Past Winners

Recent Years

2025

Binta Financial, a fintech startup building the infrastructure for borderless credit histories, captured first place in the 2025 New Ventures BC Competition, presented by Innovate BC.

2024

TIMEZYX, a cleantech startup providing real-time digital twin technology to help cities and infrastructure adapt to extreme climate events, has won the 2024 New Ventures BC Competition, presented by Innovate BC.

2023

RetreatsAndVenues, an innovative platform that’s revolutionizing the corporate retreat and offsite venue booking experience, won the top prize in the 2023 New Ventures BC Competition, presented by Innovate BC.

Notable Alumni

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.

Jane Software

Jane Software—an online platform for health and wellness practitioners first competed in 2016 and went on to win our Alumni Impact Award in 2023.

Certn

Certn—an innovator in global background screening—won our BCIC Top Regional Startup prize in 2017.

AbCellera

AbCellera—an antibody discovery company developing treatments for cancer, autoimmune disorders, and more—won Second Prize in 2013 and our Alumni Impact Award in 2021.

Aspect Biosystems

Aspect Biosystems—a pioneer in implantable tissue therapeutics for metabolic and endocrine diseases—won Second Prize in 2014 and was recognized as our Alumni Impact Award winner in 2025.

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

2014

Prizewinners

$100,000 BCIC First Place Prize Package: DarkVision Technologies
$55,000 BCIC Second Place Prize Package: Aspect Biosystems
$37,000 BCIC Third Place Prize Package: AppBridge Software
$20,000 BC Resource Industry Prize: DarkVision Technologies
$20,000 BC Bioenergy Network Prize: MetaMixis
BCIC Plug and Play Prize Package: AppBridge Software
$15,000 Vancity Social Venture Prize: Nanozen Environmental
$10,000 City Innovation Prize: Nanozen Environmental
Wavefront Wireless in-kind Prize: Curiate

Top 10

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2013

Prizewinners

$107,000 First Place Prize Package: Vonigo
$62,000 BCIC Second Place Prize Package: AbCellera
$42,000 BCIC Third Place Prize Package: SmartPager Systems
$40,000 Wavefront Wireless Prize Package: MetaOptima
$20,000 BC Bioenergy Network Prize: Industrial Plankton
$15,000 Vancity Social Venture Prize: Two Hat Security Research Corp

Top 10

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2012

Prizewinners

$100,000 BCIC First Place Prize Package: MediaCore
$55,000 BCIC Second Place Prize Package: Navigate Surgical Technologies
$35,000 BCIC Third Place Prize Package: MyBestHelper Solutions Inc.
$20,000 BC Bioenergy Network Prize Package: Mazza Innovation Ltd.
$15,000 Vancity Social Venture Prize Package: Twothirds Water Inc.
$10,000 Plug and Play Tech Centre Prize Package: MediaCore Technologies Inc.

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

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2011

Prizewinners

$130,000 BCIC First Place Prize Package: Polymer Research Technologies Ltd.
$70,000 BCIC Second Place Prize Package: RewardLoop
$40,000 BCIC Third Place Prize Package: MineSense Technologies Ltd.
$40,000 BC Hydro Sustainability Prize: Awesense Wireless Inc.
$20,000 BC Bioenergy Prize: Diacarbon Energy Inc.
$15,000 Vancity Social Venture Prize Package: FundRazr
$10,000 Plug and Play Tech Centre Prize Package: RewardLoop
$30,000 Shildroth Agritech Innovation Prize: GreenScene AgriTek Inc.
$20,000 Shildroth Agritech Innovation Prize: Tied Diacarbon Energy Inc. & KOK Technologies