Preparing Vancouver Startups For Accelerators. Investment. Revenue.
About
Welcome to Startup Boost Vancouver. Our ethos is to lead pre-seed stage startups towards Accelerators, Investment, and/or Revenue (AIR)
Boosting startup success in Vancouver with no fee charged and no equity taken!
Startup Boost Vancouver is part of a global tech startup pre accelerator program aimed at working with great early stage entrepreneurs to prepare them for accelerator programs, seed investment and revenue through a six week part time program.
Growing Globally
Keep an eye out for new city program announcements. If you want to start a new program, click here to be considered here.
City Program Leaders
Kenneth Ip
Annie Lo
Maria Paez
Chun Wai William Ho
Cole Bailey
Edmond Lo
Claudia Black
Tathagata Ray
Ohad Uliel
Vina Tsai
Mohamed Elghamry
Contact: vancouver@startupboost.org
Track Record
In 4 years city directors have run this pre-accelerator model with these results
3,600+
Applications
265
Startups Pre-Accelerated
$56m+
Funding Raised
Vancouver Program
EXPERT SPEAKERS
from recognized experts
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PITCH COACHING
to identify holes in the business and hone the startup’s story.
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HANDS-ON MENTORSHIP
to help improve the startups impact.
Week 1: Induction
Meet your cohort, speakers, mentors and get a deep dive into what’s going to happen over the program and what you need to do to make the most from the program.
Week 2: Customer Development
Learn how to make the most of your time with customers and getting to the bottom of what they need from your startup and turn these lessons.
Week 3: Pitch And Presentation Skills
Get best practice tips on how to ensure your presentation and pitch skills communicate your company effectively, clearly and connect with your customers.
Week 4: Market Sizing
Understand how to breakdown markets to see how big your potential customer can be and start working on how to take the right steps in addressing this new business.
Week 5: Building Product that Matters
Hear from industry expert speakers on the factors that go into making products that your users and customers will care about to make your startup a necessary item for their everyday way of doing things.
Week 6: Venture Funding and Accelerators
Get insights into what role accelerators, seed and venture funding may play in the future of your startup and how best to deal with them at the right time for your business.
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