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BCIC-NVBC Announces Top 10 Finalists for 2015 New Ventures BC Competition
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Vancouver, BC, August 28, 2015--(T-Net)--Scores are in for round three. Only 10 companies remain.
Today marked the fourth and final round of the 2015 BCIC-New Ventures Competition, which is put on annually by the non-profit New Ventures BC Society as a means of recognizing and encouraging entrepreneurship in B.C.'s technology sector.
Soon, these remaining top 10 teams will undergo their final challenge: putting their best pitches forward to NVBC's group of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and investors.
The Top 10 Finalists for the 2015 BCIC-New Ventures Competition are:
In alphabetical order
New Ventures BC will be hosting its 15th Annual Awards Ceremony on Monday, September 21st at the Imperial in Vancouver where you can find out which companies will take home over $300,000 in cash and prizes. The event is free for startups.
The top winner wil take home a $100,000 BCIC first-prize package:
Past NVBC winners include DarkVision (2014), Vonigo (2013) and MediaCore (2012).
About NVBC
The BCIC-New Ventures competition was founded in 2000 under the direction of Wal van Lierop as a means of recognizing and encouraging entrepreneurship in B.C.'s technology sector. The first board included representation from both public and private organizations, and many of the founding organizations and key individuals from the original group have provided continuous support to the competition.
Today, the non-profit New Ventures BC Society administers and operates the competition with generous support from the public and private sectors, including title partner BCIC.
The mandate for the New Ventures BC Society is to recognize, encourage, and develop entrepreneurship and innovation in B.C.'s start-up technology sector.
Program Manager Angie Schick plans and run the seminars and competition with support from the New Ventures BC Society Board of Directors. Mentor & Jury Wrangler Bob de Wit manages the mentor and jury network.
Each year, more than 150 B.C. business leaders—entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, angel investors, academics and professionals—donate their time and expertise as mentors and judges.
To date, more than 1,700 aspiring B.C. entrepreneurs have entered the competition. Most winners have continued on to form viable companies, raising more than $200 million in financing and creating more than 3300 jobs.
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