Track record

Thousands of founders. One long, patient bet on this ecosystem.

Since 2012, Launch has established itself as Western Canada's leading entrepreneurship facility, helping international and Canadian founders build their businesses through education, mentorship, lean metrics and networking opportunities.

6,000
Entrepreneurs incubated since 2012
3,800+
Jobs created
$2.5B
Collectively raised in funding
50+
Countries represented

Alumni

Some of the world's finest tech companies started their journey at Launch.

Many new companies join us each year through our various programs. Our alumni include public companies, fintech giants, pioneers in robotics and many others.

SaaS / eLearning

All in one platform to easily create, market and sell your own online courses.

thinkific.com ↗
FinTech

A quickly scaling fintech helping Canadians gain control over their money with a no fee spending and savings account.

koho.ca ↗
SaaS

The leading visual marketing platform, with over 2 million global users planning and scheduling social posts.

later.com ↗
Competitive Intel

A competitive intelligence platform to collect, curate and deliver intel across every department.

klue.com ↗
FinTech

Africa's most valuable startup, providing payment infrastructure for global merchants across the continent.

flutterwave.com ↗
Blockchain

A unified API bringing visibility to billions of blockchain data points, solving infrastructure problems.

covalenthq.com ↗
eSports

The simplest way to start, manage, and find esports tournaments.

battlefy.com ↗
FinTech

Acquired by CI Financial, Canada's first online portfolio management service.

cidirectinvesting.com ↗
FinTech

An online consumer lending platform offering Canadians a better way to borrow.

lendful.ca ↗
AI / FinTech

AI powered virtual assistants for banks and credit unions to improve digital customer experience.

finn.ai ↗
AI

A video platform helping web publishers unlock the potential of video content and advertising.

vdo.ai ↗
AgriTech

A global agritech company focused on solving deficiencies in the food value chain.

farmcrowdy.com ↗
eCommerce

Shipping and escrow payment infrastructure for social commerce merchants and customers.

sendbox.co ↗
SaaS

Developer friendly building blocks to handle file uploading, processing, and delivery.

uploadcare.com ↗
Cyber Security

The intelligent storage firewall company, mitigating data leakage and meeting privacy compliance.

bloombase.com ↗
OTA / AI

Local experts and certified professionals delivering unique adventure travel across Latin America.

localadventures.travel ↗
eLearning

Canada's leading coding bootcamp, from newbie to professional developer.

lighthouselabs.ca ↗
Robotics / AI

AI powered bionic hands for amputees that can see and learn, democratizing bionics for all.

smartarm.ca ↗

What they're saying

Launch has been pivotal in the creation of Later. A good chunk of the tech companies in Vancouver today either came through Launch or were affected by Launch in some way. It created the alchemy that allows new ideas and opportunities to spawn.
Roger Patterson
Co-founder at Later
Launch Academy was pivotal in us getting started, seeing early success and making something meaningful. The camaraderie, the peer feedback, and having a group of energized people next to you was a huge motivating factor. I don’t think we would be the company we are today without it.
Greg Smith
Co-founder & CEO at Thinkific
Hands down, Launch Academy is THE tech startup hub of Western Canada, if not all of Canada. Space, mentorship, entrepreneurship education and accelerators are just some of the offerings. Immediately as I walked in I knew it was a place by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs.
Khurram Virani
Co-founder at Lighthouse Labs

Traction Conference

Where the leaders of the fastest growing tech companies share what actually works.

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

Learn more about Traction →
100,000+
entrepreneurs in the global Traction community
Top 10
marketing conferences in North America
Global companies
Twitter, Atlassian, Zapier, Mercury and many more on stage
Vancouver
the home base for Traction Conf
Traction Conference
Traction Conference
Traction Conference

Awards & recognition

Recognized as one of Canada's leading incubators, at home and abroad.

Crunchbase
Top 10 incubators in the world
BetaKit
Most Ambitious, 2026
BC Workplace Inclusion Awards
Culture Champion
Best
In Canada
Among the top startup accelerators in Canada.
Papermark Top 10Peony 2026 Top 10
Top
In Vancouver
Consistently named a top accelerator in Vancouver.
Failory Top 14GrowthMentorCofoundersBeta Top 100Visible.vc

Honors earned by our team

BC Innovation Hall of Fame, 2024Most Influential Business Leaders in BCEntrepreneur Mentor of the YearBIV Top Forty Under 40G20 Young EntrepreneurBC Tech Person of the Year finalist

Featured in

Forbes
The Logic
TechCrunch
BetaKit
The Globe and Mail
Global News
Daily Hive
National Post
Inc
Vancouver Tech Journal
Vancouver’s pre-accelerator Launch Academy is a key factor behind the recent growth spurt [as to why Vancouver is ranked top 10 startup ecosystems in the world].
[Vancouver has] fantastic and relatively affordable talent, excellent support infrastructure like Launch Academy, great government programs like IRAP and SR&ED to help startups minimize cost, proximity to the Valley and educational conferences like Traction to ignite a culture of growth.
[Launch Academy] features a diverse group of innovative startups across some of the fastest growing trends.