New Ventures BC is committed to helping tech startups grow.
We offer 4 accelerator programs with application periods year round that are designed to support startups of all stages, from ideation to scale-up. Check out below which New Ventures BC program best fits your startup needs.
Venture Acceleration Program
For idea to growth-stage startups.
Get regular mentorship, from wherever you are in BC.
Join our distance Venture Acceleration Program. Whether you’re in the ideation stage, ready to scale or looking to pivot, our online education and one-to-one mentorship is here to support you.
Program Status: Accepting Applications
Digital Marketing and Sales Accelerator
Mentorship to build a scalable revenue model.
Have an early-stage start-up ready for growth?
The Digital Marketing and Sales Accelerator is a practical and tactical 8-week program to help increase sales and scale your business.
Through personalized, weekly mentorship, you’ll get education and strategic support for your start-up.
This initiative is delivered by New Ventures BC with funding support from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP).
Program Status: Currently Running. Accepting Applications next Fall.
Discovery Foundation Mosaic Accelerator
To empower and support BIPOC women-led businesses.
An early-stage accelerator empowering non-technical, marginalized and BIPOC women to build successful, sustainable, tech-enabled businesses.
We help our participants overcome the technology and business challenges faced by Black, Indigenous, Latin, Asian, Middle Eastern, transgender, neurodivergent, women with disabilities, and immigrant women. By empowering women from all backgrounds, we create a more just and prosperous society for all.
Program Status: Fall cohort currently running. No longer accepting applications.
Discovery Foundation Indigenous Tech Founders Program
An 8-week mentorship program designed to help Indigenous Founders learn how to launch and grow their tech company.
In this program, our founders will receive dedicated and personalized mentorship through an Indigenous lens, and gain access to a community of mentors.
Program Status: Fall cohort currently running. No longer accepting applications.
“Within a short period of time, the program has really helped us to scale our business. At each weekly check-in our mentor, Ean, has given us good advice. The feedback Ean has given us has helped grow our venture because it has pushed us to take on new perspectives that we had not previously thought about ourselves.”
— Abhishek Arora, WedoLaundry
I found that doing this distance accelerator program is like having my own secret weapon in my back pocket: invaluable advice from a mentor who has been in my shoes. The weekly check-ins have helped me make better business decisions and have also prevented me from wasting resources and making mistakes.
— Yawen CA, Ballegro Player
You need so many different skills to launch a start-up and run a business. As a founder, for a long time, you need to wear all the hats in your organisation. It’s valuable for founders to have access to specific expertise at the right times.
— Jabir, Resident Views