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New Ventures BC Announces Top 10 Finalists for the 2023 New Ventures BC Competition
Friday, September 1, 2023
Vancouver, BC, September 1, 2023--(T-Net)--The 23rd annual New Ventures BC Competition, presented by Innovate BC, announced today that it is now down to its final 10 companies.
The New Ventures BC Competition is the largest and longest-running tech competition in BC, offering education, coaching and awarding $250,000 and prizes to BC startups.
This year's Top 10 have a chance at claiming $250,000 in cash and prizes and earning the opportunity to be named the province's top startup.
Meet The Top 10 Finalists of the 2023 NVBC Competition (in alphabetical order)
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, Vancouver
What's Next
In the fourth and final round, each of these 10 finalists will pitch to a judging panel of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and investors for a chance to win $250,000 in cash and prizes. The winner's will be announced at an in-person Awards Ceremony on October 3.
The Judges
Andy Edelmeier, President at Braemar West Capital
Floyd Sijmons, Serial entrepreneur and advisor
Jennifer Hamilton, Life Sciences Consultant
Julia Davourie, VC Investor at Phoenix Venture Partners
Julien Sellgren, Consultant at Breakout Analytics, past NVBC winner
Maria Pacella, Managing Partner at Pender Ventures
Pieter Dorsman, President at Redpeaks Management and Director, Angel Forum
Rasool Rayani, Angel Investor and past NVBC winner
Rochelle Grayson, Entrepreneur and Industry Chair, UBC Sauder School
Thealzel Lee, VANTEC and Phoenix Fire Fund
Prizes
New Ventures BC
New Ventures BC is a non-profit organization that recognizes, encourages, and supports entrepreneurship in BC's technology sector.
Each year we run the New Ventures BC Competition, the largest and longest-running tech competition in BC, offering education, coaching and awarding $250,000 and prizes to BC startups.
We offer a mentored, Distance Venture Acceleration Program focused on customer discovery and Market Validation Training. Through our Innovator Skills Initiative grant program we give tech companies and startups, up to $10,000 a year to hire a BC post-secondary student. Visit New Ventures BC
Innovate BC
Innovate BC is a Crown agency with a mandate to help strengthen entrepreneurship development, increase company growth, and support job creation, ensuring the benefits of technology and innovation are felt around the province, including rural, northern, and indigenous communities.
The Crown agency funds and delivers programs that support the growth of the B.C. economy by helping companies start and scale up into anchor companies, train talent that meets labour market needs, and encourage technology development, commercialization, and adoption. Visit Innovate BC
About EY (Presenter of 23rd annual New Ventures BC Competition)
As a leading professional services organization, EY enables transformative growth for entrepreneurs and organizations of all sizes to support innovation, grow industries and offer forward-thinking approaches to the complex issues facing our world today. Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy and transactions, EY's diverse teams are helping clients build a better working world.
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