An extensive list of names and organizations servicing Vancouver Startups.
If you wish to get listed or have a recommendation, please email us.
Government:
- BC Tech (Formerly BCTIA)
- BC Innovation Council
- Vancouver Economic Commission
- Gov of Canada NRC
- Business Development Canada
Funding:
- Angel Forum
- VanTEC
- Futurepreneur
- BC Innovation Council New Ventures annual competition
- Annual Dragons Den Auditions
- VanCity
Schools, Bootcamps and Mentorships:
- BCIT (Continuing Education)
- SFU (Continuing Education)
- UBC (Continuing Education)
- Code Core
- Lighthouse
- RED Academy
- Brain Station
- Spring
- CampTech
Coworking Spaces/Incubators/Accelerators
- Network Hub
- The Hive
- Launch Academy
- The Profile
- We Work
- L’Atelier Coworking
- Beta Collective
- Suite Genius
- Cranium
- Atelier Vancouver
- Innovation Boulevard
- Mworklab
- Village Space
- BCTIA Tech Hub
- The Amp
- SpaceHQ
- SpaceKraft
- Spacelist HQ
Startup Conferences (Annual):
- Traction Conference
- Call to Action Conference
- Consumer Virtural Reality Conference
- BC Tech Summit
- [Hackathon] Startup Weekend Vancouver
- [Hackathon] Startup Weekend UBC
- [Hackathon] Startup Weekend SFU
- [Hackathon] Vancouver Startup Week (Sept)
- [Hackathon] Protohack for non technicals
News:
- Daily Hive
- 604Now
- Vancouver is Awesome
- Province
- Vancouver Sun
- YVRstartups.com
- Betakit
- Business in Vancouver
Community & Networking
- YVR Startups
- Fintech Association
- Hackernest
- Founders Canada
- Startup Canada
- Greater Vancouver Board of Trade
Additional Training:
- Public Speaking – Toastmasters
- Leadership development – (Recommend one)
- Public Relations Management-(Recommend one)
- Pitch Training – (Recommend one)
- Product Development- (Recommend one)
- Marketing training – (Recommend one)
Startup Tools:
- Email Tools + Autoresponder – Get Response
- Ecommerce- Shopify
- Social Media Management- Hootsuite
- Project Management- Trello
- Social media contests- Wishpond
- Landing page builders- Unbounce
Startup life:
- Gardening- My Green Space
- Childcare – My Best Helper
- Food- Food.ee & SPUD
