Now in their 29th year, the Technology Impact Awards (TIAs) have never had more reasons to celebrate than they did last night at the Vancouver Convention Centre.

Ambition was the theme of the 2022 TIAs and through the evening’s celebration 45 TIAs finalists across 12 categories were honoured.

Staged before a sold-out crowd at the Vancouver Convention Centre, the province’s largest and longest-running tech awards program broke new ground declaring the “Company of the Year – Startup” winner following a dramatic new Dragon’s Den-style format for category.

VodaSafe, an underwater scanning technology used to help find drowning victims, emerged as the winner and went home with $10,000 from BC Tech to fuel their growth and $4,000< in PR support co-funded by BC Tech and Switchboard PR.