Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Vancouver.
Founder @lighthouse-labs-1 • Worked at @accenture • Studied at @university-of-western-ontario and @richard-ivey-school-of-business
Partner at @science Studio. Specialize in User Experience, Design, Brand and Identity. Product and UX Advisor, Co-Founder @urbandig, Founder @twiistup
Founder @espresso-capital • Worked at @creo, @digital-equipment-corporation, Invested @brightside-technologies, @wolf Medical, @Clevest, @version-one-ventures
CEO co-founder @mybesthelper, disruptive family tech. Award winning physician leader 15+ yrs experience, last led $108M health IT project. Top 40 under 40.
http://blog.mybesthelper.com
Founder @super-rewards-1, acquired by AdKnowledge. Founder @growlab-1 Accelerator, Founder and CEO at Eastside Games. Investor in many.
Co-Founder of early stage VC, @real-ventures (Montreal, Canada) and an investor in the FounderFuel Accelerator.
Consultant. Investment Professional. Advisor. Mentor.
Opportunities Evaluated, Innovation Managed, Problems Solved, Ideas Developed Into Businesses.
Founder: @bryght, first commercial business focused on Drupal; @bootup-labs, first Canadian seed accelerator. Now: napkin capital @fullstackventures
http://blog.bmannconsulting.com
Co-Founder & Executive Director of Launch Academy, Co-Founder at LX Ventures Inc., Former Executive Director at Metabridge. Certified Professional Accountant
http://www.launchacademy.ca/blog/
EVP and COO of BusinessObjects, at SAP
EVP Corporate Strategy at SAP
President SAP Latin America
President SAP Mexico
Entrepreneur turned investor. Co-founder AbeBooks (sold to Amazon), early-stage investor through @versiononevc, board partner @a16z. Husband and dad of 3.
http://www.versiononeventures.com/blog
Playmaker @axiom-zen (we're hiring!). Investor/advisor to awesome startups, ex-VC, relentless optimist. Developers: check out @zenhub and @routific
http://roh.am
Founder & CEO @women-2-0 • Worked at @ribbit, @jajah
Entrepreneur. Advisor. Angel Investor. Computer/Data Scientist. MS @new-york-university, @HBOGO, Comcast, @fullscreen @datasimple
Founder @nowpublic-com, @webpool • Worked at @register-com, @growlabs, @afternic-com • Studied at @queen-s-university
http://Www.Tippett.org
Systems Architect, Big Scale, VoIP, and Development Process Developer. As in built 25,000 user national VoIP provider's infrastructure and scaled it to 200,000.
Partner at @real-ventures Entrepreneur angel investor husband father of 5 hockey player
http://jscournoyer.com
http://www.jscournoyer.com
co-founder @quietly @hootsuite @invoke @brightkit i'm sparkly, very sparkly.
CEO @hootsuite, Founder @invoke. I surf, paraglide, rock climb, am learning to walk on hands and addicted to yoga.
http://www.hootsuite.com
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.
http://www.undertheradarblog.com
Worked at @apple, @microsoft • Investor @leanplum, @pinnatta • Studied at @queen-s-university
Co-Founder of @mightyhive, @SupporterWall, and others. First startup in 2000. @yahoo alum. Early-stage advisor. Developer. Husband. Makes impossible possible.
http://tumble.jeremyhubert.com
CEO @lx-ventures-inc-1 Founding Partner @initio-group.
http://marallo.posterous.com
Founder @ecquire. EIR @Fairbridge. Thiel Foundation Mentor. Accounting & Investment Mgmt Masters from Drexel. Former Pro Hockey Player. Tweeted by Ivanka Trump
http://www.pauldejoe.com
Co-Founder @hired @99designs, @sitepoint, @flippa. Forbes 30 under 30 & Inc 30 under 30.
Strategy Director at Undercurrent. Providing digital strategic advisement for C-Suites at Fortune 100 firms and young startups. Connect device expert.
Focusing on identifying and working with Technology based Startups, bringing Creativity with practicality, vision with experience. The best of both worlds
http://awassoc.com
Entrepreneurial, technical, product guy. Ex-Microsoft. Founded/built Azure platform. Focused on solving business problems for revenue.
Ecommerce entrepreneur & advisor. Co-founder of Enterprise Ecommerce Platform vendor @elastic-path-software.
Googler, legal dabbler, software guy, investor, recording artist, agile coach and all around nice guy. Designed the mobile apps for Starbucks and Nike+.
Founder and CEO at weeve.it (acquired by LX Ventures), Managing Director at Launch Academy, Co-Founder of Safe, Membr, Emberyl Creative, UBC MM
COO @ChangeHeroes, Founder & Chairman @teampages, Founder @ForTwoPlease and startup advisor in between surfing sets and yoga sessions
http://thisinspired.me
Financial services professional
Indie front-end/UX developer. Principal at @taunt-media, founder of @protagonize, organizer of @VancouverCX, new dad. Community, webdev, standards & hockey.
http://www.tauntmedia.com
Founder of @spring, a purpose driven activator; raised over $16M in angel $ VC funding. Passionate about purpose, converging impact with for profit businesses
Founder @seiffert-media-advisors • Worked at NBCUniversal, NBA, Fox. Studied at Michigan Law.
http://www.seiffertmedia.com
Founder @imstar-therapeutics, @valocor-therapeutics • Worked at @johnson-johnson, @merck-co • Studied at @university-of-western-ontario
Founder @verdeeco, @prominus CEO co-founder @pliant-labs Strategy and Marketing consultant @clevest-solutions @best-buy
http://blog.verdeeco.com
Chief Executive Officer - Starscriber
Co-Founder of @mymobilecoverage
Successful exit with @sirf-technology (IPO)
Angel Investor
Entrepreneur, Innovator, Advisor.
Founder of three successful software companies including FileMaker, acquired by @apple.
Founder & CEO of Engine Digital. Creative, Technologist, Marketing Strategist, Entrepreneur. 14+ years working in digital, 10 years running a digital agency.
Startup Executive. Board Member. Entrepreneur. Angel Investor. Builder of Great Teams and Great Products. Strategic Business Transformation.
Founder at @global-coupon. 22+ years' @proven domestic/international success with Fortune 500 private and public sector within CPG, software and @real-estate.
http://www.blog.globalcoupon.ca
Co-Founder & Chief Catalyst @stratavox. Mentor @endeavor, Startup Insights @StartupCanada. MBA Finance & Investments @harvard Business School
Creator, Connector & Sometime CEO. Co-Founder of The Next Big Thing Foundation. Passionate activist & speaker for women in tech & entrepreneurship.
http://www.ucantbuycool.com
Worked for >60 hi-tech companies in Vancouver, BC as CFO, COO, strategic advisor, Corporate Secretary. Invested in several start-ups.
http://www.earlystagetechboards.com
Online Education Entrepreneur, Marketer and Dealmaker.
http://www.jamestaylor.me
Director of Strategy @sprinklr. Former @samsung-electronics Social Media Manager. Founder: Social Nerdia Consulting. Author: Social State.
http://www.socialnerdia.com