WELCOME TO WESTERN CANADA’S LEADING TECH INCUBATOR & ACCELERATOR

Since 2012 Launch has helped entrepreneurs grow and scale their startups through education, mentorship, lean metrics, and networking opportunities. Launch has established an environment where ideas are vetted, business models are tested, and successes are celebrated.

Launch has incubated more than 6,000 entrepreneurs from over 100 different countries, of which 300 have grown their startups to Seed and Series A stages and raised over $2.5 Billion in funding. Launch is a Designated Entity for the Canadian Startup Visa Program and a Referral Partner for the Canadian Global Talent Stream Program.

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OUR PROGRAMS

MAPLE

Fast-Track Your Startup’s Global Expansion Journey

Designated Organization for Canada's Startup Visa Program

Launch’s flagship international accelerator program for tech startups in their growth stage. Maple program runs in sync with Canada’s Startup Visa program and is offered in two variants, Maple Express (6 months) and Maple Premium (12 months).

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HELI

Transform Your Startup Idea into a Thriving Business

Heli is a 12-month program designed exclusively for international startups in the ideation stage and works in sync with Canada’s Startup Visa. Heli caters to the specific needs of early-stage founders to help them build successful businesses.

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LAUNCHPAD

Take Your Startup to the Next Level with LaunchPad

LaunchPad Canada

LaunchPad is a monthly or yearly membership-based program for tech startups and founders looking to learn and grow by joining a thriving startup network and getting access to investors, partners, founders, mentors, perks, and resources.

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Incubated over

6000

ENTREPRENEURS

From

100+

COUNTRIES

Creating over

3800

JOBS

Collectively raising

$2.5B

IN FUNDING

Launch Members Across The World

Incubated over

6000

ENTREPRENEURS

From

100+

COUNTRIES

Creating over

3800

JOBS

Collectively raising

$2.5B

IN FUNDING

Launch Members Across The World
Launch Members Global
Traction Conference

With a global community of more than 100,000 entrepreneurs, Traction brings leaders from the fastest-growing tech companies to share business advice via webinars, retreats, and conferences. Traction Conf has been ranked amongst the top 10 marketing conferences in North America.

Traction Conf 2022 was held in Vancouver from August 10-11 with speakers from Atlassian, UiPath, Twitter, Mercury and many more.

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Traction Conference

With a global community of more than 100,000 entrepreneurs, Traction brings leaders from the fastest-growing tech companies to share business advice via webinars, retreats, and conferences. Traction Conf has been ranked amongst the top 10 marketing conferences in North America.

Traction Conf 2022 was held in Vancouver from August 10-11 with speakers from Atlassian, UiPath, Twitter, Mercury and many more.

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Traction Conference

With a global community of more than 100,000 entrepreneurs, Traction brings leaders from the fastest-growing tech companies to share business advice via webinars, retreats, and conferences. Traction Conf has been ranked amongst the top 10 marketing conferences in North America.

Traction Conf 2022 was held in Vancouver from August 10-11 with speakers from Atlassian, UiPath, Twitter, Mercury and many more.

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“Launch Academy is a fast track to Vancouver’s Tech community. At Launch, you can meet founders going through the same type of challenges and having similar goals. I wouldn’t say it is impossible to build a community on your own but Launch Academy helped us do it easily and faster, and not having to worry about it.”
Igor Debatur, Co-founder & CEO at Uploadcare
Jacqueline Kim Perez2
“Launch Academy is where my journey all began in the Vancouver tech space. I am so grateful to the team at Launch Academy for helping me become the leader I am today. The warm welcomes, the assistance from the team as well as the people that I met there are the closest gang I have known for more than six years now.”
Jacqueline Kim Perez, Head of Operations & Token Marketing at Covalent

“Launch has been pivotal in the creation of Later. A good chunk of the decent sized tech companies in Vancouver today either came through Launch or were affected by Launch in some way. Because of Launch that brought all these entrepreneurs together, it created that alchemy that allows for new ideas and new opportunities to spawn.”

Roger Patterson, Co-founder at Later

“Launch Academy was pivotal in us getting started, seing early success and making something meaningful. The camaderie, the peer feedback and just havnig a group of energized people that you’re working next to was just a huge motivating factor to keep going. I don’t think we would be the company we are today if it wasn’t at Launch Academy when we first got started.”

Greg Smith, Co-Founder & CEO at Thinkific
Khurram Virani

“Hands down, Launch Academy is THE tech startup hub of Western Canada, if not all of Canada. Space, mentorship, entrepreneurship education, tech education, and accelerators are just some of the offerings and benefits of being in the space. Immediately as I walked into Launch I knew it was a place by entrepreneurs by entrepreneurs. Happy to be a part of it!”

Khurram Virani , Co-founder at Lighthouse Labs

ALUMNI

Some of the world’s finest tech companies started their journey at Launch and many new companies join us each year through our various programs.

Our rich alumni network consists of businesses such as Thinkific, Flutterwave, Bloombase, Later, SmartArm, Local Adventures and many more!

Alumni Network

ALUMNI

Some of the world’s finest tech companies started their journey at Launch and many new companies join us each year through our various programs.

Our rich alumni network consists of businesses such as Thinkific, Flutterwave, Bloombase, Later, SmartArm, Local Adventures and many more!

Alumni Network

ALUMNI

Some of the world’s finest tech companies started their journey at Launch and many new companies join us each year through our various programs.

Our rich alumni network consists of businesses such as Thinkific, Flutterwave, Bloombase, Later, SmartArm, Local Adventures and many more!

Alumni Network

AWARDS & AFFILIATIONS

Designated Org Canada Startup Visa
Culture & Diversity Award
Top 10 Incubator in Canada

AWARDS & AFFILIATIONS

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