Innovate BC

Thank you to everyone who joined us both in-person and online for the 24th Annual New Ventures BC Competition Awards Ceremony, presented by Innovate BC! 🎉 Congratulations to TIMEZYX for claiming the top prize, as well as all of our incredible finalists and award winners! 🥇 TIMEZYX (Vancouver) - $110,000 Innovate BC First prize package 🥈SkyAcres Agrotechnologies Inc. (Surrey) - $60,000 Innovate BC Second prize package 🥉skiKrumb Trackers (Westbank) - $35,000 Innovate BC Third prize package In addition to the top three prizes, our finalists competed for five specialty awards. This year’s winners include: 🌎 skiKrumb Trackers 10,000 Innovate BC Regional Start-up Prize 🌱 VulcanX 10,000 Innovate BC Sustainability Prize 👩💼 insporos $10,000 Innovate BC Woman-Led Venture Award ☁️ yPilot $10,000 National Bank of Canada Leap to the Cloud Prize 🔬 CereCura Nanotherapeutics SFU Venture Labs Top Science-Based Company Prize Special shoutout to MineSense Technologies Ltd., winner of this year’s Alumni Impact Award, who was a finalist in our 2011 Competition! 🌟 If you missed the event, catch all the details on the winners and prizes here: https://ow.ly/TAQX50TrtcN #NVBC2024 #InnovateBC

Registration is now live for the 24th Annual New Ventures BC Competition Awards Ceremony, presented by Innovate BC! 🎉 Join us on September 19th for an evening celebrating British Columbia's most innovative startups as they compete for over $250,000 in cash and prizes. 🏆 The Awards Ceremony celebrates the hard work and dedication of all the competition participants, from over 200 entrants to our Top 10 finalists. 🌟 Be part of the celebration in person at the Stanley Park Pavilion or join us online via Livestream. It’s a night you won’t want to miss! 🚀 Register now: lu.ma/i42hf9qq #NVBC2024

#Applications for #SummitX are NOW OPEN! Join the ranks of successful founders who have raised capital through our Investment Summits. Our unique approach combines community, fun, and investment to help you grow your startup. Are you ready to write your own success story? Apply now and be part of our fall Investment Summit, Summit X! 👉 Apply Now https://bit.ly/3TB74VG 👈 Applications close September 18!! #RaiseCapital #Funding #AngelInvesting #CanadianInvesting #ApplyToday #Canada #Alberta #Saskatchewan #BritishColumbia

Last week was the first Web Summit Vancouver Town Hall and it was great to feel the excitement from different organisations, startups and community members that will be able to take full advantage of the massive tech event coming in May. And as Paddy Cosgrave said: we are super excited that this is heading towards being the biggest first year event Web Summit has ever produced. Showing how great the Vancouver and Canadian ecosystem is. PS: I'm sending a few founders to Donegal as they want to take you up on your offer. Over 500+ attendees in the room at the Vancouver Convention Centre and nearly 100 watched the live stream - you've all been deputised as Web Summit Ambassadors! Destination Vancouver will release more information - but here are the main bits you need if you missed it: Innovate BC is proud to lead the sector readiness efforts on the lead up to Web Summit Vancouver. To stay informed on upcoming events and opportunities, register here: https://lnkd.in/eHBU67ek For non-tech inquiries related to Web Summit Vancouver, including supplier opportunities, and in-kind sponsorship, please contact Destination Vancouver at: wsvancouver@destinationvancouver.com To stay informed of opportunities in development or to express interest in partnering on market engagement initiatives, including Web Summit Lisbon, please register your interest: https://cvent.me/yDZw9q For more information and tickets for Web Summit Vancouver: https://lnkd.in/eCqHMr8n To apply for our startup program: https://lnkd.in/eQwctkcX Apply to speak: https://lnkd.in/eTwXFmZv To join us as media: https://lnkd.in/eFrtRM-E To volunteer: https://lnkd.in/egxEa88r Thanks to our new Country Manager Amanda Collett for jumping on stage to MC with less than a week of work under her belt. Jennifer McNaughton flying in from Toronto and the DVAN team Michael Drake Angelina P. and Peter Cowan with welcome speeches from Minster Harjit S. Sajjan and Minster Brenda Bailey and Deputy Mayor Sarah Kirby-Yung, MBA and of course DVAN CEO Royce Chwin.