This to CBC Newsworld for this info. Mike Tan and Teampages (2nd place winners in 2007) will be featured on CBC Fortune Hunters this Saturday, Feb. 14th.

Synopsis from the CBC:

Fortune Hunters looks at emerging trends in the marketplace and features Canadian entrepreneurs cashing in on them, even in today’s economy. On February 14th, our episode “Facebook Factor” will examine the social networking trend in Canada.

Viewers meet Mike Tan and his team as they try to take Teampages to the next level. Web experts Leila Boujnane of Idee Inc. and Evan Carmichael of evancarmichael.com weigh in on their chances of success.

The episode ends with the story behind the huge success of Lavalife – how Bruce Croxon attracted people looking for love. A fitting story for Valentine’s Day!

The episode airs on CBC Newsworld on Saturday, February 14th at 3:30 pm and 8:30 pm PT; and on Sunday, February 15th at 10:30 am and 1:30 pm PT. It will also be available on our website on Thursday, February 12th at www.cbc.ca/fortunehunters

New Ventures BC 2007 third place finisher Bean Services announced today the launch of beanbills 2.0, a user-friendly web-based service designed to streamline the accounts payable process, and save organizations up to 70% of invoice related overhead. Beanbills optimizes, automates and streamlines invoice processing for small to medium sized businesses.

By combining new document scanning, recognition and reporting technologies, beanbills reduces accounting overhead – and improves controls. Beanbills accommodates existing processes, allowing companies to easily adopt its solution with minimal setup and disruption with no required modifications to existing accounting software.

Accordking to Bean Services Founder Jarrod Levitan: “Endless paper has long been the enemy of accounting and operating processes. Finally we have a secure solution to instantly access, control and process this information, saving time and money. In the battle for the paperless office, Beanbills is the ultimate weapon.”

Founded in 2005, Bean Services mission is to increase office productivity through user friendly and innovative e-payables software. Just one year ago, Bean Services place 3rd in the New Ventures BC competition and picked up a prize package worth $17,000. In May 2008, Bean Services announced that they closed a second round of angel investor funding. The investor group consisted of seasoned angel investors, some of who participated in earlier rounds.

Congrats to Jarrod and team at Bean Services!

2007 Finalist and 2008 competitor Razor Technology has gained the attention of not only clients, but of the market strategy firm and NVBC presenter Rocket Builders, making their 2008 “Emerging Rockets” list. Their FireTonic platform offers a unique distribution method for mobile content such as ringtones, wallpaper, games, video, songs, and applications. Distributing content to a phone over the internet or through a cellular provider can be expensive, slow, and cumbersome. FireTonic provides kiosks that transfer content to phones via Bluetooth for free or fee, bypassing high mobile data rates. Their target clients are stores, coffee shops, restaurants, theatres, conventions, and street promotions.

Razor’s direct distribution model has attracted big name clients such as Nintendo, Microsoft, and Dairy Queen, in addition to Vancouver game companies like Playful Entertainment, Nerd Corps, and Hothead Games. The platform saw use at this year’s Vancouver International Game Summit and Vancouver International Digital Festival. Razor claims that the amount of content they distributed during these two events would have cost over $40,000 in mobile data charges.

Watch Razor’s CEO Ray Walia give his pitch on Fundfindr:
 

It’s three founders were fresh out of the University of Victoria when they entered the 2007 New Ventures BC competition, but such was no limitation for Mike Tan, Jonathan Kerr and Adam Palmblad of TeamPages. Beating out over 80 competitors, TeamPages snatched the Enbridge second place prize of $38,000. In the less than a year since their win, they’ve built on that momentum.

TeamPages provides online community sites for coaches, parents, and players that serve as a central point for team communication and scheduling. Last November, they completed a Series A round of financing, and last month, they moved to Vancouver into new office space and brought on three new employees. Today, they launched a significant upgrade to the site, improving the interface, adding customization options, and simplifying the sign-up process. A premium version of the service is planned for the near future.