New Ventures BC announced the companies selected to advance in its 2022 competition, after evaluations from a panel of judges. The organizers have chosen 15 to move directly into round three, while 27 ventures will pitch in an additional round, named 2.5, for their chance to advance to the third. Ten companies in that intermediate round will advance to round three.

The 42 startups progressing were selected from an initial collection of 207 applicants.

These are the top 15 listed in alphabetical order.

1. Asset Market

2. Autonopia Technologies

3. Blossom Social 

4. Busker Media 

5. Fingerprint

6. Nyoka Design Labs

7. OnDeck Fisheries AI

8. Ovou

9. Pilot

10. Silver Homes Technology 

11. Tuktu Care 

12. UVX 

13. VoxCell BioInnovation

14. WiiBid.com

15. Yield Exchange

These are the round 2.5 businesses, listed in alphabetical order. Their pitches will be heard on June 22, with 10 joining the companies above in the third round.

1. Acel Power 

2. Beam Commerce

3. Breathe-Global Devices 

4. BuzzIt

5. Cibotica

6. CodeCast Technologies 

7. Decap Research and Development

8. EBP Digital Technologies 

9. Examind AI

10. Geenees

11. I Adapt You

12. Immfinity

13. Intelligent Battery Services 

14. Lal

15. Mae - Making Auto Easy

16. MSLR Electric

17. NanoSentinel Technologies 

18. Omnicart

19. Saddl Racing

20. Safi

21. Sarcomere Dynamics 

22. Sixone Labs 

23. SLE Planner

24. TattooerDB

25. Temporal Futures

26. Tradle

27. Zoa Engineering

Now in its 22nd year, B.C.’s largest and longest-running tech competition is known for identifying and propelling forward the province’s most promising startups.

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Last year, Vancouver’s TrafficDriven Technologies Inc. (now known as Mintlist) were crowned winners, taking home the $110,000 Innovate BC firs-place prize package. Vancouver’s Train Fitness claimed the $60,000 Innovate BC second-place prize package, and cleantech startup Moment Energy rounded out the top three and walked away with $35,000.

According to New Ventures BC, past winners have raised over $807 million in financing, generated upwards of $288 million in revenues, and have created over 5,400 jobs in British Columbia. Over 150 of B.C.’s top business leaders volunteer as mentors and jurors. Since its inception, more than 1,500 entrepreneurs have participated in the program.