Last month, over 100 familiar names landed on the 2019 Ready to Rocket list. Ready to Rocket is a unique business recognition list that profiles B.C. tech companies with the greatest potential for revenue growth. Each year, top private companies that are best positioned to capitalize on the trends for growth are identified.
We’re proud to say that more than half of the companies on this year’s list have benefitted from one or more of Innovate BC’s programs.
The Ready to Rocket list is broken down into five categories: agri-food, cleantech, digital health, ICT and life sciences, with both established and emerging companies identified. Keep reading to see how exactly each of the named companies took advantage of the programs that we offer.
Innovate BC’s Ignite program provides up to $300,000 to fund innovation projects in the areas of natural resources, applied science and/or engineering. These past awardees made the list:
| Terramerra | Agri-Food |
| Acuva Technologies Inc. | Cleantech (Emerging) |
| Hydra Energy | Cleantech (Emerging) |
| Ionomr Innovations Inc. | Cleantech (Emerging) |
| Aspect Biosystems Ltd. | Life Sciences |
The Innovation Marketplace links technology buyers (industry and government) with technology solution providers through a challenge process designed to solve mission-critical business problems. These tech buyers and providers made the list:
| ThisFish Inc. | Agri-Food (Emerging) |
| Portable Electric | Cleantech |
| Acuva Technologies Inc. | Cleantech (Emerging) |
| Ionomr Innovations Inc. | Cleantech (Emerging) |
| Hydra Energy | Cleantech (Emerging) |
| Careteam Technologies Inc | Digital Health (Emerging) |
| Procurify | ICT |
| Xtract | ICT (Emerging) |
| SensoDrive Technology | ICT (Emerging) |
The Innovator Skills Initiative (ISI) offers up to $10,000 a year to hire a business or tech student and is delivered by our partner New Ventures BC. See who hired a student and made the list:
| Etalim Inc. | Cleantech |
| DarkVision | Cleantech |
| Hydra Energy | Cleantech (Emerging) |
| Careteam Technologies Inc | Digital Health (Emerging) |
| Molecular You Corp. | Digital Health (Emerging) |
| eTreat Medical Diagnostics Inc | Digital Health (Emerging) |
| MetaOptima Technology Inc. | Digital Health |
| Virtro Entertainment Inc | ICT (Emerging) |
| Distill Analytics | ICT (Emerging) |
The Innovate BC-New Ventures Competition drives the growth of early-stage technology companies by providing mentorship, business seminars, networking events and recognition. Over 50 competition alumni made the 2019 list:
Whether you’re a technology-based company looking to grow or a non-tech business looking to grow your innovation footprint, you could get up to $10,800 per year in funding to hire co-op students through the Tech Co-op Grant Program. See who hired a student and made the list:
Our Venture Acceleration Program connects you to a group of business and technology experts to take your idea further. See who took advantage of this program and made the list:
Want to see your company on next years’ list? On average, the companies that make the list have exceeded a 50% annual revenue growth rate and have significantly increased their employee headcount each year. Let us help you get there: innovatebc.ca/what-we-offer.