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At Best Startup Canada we track over 100,000 Canadian startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top British Columbia based CEO’ operating in the Blockchain space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.ca.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Alex Wick
Founder/CEO of Cascadia Carbon
Alex Wick is a forester, data scientist and visionary, working at the intersection of climate change, carbon, cryptography, and coding. Living a conscious, low-carbon lifestyle since 2009.
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About Cascadia Carbon, Woodstock Chai: Building CODEX: A carbon-neutral blockchain cryptocurrency for carbon offset generation and storage
Hussein Hallak
CEO of Next Decentrum Technologies Inc
Founder and CEO of Next Decentrum, a blockchain company focused on helping museums, galleries, and leading artists create, manage, and promote NFT art and digital collectibles. In 2006, I launched CreativeArab, the world’s first and largest marketplace for Middle Eastern art focused on connecting artists across the Arab world with a global audience (acquired). Then I launched The Content People in 2010, an award-winning content marketing agency with clients that included Virgin Mobile, Pfizer, and Starbucks. In 2016 I joined Launch as General Manager. Launch is one of North America’s top tech hubs and startup incubators. We helped over 6500+ founders and 500+ startups raise over $1 billion. In 2019 I joined 3 tier logic as VP of Products & Strategy, I worked with some of the world’s most valuable brands including Universal Studios, P&G, and Kimberly Clark. I write and speak about startups, blockchain, and NFTs, and advise several blockchain and tech startups including Ami Pro, Gigr, Mobile Art School, Fintrux, Majik Bus, Traction Health, Cloud Nine, and Peace Geeks. Recognized in 2019 as one of 30 Vancouver tech thought-leaders and influencers to follow. Featured in Forbes, BBC, BetaKit, Entrepreneur, DailyHive, Notable, and CBC. When not building products, I enjoy writing, reading, and engaging in meaningful conversations over good coffee. My favourite pastimes are playing chess with my kids, binging on good drama and science fiction, drawing, and learning new guitar licks, sometimes all at the same time 🙂
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About Next Decentrum Technologies Inc: Next Decentrum enables access, empowers users, and unleashes an ever-evolving future through collaboration.
Ian Klassen
Chief Executive Officer of eXeBlock Technology Corp.
Klassen has 25 years of experience in public company management, public relations, government affairs and entrepreneurialism. He is the President of a North American mineral exploration company and sits on the Board of Directors of several private and public companies.
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About eXeBlock Technology Corp.: eXeBlock Technology Corp. is a developer, blockchain decentralized applications (DApps).
Matthew Unger
CEO & Founder of iComply Investor Services Inc.
Matthew Unger is Founder & CEO of iComply.
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About iComply Investor Services Inc.: iComply Investor Services (iComply) is an award-winning software company focused on reducing regulatory friction in financial markets.
Ali Pourdad
Chief Executive Officer of Quantfury
Ali Pourdad joined Quantfury as Chief Executive Officer in 2021.
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About Pourdad Capital Partners, Quantfury: Quantfury is a blockchain fintech company located in Tortola.
Gary Boddington
Co-Founder & CEO of Sports Technology Group
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About Sports Technology Group: STG offers professional blockchain services and an athlete management application enabled by blockchain technology.
Eric Huang
CEO of BlockCAT Technologies
Eric Huang is a software engineer who’s been writing code for over ten years. He is a twice published author in the field of embedded systems, and was recognized by Forbes for his knack for communicating technical ideas in ways that anybody can understand. He most recently held a position as the Project Lead and Senior Software Engineer on the IonDB project, and continues to contribute back to his local community by teaching introduction to programming at the Vernon Community School.
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About BlockCAT Technologies: BlockCAT lets anyone create, manage, and deploy smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain — no programming required.
Drew Gamble
CEO & Co-Founder of Fetch Auto
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About Fetch Auto: Fetch Auto is a platform where Canadians can buy, sell and finance private sale vehicles.
DH Kim
CEO of Finhaven
DH leverages his extensive experience in finance to disrupt the capital markets with blockchain technology. Finhaven Technology is leading the industry with the development of a blockchain-powered securities issuance platform and exchange
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About Finhaven: Finhaven is building an investment banking platform supporting the issuance, investment, and trading of digital securities.
Nelson Lin
Founder & CEO of FintruX Network
Nelson pioneered online credit adjudication for the asset-based finance and leasing industry in Canada as mentioned in the book ‘Unstoppable’ published 2014 by Beth Parker and endorsed by the Canadian Finance and Leasing Association (CFLA). He has over thirty years of experience delivering numerous custom enterprise applications to global organizations such as J.P. Morgan, AT&T Capital, etc
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About FintruX Network, Robocoder Corporation: Smart Business and Financial Solutions Built On The Blockchain.
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