Tech Thursday

November is our last month of 2024 in #Calgary and we have an awesome line-up! 👇 📈 November 7th, ‘Build, Test, Scale: The MVP Playbook,’ co-hosted by Google Cloud featuring: Marco Donadeo, General Partner at Weave VC David Udy, Founder and CEO at The WealthCo. Group of Companies. Adriano Leite, Product Manager at Motiv Steve Hogg, Director, Western Canada at Google Cloud 🌾 November 14th, ‘Resources, Gaps, and Opportunities in AgTech’ co-hosted by Calgary Economic Development and Creative Destruction Lab, featuring: Cole Powers, Co-Founder & CEO at IntelliCulture Erik Westblom, Co-Founder & CEO at Provision Analytics Marlise Hunter, Director of Platform at Tall Grass Ventures Kari Gordon, Director, Program & People at Creative Destruction Lab Glen Price, Co-Founder at Sunterra Greenhouse 🥜 November 20th, ‘Be the first to meet Cashew: Product launch and panel on the future of research’ hosted by Cashew featuring: Chanelle Mayer, Chief Growth Officer of Stoked Oats  Aislinn Grant, Creative Director & Founder of Grant Agency  Azrah Manji-Savin, CEO & CO-Founder of Syzl  Addy Graves, CEO & Co-Founder of Cashew Rose W., COO & Co-Founder of Cashew Scott King, President of H2 Accelerator 🚀 November 21st, ‘Report Card: How Alberta's Tech Sector has performed in 2024’, featuring: Michael Mahon, CEO at Alberta Innovates Rick Christiaanse, C.Dir, CEO at Invest Alberta Brad Parry, CEO at Calgary Economic Development Jennifer Lussier, COO at Platform Calgary RSVP to Thursday events here: https://lnkd.in/d_C8smPW RSVP to Cashew event here: https://lnkd.in/gGxTvb34

2024 was an interesting year for the Tech sector in Manitoba! The news had some roses, more buds, and a prominent thorn 🌹 Here are the top stories from 2024: In the first half of 2024, Manitoba raised the least of any Province in Canada in the first half of the year. With only one venture deal reported to the Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (CVCA), Manitoba’s collective tech companies raised less than $1M. Despite poor fundraising numbers in the beginning of 2024, there was a lot of good news. 🌺 FLORA (Flora Fertility), a service that helps you plan, predict, and pay for your future fertility, closed a $1.5M pre-seed round. ⏰ ConstructionClock successfully completed a $1M pre-seed raise with the goal to become the #1 app for construction teams. 🛫 Plannin, a platform that helps travelers discover and book trips, has raised money from Golden Ventures. The former Priceline execs are hoping to disrupt the $475B online travel market. 🌾 Tall Grass Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on AgTech, has announced that it has closed its inaugural fund with a total fund size of $32 million. 📈 Conquest Planning Inc., a financial planning software for wealth advisors landed deals with Raymond James Ltd., Manulife Wealth, and Desjardins. 👯♀️ 3Common has signed ticketing partnership contracts with with the Williamsburg Comedy Club in Brooklyn New York, the Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain in Winnipeg, and more. 🌎 TheoryMesh is taking part in a new project funded by the Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network to measure greenhouse gas emissions for dairy producers. 📺 Taiv has launched Atlanta, San Francisco, and San Diego. TAIV was also named one of Y Combinator's top computer vision startups for 2024. 🩺 QDoc Inc., a virtual healthcare platform, has launched their iPhone App and secured a contract with the Manitoba Government to provide 25,000 visits with Nurse Practitioners. 🐣 Bobo has released their MVP – it's Canada's first baby super app. 💻 Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew created an Innovation and New Technology department, and appointed Mike Moroz as the Minister of Innovation and New Technology. Want to read all of the top stories from 2024? Check out the Winnipeg Tech Newsletter. Link in the comments.

"Tech Thursday" provided valuable insights! The panelists showcased their excellence in the Etech industry, highlighting their international client outreach and diverse roles in scaling start-ups. As someone with experience in managing a Learning and Development firm, their journey deeply resonated with me. Congratulations to Ben Buckwold, Carly Shuler, Priyanka Tuteja, and Monica Morosan on your remarkable journey. Wishing you continued success. Kudos to Corinne Gusnoski for moderating; your support for Winnipeg businesses is truly commendable. Emile Morrissette, it's always a pleasure connecting with you. Happy days indeed! #TechThursday #Etech #StartupJourney #Winnipeg #Manitoba - John Sparrow, Shaelynn Stimpson, Bashir Mustapha

2024 Wrapped: A year of new starts! Disclaimer: This post is so incredibly shameless – I'm sorry. 1. Started a Company - In July, Tech Thursday was spun out of Neo Financial to be its own company, with Paul Card running the events in Winnipeg - Hosted 97 events, across Winnipeg and Calgary, including one in San Francisco - 11,500+ Attendees - 100 people per event in our two markets 2. Started a Non-Profit - Myself and 7 friends took a one-off event and turned it into a non profit called The Patrol Foundation - Just great friends volunteering together - Raised $30k for Local Kids sports through The Balance Foundation - Raised $60k for Alberta Cancer Foundation - 1000 Attendees at our 3 events: a Charity 10k, a formal gala, and a stampede event 3. Started a Run Club - Along with Nina Hill and Katherine Smith we starting Offline Wellness Club's run club - We met every Wednesday - Went viral on TikTok - 100 people every week, maxed out at 300 people per week What a whirlwind. If 2024 was the year of new starts, 2025 is the year of growth. 📈🚀 2025 – Let's get it!

Tech Thursday summary for Dec 5th 2024 Open Mic! Sponsored By: SkipTheDishes Neo Financial Manitoba Technology Accelerator Norima Consulting Inc. Amiron Ventures Go Oil,Snowflake  Hilltop Partner Network FeedFlo Conquest Planning Inc. Lotlinx, Inc. Pitblado Law MAD Social Agency Host: Paul Card Fun times at Tech Thursday last night followed by many attending the New Media Manitoba Holiday party! First, Tech Thursday was a fun open Mic night. Big thanks to John Sparrow from Go Oil for dragging me on stage and asking me questions to try and get the evening going. Also big thanks to Jenna Hnatishin, Jared Kozak and Corinne Gusnoski for their speaking contributions. Last night was great example of the community stepping up with little prep to support one another to make the evening a success. The second part of the evening for some was the fabulous sold out New Media Manitoba holiday party! #manitoba's TECH creatives got together to celebrate an amazing 2024 for the industry which should lead into an even better 2025. Special thanks to our New Minister of Innovation and Technology; Mike Moroz for his attendance and remarks highlighting the critical importance of the Tech creative industry to drive more innovation for Manitoba's Tech Industry! It was great evening for Manitoba Tech to close off 2024. See everyone back in the New Year at @tech Thursday! Margaux MillerJane HelbrechtSarah McCulloughShane GruskoAdam RehillSajjad HeydariTerry WangMarie HacaultMaddie ThompsonJack WinramJuliet GreenbergBrayden KehlerAndrew Graham, BSc (Hons), PMP, SFC, CCMardel MaduroLouie GhizKyla Wills-Lollback

Tech Thursday summary for Dec 5th 2024 Open Mic! Sponsored By: SkipTheDishes Neo Financial Manitoba Technology Accelerator Norima Consulting Inc. Amiron Ventures Go Oil,Snowflake  Hilltop Partner Network FeedFlo Conquest Planning Inc. Lotlinx, Inc. Pitblado Law MAD Social Agency Host: Paul Card Fun times at Tech Thursday last night followed by many attending the New Media Manitoba Holiday party! First, Tech Thursday was a fun open Mic night. Big thanks to John Sparrow from Go Oil for dragging me on stage and asking me questions to try and get the evening going. Also big thanks to Jenna Hnatishin, Jared Kozak and Corinne Gusnoski for their speaking contributions. Last night was great example of the community stepping up with little prep to support one another to make the evening a success. The second part of the evening for some was the fabulous sold out New Media Manitoba holiday party! #manitoba's TECH creatives got together to celebrate an amazing 2024 for the industry which should lead into an even better 2025. Special thanks to our New Minister of Innovation and Technology; Mike Moroz for his attendance and remarks highlighting the critical importance of the Tech creative industry to drive more innovation for Manitoba's Tech Industry! It was great evening for Manitoba Tech to close off 2024. See everyone back in the New Year at @tech Thursday! Margaux MillerJane HelbrechtSarah McCulloughShane GruskoAdam RehillSajjad HeydariTerry WangMarie HacaultMaddie ThompsonJack WinramJuliet GreenbergBrayden KehlerAndrew Graham, BSc (Hons), PMP, SFC, CCMardel MaduroLouie GhizKyla Wills-Lollback

We want to hear from you! In 2024, what were your favourite panels? What conversations would you like to have again? What would you like to see more / less of? Let us know in the comments 👇

The liquidity market in Canada may continue to pose a challenge for startups. Kristina Williams, CEO of Alberta Enterprise Corporation (AEC) shares her view of what to look out for in Canadian tech. We've only seen a small handful of M&A's and IPOs over the last few years. What are your thoughts on the state of IPOs and M&As in 2025? 👇

#Winnipeg, it's our last event of the year THIS Thursday! Come celebrate the end of the year with us. Bring your best stories from 2024. We have an open mic to share your highlights. RSVP here: https://lnkd.in/gPhdqnEa

🚀 #Winnipeg Tech Thursday Recap Nov 28, 2024: "Growing an E-Learning Company from Manitoba" 🌎 Last week’s panel was nothing short of inspiring! Four trailblazing Manitoba-based startups in the EdTech space shared their journeys to global domination (okay, maybe just international success... for now 😉). These world-class companies are not just making waves but tsunamis in the global education sector! It’s amazing to see how the Manitoba tech community—known for its generosity and collaboration—plays a pivotal role in enabling such success. 🌟 💡 So, why is this important? Because the future generation is counting on us to build smarter, faster, and better solutions. Let’s be real—kids today are out here teaching us how to use technology, so we better step it up before they start asking for our jobs! 😅 Let’s keep building a better future, one byte at a time. The kids (and their TikToks) are watching! 👀 Host: Paul Card CEO Manitoba Technology Accelerator Moderator Corinne Gusnoski Senior Manager of Business Development at New Media Manitoba Panel Ben Buckwold, Founder/CEO at Ellii (formerly ESL Library) Carly Shuler, Co-founder & Co-CEO at Hoot Reading Priyanka Tuteja, Director of Operations and Marketing at Cogmation Robotics Monica Morosan, Digital Marketing Manager and part of the Growth Team at Illumia Labs Video Director: Emile Morrissette Video Editor: Fadlullah Jamiu-Imam Sponsored By: Amiron Ventures, Norima Consulting Inc., SkipTheDishes Neo Financial Manitoba Technology Accelerator Go Oil, Snowflake Hilltop Partner Network FeedFlo Conquest Planning Inc. Lotlinx, Inc. Tag someone who should know the Manitoba Tech Community is the real MVP! 🏆 #EdTech #Innovation #ManitobaTech