.com binarystream.com

FORM 1090 Homer St Suite 200, Vancouver V6B 2W9 Caitlin Ert.............................................................. e: caitlin@formswim.com formswim.com

Boeing Vancouver 13575 Commerce Pky Suite 200, Richmond V6V 2L1 ............ p: 604-232-4200 f: 604-232-4201 e: rachel.kelly@boeing.com boeingvancouver.com

Galvanize 980 Howe St Suite 1500, Vancouver V6Z 0C8............ p: 604-669-4225 f: 604-669-3557 wegalvanize.com

Burli Software Inc 4664 Lougheed Hwy Suite 264, Burnaby V5C 5T5............ p: 604-684-3140 f: 604-684-4160 e: sales@burli.com burli.com Calabrio Inc 401 Georgia St W Suite 1900, Vancouver V6B 5A1 ................ p: 855-784-2807 calabrio.com Caltec Solutions PO Box 33035 Nordel, Delta V4C 8E6 Calen Slezash .............................p: 604-761-4342 e: info@caltecsolutions.com caltecsolutions.com Celayix Software 595 Howe St Suite 400, Vancouver V6C 2T5.......................................p: 888-591-5558 e: sales@celayix.com celayix.com

Gens Software Ltd 4050 38th Ave W, Vancouver V6N 2Y9 Radik Gens ...... p: 604-266-5767 f: 604-266-5769 e: radikg@genssoft.com genssoft.com GenXys 322 Water St Suite 200, Vancouver V6B 1B6 ......................................p: 778-895-9325 e: info@genxys.com genxys.com GeoTalent by GeoMetrix (the Evolution of TrainingPartner) PO Box 53574 RPO Broadmead, Victoria V8X 5K2 Karla Willems.. p: 800-616-5409 f: 250-361-9362 e: info@geotalent.com geotalent.com Global Relay 220 Cambie St, 2nd Floor, Vancouver V6B 2M9 Shannon Rogers .........................p: 604-484-6630 f: 604-608-2941 e: info@globalrelay.net globalrelay.com

IFS 13700 International Pl Suite 200, Richmond V6V 2X8 ......................... p: 604-214-9700 ifs.com Innovation Networks Inc 13955 Bridgeport Rd Suite 400, Richmond V6V 1J6............ p: 604-275-5100 f: 604-275-7978 e: info@innovationnetworks.com innovationnetworks.com

Safe Software 9639 137A St Suite 1200, Surrey V3T 0M1 .......... p: 604-501-9985 f: 604-501-9965 e: info@safe.com safe.com Sage Software Canada 13888 Wireless Way, Richmond V6V 0A3 ................ p: 604-207-9480 sage.com/ca

iQmetrix 250 Howe St Suite 1210, Vancouver V6C 3R8 ........... p: 604-694-8010 f: 604-568-0462 iqmetrix.com

SAP Canada Inc 910 Mainland St, Vancouver V6B 1A9 ........... p: 604-647-8888 f: 604-681-2934 e: vancouver@sap.com sap.com

Klue 777 Hornby St Suite 1600, Vancouver V6Z 1S4.......................................p: 877-438-5583 e: info@klue.com klue.com

Semaphore Solutions 844 Courtney St Suite 200, Victoria V8W 1C4 Peter Smith.................................... p: 25--90--444 e: peter.smith@semaphoresolutions.ca semaphoresolutions.com

MagicLogic Optimization Inc 150 Canterbury Cres, Nanaimo V9T 4S4 Tim Smith ...................................p: 250-585-4409 e: tim@magiclogic.com magiclogic.com Maximizer Software Inc 60 Smithe St Suite 260, Vancouver V6B 0P5............ p: 604-601-8000 f: 604-601-8001 e: info@maximizer.com maximizer.com Metasoft Systems Inc 353 Water St Suite 300, Vancouver V6B 1B8 ........... p: 604-683-6711 f: 604-683-6704 e: info@meta-soft.com foundationsearch.com Micromine 999 Canada Pl Suite 532, Vancouver V6C 3E1 Derek Cooper... p: 604-646-8924 f: 604-696-0504 e: dcooper@micromine.com micromine.com Microsoft Canada Inc (Vancouver development centre) 725 Granville St Suite 700, Vancouver V7Y 1G5 ......................................p: 604-693-7726 e: mcecinfo@microsoft.com mcec.microsoft.ca MRX Solutions Corp 470 Kingsway Ave Suite 103, Vancouver V5T 3J9 ............ p: 604-676-2362 f: 604-676-2362 e: info@mrxsolutions.com mrxsolutions.com Norsys Software Corp 3512 23rd Ave W, Vancouver V6S 1K5 ........... p: 604-221-2223 f: 604-221-2223 e: info@norsys.com norsys.com Oak Bay Softrends Inc 3230 31st Ave W, Vancouver V6L 2A7.......................................p: 604-739-9385 e: info@oakbaysoftrends.net oakbaysoftrends.net Optimus Information Inc 900 Howe St Suite 510, Vancouver V6Z 2M4 .....................................p: 604-736-4600 e: info@optimusinfo.com optimusinfo.com OPUS Consulting Group Ltd 134 Abbott St Suite 404, Vancouver V6B 2K4 ........... p: 604-684-6787 f: 604-684-6789 e: info@ocgl.net ocgl.net

SkyHive Technologies Inc 815 Hastings St W Suite 800, Vancouver V6C 3N9 ................................................................ e: hello@skyhive.io skyhive.ai Smart Hotel Software Inc 219 8th St E Unit 3, North Vancouver V7L 1Y9 Douglas Ash ...............................p: 604-926-3215 e: sales@smarthotelsoftware.com smarthotelsoftware.com Softlanding Solutions Inc 555 Hastings St W Suite 1605, Vancouver V6B 4N6 Shaun Roberts . p: 604-633-1410 f: 604-633-1409 e: sroberts@softlanding.ca softlanding.ca Sophos Inc 777 Dunsmuir St Suite 1400, Vancouver V7Y 1K4 ......................................p: 604-484-6400 e: careers-canada@sophos.com sophos.com SpeedLine Solutions Inc 3899 Mt Lehman Rd, Abbotsford V2T 5W5 .......... p: 888-400-9185 f: 866-850-9688 e: info@speedlinesolutions.com speedlinesolutions.com Squirrel Systems 8585 Baxter Pl, Burnaby V5A 4V7 ........... p: 604-412-3300 f: 604-412-3399 e: info@squirrelsystems.com squirrelsystems.com StarGarden Corp 3665 Kingsway, Vancouver V5R 5W2 .......... p: 800-809-2880 f: 604-451-0578 e: support@stargarden.com stargarden.com STEMSOFT Software 1618 Station St, Vancouver V6A 1B6 Daniel Kenzie ....................................................... e: info@stemsoft.com stemsoft.com Tasktop 1500 Georgia St W Suite 1100, Vancouver V6G 2Z6 ......................................p: 778-588-6896 e: info@tasktop.com tasktop.com Tecnet Canada Inc 3214 Beta Ave, Burnaby V5G 4K4 Ed Life.............. p: 800-832-6381 f: 604-433-5552 e: ed.life@tecnet.ca tecnet.ca

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Information & communications technology

Teradici, an HP Co 4601 Canada Way Suite 301, Burnaby V5G 4X7 ........... p: 604-451-5800 f: 604-451-5818 e: info@teradici.com teradici.com

Charter 2614 Sooke Rd, Victoria V9B 1Y2 Kelly Michell ..............................p: 778-410-2502 e: info@charter.ca charter.ca

The Answer Co 233 Nelson Cres Suite 502, New Westminster V3L 0E4 ............ p: 604-473-9166 f: 604-473-9115 e: info@theanswerco.com theanswerco.com

CityWest Cable and Telephone Corp 248 3rd Ave, Prince Rupert V8J 1L1 .......................................p: 250-624-7001 e: donovan.dias@cwct.ca citywest.ca

ThoughtExchange 1990 Columbia Ave Suite E PO Box 2260, Rossland V0G 1Y0 Alex Chapple ..............................p: 250-551-2492 e: alex.chapple@thoughtexchange.com thoughtexchange.com

Glentel Inc 8501 Commerce Crt, Burnaby V5A 4N3........... p: 604-415-6500 f: 604-415-6565 e: info@glentel.com glentel.com

Thrive Health 116 Hastings St W Suite 200, Vancouver V6B 1G8 David Helliwell ...........................p: 604-200-6431 e: info@thrive.health thrive.health TLD Computers and CustomWorks - A Division of London Drugs Ltd 12251 Horseshoe Way Suite 100, Richmond V7A 4V4 ........... p: 888-933-9777 f: 604-272-6026 e: solutions@tld.com tld.com/customworks.ca Traction on Demand 2700 Production Way Suite 500, Burnaby V5A 0C2 Kevin Murray ..............................p: 604-620-6040 e: kmurray@tractionondemand.com tractionondemand.com Trulioo 1055 Hastings St W Suite 1200, Vancouver V6E 2E9 Alison Gallagher.........................p: 888-773-0179 e: media@trulioo.com trulioo.com Visier 858 Beatty St Suite 400, Vancouver V6B 1C1 Ryan Tessier .... p: 778-331-6950 f: 778-331-6951 e: ryan.tessier@visier.com visier.com WoodPro Software Inc 2680 Shell Rd Suite 208, Richmond V6X 4C9 ........... p: 604-270-2595 f: 604-244-7966 e: marketing@woodprosoftware.com woodprosoftware.com ZE PowerGroup Inc 5920 No 2 Rd Suite 130, Richmond V7C 4R9 Michelle Mollineaux ..................p: 604-244-1469 f: 604-244-1675 e: michelle.mollineaux@ze.com ze.com TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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Advanced Interactive Canada Inc (dba Advintive) 8988 Fraserton Crt Suite 312, Burnaby V5J 5H8 Karim Lakhani.. p: 604-685-4011 f: 604-685-4002 e: info@advintive.com advintive.com Algo Communication Products Ltd 4500 Beedie St, Burnaby V5J 5L2 ............ p: 604-454-3790 f: 604-437-5726 e: info@algosolutions.com algosolutions.com Ansatel Communications Inc 940 Kingsway, Vancouver V5V 3C4 ........... p: 604-872-6500 f: 604-879-5377 e: sales@ansatel.com ansatel.com Avari Wireless 8618 Commerce Crt, Burnaby V5A 4N6........... p: 833-502-2144 f: 778-945-5086 e: info@avariwireless.com avariwireless.om Bell Canada 2925 Virtual Way, Vancouver V5M 4X5 .....................................p: 800-667-0123 e: bcecomms@bell.ca bell.ca

New media

VIDEOCONFERENCING/ WEBCASTING

3050

Mediastreams Communications 40044 Plateau Dr, Squamish V8B 0W3 Pesi A Unwalla ...........................p: 604-970-5055 e: info@mediastreams.ca mediastreams.ca OTHER

3000

Amazon (Vancouver) 510 Georgia St W, Vancouver V6B 2A3 ....................p: 604-697-2711 amazon.ca BC Tech Association 1401 8th Ave W Suite 210, Vancouver V6H 1C9 ......................................p: 604-683-6159 e: hello@wearebctech.com wearebctech.com CuePath Innovation Inc 555 Hastings St W Suite 1200, Vancouver V6B 4N6 Bruce Nunn.................................p: 888-877-2848 e: info@cuepath.com cuepath.com

Novus Entertainment Inc 112 3rd Ave E Suite 300, Vancouver V5T 1C8............ p: 604-642-6688 f: 604-685-7832 e: customerservice@novusnow.ca novusnow.ca

DataRecoveryBC.com 2981 Simpson Rd Suite 210, Richmond V6X 2R2 Richard Liao................................p: 604-681-3770 e: help@datarecoverybc.com datarecoverybc.com

OptiNet Systems Inc 853 Seaborne Ave Suite 2140, Port Coquitlam V3B 0N9 ........... p: 604-288-1300 f: 604-233-1255 e: sales@optinet.ca optinet.ca

Dialpad Canada Inc 1100 Melville St Suite 400, Vancouver V6E 4A6 ................. p: 855-342-5723 dialpad.com

Pacific CoastCom Communications Inc 4704 Hastings St, Burnaby V5C 2K7 Roma Circo ...... p: 604-299-8180 f: 604-299-8179 e: sales@pcoast.ca pcoast.ca Paladin Technologies Inc 355 Burrard St Suite 1350, Vancouver V6C 2G8 ......................................p: 877-508-1881 e: csmiley@paladintechnologies.com paladintechnologies.com Rogers Communications 4710 Kingsway, Suite 1600, Burnaby V5H 4M5 .....................................p: 888-764-3771 e: customer.service@rci.rogers.com rogers.com Santel Communications 11880 Hammersmith Way Suite 197, Richmond V7A 5C8 ........... p: 604-273-9062 f: 604-273-1983 e: kkondo@santel.ca santel.ca Shaw Communications Inc 1067 Cordova St W, Vancouver V6C 3T5.........................p: 888-472-2222 shaw.ca Telus Corp 510 Georgia St W 23rd floor, Vancouver V6B 0M3 .....................................p: 604-697-8044 e: ir@telus.com telus.com Uniserve Communications Corp 333 Terminal Ave Suite 209, Vancouver V6A 4C1 ........... p: 604-395-3900 f: 604-630-7194 uniserve.com Vandelta Communication Systems Ltd 9223 Shaughnessy St, Vancouver V6P 6R5 Hugh M Rae .... p: 604-732-8686 f: 604-732-4727 e: hughrae@vandelta.com vandelta.com Vecima Networks Inc 771 Vanalman Ave, Victoria V8Z 3B8............ p: 250-881-1982 f: 250-881-1974 e: invest@vecima.com vecima.com Western Pacific Enterprises Ltd 1321 Ketch Crt, Coquitlam V3K 6X7 ........... p: 604-540-1321 f: 604-540-1390 e: derek@wpe.ca wpe.ca

Fortinet Inc 4190 Still Creek Dr, Burnaby V5C 6C6 ........... p: 604-430-1297 f: 604-293-8885 e: pr@fortinet.com fortinet.com IT Blueprint Solutions Inc 422 Richards St Suite 170, Vancouver V6B 2Z4.......................................p: 833-948-2583 e: info@itblueprint.ca itblueprint.ca MDA 13800 Commerce Pky, Richmond V6V 2J3.......................................p: 604-278-3411 e: info@mda.space mda.space NTT DATA 2025 Willingdon Ave Suite 300, Burnaby V5C 0J3............ p: 877-688-1371 f: 888-688-6482 e: ssg-contact@nttdata.com ca.nttdata.com Place One Systems 4720 Kingsway Suite 2600, Burnaby V5H 4N2......................................p: 604-601-2118 e: info@placeonesystems.com placeone.net PlaceSpeak Inc 1005 Cypress St, Vancouver V6J 3K6 Colleen Hardwick .......................p: 604-336-6977 e: info@placespeak.com placespeak.com Safe Fleet 3B Burbidge St Unit 111, Coquitlam V3K 7B2 Tom Gill ........... p: 604-941-0880 f: 604-941-0870 e: ptlwmarketing@safefleet.net safefleet.net WELL Health Technologies Corp 322 Water St Suite 200, Vancouver V6B 1B6 ......................................p: 604-628-7266 e: info@well.company well.company

NEW MEDIA ANIMATION/DIGITAL FILM

4010

Atomic Cartoons, Thunderbird’s Kids and Family Division 123 7th Ave W, Vancouver V5Y 1L8 Jennifer Twiner McCarron .........p: 604-734-2866 e: info@atomiccartoons.com atomiccartoons.com

Bardel Entertainment Inc 425 6th Ave W, Vancouver V5Y 1L3 ............ p: 604-669-5589 f: 604-669-9079 e: info@bardel.ca bardel.ca Dick & Roger’s Sound Studio Ltd 190 Alexander St Suite 301, Vancouver V6A 1B5 Roger J Monk .............................p: 604-873-5777 e: info@dickandrogers.com dickandrogers.com DNEG 149 4th Ave W, Vancouver V5Y 4A6 ......................................p: 778-372-9000 e: info@dneg.com dneg.com FuseFX 1040 Hamilton St Suite 400, Vancouver V6B 2R9 ......................................p: 604-637-3010 e: bcinfo@fusefx.com fusefx.com Image Engine Design Inc 15 5th Ave W, Vancouver V5Y 1H4 ........... p: 604-874-5634 f: 604-708-8433 e: vfx@image-engine.com image-engine.com Industrial Light & Magic Vancouver 21 Water St Suite 400, Vancouver V6B 1A1 ......................................p: 415-746-4700 e: contact-van@ilm.com ilm.com Patrick Turner Studios 241 St Georges Ave Suite 103, North Vancouver V7L 4N2 Patrick Turner .............................p: 604-929-7158 e: pat@patrickturner.com patrickturner.com The Sequence Group 259 Alexander St, Vancouver V6A 1C2 ......................................p: 604-879-4879 e: hello@thesequencegroup.com thesequencegroup.com Titmouse 31 3rd Ave W, Vancouver V5Y 3T8 Ben Kalina ..................................p: 604-757-4203 e: sales@titmouse.net titmouse.net WildBrain Ltd 380 5th Ave W, Vancouver V5Y 1J5............ p: 604-684-2363 f: 604-602-0208 e: reception.vancouver@wildbrain.com wildbrain.com E-LEARNING

4020

RaceRocks 3D Inc 1216 Broad St Suite 104, Victoria V8W 2A5.....................................p: 250-686-3489 e: contact@racerocks3d.com racerocks3d.ca INTERACTIVE DESIGN & COMMUNICATIONS

4030

Intergalactic Agency Inc 1224 Hamilton St Suite 302, Vancouver V6B 2S8 ......................................p: 604-738-3311 e: info@intergalactic.com intergalactic.com KIMBO Design Inc 409 Granville St Suite 1251, Vancouver V6C 1T2 Kim Pickett .................................p: 604-738-6448 e: kim@kimbodesign.ca kimbodesign.ca Magnify Digital Inc 680B Leg-In-Boot Sq, Vancouver V5Z 4B4.......................................p: 604-879-7770 e: info@magnifydigital.com magnifydigital.com Media FX Group Vancouver Ron Jacklin......................................... e: info@mediafxgroup.com mediafxgroup.com Pound & Grain 510 Beatty St Suite 100, Vancouver V6B 2L3 ............ p: 604-757-3793 f: 604-757-3793 e: hello@poundandgrain.com poundandgrain.com

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New media

Services

TBA Digital Inc 1684 2nd Ave W, Vancouver V6J 1H4 ........... p: 604-732-0122 f: 604-559-8930 e: cameron@tbadigital.com tbadigital.com INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT/ GAMES

4040

Codename Entertainment 625 Alpha St, Victoria V8Z 1B5................................................................. e: general@codenameentertainment.com codenameentertainment.com East Side Games Group Inc 510 Burrard St Suite 909, Vancouver V6C 3A8 ........... p: 604-288-4417 f: 604-568-5051 e: info@eastsidegamestudio.com eastsidegamesgroup.com Hellbent Games 3430 Brighton Ave Suite 210A, Burnaby V5A 3H4 ......................................p: 604-431-6669 e: contact@hellbentgames.com hellbentgames.com

Crew Food & Beverage Marketing Partners 5446 152 St Suite 301, Surrey V3S 5J9.......................................p: 604-449-1970 e: sunger@crewmp.com crewmp.com

Microzip Data Solutions Inc 851 Old Lillooet Rd, North Vancouver V7J 2H6 Axel Krieger..... p: 604-683-3711 f: 855-845-8903 e: info@microzip.com microzip.com

Campbell & Company Public Relations 23195 96 Ave Box 770, Fort Langley V1M 2S2 Steve Campbell ..........................p: 604-888-5267 e: tech@ccom-pr.com ccom-pr.com

Event Approvals, Inc (Eproval) 343 Railway St Suite 304, Vancouver V6A 1A4 ......................................p: 855-787-2228 e: info@eproval.com eproval.com

OXD 12 Water St Suite 210, Vancouver V6B 1A5 ......................................p: 604-694-0554 e: hello@oxd.com oxd.com

Domain7 339 Railway St Suite 250, Vancouver V6A 1A4 ........... p: 604-855-3772 f: 604-854-3349 e: hello@domain7.com domain7.com

Fresh Local Solutions Inc 5566 Trapp Ave Unit 105, Burnaby V3N 5G4......................................p: 604-215-7783 freshlocalsolutions.com

Pixsoul Media Virtual Office, Vancouver V6G 3H1 ......................................p: 604-616-2884 e: hello@pixsoulmedia.com pixsoulmedia.com

Dominion Sales & Marketing Services Inc 4170 Still Creek Dr Suite 200, Burnaby V5C 6C6 Tyler Dawson.........p: 778-783-0689 talkisbs.com

Glacier Media Digital 303 5th Ave W, Vancouver V5Y 1J6.......................................p: 604-630-3501 e: abrouwer@glaciermedia.ca glaciermediadigital.ca

POWERSHiFTER Digital Inc 228 Georgia St E Suite 300, Vancouver V6A 1Z7 ......................................p: 778-866-0617 e: hello@powershifternew.biz powershifter.com

Inside Information Inc 1279 Nicola St Suite 306, Vancouver V6G 2E8 Lois Sperling...............................p: 604-684-6434 e: admin@insideinformation.com insideinformation.com

Rethink Communications LLP 470 Granville St Suite 700, Vancouver V6C 1V5 ........... p: 604-685-8911 f: 604-685-9004 e: glen@rethinkideas.com rethinkideas.com

Jumpstart Sales & Marketing Inc 4170 Still Creek Dr Suite 200, Burnaby V5C 6C6 Tyler Dawson..............................p: 778-783-0689 jumpstartcorp.com

Widerfunnel Marketing Inc 333 Seymour St Suite 1480, Vancouver V6B 5A6 ......................................p: 604-800-6450 e: iwant@widerfunnel.com widerfunnel.com

Lead Generators International Sales & Marketing Group Inc 4170 Still Creek Dr Suite 200, Burnaby V5C 6C6 Tyler Dawson. p: 604-918-5078 clientfinders.com

World Exposure 5788 Birney Ave Suite 401, Vancouver V6S 0A2 ......................................p: 604-221-1789 e: sales@worldexposure.com worldexposure.com

OMD Vancouver 777 Hornby St Suite 1600, Vancouver V6Z 2T3 .......................................p: 604-640-4336 e: jason.snider@omd.com omd.com

Graphically Speaking Services Inc 1140 Pender St W Suite 840, Vancouver V6E 4G1 ........... p: 604-682-5500 f: 604-682-1312 e: team@graphicallyspeaking.ca graphicallyspeaking.ca

Jetpack Interactive 163 Hastings St W Suite 310, Vancouver V6B 1H5 Ian Winter ..................................p: 604-620-5592 e: info@jetpackinteractive.ca jetpackinteractive.ca Koolhaus Games Inc PO Box 5087 VMPO, Vancouver V6B 4A9 ........... p: 604-696-9717 f: 604-696-9744 e: info@koolhausgames.com koolhausgames.com Relic Entertainment 285 5th Ave W Suite 500, Vancouver V5Y 1J3.......................................p: 604-801-6577 e: jamie.chapman@relic.com relic.com Skybox Labs 2025 Willingdon Ave Suite 600, Burnaby V5C 0J3.......................................p: 604-558-4330 e: info@skyboxlabs.com skyboxlabs.com The Coalition 858 Beatty St Suite 600, Vancouver V6B 1C1 ........... p: 604-247-6000 f: 604-221-4400 thecoalitionstudio.com MOBILE MARKETING

4045

Fobi AI Inc 541 Howe St Suite 2F, Vancouver V6C 2C2 Ian Cameron ....................p: 604-202-1309 fobi.ai SOFTWARE

4050

ideaLEVER Solutions Inc Vancouver Wilf Froese...............p: 604-738-0906 e: sales@idealever.com idealever.com Idea Rebel 113 Water St, Vancouver V6B 1A7 ......................................p: 604-569-2155 e: info@idearebel.com idearebel.com ImageX 163 Hastings St W Suite 405, Vancouver V6B 1H5 ........... p: 778-785-1547 f: 604-436-6155 e: hello@imagexmedia.com imagexmedia.com Infectious Communications Inc 5707 Cartier Rd, Sechelt V0N 3A7......................................p: 604-628-0570 e: connect@infectious.ca infectious.ca Jelly Digital Marketing & PR 23189 Francis Ave Suite 212, Langley V1M 2R6 .....................................p: 604-674-3559 e: darian@jellymarketing.com jellymarketing.ca

Annex Pro 1485 Venables St, Vancouver V5L 2G1 Kerry Corlett ...............................p: 800-682-6639 e: contact@annexpro.com annexpro.com

Lara Spence Web Design + Business Writing 5293 St Catherines St, Vancouver V5W 3G2.....................................p: 604-828-4249 e: lara@laraspence.com laraspence.com

Appazur Solutions Inc 2223A Oak Bay Ave Suite 140, Victoria V8R 1G4 Trevor Cox...................................p: 888-277-5705 e: hello@appazur.com appazur.com

Major Tom Agency Inc 548 Beatty St, Vancouver V6B 2L3 .......................................p: 604-262-9083 e: van@majortom.com majortom.com

PNI Digital Media 425 Carrall St Suite 100, Vancouver V6B 6E3............ p: 604-893-8955 f: 604-893-8966 e: pr@pnimedia.com pnimedia.com

Manage Petro 1183 16th St W, North Vancouver V7P 1R4............ p: 604-506-6108 f: 604-424-4024 e: admin@managepetro.com managepetro.com

Unbounce 401 Georgia St W Suite 400, Vancouver V6B 5A1 ......................................p: 604-484-1354 e: tiffani.lee@unbounce.com unbounce.com

Marwick Marketing 38142 Cleveland Ave, Squamish V8B 0A7 ......................................p: 604-390-0065 e: christian@marwickmarketing.com marwickmarketing.com

WEB DEVELOPMENT/MARKETING/ COMMERCE 4060

Appnovation 190 Alexander St Suite 600, Vancouver V6A 1B5 ........... p: 604-568-0313 f: 604-568-0314 e: info@appnovation.com appnovation.com

Massive Media Inc 81 Cordova St W, Vancouver V6B 1C8 ........... p: 604-227-4343 f: 604-227-4343 e: hello@engagemassive.com engagemassive.com

Zapp Worx Design 318 Homer St Suite 205A, Vancouver V6B 2V2 Luie Zappacosta .........................p: 604-689-5531 f: 604-687-6272 e: luie@zappworx.com zappworx.com OTHER

4000

BC Tech Association 1401 8th Ave W Suite 210, Vancouver V6H 1C9 ......................................p: 604-683-6159 e: hello@wearebctech.com wearebctech.com BroadbandTV Corp 1205 Melville St, Vancouver V6E 0A6 ......................................p: 604-647-2288 e: pr@bbtv.com bbtv.com Hootsuite 111 5th Ave E, Vancouver V5T 4L1 .......................................p: 604-681-4668 e: media@hootsuite.com hootsuite.com

FINANCIAL SERVICES

7020

Capital West Partners 885 Georgia St W Suite 1250, Vancouver V6C 3E8 Andrew Kemper .........................p: 604-718-6800 f: 604-718-6820 e: cwinfo@capwest.com capwest.com WUTIF Capital (VCC) Corp 555 Hastings St W Suite 1100, Vancouver V6B 4N6 Mike Volker ................................p: 604-644-1926 e: mike@volker.org wutif.ca LEGAL SERVICES

7030

Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP 700 Georgia St W Suite 2700, Vancouver V7Y 1B8 ........... p: 604-484-1700 f: 604-484-9700 e: info@ahbl.ca ahbl.ca

SERVICES ACCOUNTING

7010

Deloitte LLP 410 Georgia St W, Vancouver V6B 0S7 Erica Pretorius . p: 604-640-3149 f: 604-685-0395 e: erpretorius@deloitte.ca deloitte.ca KPMG LLP 777 Dunsmuir St Box 10426, Vancouver V7Y 1K3 George Kondopulos ....................p: 604-691-3000 f: 604-691-3031 e: gvamarketing@kpmg.ca kpmg.ca AUDIOVISUAL

7013

Tekskil Industries Inc 998 Harbourside Dr Suite 102, North Vancouver V7P 3T2 Rick Anselmo... p: 604-985-2250 f: 877-576-8361 e: team@tekskil.com tekskil.com CONSULTANTS

7015

Atmoswater Research 2116 Grand Blvd, North Vancouver V7L 3Y7 Roland Wahlgren .......................p: 604-985-3720 e: atmoswater@shaw.ca atmoswater.com

Clark Wilson LLP 885 Georgia St W Suite 900, Vancouver V6C 3H1 David Ford ..................................d: 604-891-7785 e: dford@cwilson.com cwilson.com Monica Sharma ..........................d: 604-643-3166 e: msharma@cwilson.com cwilson.com Providing a full range of legal services to technology businesses: startup, M&A transactions debt & equity financing including public markets, SaaS and online platform commercialization, intellectual property protection and enforcement, employment, privacy, tax and immigration Farris LLP 700 Georgia St W Suite 2500 Box 10026 Pacific Centre, Vancouver V7Y 1B3 Sharan Sangha p: 604-684-9151 f: 604-661-9349 e: ssangha@farris.com farris.com

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Services

Wireless

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP 550 Burrard St Suite 2900, Vancouver V6C 0A3 William Westeringh ...................p: 604-631-3131 f: 604-631-3232 e: vancouver@fasken.com fasken.com

Avison Young 1055 Georgia St W Suite 2900 Box 11109, Vancouver V6E 3P3 Michael Keenan .........................p: 604-687-7331 f: 604-687-0031 avisonyoung.com

City of Coquitlam - Economic Development 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam V3B 7N2 Andre Isakov...............................p: 604-927-3442 e: economicdevelopment@coquitlam.ca coquitlam.ca/economicdevelopment

Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP 550 Burrard St Suite 2300, Vancouver V6C 2B5 Jenny Grimes .............................p: 604-891-2787 e: riannah.reagh@gowlingwlg.com gowlingwlg.com

CapriCMW Insurance Services Ltd 2025 Willingdon Ave Suite 700, Burnaby V5C 0J3 Richard Folkins p: 604-294-3301 f: 604-294-3003 e: info@capricmw.ca capricmw.ca

Tech and People Network (TAP Network) PO Box 38024, Vancouver V5Z 4L9 Stephanie Hollingshead .............p: 604-874-2653 e: shollingshead@tapnetwork.ca tapnetwork.ca

Harper Grey LLP 650 Georgia St W Suite 3200, Vancouver V6B 4P7 Prentice Durbin p: 604-895-2903 f: 604-669-9385 e: pdurbin@harpergrey.com harpergrey.com We team with start-ups, emerging and mature companies to help them achieve their objectives. We provide counsel, guidance and creative and practical solutions.

Koffman Kalef LLP 885 Georgia St W Suite 1900, Vancouver V6C 3H4 Mike E Wong ... p: 604-891-3688 f: 604-891-3788 e: info@kkbl.com kkbl.com Lawson Lundell LLP 925 Georgia St W Suite 1600, Vancouver V6C 3L2 ............ p: 604-685-3456 f: 604-669-1620 e: inquiries@lawsonlundell.com lawsonlundell.com Oyen Wiggs Green & Mutala LLP 601 Cordova St W Suite 480, Vancouver V6B 1G1 Lana Chan........ p: 604-669-3432 f: 604-681-4081 e: mail@patentable.com patentable.com Stikeman Elliott LLP 666 Burrard St Suite 1700, Vancouver V6C 2X8 Michael Urbani p: 604-631-1300 f: 604-681-1825 e: murbani@stikeman.com stikeman.com MARKETING RESEARCH

7040

Justason Market Intelligence Inc 1055 Georgia St W Suite 2429 , Vancouver V6E 3P3 Barbara Justason .......................p: 604-783-4165 e: barb@justasonmi.com justasonmi.com PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

7050

Analytics Marketing Inc 6997 Richmond St, Powell River V8A 1H7 Ean Jackson ...............................p: 604-904-6554 e: newsletters@analyticsmarketing.com analyticsmarketing.com

SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES

HUB International 505 Burrard St Suite 1900, Vancouver V7X 1M6 Derek May ....... p: 604-331-5464 f: 604-269-1001 e: derek.may@hubinternational.com hubtechnology.ca

Testforce Systems Inc 34255 Larch St, Abbotsford V2S 2P7 Chris Sztuhar ... p: 604-557-0715 f: 514-856-6983 e: chris@testforce.com testforce.com

RECRUITING

7075

Aerotek 4321 Still Creek Dr Suite 150, Burnaby V5C 6S7 ........... p: 604-293-8000 f: 604-293-8090 aerotek.com Elevate Search Group Ltd 777 Hornby St Suite 600, Vancouver V6Z 1S4 Allan J Welyk .............................p: 604-678-5627 e: allan@elevatesearchgroup.com elevatesearchgroup.com IITTI World Civility Index 283 Davie St Suite 1303, Vancouver V6B 5T6 Patrick Chun ......................................................... e: info@iitti.org iitti.org MountainCrest Personnel Inc 1384 Haversley Ave, Coquitlam V3J 1V3 Harvey Fishman ..........................p: 604-377-9055 e: harvey@peakpeople.ca mountaincrestpersonnel.com Pearl Fisher Group 6595 Willingdon Ave, Burnaby V5H 4E5 Robert Zalaudek .........................p: 604-771-8768 e: robert@pearlfishers.it pearlfishergroup.com OTHER

7000

BC Tech Association 1401 8th Ave W Suite 210, Vancouver V6H 1C9 ......................................p: 604-683-6159 e: hello@wearebctech.com wearebctech.com Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters British Columbia PO Box 36570 Seafair, Richmond V7C 5M4 .......... p: 604-713-7800 f: 604-713-7801 e: bc@cme-mec.ca cme-mec.ca

ELECTRIC VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES 5005

VeloMetro Mobility Inc 1885 Franklin St, Vancouver V5L 1P9 .......................................p: 860-698-3366 e: info@veemo.ca veemo.ca GREEN BUILDING & SUSTAINABLE PLANNING SERVICES

5040

Delta Controls Inc 17850 56 Ave, Surrey V3S 1C7 ........... p: 604-574-9444 f: 604-574-7630 e: marketing@deltacontrols.com deltacontrols.com HAZARDOUS/SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

5050

Hatch 1066 Hastings St W Suite 400, Vancouver V6E 3X2 Evan Jones ...... p: 604-689-5767 f: 604-689-3918 e: evan.jones@hatch.com hatch.com SITE REMEDIATION

5090

Binpal Engineering Ltd 8232 120 St Suite 215, Surrey V3W 3N4 Jas Binpal........ p: 604-596-3815 f: 604-596-5194 e: info@binpaleng.com binpaleng.com WATER & WASTE-WATER TREATMENT: WATER CONSERVATION EQUIPMENT 5100

BQE Water 900 Howe St Suite 250, Vancouver V6Z 2M4 Brent Baker...... p: 604-685-1243 f: 604-685-7778 e: info@bqewater.com bqewater.com OTHER

COMPONENTS, INFRASTRUCTURE & DEVICES 6010

Norsat International Inc 4020 Viking Way Suite 110, Richmond V6V 2L4 ............ p: 604-821-2800 f: 604-821-2801 e: marcom@norsat.com norsat.com Samsung R&D Canada/Samsung Electronics Canada Ltd 565 Great Northern Way Suite 700, Vancouver V5T 0H8 ...............p: 604-484-1160 samsung.com

FutureWorks 1151 Mt Seymour Rd Suite 114 PO Box 38, North Vancouver V7H 2Y4 Dorothy Keenan..........................p: 604-618-3112 e: dorothyk@fwt.bc.ca fwt.bc.ca

LingoStar Language Services 6491 12th Ave, Burnaby V3N 2J4 Lenka de Graafova .....................p: 604-629-8420 f: 866-714-3189 e: info@lingo-star.com lingo-star.com

WIRELESS

5000

BC Tech Association 1401 8th Ave W Suite 210, Vancouver V6H 1C9 ......................................p: 604-683-6159 e: hello@wearebctech.com wearebctech.com CubicFarm Systems Corp 7170 Glover Rd, Langley V2Y 2R1 ......................................p: 888-280-9076 e: info@cubicfarms.com cubicfarms.com

Sierra Wireless Inc 13811 Wireless Way, Richmond V6V 3A4 ........... p: 604-231-1100 f: 604-231-1109 sierrawireless.com Testforce Systems Inc 34255 Larch St, Abbotsford V2S 2P7 Chris Sztuhar ... p: 604-557-0715 f: 514-856-6983 e: chris@testforce.com testforce.com Valhalla Systems Inc 160 Bannister Rd, Bowen Island V0N 1G1 John Turner ................................p: 604-947-2196 e: johnt@valhalla-systems.com valhalla-systems.com ENABLING SOFTWARE

6020

Eventbase Technology Inc 550 Burrard St Suite 2900, Vancouver V6C 0A3 ......................................p: 604-568-2988 e: info@eventbase.com eventbase.com Mojio Inc 808 Hastings St W Suite 1100, Vancouver V6C 2X4 ......................................p: 855-556-6546 e: info@moj.io moj.io WIRELESS APPLICATIONS

6030

Mogo Inc 401 Georgia St W Suite 2100, Vancouver V6B 5A1 ....................... p: 604-659-4380 mogo.ca Rival Technologies 1360 Frances St, Vancouver V5L 1Y9 .......................................p: 604-647-1999 e: info@rivaltech.com rivaltech.com Rivian 1083 Homer St, Vancouver V6B 2X5 ............................................... rivian.com OTHER

6000

BC Tech Association 1401 8th Ave W Suite 210, Vancouver V6H 1C9 ......................................p: 604-683-6159 e: hello@wearebctech.com wearebctech.com Star Solutions 4600 Jacombs Rd Suite 120, Richmond V6V 3B1 Myles Lu .....................................p: 604-276-0055 e: myles.lu@starsolutions.com starsolutions.com

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