Inside some of the coolest Technology Fast 50 companies

How did ZayZoon do it? Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 program, which tracks Canada’s fastest-growing tech companies, offers a clue: ZayZoon made the 2023 list after growing revenue by 1,006 per cent over the prior three calendar years. Now it’s made the grade for a third time, posting three-year growth of 1,487 per cent – and that enviable boost only puts it at No. 22.

The companies in Deloitte’s 2025 Technology Fast 50 program – which must have gone from at least $50,000 in revenue in 2021 to $5-million in 2024 to qualify – are a sturdy bunch. Just think what they’ve been through: the bust-boom-bust whipsaw of the pandemic, high inflation, soaring interest rates and economic uncertainty that made it tough for all but the strongest companies to raise money on decent terms. Plus the arrival of generative AI, one of the most disruptive technologies in years.

Many Enterprise listers are household names, including Neo, fintech KOHO (No. 2), travel booking app Hopper (No. 9) and Clutch, a platform for buying and selling used cars (No. 12). Others do most of their business in the U.S., including Ottawa-based Fullscript (No. 14) – one of the few Canadian private tech companies to surpass US$1-billion in revenue. Its platform is used by 100,000 doctors and 10 million patients stateside to prescribe, manage and order non-pharmaceutical treatments such as supplements.

Jane App (No. 15), a Vancouver-area company whose platform is used by health practitioners across North America, first landed on the Companies-to-Watch list in 2019, spent four years on the Technology Fast 50 and is now an Enterprise–Industry Leader for the second time. For Jane’s quietly determined co-founder and co-CEO Alison Taylor, fast growth is one thing “But sustainably staying on these lists – that’s a whole different accomplishment.” The 14-year-old company has certainly shown that by being profitable since its early days. “We want sustainable, long-term success, which means we have to provide an awesome product and be sustainable as a team, financially and in every way possible,” Taylor says. “I think there’s something Canadian about that.” – S.S.

We present profiles of a pair of Technology Fast 50 companies, plus find a list of all the winners here.

Bordo’s mobile app, Vetster, solves all these problems at once: For $120 a year, it provides four virtual appointments with a veterinarian proper, plus unlimited 24-7 live instant chats with a registered veterinary technician (RVT). “Talk to them about diet, a tick, if your dog threw up, if he gave you a dirty look – anything,” says Bordo. “If necessary, they’ll escalate you to a vet for a video consult.” Medicine can be prescribed and delivered right to your door, and after each appointment, a full medical report will be added to an ongoing file. If and when a pet legitimately needs to be seen in person, they’ll connect you with a local specialist – dog or cat, of course, but also guinea pig or bearded dragon or horse or almost anything else – for an in-person appointment. “This isn’t just an app on your phone,” says Bordo. “It’s a full medical platform.”

Though 150 employees are headquartered in Vancouver, MineSense’s customers are largely based in South America, and the company has 100 employees at an office in Santiago, Chile. Meanwhile, MineSense’s Shovel-Sense tech is hard at work in 25 mining operations in Chile, Peru, Brazil, America and Canada. Its most recent installation is in the world’s latest mining mecca, Australia. – R.C.