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Launch Academy

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About Company
Vancouver tech accelerator providing mentorship, resources, networking, and workspace to startups.

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founded date

01.01.2012

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Private

Description

The firm offers a comprehensive online startup training program called Lean Entrepreneur Acceleration Program, which includes monthly mentorship, curated resources, case studies, and tools to help entrepreneurs turn their ideas into scalable businesses. Additionally, Launch Academy has created the Maple Program to help international companies expand to Canada and North America, and the Corporate Innovation Program to empower organizations to thrive in the future. Since its founding in 2012, Launch Academy has worked with over 6,000 entrepreneurs, with 300 growing their startups to Seed and Series A stage and raising over $2 billion in funding. The firm is also a designated provider for the Canadian Startup Visa Program and has helped over 100 companies from 26 different countries expand their businesses into North America.
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People

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Ray Walia
Ray Walia

Ray Walia

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Mike Edwards
Mike Edwards

Mike Edwards

Mike Edwards is a CEO at Pioneer Media. Mike has a wealth of experience in building and scaling consumer technology companies in private and public markets

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Pioneer Media

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Roger Patterson
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Alex Chuang
Alex Chuang

Alex Chuang

Alex Chuang is a budding entrepreneur and a digital visionary with a track record of launching successful internet startups and projects. Before joining Launch Academy as Managing Director, Alex was the Founder and CEO of Weeve, world’s first free crowdfunding platform for nonprofits. In 2013, Weeve was acquired by LX Ventures, a publicly traded technology incubator that launches, integrates and acquires high-growth technology companies. Currently, Alex divides his time between Launch Academy, Vancouver's leading tech incubator and Emberyl Creative, an innovation lab and interactive agency. Alex’s work can be seen on Mashable, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, BuzzFeed, TechVibes, The Digital Journal and many more local and international media.

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Sam Chan

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Alana Paton

Alana Paton

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Ray Walia

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