Innovate BC
Innovate BC (formally the BC Innovation Council or BCIC) is a Crown Agency of the Province of British Columbia, Canada, which funds entrepreneurial support programs in the province.
| Crown Agency | |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Headquarters | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Website | www |
Innovate BC focuses on the support of technology startups and entrepreneurs through programs, sponsorship and competitions[1] that facilitate technology commercialization. Innovate BC is the province's primary agency company growth, resulting in jobs, increased revenue and economic development through technology and innovation.
History
Innovate BC was first formed in 2004 after a merging of the Advanced Science Institute BC and the Innovation and Science Council of British Columbia. In 2018, they were renamed Innovate BC.
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gollark: How American-centric.
gollark: (which may become an issue in the future if/when AI/artificial sapient life of whatever sort/human mental modification/etc become things, but isn't now)
gollark: The issue with doing it for interweb currencies is that you can't really define an individual person very well.
gollark: Also a UBI-type thing (probably not set *really* high) and land value tax.
References
- BCIC-New Ventures Competition: About NVBC, Retrieved on 2015-06-23
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