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2019 New Ventures BC Competition

Presented by Innovate BC. Are you BC's most promising tech start-up?

Venture Acceleration Program:

Mentorship + education for early-stage startups

Innovator Skills Initiative (ISI) grants

Get up to $10,000 to hire a BC student

We're BC's premiere tech competition and early stage accelerator

2530 startups supported in 18 years

3720+ jobs created by top NVBC companies since 2000

$335 million raised in financing

We can help you accelerate

New Ventures BC is a non-profit organization that recognizes, encourages, and supports entrepreneurship in BC’s technology sector. Each year we run the New Ventures BC Competition, the largest and longest-running tech competition in BC, offering education, coaching and awarding $250,000 and prizes to BC startups. We offer a mentored, Distance Venture Acceleration Program focused on customer discovery and Market Validation Training. Through our Innovator Skills Initiative grant program we give tech companies and startups up to $10,000 a year to hire a BC post-secondary student.

$250,000+ in cash and prizes to the best new startups in BC.

Upcoming events

As a result of the placing in the competition, we’re received unsolicited offers of investment, we’ve had meetings with venture capitalists, and we’ve got meetings setup with big competitors who are interested in what we’re offering.

Jane Software, 2016 Second Prize

New Ventures BC is an incredible way to develop and accelerate your venture – it provides access to incredible mentors and adds velocity to you venture.

Careteam Technologies Inc, 2018 Vancity Social Venture Prize Winner

The most invaluable and well run program we have ever participated in – simply a #mustdo for any tech entrepreneur in BC.

My Best Helper, 2012 Third Prize

The most invaluable and well run program we have ever participated in – simply a #mustdo for any tech entrepreneur in BC. We learned so much from the courses, from the mentors and from the other companies, a network we are still leveraging today.

MyBestHelper.com, 2012 Third Prize

Winning the NVBC top prize brought us recognition, exposure and validation. The news releases have generated tremendous interest for our technology in North America, as well as globally. We have been fortunate to absorb major investors for our commercialization phase.

Polymer Research Technologies, 2011 First Prize

See all past winners