People
Meet 600 founders, developers, designers, and operators building Vancouver's tech scene.
Brendan Baker
Currently @ Greylock. Was 2nd in at @angellist (managed dealflow through 8K startups), @oxford-university MBA, Cambridge Eng.
Boris Wertz
Entrepreneur turned investor. Co-founder AbeBooks (sold to Amazon), early-stage investor through @versiononevc, board partner @a16z. Husband and dad of 3.
Ryan Holmes
CEO @hootsuite, Founder @invoke. I surf, paraglide, rock climb, am learning to walk on hands and addicted to yoga. http://www.hootsuite.com
Roham Gharegozlou
Playmaker @axiom-zen (we're hiring!). Investor/advisor to awesome startups, ex-VC, relentless optimist. Developers: check out @zenhub and @routific
Jason Bailey
Founder @super-rewards-1, acquired by AdKnowledge. Founder @growlab-1 Accelerator, Founder and CEO at Eastside Games. Investor in many.
Danny Robinson
Co-founder/CEO @perch, Co-founder, @bootup-labs. Co-founder & CEO, @strutta. Co-founder & CEO, @peerflix. Co-founder & CEO, @spinway.
John Stokes
Co-Founder of early stage VC, @real-ventures (Montreal, Canada) and an investor in the FounderFuel Accelerator.
Mike Edwards
CEO @lx-ventures-inc-1 Founding Partner @initio-group.
Kevin Swan
Been in a startup, ran a seed fund and now a VC, but an entrepreneur at heart. A Canadian who lived in the Silicon Valley and took it back home with him.
Matthew Toren
Entrepreneur, Mentor, Award Winning Author & Investor. Co-Founder of iSell.com YoungEntrepreneur.com Acquired by Entrepreneur Media in 2011
JS Cournoyer
Partner at @real-ventures Entrepreneur angel investor husband father of 5 hockey player http://jscournoyer.com
Debbie Landa
CEO/Founder of @dealmaker-media, creators of undertheradar.com and growconf.com. Co-founder of @growlab, an early stage accelerator based in Vancouver and SF.
Patrick Neeman
Worked at @microsoft, Director of User Experience at @jobvite, Director of Product Design at @npario-1. Deloitte and Webby award winner.
Rob Lewis
President of @techvibes-media Inc. & Editor-in-Chief of Techvibes.com
Andy Getsey
Investor @theorem-ventures, EVP and tech practice lead at Grayling. Formerly co-founder & CEO Atomic, acquired by Grayling.
Faruk Ateş
Founder of @presentate. Frmly UI+UX at @apple, Product Designer at @apture (acq. by @google), creator of Modernizr (used on 800k+ sites globally).
Dario Meli
co-founder @quietly @hootsuite @invoke @brightkit i'm sparkly, very sparkly.
Boris Mann
Founder: @bryght, first commercial business focused on Drupal; @bootup-labs, first Canadian seed accelerator. Now: napkin capital @fullstackventures
Tamer Hassanein
President & CEO @timeline, VC @newbury-ventures-1 , Mentor @wearable-world-labs and @techwadi-org. Global nomad with endless appreciation and respect for people and technologies that change the world. Entrepreneur, investor, & loyal human.
Matt Roberts
VC at @bdc-venture-capital
Michael Tippett
Founder @nowpublic-com, @webpool • Worked at @register-com, @growlabs, @afternic-com • Studied at @queen-s-university
Marc Van Der Chijs
Managing Partner @CrossPacific Capital in Vancouver, BC. Co-founder of among others @tudou-com and @unitedstyles-com. Former CEO @spil-games Asia.
Mat Ellis
Founder & CEO, @cloudability. Helped scale @adknowledge, @netblue & @looksmart to critical mass or exit. Worked at @goldman-sachs, Pepsi, @ubs. Master of tea.
Brian LeRoux
SPACELORD!!1! @adobe-systems formerly @nitobi-software mostly working on @phonegap-2 aka the @apache-software-foundation project Cordova