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2019 New Ventures BC Competition

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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 $275,000 and prizes to BC startups. We offer a mentored, Distance Venture Acceleration Program focused 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.

$275,000+ in cash and prizes to the best new startups in BC

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The competition added credibility to Loom. Being in the Top 15 from ~165 original companies definitely created traction for Loom, and has led to a new partner and investment. We’re really impressed by the organization and the structure of the competition.

Loom Inc., 2016 Top 25

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 NVBC process and mentors help even the most seasoned veterans elevate their game and really think hard about the business and strategy. In every case, we graduated from the competition a better, more viable company.

Microbiome Insights, 2nd place winner, 2017

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

We are targeting a much larger market with a better business plan, and have closed $1m in seed funding. We’re creating more jobs, all as a result of participating in the competition.

Novarc Technologies, 2016 Finalist

See all past winners