Competition Awards Digital Program, November 23, 2020

Thank you to our volunteer mentors, jurors and speakers who generously share their time, knowledge and expertise with start-up companies across BC. Special thanks to our Round 3 and 4 jurors.

Round 3 and 4 Jurors:

• Andy Edelmeir
• Bill Tam
• Bruce Schmidt
• David Shore
• Geoff Catherwood
• Jim Fletcher
• Maria Pacella
• Natalie Dakers
• Rasool Rayani
• Rob Peets
• Zach Jonasson

Round 2 Jurors:

• Alan Foster
• Alex Doaga
• Blake Ponuick
• Brodie Desimone
• David Berkowitz
• Eric Bukovinsky
• Floyd Sijmons
• Geordan Hankinson
• Gordon Deans
• Greg Fitzgerald
• Jay Crone
• Jim Pratt
• Julien Sellgren
• Kirk Hamilton
• Lesley Esford
• Luke Krueger
• Nana Collett
• Catherine Dahl
• Cynthia Shipham Brett
• Daryl Hatton
• Helen Goddard
• Kathleen Reaume
• Roman Karachinsky
• Tim Collings
• Aaron Cruickshank
• Aaron Davey
• Alfred Lam
• Ali Pourdad
• Alvin Chubbs
• Andrew Buckley
• Angel Pui
• Artyom Mamzhiev
• Ben Lightburn
• Bill Archer
• Brian Kahnert
• Chris Chong
• Daniel Frank
• Darren Frew
• Dave Thomas
• Dean Pick
• Doug Manness
• Drew Lau
• Elayne Wandler
• Gabe Kalmar
• Gautam Banerjee
• Geoff Fawkes
• Geoff Hultin
• Glen Sampson
• Gurminder Minhas
• Hugh MacNaught
• Jacques Farges
• Jame Healy
• James DeGreef
• Jeff Calvert
• Jeff LaPorte
• Jeff Sinclair
• Jennifer Hamilton
• Jennifer Thompson
• JP Holecka
• Kalen Stewart
• Karan Mavai
• Kate Dilworth
• Katrina Carroll-Foster
• Kevin Jampole
• Lauren Kulokas
• Loa Fridfinnson
• Malcolm Kendall
• Mike Hilton
• Mustafa Mohamedali
• Nari Rampersad-Maharaj
• Neil McPhedran
• Peter de Verteuil
• Peter Parrish
• Peter van Bodegom
• Ray Silva
• Rob Muir
• Roy Belak
• Sarah Lee
• Sean Hodgins
• Simon Backer
• Stephen Smith
• Steve Szabo
• Thealzel Lee
• Tom Mitchell
• Veronica Zammitto

Mentors:

• Adam Lorant
• Alex Barnetson
• Alex Doaga
• Alexandra Greenhill
• Alfred Lam
• Alicia Lenis
• Alvin Chubbs
• Andrew Mosawi
• Angel Pui
• Anna Gradie
• Beier Cai
• Bijan Vaez
• Bill Archer
• Blake Ponuick
• Bob de Wit
• Bob Harper
• Brady Fletcher
• Brian Kahnert
• Bruce Sharpe
• Byron Thom
• Caroline Lewko
• Christene Best
• Colin Farrell
• Craig Thompson
• Daryl Hatton
• Dave Thomas
• Don Furseth
• Ean Jackson
• Floyd Sijmons
• Frank Leffelaar
• Fred Ghahramani
• Gabe Kalmar
• Garland Sharratt
• Geeta Chopra
• Geoff Fawkes
• Gordon Deans
• Greg Fitzgerald
• Herman Lo
• Hugh MacNaught
• Iain Ball
• Ian Banks
• James deGreef
• Jeff Churchill
• Jeff LaPorte
• Jennifer Hamilton
• Kathleen Landry
• Kevin Jampole
• Ladan Fotoohi
• Mark Thomson
• Mark Trevitt
• Mehrsa Raeiszadeh
• Mike Cheng
• Mike Winterfield
• Nana Collett
• Paul Brassard
• Paul Koros
• Paul Lomonossov
• Paul McAfee
• Praj Patel
• Riad Hartani
• Richard Miller
• Rob Atwell
• Rob Fuller
• Robert Owen
• Ross McDonald
• Shannon Bard
• Shreyas Sali
• Stuart Bowness
• Stephen Robinson
• Steve Lukas
• Tom Mitchell
• Troy Anderson
• Veronica Zammitto
• Victor Holysh
• Wendy Hurlburt

Speakers:

• Allison Guld
• Amyn Somani
• Chris Stairs
• Dave Thomas
• Grant Lawrence
• Jay Crone
• Jessie Tai
• Jon Conlin
• Karen Chiang
• Keith Ippel
• Ling Wong
• Mike Volker
• Paul Brassard
• Ralph Turfus
• Roger Kuypers
• Sean Hodgins
• Shannon Ward
• Stephanie Lyster

Thank you to those who joined us online for our Competition Awards, celebrating BC tech startups.

Competition Awards Recording.

Click below to learn more about the Awards program, the top 10 finalists, sponsors, prizes, and our amazing community of volunteers who make this Competition a success.

Meet our emcees: 

Mike Volker, Outgoing Board Chair, New Ventures BC Society and Master of Ceremonies

Tomica Divic, Vice President of Operations, Innovate BC and Master of Ceremonies

5:00pm : Online stream begins.

Welcoming Remarks

Message from Innovate BC – Raghwa Gopal, President & CEO, Innovate BC

A look back on 20 years of Competition

Meet 2020’s Top 10 –  David Shore, 2020 New Ventures BC Jury Chair

New Ventures BC thank you’s

Prize Presentations

$7,000 Rogers for Business Communications Prize Package – Rick Sellers, President, Rogers BC

$20,000 Innovate BC Top Regional Startup Prize – Juan Orrego, CEO, Cuboh

$10,000 Innovate BC People’s Choice Award  – Jay Crone, Investment Director, TELUS Ventures

$35,000 Innovate BC Third Prize Package – Elicia Maine, SFU Beedie School of Business and Special Advisor on Innovation to the Vice-President Research, SFU

$65,000 Innovate BC Second Prize Package – Mike Cheng, CEO, Lumen5

$115,000 Innovate BC First Prize Package – Raghwa Gopal, President & CEO, Innovate BC

First Prize Winner’s acceptance speech

Meet our Top 10 finalists:  

• ABOzymes Biomedical, Vancouver 
  • NVBC Mentors: Gabe Kalmar, Mark Thomson, Wendy Hurlburt
• aDolus Technology Inc., Nanaimo
  • NVBC Mentors: Bruce Sharpe, Alvin Chubbs
• Castofly Technologies Inc., Vancouver
  • NVBC Mentors: Shreyas Sali, Veronica Zammitto, Mark Trevitt
• Daanaa Resolution Inc., Vancouver
  • NVBC Mentors: Troy Anderson, Alicia Lenis, Riad Hartani
• Mazuma Go formerly DivDot, Victoria
  • NVBC Mentors: Craig Thomson, Paul McAfree, Andrew Mosawi
• Fable, Vancouver
  • NVBC Mentors: Angel Pui, Ladan Fotoohi
• Flash Forest, Vancouver
  • NVBC Mentors: Brady Fletcher, Floyd Sijmons, Adam Lorant
• Rootd, Victoria
  • NVBC Mentors: Jeff Hemmet, Caroline Lewko, Herman Lo
• Shop and Shout ltd., Vancouver
  • NVBC Mentors: Bijan Vaez, Geeta Chopra
• ThisFish Inc., Vancouver
  • NVBC Mentors: Greg Fitzgerald, Shannon Bard, Mike Winterfield

Thank you to our government and corporate sponsors.

$115,000 Innovate BC first-prize package:

• $80,000 cash from Innovate BC
• Plus complimentary access to the Innovate BC Venture Acceleration Program for one year, valued at $2,400
• $6,000 in-kind services from EY
• $9,000 in-kind services from Fasken
• $10,000 in-kind video services from pushr video
• 1-year membership to the BC Tech Association
• $6,750 in-kind services from NVBC’s silver & bronze sponsors

$65,000 Innovate BC second-prize package:

• $45,000 cash from Innovate BC plus complimentary access to the Innovate BC Venture Acceleration Program for one year, valued at $2,400
• $6,000 in-kind services from EY
• $6,000 in-kind services from Fasken
• 1-year membership to the BC Tech Association
• $2,000 in-kind services from NVBC’s silver & bronze sponsors

$35,000 Innovate BC third-prize package:

• $25,000 cash from Innovate plus complimentary access to the Innovate BC Venture Acceleration Program for one year, valued at $2,400
• $6,000 in-kind services from EY
• $3,000 in-kind services from Fasken
• $800 in-kind services from NVBC’s bronze sponsors

$20,000 Innovate BC Regional Prize

• $20,000 cash from Innovate BC, awarded to the top placing venture located outside of Metro Vancouver.

$10,000 Innovate BC People’s Choice Award 

• $10,000 cash from Innovate BC, awarded to venture who receives the most amount of votes.

$7,000 Rogers Communication in-kind Prize Package

• 1 year worth of Rogers Virtual Private Cloud solution services
  • Can be used against Compute, Storage, Network
• 5 Unison Mobile or Softphone licences for 12 months
• Up to 4 hours of mentorship with Rogers Communications executives

New Ventures BC Team: 

• Angie Schick, Executive Director
• Rachel Burns, Program Manager
• Miquela Anzulovich, Program Coordinator
• Liz Bowell, Bookkeeper and Events Coordinator
• Sabrina Minosola, Marketing Communications Specialist
• Susan Richards de Wit, Mentor & Jury “Wrangler”

New Ventures BC Society Board of Directors, 2020 

• Norma Biln, Past competition winner, CEO Augurex
• Paul Cubbon, Assistant Dean, Innovation at UBC Sauder School of Business and CDL- West Lead Creative Destruction Labs
• Todd Farrell, President, UBC Seed Fund
• Geordie Henderson, Past Competition winner and General Manager, AWS Cloud Messaging
• Wal van Lierop, President and CEO, Chrysalix Energy
• Sarah Lubik, Director of Entrepreneurship, SFU Co-Champion, Technology Entrepreneurship@SFU Lecturer, Innovation & Entrepreneurship
• Larkin MacKenzie-Ast, Director, Chief Member Experience Office, Coast Capital Savings
• Elicia Maine, Professor, SFU Beedie School of Business and Special Advisor on Innovation to the Vice-President Research, SFU
• Iain Mant, Partner, Fasken
• Richard Mockett, Partner, Ernst & Young, Vancouver
• J. Brock Smith, Professor, Winspear Scholar, Peter B Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria
• Michael Volker, CEO, WUTIF Capital
• Bob de Wit, Angel Investor