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By Wyatt Fossett September 29, 2016

Experience Tectoria wants to show you why Victoria is Canada’s next big startup hub

It’s early afternoon, and many entrepreneurs and tech enthusiasts are moderately rested and ready for a long night of great…

By Caitlin Hotchkiss August 12, 2016

Every day, Canada’s best startups post their latest and greatest job opportunities on the BetaKit Job Board. From early stage…

By Greg Caws June 28, 2016

I’ve watched the transformation of Victoria over the past 25 years. Back in the 1980s, Victoria was a small regional city…

By Jessica Galang May 10, 2016

C100, a nonprofit organization supporting Canadians working in Silicon Valley, announced the 17 startups that have made it…

By Jessica Galang December 17, 2015

As this generation is reported to be a highly-conscious generation when it comes to sustainability, Shell Canada is giving…

By Ryan Holmes December 16, 2015

Christy, Congratulations on the new program. This is an amazing commitment to technology and our future. Congratulations…

By Jessica Galang December 8, 2015

The province of British Columbia is creating a $100-million venture capital fund dedicated to providing funding for tech companies…

By Jessica Galang October 8, 2015

Canadian companies went on an acquisition spree this week – both buying and selling. Here’s the latest on who acquired…

By Jonathon Narvey September 28, 2015

How do you build up a tech community on Vancouver island? One coder at a time, apparently. Victoria’s startup community…

By Douglas Soltys July 3, 2015

Victoria-based SilkStart today announced that it has raised a $550,000 oversubscribed seed round, led by Canadian accelerator…

By Joseph Czikk June 26, 2014

TinyMob Games, an independent gaming studio based in Victoria, was chosen as the winner for the Startup of the Year award…

By BetaKit June 17, 2014

Victoria, B.C. teenager Ann Makosinski has won the Ontario Science Centre’s 2014 Weston Youth Innovation Award, for…

By BetaKit June 2, 2014

Victoria startup Kiind has today launched its cash-back payment model for gift cards, hoping to help ease the estimated $10…

By John Gray April 14, 2014

Speaking of Heartbleed, here’s a little something of interest: “When you’re using a software based encryption technology,…

By John Gray March 17, 2014

Getting accepted to join Y Combinator must feel like winning the Super Bowl. With alumni like Reddit, DropBox, AirBnB, and…