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These 54 B.C. companies ready to explode with growth
2015 READY TO ROCKET SELECTIONS
INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGIES
(IT) CATEGORY
 Aquatic Informatics Inc.
 1to1Real Process
 Awesense Wireless Inc.
Technologies
LTD. (CMaeON)
 AAA Internet Publishing
Inc. (DBA WTFast)
 Allocadia Software Inc.
 Buyatab Online Inc.
 Collabware Systems Inc.
 Colony Networks Inc
 ePACT Network Ltd.
 Eventbase
Technology Inc.
 Fulcrum Management
Solutions Ltd.
(Thoughtexchange)
 Iamota Corp.
CLEAN TECH CATEGORY
 Axine Water
Technologies Inc.
 Bit Stew Systems Inc.
 Cooledge Lighting Inc.
 dPoint Technologies Inc.
 First Light
Technologies Ltd.
 Golden Environmental
Mat Services Inc.
 Mazza Innovation Ltd.
 Neurio Technology Inc.
 Quadrogen Power
Systems Inc.
 Rainforest
Automation Inc.
 Jostle Corp.
 S2G Biochemicals Inc.
 Kashoo Cloud
 Saltworks
Accounting Inc.
 Lambda Solutions Inc.
 MediaCore
Technologies Inc.
 SemiosBIO
Technologies Inc.
 Prizm Media Inc.
 Solegear Bioplastics Inc.
 Recombo Inc.
 SunCentral
 Recon Instruments Inc.
 ResponseTek
Networks Corp
 Simba Technologies Inc.
 Slack Technologies Inc.
 Star Solutions
International Inc.
 Tasktop
Technologies Inc.
 Themis Solutions
Inc. (Clio)
 Time.ly Network Inc.
 Visier Inc.
 Voxter
Communications Inc.
 Wishpond
Technologies Ltd.
LIFE SCIENCE CATEGORY
 Augurex Life
Sciences Corp.
 Ayogo Health Inc.
 Bionic Power Inc.
 Lungpacer Medical Inc.
 MedGenesis
Therapeutix Inc.
 MSI Methylation
Sciences Inc.
 PHEMI Health
TYLER ORTON
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hinking about equipping your home with
a digital brain? Ever wonder if you could
monitor your health through a mobile
game? What about wearing computerized goggles
to check your performance while snowboarding?
Those technologies have all been developed in B.C. the past few years – and
the companies behind them are ready to
explode with growth in 2015, according
to Rocket Builders.
The high-tech consultancy group recently revealed its 13th annual Ready To
Rocket list in Vancouver, highlighting
54 booster-stage companies it believes
will accelerate fast in the coming year.
The list is divided among information
and communications technology (ICT),
life sciences and clean tech companies.
When the list first came out 13 years
ago, Rocket Builders managing partner
Geoff Hansen says there weren’t enough
life sciences and clean-tech companies
to make up their own lists.
That’s changed over the past decade
as the tech community has grown from
an “Old Boys’ club” of mostly industry
insiders to the much larger ecosystem it
is now, Hansen told investors and advisers this spring at Harbour Centre during
the unveiling of the list.
“The tech industry in B.C. has very,
Systems Inc.
 Precision
Nanosystems Inc.
 Qu Biologics Inc.
 Vanrx Pharmasystems
Inc.
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very strong growth and strong companies in all three sectors now,” he says.
Hansen says companies that make
the list must be a high-growth market,
have a unique competitive position and
possess a “must-have” value proposition
for the market.
For example, Neurio’s advancements
in smart technologies for homes, Ayogo’s
health-centred mobile games and Recon
Instruments’ wearable technology for
cyclists and snowboarders put those
companies on the lists for their respective categories.
Steven Forth, a senior management
partner at Rocket Builders, says the
incubator and accelerator programs
springing up the past decade are also
bolstering the tech community.
“The accelerators in B.C. … are doing a
fantastic job of growing new companies,
and it’s not just in Vancouver,” he says.
“Tech and innovation is now something that’s happening across the whole
province.”
Fasten you seat belts. 
Ali Kashani, CTO
and co-founder
of Neurio, with
the company’s
electrical
monitoring
hub | DOMINIC
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HIGH-TECH WONDERS
B.C. tech companies have set staggering revenue growth rates over the past five years.
Here are examples from Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 listings for 2014.
HOOTSUITE
56,514%
AVIGILON CORP.
956%
QUICKMOBILE
ZAFIN
CLIO
APPNOVATION
TECHNOLOGIES
12,332%
5,499%
865%
CLEVEST
259%
PHOTON CONTROL INC.
220%
654%
SOURCE: DELOITTE TECHNOLOGY FAST 50, 2014. FIVE-YEAR REVENUE PERFORMANCE.
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