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Metabridge
This year, BCIC supported Metabridge, an initiative that provides BC technology companies with direct connection and access to key international technology partners for customer, investment, strategic partnerships, mentorship and advisory opportunities.
The Metabridge BC event, hosted in Kelowna on June 10-11, 2010 was the largest and most impressive yet including 140 attendees with over 20 senior technology leaders from California's Silicon Valley and abroad. 33 BC startups businesses mixed and mingled with exclusive access to high profile companies such as Google, Facebook, Trinity Ventures and the Plug and Play Tech Center. metabridge is excited to announce the first early-stage outcomes from this multiple day networking and pitching event:
- A Vancouver based start-up mobile app company is looking to produce 6 units for an international sporting event a connection made through a San Francisco Bay area tech VIP.
- A Kelowna clean energy tech company is entering commercialization stage and was able to invite a San Francisco Bay area Private Equity and Venture Capital tech VIP to his location with ongoing communication.
- A Kelowna based web service provider was able to finalize an additional stage of financing.