Media Releases

May 8th, 2013  Find it EZ Announces Strategic Partnership withCrystal Migration Services 

April 30th, 2013  Mathtoons Media Chosen to Participate in TechWomen Canada 2013

April 17th, 2013  Okanagan Tech Company – Get in the Loop – Launches to Offer Exclusive Discounts at Premium Golf Courses, Resorts and Restaurants

April 2nd, 2013  HuStream Selected to Participate in Popular UBCO Business Competition

March 20th, 2013  $1 Million Boosts Accelerate Okanagan

March 14th, 2013  Accelerate Okanagan Program Clients Raise Over $1.0 Million in Funding

February 25th, 2013   Accelerate Okanagan Technology Association Announces New Coworking Space, The Pod

February 18th, 2013  Startup Week Okanagan: 10 energy fuelled days of action

February 8th, 2013  Competing Chefs to blend their #owntea

February 8th, 2013  BCSLS Launches Online Training Website 

February 6th, 2013 Accelerate Okanagan Technology Association Secures Government of Canada Funding To Launch “Traction Program”

January 29th, 2013 Factor 9 Sports Receives Government of Canada Funding to Research Ice Hockey Skating Performance

January 22nd, 2013  Postmedia’s Calgary Herald Now Using Media Cooler’s Innovative Technology Solution

January 21st, 2013  Mathtoons Media Inc. Receives Mitacs Accelerate Funding

January 7th, 2013  Procera Networks to Acquire Vineyard Networks

January 2nd, 2013  Vineyard Networks Announcement

December 5th, 2012  Practice Algebra on Your iPad and iPhone

December 3rd, 2012  Leviathans Online: Monsters In The Sky is now on Kickstarter!

November 30th, 2012 Awesense Set to Accelerate Business Growth

November 26th, 2012  Bananatag Hits 1,000,000 Tracked Email Opens

November 22nd, 2012  Catalyst Game Labs has teamed up with Hyper Hippo Productions to develop Leviathans Online – Monsters In The Sky

November 19th, 2012  Winners Announced in Accelerate Okanagan’s Jump:Start:Challenge

November 2nd, 2012 “Top 5” Companies Announced in Accelerate Okanagan’s Jump:Start:Challenge

October 24th  Accelerate Okanagan Announces New Partner: White Kennedy

September 27th, 2012  Mathtoons Media Inc Secures Government of Canada Funding

September 12th, 2012  Ten Finalists Named in Accelerate Okanagan’s Jump:Start:Challenge

September 4th, 2012  HootSuite Founder & CEO to ignITE Kelowna at Accelerate Okanagan Event

August 31st 2012  Startup Canada Tour Comes to the Okanagan: September 10-12, 2012

July 26th, 2012   Orcamax Business Solutions Secures Government of Canada Funding

July 23rd, 2012   Accelerate Okanagan Launches Jump:Start:Challenge 2012

July 17th, 2012   Startup Canada Is Coming To BC September 10-21, 2012 (Okanagan September 10-12)

July 12th, 2012   Accelerate Okanagan Introduces Two Community Managers 

July 6, 2012      Accelerate Okanagan Launches ignITE, an Interactive Speaker Series to Inspire, Transform & Educate. 

July 3, 2012      RFind Systems Announces Sale to Trapeze Group 

June 29, 2012  Accelerate Okanagan Welcomes Bardel Entertainment Inc. to the Kelowna Innovation Centre

June 25, 2012  Accelerate Okanagan Announces The Opening Of Game Lab

June 18, 2012  Media Advisory: Accelerate Okanagan Summer Street Party June 21

April 25, 2012  Media Advisory: Penticton Innovation Centre VIP Reception 27 April 2012

April 17, 2012  Accelerate Okanagan has announced a new tenant at its Kelowna Innovation Centre: RocketSnail Games

April 10, 2012   Accelerate Okanagan Announces New Board of Directors and Organizational Changes

April 3, 2012  Accelerate Okanagan Strengthens Program Offering for Okanagan Tech Community: Venture Advisors Appointed

March 7, 2012  Startup Weekend Okanagan Winners Announced

March 1, 2012  Winners of Startup Weekend Okanagan to be announced March 4, 2012

February 28, 2012  Winners Announced in entrepreneurship@AO Program

February 21, 2012  BC tech startups to be awarded $60,000 in regional business competition Feb 23

February 14, 2012  Accelerate Okanagan Sponsors the Okanaganʼs First “Startup Weekend”

February 9, 2012  Accelerate Okanagan Announces Key Appointments

January 30, 2012  Accelerate Okanagan accepting applications for entrepreneurship@AO

November 29, 2011  Okanagan Start-ups Shine in BC-wide Technology Competition

November 23, 2011  Winners Announced in Accelerate Okanagan’s “Jump:Start Challenge”

November 5, 2011  $2.1 million boosts Okanagan’s high-tech sector

November 4, 2011  Accelerate Okanagan Funding Announcement

November 4, 2011  “Top 5” Companies Announced in the “Jump:Start Challenge”

October 3, 2011  Accelerate Okanagan CEO Announced

September 28, 2011  Okanagan Technology Start-up Wins $40,000 Prize for Sustainability

September 14, 2011  Ten Finalists Named in Accelerate Okanagan’s “Jump:Start Challenge”

August 23, 2011  Accelerate Okanagan Hosts Workshop for Tech Companies with Mike Volker

July 26, 2011  Accelerate Okanagan Launches “Jump:Start Challenge” for Tech Companies

July 4, 2011  Accelerate Okanagan Launches “Business Clinic” Service

June 24, 2011  KIC:Start Program client, PSST, to showcase their “Magic Forklift”

June 22, 2011  Accelerate Okanagan to Host Lead Generation Workshop for Okanagan Tech Cos

May 24, 2011:  Invitation to the Launch of BCIT – The British Columbia Institute of Technology

May 18, 2011  Accelerate Okanagan industrial animation “Affiliate” client serves global market

May 12, 2011  Accelerate Okanagan: A “Gold Partner” at Metabridge 2011

May 9, 2011  Accelerate Okanagan & Grant Thornton Support Okanagan Entrepreneurs

April 18, 2011  Okanagan Technology Association launches “Boot Camp” for Entrepreneurs

April 15, 2011  Okanagan Tech Co Recognized as one of the “Most Fundable” Companies in B.C.

April 13, 2011  Okanagan Technology Company Named as Microsoft’s “Startup of the Day”

March 31, 2011  BCIC Mentor Program now open to entrepreneurs in Vancouver and the Okanagan

 

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