New Ventures BC announces competitors advancing to the next rounds

The vast majority of outfits selected for its rounds three and 2.5 hail from the Metro Vancouver area.

Ovou was crowned winner of the 22nd annual New Ventures BC Competition. Photo: New Ventures BC.

New Ventures BC’s annual competition heated up today with the announcement of which companies have been selected to move forward to the next stage. 

The 23rd annual contest, presented by Innovate BC, received 178 submissions to enter round two. A panel of 105 judges evaluated those applications, and decided which will be advancing to round three.

From the pool, 16 ventures have been selected to move forward directly to that next stage. Twenty seven more companies have been placed into a separate category – round 2.5. Those teams will pitch on June 20 for a chance to advance to round three, with the top nine ventures going through. The top 25 teams will then be announced in late June.

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Top 16 companies advancing directly to round three (alphabetical order)

1. Avenue Intelligence, Vancouver

2. Cibotica, West Vancouver

3. Eigen Fitness, Vancouver

4. Ginger Desk, North Vancouver

5. Halitra, Vancouver

6. Immfinity Biotechnologies, Vancouver

7. Joni, Victoria

8. Leasey.AI, Vancouver

9. No Story Lost, Vancouver

10. Pilot, North Vancouver

11. Proxima HQ, Vancouver

12. RetreatsAndVenues.com, North Vancouver

13. SkiKrumb Trackers, Westbank

14. Trading Terminal, Vancouver

15. Viridis Research, Vancouver

16. Voxelis Canada Corporation, North Vancouver

Companies selected for round 2.5 (alphabetical order)

1. Acrostrong Technologies (flentoapp), North Vancouver

2. Airble Aviation, Richmond

3. Aqua Intelligent Technology, Surrey

4. Arrowsmith Genetics, Vancouver

5. Back On Stage App, Vancouver

6. Bikebac, Whistler

7. Blanka, Vancouver

8. Browse AI, Vancouver

9. BryoSphere Biotechnologies, Vancouver

10. Build Smartr Robotics, Burnaby

11. Buskr, Vancouver

12. Edee Care, Vancouver

13. Emoot Vancouver

14. FinoSeed, Vancouver

15. GlüxKind Technologies, Vancouver

16. Hangeh Labs, Vancouver

17. Ibex Artificial Intelligence, Courtenay

18. Idea Oven Labs DBA Leafi Home, Burnaby

19. Knowbie, Delta

20. Lite-1 Microbial Dye, Vancouver

21. Loba Wellness, Vancouver

22. MeepMeep, Victoria

23. Orca Water, Burnaby

24. Seawise Innovative Packaging, Campbell River

25. Seleste Innovations Inc, Vancouver

26. SkyAcres Agrotechnologies, Surrey

27. Visaflo Trex Tech Services, Coquitlam

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