BC Food & Beverage

Name

BC Food & Beverage

Website

https://bcfb.silkstart.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Langley

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Core offering

BC Food & Beverage is a not-for-profit industry association that represents food and beverage manufacturers in British Columbia. It provides membership services, industry advocacy, networking events, communications, a job board, and member resources, delivered through the SilkStart association management platform hosted at bcfb.silkstart.com.

Product overview

SilkStart offers a unified association management software platform designed for member-based organizations. The core MultiChapter platform serves as the central hub, integrated with multiple modules including Member Management, Website and CMS, Events, Email Marketing, Invoicing and Payments, Member Directory, Job Board, MemConnect Groups, Donations, Custom Data Collection, Membership Plans, and Ecommerce. Additional features include Smart Notifications for automated communications, Bilingual support for multi-language organizations, and Mobile Friendly responsive design. The platform is cloud-based and designed to scale from small organizations with two chapters to large organizations with millions of members.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Member Management
• Events Event landing pages, ticketing, discount management, and registration for BC Food & Beverage industry events serving food and beverage manufacturers.
• Job Board Job board service for BC Food & Beverage members to post and find jobs within the BC food and beverage manufacturing sector.
• Email Marketing and Member Communications Newsletter and automated communication service for sending industry updates, renewal reminders, event reminders, receipts, and invoices to association members.
• Donations Online donation campaign management for collecting one-time or recurring donations to support BC Food & Beverage's industry association activities.
• Website and CMS Mobile-friendly association website with content management capabilities that BC Food & Beverage uses to publish industry information to its members and the public.
• MultiChapter Platform Multi-chapter platform capability that connects BC Food & Beverage's chapter organizations with aggregated member data and sharing.
• Invoicing and Payments Integrated invoicing and online payment processing for collecting membership dues, event ticket revenue, and other association payments.
• MemConnect Groups Member groups and community features for networking and collaboration among BC Food & Beverage's food and beverage manufacturer members.
• E-commerce E-commerce capability for BC Food & Beverage to sell products, merchandise, and services through its association platform.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights1 record

Regional players

• BC Chamber of Commerce: Provincial business association serving BC businesses across sectors. Comparable to BC Food & Beverage as a BC-based advocacy body, though with a broader (cross-sector) mandate rather than food-and-beverage-specific focus.
• Alberta Food Processors Association: Regional industry association representing food processors in Alberta. Closely analogous to BC Food & Beverage in structure and mandate, but serving a different provincial member base.

Direct peers

• Food Processing Skills Canada: National, industry-led organization supporting the food and beverage processing sector through workforce development and training. Serves a closely overlapping member base of food manufacturers with comparable not-for-profit association structure.
• Canadian Beverage Association: National association representing the non-alcoholic beverage industry in Canada. Comparable in structure and function to BC Food & Beverage, focused on a sub-segment (beverages) of the same broader food and beverage manufacturing ecosystem.
• Food & Consumer Products of Canada: National trade association representing consumer packaged goods and food and beverage manufacturers in Canada. Operates as a similar industry advocacy body to BC Food & Beverage but at the national level, providing a directly comparable membership-driven model.

Broad incumbents

• Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters: Canada's largest national trade association for manufacturers. Overlaps with BC Food & Beverage's manufacturer-representation mandate at a broader industry scope, making it a larger incumbent with comparable advocacy functions.
• Canadian Federation of Independent Business: National association advocating for small and mid-sized businesses in Canada. Comparable in serving as a member-driven advocacy organization but with a much broader cross-industry scope than BC Food & Beverage.

Emerging players

• Restaurants Canada: National foodservice trade association. Adjacent to BC Food & Beverage's mandate — representing restaurant operators rather than manufacturers — but operating in the same Canadian food and beverage ecosystem with comparable association structure.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/bcfoodandbev
• Facebookfacebook.com/BCFoodandBev
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bc-food-and-beverage

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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