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New Ventures BC

Where BC's Top Startups Grow.

Vancouver, British Columbia

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.

Industries

General/industry agnostic

Focus Areas

Technology startupsTech entrepreneurship

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Stages Supported

DiscoveryEfficiencyIdeaValidation

Services Offered

Mentorship and access to advisorsPaid programmingFree educational events or programmingNetworking opportunities and community eventsAccess to free or discounted licenses for products or devkits

Programs

New Ventures BC Competition

event

Annual competition offering over $250,000 in cash and prizes to help launch and grow tech startups

AccelerateIP

accelerator

IP-focused acceleration program

IP Pathways

other

IP support and guidance program

Mosaic Accelerator

accelerator

Accelerator program for startups

Startup Readiness Engine: A R2WSV Series

course

Startup readiness program

Lead Generation and Sales Mentorship

other

Mentorship focused on lead generation and sales

and 1 more programs

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Company Revenue Stages

Start ($0-1M)Grow ($1-5M)

Founded by Wal van Lierop in 2000. Competition presented by Innovate BC. 4,000 startups supported have created 15,000 jobs and raised $3.4 billion in financing. Located in Vancouver, BC.

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BAI Type

Finesse

Sector-agnostic (broad industry focus). Higher accountability signals (equity/paid programs, later-stage focus).

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Entity Type

Not-for-Profit

Operating Regions

British Columbia (BC)

4,000 startups supported since 2000

Notable Alumni

PeerSupport.io

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Founded 2000