Event category: Startup/Scale-up

Events

April 17, 2024

12:45 PM - 01:15 PM

Global Scaling Strategies: Navigating the Unique Challenges of Scaling in Canada       

Join renowned experts and industry leaders who share insightful explorations, key insights and actionable strategies for comparing the Canadian ecosystem to other global ecosystems.

30 Minutes BetaKit Keynote Stage
Moderator

NATHAN CADDELL

Editor-In-Chief/ BCBusiness

Canada Wide Media

HAMED ARBABI

CEO & Founder

VoPay

RAMESH JAYAKRISHNAN

Vice President - New Payment Platforms

Mastercard

REECE TOMLINSON

Founder & CEO | Founder

RWT Growth

April 16, 2024

04:00 PM - 04:30 PM

Unlock the Secrets: How to Build Vertical SaaS from Niche Startup to $100m+ ARR

Clio. Jobber. Two of Canada's most successful SaaS companies. Together with mutual early investor and moderator Boris Wertz, Jack and Sam will dive into the strategies, challenges, and innovations that have shaped their journey toward building multi-billion-dollar companies in what were once considered "small vertical niches.

30 Minutes BetaKit Keynote Stage
Moderator

BORIS WERTZ

Founder and General Partner

Version One Ventures

SAM PILLAR

CEO & Co-Founder

Jobber

JACK NEWTON

CEO and Founder

Clio

02:45 PM - 03:30 PM

Cultivating Purpose and Resilience Amidst Rapid Change

Company growth requires more than a viable product - it requires adept leadership and the importance of fostering a rock-solid purpose to help a company scale both success and impact. Hear how leaders build from within so they can change the world.

45 Minutes Breakout Room
Moderator

KEITH IPPEL

Co-CEO

Spring Impact Capital

CLAVIA ALLEYNE

VP

Black Business Association of BC

KARLY NYGAARD-PETERSEN

Senior Manager, Corporate Purpose

British Columbia Automobile Association (BCAA) and Evo Car Share

LEENA MANRO

Co-Founder & Director

All Purpose

01:50 PM - 02:35 PM

Tech Trailblazers: Vancouver Edition

A unique opportunity to hear from the founders of Recon Instruments, Hyperwallet, Allocadia, and Plenty of Fish who set the stage for Vancouver's tech landscape. Gain firsthand insights into the inception of their OG ventures, benefits and challenges of scaling a tech company in Vancouver, and their journeys post successful exit.

45 Minutes Breakout Room
Moderator

WILLIAM JOHNSON

Journalist / BC Lead

Startup TNT

FRASER HALL

Partner

Rhino Ventures / Article

MARKUS FRIND

Former CEO/Founder & Proprietor

Plenty of Fish / Frind Estate Winery

KRISTINE STEUART

Executive in Residence

Inovia Capital

LISA SHIELDS

Founder & CEO

FISPAN

April 17, 2024

09:00 AM - 09:30 AM

Web3: Charting the Internet’s Next Economic and Cultural Frontier

The Web, and with it the Internet, are entering a new age. Web3, the “Read-Write-Own Web”— is a decentralized Internet where individuals own their own identities and can securely trade assets like money, securities, intellectual property, and art peer to peer. Combining blockchains, AI, the internet of things and extended reality (XR), Web3 promises the biggest shake up of business since the invention of double-entry bookkeeping in the Middle Ages. It is the Internet’s new frontier.

30 Minutes BetaKit Keynote Stage

ALEX TAPSCOTT

Author

Web3: Charting the Internet’s Next Economic and Cultural Frontier