Vancouver Tech Journal provides the most complete coverage of Vancouver’s innovation ecosystem.

We connect our readers to the stories that matter. We’re here to fill in the gaps in your knowledge, awareness, and understanding of the people, ideas, and technologies shaping your community and world.

  • For free subscribers: Join the thousands of Vancouverites who wake up every weekend to the Sunday Briefing — the Journal’s signature newsletter — which rounds up the stories that matter in the city’s rocketing technology sector. Every Wednesday, too, we’ll let you know about all the events happening in Vancouver tech in our Midweek Memo.

  • For our paid members: You’re part of a special community. As well as our free newsletters, you’ll receive our daily briefing: the Morning Report. It’s for everyone who relies on the most up-to-date tech news to fuel their workday, deal flow, and decision making. You’ll also get access to exclusive articles, invite-only events, playbooks and cheatsheets, and receive 50 percent off all VTJ events.

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People

William Johnson 

Founder of Vancouver Tech Journal. Tips: william@vantechjournal.com. Tweets: @notionport

Kate Wilson 

Managing Editor of the Vancouver Tech Journal. Tips: kate@vantechjournal.com Tweets: @katewilsonsays

Bulletin Board

The Vancouver Tech Journal Bulletin Board provides our founding and supporting partners an avenue to share stories and updates with the BC innovation community.

Nathan Caddell

Nathan was previously Senior Editor of the Vancouver Tech Journal. He's spent more than a decade writing and editing for some of Vancouver's most loved and hated publications.

Guest Contributor

Vancouver Tech Journal selectively accepts outside contributions from industry professionals. To learn more, get in touch: james@vantechjournal.com

Paul Welsh

Paul Welsh is a VTJ contributor. A former community newspaper writer and editor, he’s spent the past 25 years as a Vancouver-based communications professional | welshpaul10@gmail.com | https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-welsh-3ab5a7b

Anthonia Ogundele

Anthonia Ogundele is founder at Ethọ́s Lab

Ray Walia

Ray founded Launch Ventures which owns and operates a network of proprietary accelerators, innovation labs and investment funds.

Rumneek Johal

Rumneek Johal is editor in chief of 5X Press

Robyn Quinn

Robyn divides her time not so equally between writing interesting tech and science stories and walking dachshunds. @PR4Science

V. S. Wells

V. S. Wells is a staff writer at the Georgia Straight. They also write a monthly column for Xtra Magazine about LGBTQ2S+ video games.

James Matthews 

Staff writer. Tips: james@vantechjournal.com. Tweets: @jimmermatthews. Better yet, become a Friend of James: https://www.vantechjournal.com/james

Allison Gacad 

Junior Staff Writer of the Vancouver Tech Journal. Loves a good climatetech story. Tips: allison@vantechjournal.com

VTJ Staff

The team at Vancouver Tech Journal.

Emily Edwards

Media and content strategist based in Barcelona. Lover of the outdoors. Soccer player. Grammar nerd - fight me over em dashes and commas.

Erin Gee

Erin Gee is the co-host of the Bad + Bitchy podcast.

Isabelle Kirkwood

Isabelle Kirkwood is a Vancouver-based freelance writer. For over three years, she has written about Canada’s burgeoning tech sector and startup ecosystem.

Samir Javer

Samir is a Product Manager at Grammarly, with experience at high-growth companies in Vancouver and Silicon Valley.

Erika Finlay

Erika has been leading CSR and ESG programs for Vancouver tech companies for over a decade. Head of Social Impact at Unbounce and the #PayUpforProgress movement.

Wyatt Fossett

Wyatt is a video game and technology aficionado, creative writer, and poet, living on the West Coast of Canada. Taller than you'd expect, softer than you'd perceive, and obsessed with TCGs.

Bianca Weima

Bianca is a Vancouver-based contributer to VTJ.