4 Responses to “Vancouver BC Tech Startups”

1. Darren Barefoot Says:
   September 22nd, 2007 at 6:33 am

   Good list. A few comments:

   * The following are mature companies, and in my mind don’t qualify as start-ups: Business Objects, ActiveState, Dotster and Uniserve (Kinzin is one of their products, but it’s kind of a new thing for them, so it probably should stay).

   * The guys at Veratta and Raincity are great and they’re good companies, but they’re only two of a ton of Web development/design houses in town. If you’re going to include them all, your list will probably be three times as long.

   * Same goes for game developers. I think there are a bunch of small and medium sized companies you’re missing, starting with Propaganda Games.

   * You’re missing Rouxbe, and maybe others. Check your list against our silly little tech in Vancouver map at http://www.techcouver.com.

2. Darren Barefoot Says:
   September 24th, 2007 at 5:58 am

   Er, whoops, there’s the source there at the bottom.

3. Judy Bishop Says:
   September 26th, 2007 at 8:01 pm

   I hardly think Absolute Software, Ascalade and Marqui qualify as startups. Pls reconsider.

4. Mark Pivon Says:
   May 28th, 2008 at 4:08 pm

   Nate,

   The list is good, and certainly a number of the companies are up on a lot of people’s radar. Judy’s and Darren’s comments are justified, too: some of the companies on the list can be challenged because they are not exactly “wet behind the ears”.

   The following list is culled from a group called RocketBuilders — which is an organization that is sort of an incubator here in Vancouver.

   Now… admittedly, a couple of the companies declare their head offices in places other than Vancouver. This, unfortunately, is because we sometimes find ourselves a lot like Lennox Lewis: we’re world champs, but we have to look far and wide for fair sponsorship. Bottom line, though - they all have their roots in BC! (And this JUST scrapes the surface!) Have a look:

   90 Degree Software Inc.
   Abebooks Inc.
   Actenum Corporation
   ActiveState Software Inc.
   AirG Inc.
   Broadmotion Inc.
   Bycast Inc.
   Colligo Networks Inc.
   Constructive Media Inc.
   Elastic Path Software Inc.
   Exponentia Communications Corporation
   FinancialCAD Corporation
   GaleForce Solutions Inc.
   GenoLogics Life Science Software Inc.
   In Motion Technology Inc.
   Itiva Digital Media
   Layer 7 Technologies Inc.
   MailChannels Corporation
   MixPo Inc.
   New City Entertainment Inc. (MovieSet)
   New Horizon Interactive (Club Penguin)
   QuIC Financial Technologies Inc.
   Qumana Software Inc.
   Resonance Software Inc. (Worksight)
   ResponseTek Networks Corporation
   RewardStream Inc.
   Rfind Systems Inc.c
   Rip TV
   Smallthought Systems Inc. (Dabble DB)
   Spark Robotics Technology Inc.
   Sutus Inc.
   Sxip Identity Corporation
   Tantalus Systems Corp.
   Techneos Systems Inc.
   TenDigits Software Inc.
   The Level Consulting Ltd
   Treey Inc. (Snipshot)
   Vision Critical Inc.
   Vivonet Inc.

   Information Technology Category
   ——————————–
   Advanced Economic Research Systems Inc.
   Adzilla Inc.
   Axia Software Corporation
   Bean Services Inc.
   eOptimize Enterprise Scheduling Inc.
   Guard RFID Solutions Inc.
   INETCO Systems Limited
   Oprius Software Inc.
   Sitemasher Corporation
   Something Simpler
   TeamPages Inc.
   Teradici Corporation
   Wurldtech Security Technologies Inc.
   Zeugma Systems Inc.

   BioTech & HealthTech Category
   ——————————–
   Aquinox Pharmaceuticals Inc.
   Augurex Life Sciences Corp.
   Cogent Health Solutions Inc.
   OncoGenex Technologies Inc.
   Progressive Health Innovations Incorporated
   Sirius Genomics Inc.

   Wireless 2000 RF & UWB Technologies Ltd.
   ——————————–
   CleanTech Category
   Advanced Lithium Power Inc.
   Alten Energy Solutions
   Delaware Power Systems Corp.
   Delta-Q Technologies Corp.
   Energy Aware Technology Inc.
   General Fusion Inc.
   Northwest Mettech Corp.
   NxtGen Emission Controls Inc.
   Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies Inc.
   Sempa Power Systems Ltd.
   Switch Materials Inc.

   Wireless Technology Category
   ——————————–
   Aegis Mobility
   ComVu Media Inc.
   EQO Communications Inc.
   Flowfinity Wireless Inc.
   jWalkr Communications, Inc.
   Gaboogie Canada Inc / Lypp
   WaveTeq Communications Inc.

   New Media Category
   ——————————–
   Exponentia Communications Corporation
   Hothead Games
   Klei Entertainment Inc.
   Playful entertainment
   PowerUp Studios Inc.
   Razor Technology Inc.
   Rip Media Group Inc.
   Smoking Gun Interactive Inc.

   Web 2.0 Category
   ——————————–
   Smallthought Systems Inc./ Dabble DB
   Jiibe Solutions Inc.
   MovieSet Inc.
   NowPublic Technologies, Inc
   Raincity Studios, Inc.
   Strutta.com Media Inc.
   Sxip Identity Corporation
   Symmetrics Business Intelligence Solutions

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