September Tech Thursday Announced đ
Plus Taiv targets the Big Apple, QDOC goes North, and Shopify partners with Bold
đŸ Tech Thursday Line-Up
Weâre thrilled to announce the September line-up of Winnipeg Tech Thursdays! We want to thank our incredible sponsors for making these events possible: SkipTheDishes, Neo Financial, Manitoba Tech Accelerator, Norima Consulting, Go Oil, Snowflake, Amiron Ventures, and AWS. Here is the September lineup:
September 7th: End of Summer Rooftop Party: The Future of Cleantech in Canada. Co-hosted with StartupTNT, MEIA, and BDC. Featuring: Brenda Slauko, Director, Technology Growth & Transitional Capital at BDC, Todd Habicht, CEO at Enerpure, Joe Cattani, Cleantech Innovation Guide at Cattani & Associates, and Alex Stuart, President at Standard Carbon. Location: True North Square, 4th Floor Conference Centre
September 14th: How the Tech Community Supports the United Way. Featuring: Melanie Loeb, Communications Manager at SkipTheDishes, Jason Granger, Director, Community Investments and Capacity Building at United Way, and Gunreet Riat, Software Developer at Norima Consulting.
September 21st: Indigenous Startup Founders. Featuring: Richard Tuck, CEO at Wakopa Financial Workers Co-Operative, Noah Wilson, Indigenous Start-up Program Manager at Futurpreneur, Angie Zachary, owner of BeYOUtee Bar, and Mitch Langan, Investment Associate at Raven Indigenous Capital Partners.
September 28th: Product Focused Event. Panelists TBA.
All Tech Thursdays start at 4:30pm, and take place at the Kingâs Head Pub with the exception of the September 7th event which will take place at True North Squareâs 4th floor convention centre. Stick around for StartUp TNTâs happy hour after each event.
â To RSVP and to get more information, visit the Tech Thursday Eventbrite here.
đ« Product Launches & Partnerships
Taiv, an ad detection and replacement company, launched 2 new markets: New York and Chicago, and now have their devices in 400 locations across North America. Taiv has also partnered with Microsoft, Magnite, Vistar, and PlaceExchange to sell ads on their network.
QDOC, a virtual doctors appointment platform, has signed a contract with the Northern Health Region to provide virtual healthcare in partnership with the region. QDOC is also celebrating hitting 1000 5 star google reviews.
Bold Commerce and Shopify have partnered to create subscription apps. Bold Subs & GS Upsell enables store owners to access recurring revenue with Bold Subscriptions, have flexible & customizable subscription widget with GOOD Subscription Upsell and Automatic Bold Subscriptions integration.
đ„Awards & Funding
Neo Financial was named as one of CNBCâs top 200 fintech companies in the world.
Gryd is one of thirteen businesses selected for the Innovation Growth Program, a funding pool of $1M+ backed by the Government of Manitoba. This will enable Gryd to continue to drive innovation in Manitoba as they aim to contribute to 424 new jobs and 218M+ in sales in the next 5 years.
đ° In the News
Skip Express Lane, SkipTheDishesâ grocery delivery product, turned 2 years old. During that time, Skip has opened 23+ stores, hired 200+ team members, and have 2000+ products available to choose from.
EMILI hosted their first-ever Demo Day, an event that showcased emerging digital agriculture technologies to potential investors, government funders, and community supporters. The event welcomed 10 AgTech startups to Innovation Farms including Geco Engineering, Green Aero Technology, CultivateCI, TheoryMesh, InputsPro, FeedFlo, Carbon Lock Tech, Carbon Asset Solutions, GrainFox and UKKĂ Robotics.
Taiv has announced that Tony Siconolfi will join their executive team. Tony joins the team with previous experience as the Head of Revenue at NYSE:Loop where he took them from launch to IPO in 3 years. Prior to joining Loop, he served as an executive at Myspace where he scaled them from $0 to $100M ARR, and built out ad monetization at Fox Interactive and Tinder.
đ©âđ« Whoâs Hiring in Winnipeg
Neo Financial, Lead Product Manager
Neo Financial, Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist
SkipTheDishes, Senior Manager Operational Efficiency
Taiv, Account Manager
QDOC, Developers (All Levels)