Welcome to this week’s Midweek Memo. In this issue, read about Tiny on the TSX Venture Exchange, a startup survey focused on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the end of a successful project for STR-SpeechTech, and how RaceRocks 3D is changing defence and aerospace training.

Now, onto today’s briefing. It’s 658 words, a three-minute read.

Tiny wins big on the TSX Venture 50

Victoria’s Tiny has been recognized as one of the top performing companies on the TSX Venture Exchange over the last year. The TSX Venture 50 program chooses 10 companies from five sectors and ranks them based on share price, trading value, and market capitalization.

Tiny came in fifth for technology companies and was joined by six other BC tech enterprises, including Hive Digital Technologies, DMG Blockchain Solutions, and Digihost.

Tiny is an investment company with a fresh philosophy. Tiny buys and invests in companies using a straightforward one-month process before “leaving the companies alone to do their thing.”

Recently, Tiny has:

• Sponsored the Tiny Summit, hosted by the University of Victoria and aimed to support entrepreneurial UVic alumni as they scale their businesses

• Announced the U.S. debut of a yerba mate beverage, Mateina

• Shared the news of its definitive agreement to acquire WholesalePet, one of the largest marketplaces of its kind in the United States.

Since 2007, Tiny has founded 11 companies and made majority investments in 25 companies and minority investments in over 90. The company has over 900 employees around the world.

📰 More Victoria innovation news

👀 Who wants to know: The University of Victoria Impact Investing Hub, alongside Innovate BC and InBC, launched a survey focused on startups and SMEs’ alignment and contribution to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

📣 Hello from the other side: STR-SpeechTech completed the delivery, installation, and site acceptance of a D-VOLMET solution for AirNav Ireland. STR provides text-to-speech solutions for mission-critical broadcasting applications.

🔦 In the spotlight: InBC highlighted Victoria-based RaceRocks 3D for its support of Indigenous careers in STEAM and success in modernizing defence and aerospace training.

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