The Tech Thursday Holiday Party is Here ❄️🎉
Plus AI-powered Peanut Butter, pig guys win, and North Forge goes retail
Tech Thursday’s Holiday Party 👯
November was a fantastic month for Tech Thursday’s. There was a pitch competition where $25,000 was given away, we learned about the Automotive Tech Industry in Winnipeg, and heard from North Forge companies.
As we wind down the year, we’re thrilled to bring one last event of 2023! Don’t worry, we’ll be back for 2024. Join us for the 2023 wrap up celebration for the Winnipeg Tech Ecosystem:
December 7th: ‘Celebrating the top 3 Tech Stories of 2023’. The Winnipeg Tech Newsletter and Tech Thursdays are thrilled to host a celebration of the top stories of the year. The event starts at 4:30pm, and will take place at the King’s Head Pub. Stick around for StartUp TNT’s happy hour.
You can RSVP to the event here.
We want to thank our incredible sponsors for making these events possible: Neo Financial, SkipTheDishes, Manitoba Tech Accelerator, Norima Consulting, Go Oil, Snowflake, Amiron Ventures, and AWS.
🥇Awards & Funding
Feedflo, real-time feed data and analytics, won the Manitoba Division of StartupTNT’s #SummitVIII – winning $150K+ of investment.
Neo Financial took the top spot in Deloitte’s Companies to Watch category awards with a 81,732% in revenue growth over the past three years.
Carbon Lock Tech, a carbon sequestration company, won Green Dragon’s Lair Pitch Competition hosted by MEIA, receiving a grand prize of $10,000. Standard Carbon, a climate accounting software, won the People’s Choice award.
Hoot Reading was a Regional Winner in the Xero Beautiful Business Fund's 'Trailblazing with Technology' category.
Axem Neurotechnology, a home stroke recovery solution, won Manitoba Technology Accelerators $25,000 neurotech pitch competition in partnership with Ontario Brain Institute, BAM, and Tech Thursday.
QDoc Inc. was among one of the winners of the 2023 CIO Awards in Canada. The awards celebrate organizations using IT in innovative ways to deliver business value.
Grace Lozano, SVP of Strategic Development at SkipTheDishes, was recognized as one of the 2023 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award Winners by the Women's Executive Network (WXN).
Melanie Fatouros-Richardson, VP of Communications and Government Relations at SkipTheDishes, was named to The PR Net ‘Marcomms’ Most Influential’ list, which celebrates the top brand marketers and communicators for their leadership, innovation and achievement in the field.
🚀 Product Launches
SkipTheDishes Express Lane has partnered with Kraft Peanut Butter (KPB) to create an AI-supported platform that enables you to scan the final scrapings of peanut butter at the bottom of the jar. Consumers can now use their mobile devices to scan the pattern at the bottom of any nearly empty jars to receive a free KPB jar, same day, through Skip Express Lane.
VidDay has launched a Video Book, a physical book with that when opened will play personalized video montages and messages. They’ve also released VidDay Greetings, to enable you to send a free eCard with a personalized video greeting and gift card.
Activate Games, a company that brings technology and physical activity together, is expanding to MENA (Middle East North Africa) thanks to a new partnership with Majid Al Futtaim.
Tactica Interactive has partnered EMILI to create a new microsite that articulates their full scope of our work, who they work with, and what their value proposition is. The site enables potential customers to find them easily.
📰 In the News
Winnipeg ranked as the 3rd most livable city by the Globe and Mail.
QDOC Inc. has recorded their first days of 200+ patients, with the highest day being 216.
North Forge has opened a storefront in downtown Winnipeg to showcase and sell the creations from their fabrication lab — or the FabLab.
Tony Siconolfi, will be taking on the role of Chief Revenue Officer at Taiv. Taiv has also reached over 100 venue partners in Tampa Bay, making it their largest market.
North Forge is launching ElevateIP, a national program of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, designed to support Canadian startups. North Forge will focus on MB and SK companies, helping them understand, manage and leverage their intellectual property. Up to $100,000 of support is available to help develop and implement your IP strategy. Apply for the program here.
👯 Other Events
December 14 - Tech-enhanced biodiversity: Cultivating a sustainable food ecosystem. Join this Food’s Future webinar presented by EMILI and CityAge.
February 26 to March 3, 2024 - Manitoba’s very first MbTech Week, a week dedicated to showing off the best and brightest in our vibrant and innovative tech community.
👩🏫 Who’s Hiring
Neo Financial, Financial Crimes Operations Specialist & Lead Product Manager
Hoot Reading, Vice President, Revenue & Director of Partnerships
SkipTheDishes, Data Scientist & Senior Professional- Machine Learning Engineer
North Forge, Director of Programs
3Common, Business Development Manager
Taiv, Marketing Associate