Legal · British Columbia

Terms of Use

Last updated: September 3, 2026

These Terms of Use (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of this website and the VIBE event operated by VIB Holdings Ltd. (BC incorporation number BC1605871), operating as “Vancouver Island Business” and “VIBE” (“we”, “us”). By using this site, applying, or attending, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the site.

01What VIBE is

VIBE is a curated, one-day business event in Victoria, British Columbia, and a related program of introductions. Attendance is by application and invitation. The website lets you apply. Tickets are issued after we review your application, either by invoice or by a secure payment link we send you; the website itself never takes your payment details.

02Applications & selection

Applying does not guarantee admission. We review applications and select attendees at our discretion, and we may decline or revoke a place. The information you provide must be accurate and your own; you are responsible for keeping it current.

03Tickets, payment & refunds

Ticket tiers and prices are shown on the site: $400 CAD for Vancouver Island businesses and their guests, $500 CAD for capital, and $1,000 CAD for the travel ticket, which includes transport and hotel as described on the site. All prices are in Canadian dollars and exclusive of tax. Admission to a conference is not subject to BC provincial sales tax, so no PST is charged on a ticket. VIB Holdings Ltd. is registered for GST/HST under registration number 790762843 RT0001. GST is added at 5% and shown as a separate line on your invoice or receipt, together with that number, so that a business buyer can claim it back.

How a ticket is bought. You apply first. We review applications and, if you are admitted, we send you either an invoice or a payment link for the tier that applies to you. There is no checkout on this website and nothing is ever charged automatically: a ticket exists only once you have been invoiced or sent a link, and have paid. Payment is processed by Stripe. A payment link opens a page hosted by Stripe rather than by us, so your card details are entered on Stripe’s page, are handled under Stripe’s own terms and privacy policy, and are never seen or stored by us. Whichever route you use, you receive a receipt stating the itemized price, taxes, the total and the event date, and these Terms apply to it. A payment link is personal to the buyer we sent it to and to the tier it names; if you were sent the wrong tier, tell us before paying and we will send the right one.

Refunds and cancellation.

• Full refund until October 17, 2026. Ask us in writing at lc@vi.business on or before that date and we refund everything you paid, in full, within 15 days of your notice.
• After October 17, 2026, tickets are not refundable, but they are transferable. You may pass your ticket to someone else at any time up to 12:00pm Pacific on November 16, 2026 by emailing us their name, email address and LinkedIn URL. Because attendance is curated, a transfer takes effect once we confirm it, and we will only decline where the person does not meet the criteria the room is built on.
• If we cancel the event, you get all of your money back, in full, within 15 days, whatever the reason.
• If we postpone the event, your ticket carries over to the new date. If that date does not work for you, tell us within 14 days of our announcing it and we refund you in full.
• If we decline your application, you are not charged. If we revoke a place after you have paid, and you have not breached these Terms, we refund you in full.
• The travel ticket includes transport and accommodation booked on your behalf. Once those are booked in your name, a refund is net of anything we cannot recover from the airline or hotel, and we will tell you what that is before booking.

Nothing here removes rights you have under British Columbia law that you cannot waive by agreement, including under the Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act where it applies to your purchase.

04The prize / competition

VIBE closes with a live pitch competition. The following rules apply to it.

• The prize is $10,000 CAD in cash, awarded to one winning company.
• Eligibility. Open to companies attending VIBE whose representative holds a valid ticket. One entry per company. Directors, officers and immediate family of VIB Holdings Ltd., and the judges and their firms, are not eligible.
• How the winner is chosen. Finalists are selected from the companies present, and the winner is chosen by the panel of judges named on the site, on the merits of the pitch. Judging criteria are published to entrants before they pitch. No element of the competition is decided by chance or random draw at any stage, including ties, which are resolved by the judges.
• The decision of the judges is final, and we may withhold the prize if no entrant meets the published criteria.
• Taxes. The prize is paid gross. You are responsible for any tax arising from receiving it, and you should take your own advice on that. We may be required to report the payment.
• Publicity. The winner agrees that we may name them and their company as the winner.
• There is no cash alternative other than the cash prize itself, and the prize is not transferable before it is awarded.

05Introductions — no advice, no guarantees

A core part of VIBE is facilitating introductions between participants, including between companies and potential investors. Important limits on that:

• We make introductions only where you have consented. We do not guarantee that any introduction, meeting, deal, financing, hire, or other outcome will occur.
• We are not a financial, investment, legal, tax, or accounting adviser, and nothing on this site or at the event is advice of that kind. We are not a registered dealer, adviser, or broker, and we do not solicit, offer, or sell securities, or advise on their merits. Any decision to invest, raise capital, or transact is yours, and you should get your own professional and legal advice.
• We charge for tickets and for sponsorship only. We do not charge any fee that is tied to an introduction, a financing, or the outcome of either, and we take no commission, success fee, carried interest or finder’s fee on anything that results from a meeting at VIBE.
• We are not a party to, and are not responsible for, any agreement, transaction, or dealing between participants.

06Acceptable use

You agree to use the site and attend the event lawfully and respectfully. You will not misuse the site, attempt to disrupt or gain unauthorized access to it, submit false information, harvest other participants’ information, or use anything you receive through VIBE (including other members’ details) except for the introductions you were part of. We may remove or refuse access to anyone who breaches these Terms.

07Intellectual property

The website, its content, branding, and design are owned by us or our licensors and are protected by law. You may not copy, reproduce, or reuse them except as permitted by these Terms or with our written permission. You keep ownership of the information you submit, and grant us permission to use it to run the event and the introductions you have consented to.

08Third-party services & links

We rely on third-party services for hosting, email, payments and our internal records (the roles they play are set out in our Privacy Policy, and we will name the specific providers on request) and may link to third-party sites. We are not responsible for third-party services or content, which are governed by their own terms.

09Disclaimers & limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the website and the event are provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind. We do not warrant that the site will be uninterrupted or error-free, or that any outcome will result from attending. To the extent permitted by law, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, or consequential losses, and our total liability arising out of or relating to the site or the event is limited to the amount you paid us for your ticket. Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot be limited under the law of British Columbia.

10Indemnity

You agree to indemnify us against claims and costs arising from your breach of these Terms, your misuse of the site or event, or your dealings with other participants.

11Privacy

Our handling of personal information is described in our Privacy Policy, which forms part of these Terms.

12Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Province of British Columbia and the laws of Canada that apply there. You agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of British Columbia, subject to any consumer-protection rights you cannot waive.

13Changes

We may update these Terms from time to time. The “last updated” date shows when they last changed, and continued use after a change means you accept the updated Terms.

14Contact

Questions about these Terms: lc@vi.business.