jason-at-spare 2 days ago

I work at https://spare.com/

We make tools for transit agencies to manage paratransit and microtransit services, mainly for people with disabilities but also for campuses and low-density areas. Managing these types of services is a real, hard problem with billions spent every year.

Our customers include Winnipeg, Oakville, St John, Saskatoon, and Powell River (also Dallas, LA, Austin, more in Japan and Europe), with more coming soon - including driverless vehicles with routing and scheduling powered by us.

We're Vancouver-based, and we're hiring :)

iamjs 2 days ago

We are building some exciting cloud deployment tools at https://defang.io.

We are making it super easy to manage your deployments through the compose.yaml file you probably already have. The idea is to have a single definition of your application, that you can use locally, and project it into any cloud.

We're a small team based in Vancouver. If you're in town, reach out and come visit: jordan.stephens@defang.io

mattbettinson 2 days ago

I make https://voicecast.app/ and I’m based in Toronto :P

I also work at https://www.getjobber.com/ which is based in Edmonton.

  • toomuchtodo 2 days ago

    Voicecast looks awesome. Are you considering a video version?

    Thanks for commenting, would’ve never found your product otherwise.

    • mattbettinson a day ago

      As in sending video messages? That would be intriguing! I’d never considered it.

      No problem! Are you a podcaster?

      • toomuchtodo a day ago

        Content creator/artist of sorts, interested in engaging with folks in new ways. Your comment was a bit of an aha moment.

        • mattbettinson a day ago

          Well, I will be definitely building a video feature, it’s a great suggestion. Let me know if you end up using Voicecast, or have any ideas on how to get the word out!

Nickste 2 days ago

Safety (previously PyUp) - https://getsafety.com - software supply chain security. Offices in Vancouver but team is all over Canada. Raised a large seed round from First Round and others.

jonathonlacher 2 days ago

https://getmysa.com/ - their bread and butter are line voltage “smart” thermostats.

I have a few in my home, they say they’re based in St. John’s.

evo_9 2 days ago

Sparx - they make a great high tech home skate sharpener. Me and just about every serious player I know own one:

https://sparxhockey.com/

  • burningChrome 2 days ago

    These are insanely popular in the US too. And I can verify that most of the guys I play with own one. They say their kids teams travel with four or five so the kids get their skates tuned before every game.

    That product was an absolute game changer.

mitthrowaway2 2 days ago

Here are some worthy ones I know of in Vancouver:

AbCellera (biotech)

General Fusion (fusion energy)

Rapidia (metal 3D printing)

Human in Motion Robotics (exoskeletons)

Grin Technologies (ebike components)

Arca climate technologies (atmospheric CO2 removal via mine tailings)

dchadha 2 days ago

https://www.magicboard.ai -

We are building MagicBoard which is a smart board that helps kids learn and develop structure in a way that’s interactive, age appropriate and fosters independence.

It comes to life through a dedicated device for kids with no passive content and a parent app that has an AI based assistant for the parent.

norrsson 2 days ago

https://www.landr.com/ has been around for a while with its automated audio mastering service and it's now a one-stop-shop for everything related to music production. There's also really cool stuff coming up in a few months:)

dacox 2 days ago

Plugging ourselves, Lumen5 based out of Vancouver. I was one of the first hires found trough the HN hiring thread many moons ago. https://lumen5.com/

ghssds 2 days ago

Aylo, based in Montreal, operate some of the most popular social media and online video sharing platforms. It also own many renowned movie studios. Probably among the top five users of internet bandwidth in the world

  • greenavocado 2 days ago

    Aylo is a Canadian multinational pornographic conglomerate owned by Canadian private equity firm Ethical Capital Partners.

    Ethical Capital Partners is a Canadian private equity firm best known for its acquisition of Aylo, the owner of Pornhub. The company is chaired by businessman Rocco Meliambro

mosura 2 days ago

CentML was pretty interesting but just got bought by nvidia.

Tailscale regularly pops up.

nunez 2 days ago

I interviewed at Wrapbook a few years ago and really liked them. They're worth a look! Based out of Toronto, IIRC.

aprdm 2 days ago

So many great companies, thanks for starting this & people for sharing

juliend2 2 days ago

https://vention.io :

1. Design some machinery online with their 3d modeling tool

2. Order the parts

3. Assemble your machine and deploy it

deepspace 2 days ago

Taiv is a Ycombinator backed company hailing from Winnipeg

mrPurplePinkie 2 days ago

https:\\soti.net

Enterprise Mobile Management

holyroller 2 days ago

I did come to enjoy Arctic Wolf's approach to Cybersecurity training.

holyroller 2 days ago

One to stay away from is Mattermost

  • abuani 2 days ago

    Why is that? I feel like every other go security vulnerability was reported by a security researcher there, so I assumed they have a decent engineering culture.

    • holyroller 2 days ago

      You're right they are one of the largest Go-based applications and get asked to test go releases.

      My opinion is they have a poor engineering culture though and worse leadership that is abandoning open-source roots, chasing "mission critical" government/enterprise business.