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.
Ask HN: What are some cool or underrated tech companies based in Canada?
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#22SideFX, makers of VFX software Houdini
https://www.sidefx.com/
And Derivative, makers of video & interactive software Touch Designer https://derivative.ca/
(Both packages have a shared origin I believe)
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#23https://flare.io is a cybersecurity platform based in Montréal.
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#24One to stay away from is Mattermost
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.
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.
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#25Jobber ( https://www.getjobber.com )
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#26Sparx - they make a great high tech home skate sharpener. Me and just about every serious player I know own one: https://sparxhockey.com/
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.
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#27Urbanlogiq: https://urbanlogiq.com/
Saw their big announcement at Web Summit which stood out: https://urbanlogiq.com/global-foundation-model/
D-wave also had a presence at Web Summit and also seem to be doing well: https://www.dwavequantum.com/
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#28https://aloe.inc
Check out Aloe - the founding team left the Bay Area to found the company in Vancouver to have better access to top international talent.
Here's a peek at what we're building: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6M5wSv6pyU
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#29Plugging 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/
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