The BCIC – New Ventures Competition: Regional Top 20 Finalists were announced in November.

Over the next two weeks we’ll be highlighting the finalists leading up to the Awards Ceremony on February 23rd in Kelowna.

Here is Part I featuring four randomly selected finalists from around the province:

ChatterBlock – Victoria

ChatterBlock synthesizes city-based information in an intuitive, accessible and protected social network environment. For the busy modern family, ChatterBlock is a resource for parents offering detailed community event and activity listings with reliable and relevant recommendations from other parents that will benefit a child’s development.

Ducharme Landscapes Inc. – Kelowna

Ducharme Landscapes Inc. has created Ducharme Service Management, a web and subscription-based geographic scheduling system. The software is designed to create service schedules according to the customers’ geographic location while managing staff availability, recording customer information and, as a result, significantly reducing administrative work load.

Global Endeavours Ltd. – Creston

Global Endeavours Ltd. has developed a rapid, safe solution for ruptures or leaks on any type of hydrocarbon transport vehicle on land, sea or water. Can-Gel ™ is a series of products that allow stored hydrocarbons, such as diesel fuel or crude oil, to gel thereby minimizing the risk to the environment and loss when a vessel or tank is breached.

KeepMii – Kelowna

KeepMii aggregates and organizes photos, mobile uploads with captions, tweets and blog posts chronologically so you are able to quickly identify, hand pick and save specific memories forever.  It provides custom built folders for the safe-keeping of memories to print or share. KeepMii easily integrates existing content on hard drives, mobile devices or social media sites.

New Ventures Regional: Round 3 Top 20 announced