Who We Are

We aim to support entrepreneurship & investment within Canada’s Emerging Tech Sector

Great people, great relationships

Since 2008 metabridge has evolved from a single-day 30 person event in Kelowna BC Canada, to an annual program directly engaging hundreds of technology stakeholders across Western North America. Through focused and interactive events, emerging technology companies are establishing important connections that are providing them with the opportunity to grow their business beyond Canada.

The Central Okanagan Economic Development Commission (COEDC) currently powers metabridge, providing the necessary resources and capacity for metabridge to operate. Plans are currently underway for metabridge to become its own Non-Profit Canadian Corporation by summer 2012.

The People, the reason

In 2008, Steve Wandler came up with metabridge after returning to Kelowna, BC when his company was acquired by support.com (NASDAQ: sprt) in California’s Bay Area. As the CEO of a Canadian tech company, Steve realized how important it was to create relationships in the Bay Area and wanted to give back to his local community… metabridge was the answer.

Michael Blondé joined the team in 2010 and is responsible for propelling metabridge forward into the program that exists today. Mike also recently hooked up with CommonDeeds a Bay Area startup, where he is responsible business and partner development.

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