Notable alumni from the New Ventures BC Competition, presented by Innovate BC, include the following companies that have achieved significant growth and recognition in their specific industries, and throughout BC.
Past Winners
Recent Years
Notable Alumni
Winners by Year
Review the past New Ventures BC Competition Finalists and Prizewinners since 2001.
2025
Prizewinners
- $110,000 Innovate BC First Place Prize Package: Binta Financial
- $55,000 Innovate BC Second Place Prize Package: PeerSupport.io
- $30,000 Innovate BC Third Place Prize Package: BuildMapper
- $10,000 Innovate BC Sustainability Prize: Baerfell
- $10,000 Innovate BC Health and Life Sciences Prize: ImageCyte Technologies Inc.
- $10,000 Innovate BC Women-Led Venture Prize: Maddie Aliaslkhiabani, Co-Founder of CanDry Technologies
- $10,000 Leap to the Cloud Prize, presented by National Bank: BuildMapper
- Top Science Award: ImageCyte Technologies Inc.
- NVBC Diamond-in-the-Rough Prize: Syrina Therapeutics
- Alumni Impact Award: Aspect Biosystems
Top 10
- Binta Financial, Vancouver
- BuildMapper, Vancouver
- CanDry Technologies Inc, Coquitlam
- Cater Dash, Burnaby
- EyecareX, Vancouver
- ImageCyte Technologies Inc., Vancouver
- Minpraxis Solutions Ltd., Vancouver
- PeerSupport.io, Langley Township
- PINA Creation Inc., Burnaby
- Sigen AI, Vancouver
2024
Prizewinners
- $110,000 Innovate BC First Place Prize Package: TIMEZYX
- $60,000 Innovate BC Second Place Prize: SkyAcres Agrotechnologies
- $35,000 Innovate BC Third Place Prize: skiKrumb
- $10,000 Innovate BC Regional Startup Prize: skiKrumb
- $10,000 Innovate BC Sustainability Prize: VulcanX Energy
- $10,000 Innovate BC Woman-Led Venture Award: insporos
- $10,000 Leap to the Cloud Prize, presented by National Bank: yPilot
- Top Science Based Company In-Kind Prize: CereCura Nanotherapeutics
- Alumni Impact Award: MineSense Technologies
Top 10
- CereCura Nanotherapeutics, Vancouver
- Fibernx, Vancouver
- FIBR.BIO, Vancouver
- insporos, Vancouver
- skiKrumb, Westbank
- SkyAcres Agrotechnologies, Surrey
- TIMEZYX Inc, Vancouver
- Tree Track Intelligence, Port Coquitlam
- VulcanX Energy, Vancouver
- yPilot, Vancouver
2023
Prizewinners
- $110,000 Innovate BC First Place Prize Package: RetreatsAndVenues
- $60,000 Innovate BC Second Place Prize Package: Browse AI
- $35,000 Innovate BC Third Place Prize Package: Blanka
- $10,000 Innovate BC Sustainability Prize: Viridis Research
- $10,000 Innovate BC Regional Startup Prize: Joni
- $10,000 Innovate BC Woman-Led Venture Award: Ginger Desk
- $10,000 Leap to the Cloud Prize, presented by National Bank: Leasey.AI
- $5,500 Luminaries Diamond-in-the-Rough Award: Seleste
- Alumni Impact Award: Jane Software
Top 10
- Blanka, Vancouver
- Browse AI, Vancouver
- Ginger Desk, North Vancouver
- Immfinity Biotechnologies, Vancouver
- Leasey.AI, Vancouver
- Orca Water Solutions, Burnaby
- Pilot, North Vancouver
- RetreatsAndVenues.com, North Vancouver
- Seleste, Vancouver
- Viridis Research, Vancouver
2022
Prizewinners
- $110,000 Innovate BC First Place Prize Package: OVOU
- $60,000 Innovate BC Second Place Prize Package: Beam Commerce
- $35,000 Innovate BC Third Place Prize Package: VoxCell Bioinnovation
- $10,000 Innovate BC Sustainability Prize: Acel Power
- $10,000 Innovate BC Regional Startup Prize: Nyoka
- $10,000 Innovate BC Woman-Led Venture Award: Yield Exchange
- $7,000 Luminaries Diamond-in-the-Rough Award: Immfinity
- Alumni Impact Award: Semios
Top 11
- Acel Power, Vancouver
- Asset Market, Nanaimo
- Autonopia Technologies, Vancouver
- Beam Commerce, Vancouver
- Immfinity, Vancouver
- OVOU, Vancouver
- Silver Homes Technology, Vancouver
- UVX Inc, Vancouver
- VoxCell Bioinnovation, Victoria
- WiiBid.com, Vancouver
- Yield Exchange, Burnaby
2021
Prizewinners
- $110,000 Innovate BC First Place Prize Package: TrafficDriven Technologies
- $60,000 Innovate BC Second Place Prize Package: Train Fitness
- $35,000 Innovate BC Third Place Prize Package: Moment Energy
- $10,000 Innovate BC Regional Startup Prize: BinBreeze
- $10,000 Innovate BC Social Venture Prize: Rootd
- $10,000 Innovate BC Woman-Led Venture Award: Rootd
- NVBC Diamond-in-the-Rough Prize: Sarcomere Dynamics
- Alumni Impact Award: AbCellera
Top 10
- LetHub, Victoria
- Matidor, Vancouver
- Moment Energy, Vancouver
- Pocketed, Vancouver
- RightMetric, North Vancouver
- Rootd, Victoria
- Streamline Athletes, Vancouver
- Total Flow Cannula, Vancouver
- TrafficDriven, Vancouver
- Train Fitness, Vancouver
2020
Prizewinners
- $110,000 Innovate BC First Place Prize Package: aDolus Technology Inc.
- $60,000 Innovate BC Second Place Prize Package: Daanaa Resolution Inc.
- $35,000 Innovate BC Third Place Prize Package: Fable
- $20,000 Innovate BC Top Regional Startup: aDolus Technology Inc.
- $10,000 Innovate BC People’s Choice Award: Castofly
- $7,000 Rogers Communications In-Kind Prize Package: Rootd
Top 10
- ABOzymes Biomedical, Vancouver
- aDolus Technology, Nanaimo
- Castofly Technologies, Vancouver
- Daanaa Resolution, Vancouver
- Mazuma Go, Victoria (formerly DivDot)
- Fable Home, Vancouver
- Flash Forest, Vancouver
- Rootd, Victoria
- ShopandShout, Vancouver
- ThisFish, Vancouver
2019
Prizewinners
- $105,000 Innovate BC First Place Prize Package: Lumen5
- $60,000 Innovate BC Second Place Prize Package: NiceJob
- $35,000 Innovate BC Third Place Prize Package: Cuboh
- $15,000 Vancity Social Venture prize package: Firstline (formerly Spectrum)
- $22,000 BC Resource Industry prize package: Open Ocean Robotics
- $10,000 Innovate BC Top Regional Startup prize package: Cuboh
- Up to $8,000 FrontFundr Due Diligence and Listing Fee prize: Kranked Bikes
- $6,000 BC Tech Association Growth Programs prize package: Plugzio
- $2,500 People’s Choice Award: Beatdapp
Top 10
- Beatdapp, Vancouver
- BioInteractive Technologies, Vancouver
- Cuboh, Victoria
- Kranked, Gibsons
- Lumen5, Vancouver
- NiceJob, Vancouver
- Open Ocean Robotics, Victoria
- Plugzio, Vancouver
- Singular Software, Surrey
- Firstline, Vancouver (formerly Spectrum)
2018
Prizewinners
- $110,000 Innovate BC First Place Prize Package: Volta Air Technologies
- $60,000 Innovate BC Second Place Prize Package: Perceptive (formerly Cyberdontics)
- $35,000 Innovate BC Third Place Prize Package: Medimap
- $20,000 BC Resource Industry prize package: Ideon Technologies (formerly CRM GeoTomography Technologies)
- $17,000 Vancity Social Venture prize package: Careteam Technologies
- $10,000 Innovate BC Top Regional Startup prize package and $15,000 CDRD Life Sciences prize package: Perceptive (formerly Cyberdontics)
- $6,000 BC Tech Association Growth Programs prize package: Quupe
Top 10
- Careteam Technologies, Vancouver
- Go99 Operations, Vancouver
- iComply Investor Services, Vancouver
- Ideon Technologies, Richmond (formerly CRM GeoTomography Technologies)
- Medimap, Vancouver
- Perceptive, Nelson (formerly Cyberdontics)
- Quupe, Vancouver
- Skaha Remote Sensing, Kelowna
- Volta Air Technologies, Vancouver
- Voltific Technology, Vancouver
2017
Prizewinners
- $110,000 Innovate BC First Place Prize Package: Ecoation Innovative Solutions
- $60,000 Innovate BC Second Place Prize Package: Microbiome Insights
- $35,000 Innovate BC Third Place Prize Package: Slickspaces Technologies
- $16,000 Vancity Social Venture Prize: InputHealth
- $10,000 BCIC Top Regional Startup Prize: Certn
- $10,000 City Innovation prize: UrbanLogiq
- $11,000 International Scale-up prize: CryoLogistics Refrigeration Technologies
- $8,000 Wavefront Wireless in-kind prize package: Aeriosense Technologies
- $8,000 BC Tech Association prize package: axSense Technologies
- $10,000 CDRD Life Sciences Prize: Microbiome Insights
- $25,000 Plug and Play Tech Center Prize: Slickspaces Technologies
- $22,000 BC Resource Industry Prize package: Ecoation Innovative Solutions
Top 10
- Aeriosense Technologies, Vancouver
- axSense Technologies, Vancouver
- Certn, Victoria
- Copypants Creator Technologies, Vancouver
- CryoLogistics Refrigeration Technologies, Victoria
- Ecoation Innovative Solutions, North Vancouver
- InputHealth, Vancouver
- Microbiome Insights, Richmond
- Perceptive, Nelson (formerly Cyberdontics)
- Slickspaces Technologies, Vancouver
2016
Prizewinners
- $110,000 BCIC First Place Prize Package: Microdermics
- $60,000 BCIC Second Place Prize Package: Jane Software
- $35,000 BCIC Third Place Prize Package: Iris Automation
- $22,000 BC Resource Industry Prize: Iris Automation
- $16,000 Vancity Social Venture Prize: Meatme.co
- $10,000 BCIC Top Regional Startup Prize: LlamaZOO
- $10,000 City Innovation Prize: Sensible Building Science
- CDRD Life Sciences Prize: Microdermics
- BC Tech Innovation Hub Accelerator Prize: VisualPing
- Wavefront Wireless & Plug and Play Prize: CuePath Innovation
Top 10
- Copypant Creator Technologies, Vancouver
- CuePath Innovation, Vancouver
- Dooly.ai, Vancouver
- Ionomr, Vancouver
- Iris Automation, Vancouver
- Jane Software, North Vancouver
- Microdermics, Vancouver
- Novarc Technologies, North Vancouver
- Ophthalight Digital Solutions, Vancouver
- VisualPing, Vancouver
2015
Prizewinners
- $100,000 BCIC First Place Prize Package: Edvisor
- $55,000 BCIC Second Place Prize Package: Ziva Dynamics
- $37,000 BCIC Third Place Prize: Change Heroes
- $16,000 Vancity Social Venture Prize: Change Heroes
- $22,000 BCIC Resource Industry Prize Package: Stem-Shock
- $20,000 BC Bioenergy Network Prize: Recycle-Now!
- $10,000 City Innovation Prize: Recycle-Now!
- Rocket Builders GoToMarket Prize: Edvisor
- Rocket Builders Most Promising Pitch Prize: Ziva Dynamics
- BCTIA Centre4Growth Accelerator Program Prize Package: Dooly Noted
- Wavefront Wireless Prize Package: CamDo
- Plug and Play Tech Centre Prize: Prollster
Top 10
- CamDo, Squamish
- Change Heroes, Vancouver
- DoolyNoted, Vancouver
- DRIVE Business Intelligence, Vancouver
- Edvisor, Vancouver
- Later, Vancouver (formerly Latergramme)
- Microbiome Insights, Vancouver
- Prollster, Vancouver
- Resolution Diagnostics, Vancouver
- Ziva Dynamics, Vancouver
2012
- 2012 Competition: all winners
- 2012 Top 10
- EVT Power Inc., Vancouver
- Kairama Inc., Richmond
- MediaCore Technologies Inc., Victoria
- MyBestHelper, Vancouver
- Navigate Surgical Technologies, North Vancouver
- Pixton Comics Inc., Parksville
- semiosBIO Technologies Inc., Vancouver
- Twothirds Water, Vancouver
- Warranty Life, Burnaby
- ZellChip Technologies Inc., Burnaby
- 2012 Top 25
2010
- 2010 Competition: all winners
- 2010 top 10
- Catalyst oneMAR
- EnergyCzar Solutions
- Green Sense Innovations Inc.
- Hiretheworld.com
- Jostle Corporation
- MedVoxel
- Quadrogen Power Systems, Inc.
- Solegear Bioplastics Inc
- Tingle.com
- Weddingful
- 2010 top 27
- 2010 Regional Competition
2009
- 2009 Competition: all winners
- 2009 top 10
- Bluekey Energy Inc., Prince George
- Etalim, Burnaby
- G.R. Green Building Products Inc., Burnaby
- Indel Therapeutics Inc., Vancouver
- LightIntegra Technolology Inc., Vancouver
- Lungpacer Medical Inc., Anmore
- Mobify, Vancouver
- Rapid Electric Vehicles, Vancouver
- Veridae Systems, Vancouver
- Vineyard Networks, Kelowna
- 2009 top 30
2008
- 2008 Competition: all winners
- 2008 top 10
- Charge It! Payment Solutions
- Echoflex Solutions
- GR Building Materials
- Primisyn
- Pure Lignin Environmental Technology
- Saltworks Technologies
- Singular Software
- Small Energy Group
- SoundofMotion Technologies Inc.
- TeraTek
2007
Prizewinners
- $61,000 BC Hydro First Place Prize: Augurex Life Sciences
- $38,000 Enbridge Second Place Prize: TeamPages Inc.
- $17,000 Third Place Prize: Bean Services Inc.
- $20,000 BC Hydro Sustainability Prize: Biometals Recovery Systems
2006
Prizewinners
- BC Hydro First Place Prize Winner: RFind Systems
- Second Prize Winner: Concrete Vue (Terraprobe)
- Third Prize Winner: JML Biopharm
- Sustainability Prize Winner: Energy Aware
2005
Prizewinners
- BC Hydro First Place Prize Winner: Traction Technologies, Kamloops
- Second Prize Winner: ComVu Media Inc.
- Third Prize Winner: Quin Media Arts and Science
- Sustainability Prize Winner: SyncWave Energy
2004
Prizewinners
- $60,000 BMO First Place Prize Winner: Vectis Technologies, North Vancouver
- $40,000 Second Prize Winner: SST Wireless Inc., Kelowna
- $20,000 Third Prize Winner: Aquassure Bath Products, Kelowna
2003
Prizewinners
- BMO Bank of Montreal First Prize Winner: Resonance Technologies
- Second Prize Winner: GenoLogics Life Sciences Software
- Third Prize Winner: Stelix Technologies Corp.
2002
Prizewinner
- BMO Bank of Montreal First Prize Winner: Metalogix Inc.
2001
Prizewinner
- BMO Bank of Montreal First Prize Winner: AirG (formerly Air Games Wireless, Inc.)
