Diverse Range of Local Startups Advance to Next Round of NVBC Competition

The top 25 startups advancing in the 2026 New Ventures BC Competition have been confirmed.

The original 15 who made it to Round 3 of the province’s longest-running tech competition includes Squamish-based Eagle Eyes Search, Port Moody’s eSense Health, and Circl Brain Health Metrics out of Victoria.

Last week, NVBC hosted a Round 2.5 Pitch Event, where 30 startups were judged by a panel of experts.

From that affair, another 10 startups advanced to Round 3, including Vancouver-based semiconductor innovator Dream Photonics, which Techcouver readers will recall last month garnered $1.2M to establish domestic pilot manufacturing of optical interconnects that enable AI and quantum chips to communicate.

Below, the full list.

Original 15

1 .Circl Brain Health Metrics, Victoria
2. Eagle Eyes Search, Squamish
3. Enya Learning, West Vancouver
4. eSense Health, Port Moody
5. Finitizer Technologies, Burnaby
6. heymate – Rewards, Vancouver
7. IvoryOS Technologies, Vancouver
8. Ontoly, Garibaldi Highlands
9. Radiant Fluidics, Victoria
10. RazzyTech, Surrey
11. Syris, Vancouver
12. TruthSayer AI, Vancouver
13. Tydra Labs, Vancouver
14. VitaPulse Technologies, North Vancouver
15. Volta Home, Vancouver

Round 2.5 Companies Advancing to Round 3

1. Bianca Technologies, Port Coquitlam
2. CampMatch, Victoria
3. Cykel Technologies, Vancouver
4. Dream Photonics, Vancouver
5. Miha Biotech, Coquitlam
6. NanoTech Innovation, Richmond
7. NTP R&D Services, Penticton
8. Nymble Health, Vancouver
9. Subvision Robotics, Burnaby
10. VEGAIN Nutrition, Vancouver

Earlier this year, NVBC unveiled BC’s Capital Raising Index, which functions as a centralized and publicly accessible list of companies actively raising funds.

For startups, the value proposition is straightforward: increased exposure. Companies included in the Index are promoted through New Ventures BC’s network of investors, partners, and ecosystem organizations, with additional visibility tied to major moments like Web Summit Vancouver.

For investors, the Index offers a more efficient way to source opportunities, consolidating high-potential ventures into a single, easy-to-navigate platform while also enabling facilitated introductions to founders.