Twelve B.C. entrepreneurs have been accepted into Wavefront’s entrepreneurship@Wavefront accelerator program.
The 12-month program offers support and advice for early-stage B.C. wireless companies from product concept to market entry.
Program participants and their products are:
- 14 Oranges Software, which is creating Questogo, a mobile scavenger hunt platform;
- 8 Leaf Digital Productions develops Biba, bringing playgrounds into the digital age by connecting mobile devices with playground equipment;
- Adaia, which is creating a mobile phone for the “modern adventurer”;
- AppilyWed is a mobile app and website that allows wedding guests to fully experience a wedding through the sharing of photos, videos and messages;
- Gauge Mobile Solutions, which is developing the Scanvee QR Code and NFC solution to turn advertising displays into interactive, mobile-enabled points of sale;
- Mini Checkout, which provides a mobile application that will allow customers shopping at a retail store to self-checkout using their smart phones;
- New Indigo Ventures, producer of "The Dolphin Ocean Rescue,” an interactive 3D mobile game;
- Reality Games, which is building a new way to entertain fashionistas with mobile technology;
- Smart Button, a memory storage device that uses smartphone circuits to wirelessly deliver everything from apps, songs, advertising and product manuals to mobile devices without broadband access;
- Trusterra, which specializes in building rich, cloud-connected mobile applications;
- ReFlex Wireless, which offers a data acquisition system for capturing transient medical data from patients, and provides a suite of analytical software for medical professionals; and
- Xonsen, a developer of M2M middleware.
The companies will receive $10,000 worth of services, including access to office space in Wavefront’s downtown accelerator centre.
The program is jointly funded by the BC Innovation Council (BCIC), which also provides mentoring. While in the program, the companies will work develop an action plan for commercialization.
This is the accelerator program’s second year. According to Mark Payne, acting CEO of BCIC, last year’s inaugural program helped eight startups launch and grow into successful wireless companies.
Collectively, they attracted more than half a million dollars in investment, earned more than $350,000 in revenue, created 18 jobs and generated products that are penetrating growing markets.
Jennifer Harrison
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