New Ventures BC Competition – Who’s Who (Part 1)

I see that the list of qualifying companies that made it to Round 2 of the New Ventures BC Competition have been posted. It is a big list, considering that word going in was that only 100 companies were going to be chosen. But when you had 179 submissions, each of whom paid their entry fee, why not let 175 of them through to the next round.

I do find it kind of curious that they posted the list naming the company and the key contact. Even for early stage companies that want the press coverage, I know some on the list that are operating in what they thought was stealth mode. Oh well. Cat’s out of the bag now. Confidentiality be damned. I bet others (as I have) have trolled the list to see who they recognize. For those too lazy to click, here is the list of companies.

I’ve attempted to link through to their websites and make comments if I could learn anything through publicly available means. Here is part number 1 of my efforts

First Name	Last Name	Name of business or idea
Aaron	Hilton	CellMap
Adrian	Vasiu	Web-based Global marketplace with dynamic multi-language support
Ahmad	Wasfi	Lerna
Alan	Cornford	TeraTek Inc.
Alan	Smith	Oprius
Alan	Yu	Modifiable Shoes [Hey Alan... ModifiableShoes.com is available]
Alex	Wang	MealMax.com by BeyondMax Technologies Inc.
Alexandra	Skey	word of mouth marketing project ltd.
Alynn	McKenzie	Bhubble.com
amber	hayes	Powering Adventure Travel online: with excellent profit projections
Amil	Kolechstein	Floatek Innovation Inc. [yikes... Floatek.com was still available. I registered it. Amil...contact me if you would like to facilitate a transfer]
Amin	Toufaniasl	Open News Network (Opennn™) [Opennn.com is for sale for $900. Worth the price before you launch. It will save you more than that in future marketing costs.]
Amir	Niroumand	StartLabs Research Corporation [It looks like Amir is about to get his PHD in Fuel Cell Diagnostics]
Andrea	Scholz	Smart Nuts Technology
Andrei	Iancu	Sustainable Easy Computing for Anyone
Andrew	Fursman	CloudTel [ aka NothingNetworks ??... interesting looking technology, but all the Flash on the website makes search engines ignore you.]
Andrew	Wong	dScrybe Personal Financial Assistant
Angela	Reid	Absolute Technologies
Angela	Robert	Tourist Cellphone Rental: Handy Mobile Technologies
David	Clark-Wilson	Ultimate Gift Card (UGC)
Arif	Meghji	OnGuard Enterprises – PwerLoc [not sure if it is a typo, but pwerloc.com is available]
Ben	Sparrow	Solar Desalination [There was a Ben Sparrow who used to work for BC Hydro... I wonder if it is the same guy...]
Beth	Ringdahl	Red Dot Campaign [seems noble enough, and if it causes advertisers to look more to online means where things are measurable and more accountable, than all the better]
Bill	Potts	Thermo Matrix (computerize distribution and managemnet of heat and cooling) [Seems like the same guy... and finally someone who is client centric rather than an engineer]
Bob	Brash	In-line Water System Power Generation
Boyd	Cohen	3rdwhale
Bret	Conkin	fundfindr Media [I saw them launch at Massive Tech]
Bruce	Kwan	Tecagora Solutions – Photo Sharing Solution
Bruce	Sharpe	Singular Software
Camilo	Rostoker	Scalable Analytics [UBC spinoff. This one looks interesting. "Follow the money" is always a good business model.]
Carol	Lange	ReThink Diabetes Inc.
Chang	Han	Raeyco Lab Equipment Systems Management Ltd.
Chris	August	Electric Muscle Car Company Ltd.
Chris	Naychuk	Battery-Free Wireless GPS Security System for Shipping Containers
Christina	Matheson	PairCoach [I think I need an executive coach. Anyone?]
Craig	Volker	Global Cultures Inc.
Cynthia	Roney	PneuVation Medical Inc
Dan	Ashman	AC Global Systems ["he expects the company to be a major player in the rapidly growing stealth GPS automotive security tracking business—through his AC Global Systems division—and he foresees the company developing a Canadawide all-makes leasing portfolio."
Daniel	Cowx	Kreofusion Inc.
Dan	Parlow	Mytripjournal.com
David	Armour	Transit Alert
David	Black	Wall Share [That's what I like to see "David Black owns 290+ domains" and he is developing one of his parked pages. Don't forget to get your domain unblocked by Google]
David	EU	Vvvroom.com
David	George	SailMeter
David	Gratton	Project Opus Technologies
David	Huer	eCET – electronic Cognitive Enhancement Technologies
David	Towert	Taglocity