It’s official. The companies advancing to Round 2 of the 2010 New Ventures Competition has been shortlisted, and it’s a long list. Not for long though as the Round 2 submission deadline is May 10th and the judges will cut it down to 40 companies.
For those interested in learning more about their competitors, the submissions broke down by type of business as follows:
- IT / Media: 53.3%
- CleanTech: 18.5%
- Life Sciences: 10.4%
- BioEnergy: 4.4%
- Other: 13.3%
And while there was definitely a concentration of submissions from Metro Vancouver, the rest of the province is represented as well:
- Metro Vancouver: 68.1%
- Thompson/Okanagan: 14.1%
- Vancouver Island: 14.1%
- Kootenays : 2.2%
- North : 1.5%
The companies advancing to Round 2 in alphabetical order are:
- “Greedy Bubbles” edutainment technologies
- A GPU Software Company
- allpetnaturals.com
- Aeos Biomedical
- Agile.Quality
- Allocadia Software
- Antic Wireless
- Arbutus Technologies
- Awesense Wireless Inc.
- Bet Smart Media Inc.
- BIG Green Island
- Bravius Digital Publishing Solutions
- Brighter Brains, Inc
- Canadian Marine Parts
- CardioReports
- CarrotLines
- Catalyst oneMAR
- Chico – a new electric car by Von Mynheer
- Cineaste Media
- Cirrus:Notify
- Clinical Media Ltd, product: Clinicbook
- CO2 to C and O2
- Combination Cradle
- Cost effective and ecologically friendly technology for wastewater treatment
- Crosswind Power Systems Inc.
- Crowdsource Networks Inc.
- Cubee: A Cubic 3D Gaming Platform
- Cutting Edge Industrial Design
- DailySplice.com: the easiest podcast platform for business
- Digniti Home Hospital
- DX3 sportmilk athletic recovery beverage
- Dynamic Smoke simulations for Computer Games
- Earth Tubes
- EcoMeter by EnviroSpeak Media
- ELBO plugin and package for mobile phone
- ElectroMotion Energy Corporation
- Elite Living International Inc. with the BucketList Project
- Elvisonics Diagnostic Imaging
- EnergyCzar Solutions
- EpiProbe
- EvolutionaryInk Ltd.
- F2P Acceleration Canada
- FaceLessVoice Productions Inc.
- First Light Technologies Ltd.
- FITSYS (Integrative Fitness System)
- Fully Automated Biological Tissue Sectioning
- Global Innovative Farm Technologies Inc.(GIFT)
- Golden Age Information Architects
- Goldstream Publishing Inc.
- Good Energy Research Inc.
- Greater Than Technology Corporation – Virtual Tour Web Application
- Green Boss Energy (Canada) Ltd.
- GreenScene AgriTek Inc., Manure Recycling
- Grin Technologies Ltd.
- H2knOw
- Harman Edison Product Development Inc.
- Hipparcos Technologies
- Hybrid photovoltaic system operable under diffuse and direct sun light
- IgnitePlay
- Illuminate Solar Inc.
- iProgen Biotech Inc.
- Jostle Corporation
- Jubdub
- Life Management System
- LiveIn Network
- Locarna Systems, Inc.
- Lumira Technologies
- Mavi Innovations Inc.
- MedVoxel
- Meke Innovation Corporation
- Memory Leaf
- MetroCor Estimation Network
- MineSense: Clean, Green, and Sustainable solutions for the Mining Industry.
- Mobile Laundry and Dry Cleaning Service
- MochaPass.com
- Muutu.com
- My Wedding Match/Weddingful
- MyJobDigest
- MyJoust
- MySaasyBiz
- New Smart Device
- Novaera Fuels Ltd.
- Novel Resonant Cavity Sensors
- Novel water-fed, stand-alone proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell backup system
- Nurugo Inc
- ouiART: We bring artists together
- Orage Energy Inc.
- PensionWise Consulting Inc.
- Powering remote communities throughout Canada with a new technology 5KW wind turbine with 5KW solar pan
- Purion
- Purpose Wireless Ltd.
- QATechnics
- Quadrogen Power Systems, Inc.
- QuakeAware
- R2Z Innovations Inc.
- RaceDay Chip
- RealSpace
- Reconfigurable Technology for Signal Processing
- Replicate – Pure Mocap
- Residential Energy Conservation
- RIPE Energy
- Ronin Fuel Cell
- SafetyPhone
- Scallable Technologies Inc.
- SchedulePanda.com
- Second Nature Agritech
- SharableThings Inc.
- Silkstart
- Situware Interactive Inc.
- Snoget.com, Social Networking Discovery Engine
- Sol en Frio – Powering the Developing World Cold Chain with Sunshine
- Solar Thermal Demonstration Project
- Sole Gear BioMaterials Inc.
- Spotted Innovations Inc.
- StressMarq Biosciences Inc.
- Thermal-electric power supply for control and circulation systems
- TINGLE.COM
- Tribal Education Technologies Incorporated
- Unknown name: fast software compiler system – please contact Angie at 604-725-5740 if this is your submission.
- Verbed Noun Bike System
- Vestige Systems Inc.
- VP Process Inc.
- Waste Reduction and Energy Production
- Wavesine Solutions Inc
- WhaleChat:3D social platform
- WHAXI
- Winsor Global Financial Inc.
- Worlds first 2-stroke supercharger system
- XacPac – The Virtual Packer
- Xeri roX Productions Ltd.
- YouStar.ca
- Zeeling
- Zenterra Energy Inc.
- Zeros 2 Heroes Media