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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 EdTech 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.
Lane Merrifield
CEO & Co-Founder of FreshGrade
Lane is a passionate advocate of the convergence of creativity and technology, which has fueled his life long journey of entrepreneurship. Regarded as a pioneer of virtual worlds for children as co-founder of Club Penguin and former executive vice president at the Walt Disney Company, he was inspired to shift his focus to the challenges of today’s education system and co-founded FreshGrade, a learning collaboration tool focused on the challenges facing teachers, parents, and students in the 21st century classroom. The recipient of several leadership awards, Lane continues to give back to the community through his many philanthropic endeavors, mentoring and investing in early stage technology companies, and volunteering on several boards including his recent appointment to the Premiers Technology Council.
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About FreshGrade: FreshGrade is a better way to document and communicate learning while engaging educators, students, parents and leaders.
Brooke Harley
Founder & CEO – We’re Hiring! of Class Rebel
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About Class Rebel: Edtech, Consumer
Dave Frey
CEO/Co-Founder of Skooli Online Tutoring
Dave Frey started at Teach Away in 2004. His brother Rene and he traveled the globe forging new relationships with education ministries, schools and institutions to learn how we could help them hire better teachers. Now, 13 years later, He’ve been involved in large-scale education reform, helped thousands of teachers find new opportunities overseas – and even dodged tsunami waves in Sri Lanka. If you’re an educator who’s hungry for an international teaching adventure, you’re in the right place. Their recruitment team is so supportive and helpful because of their own experiences with education overseas. They aim to use their knowledge gained through years in the industry to help you make the most of your teaching career today.
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About Skooli Online Tutoring, Teachaway: Skooli connects K-12 and college students with professional tutors in a digital classroom.
Rod Cummings
Founder & CEO of LinkedUp Learning
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About LinkedUp Learning: LinkedUpLearning provides diverse tools and applications for EdTech to help students build strong understanding of academic concepts & skill
Rod Cummings
Founder & CEO of LinkedUp Learning
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About LinkedUp Learning: LinkedUpLearning provides diverse tools and applications for EdTech to help students build strong understanding of academic concepts & skill
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