Alacrity Canada facilitates success and economic growth in the Western Canadian technology sector by providing support and entrepreneurial mentorship to promising entrepreneurs, in addition to finding and connecting these individuals with the venture capital funding needed to develop thriving local tech companies. Since inception, Alacrity Canada companies in Victoria and Vancouver have employed more than 200 people and have had a direct economic impact of $300 million in Western Canada. The foundation has also helped bring over $225 million dollars into the BC technology ecosystem through our investor readiness program through 2014-2017. Amongst our group of advisors and mentors, we have over 100 years of involvement in successful technology ventures. Drawing from this wealth of experience, we help young people to access customers, take measured risks and become effective entrepreneurs. We use our network of established business relationships as strategic partners to find viable opportunities. By working with our industry contacts, we find investors suitable for our sponsored companies and we find projects that are suitable for young, bright, hard-working teams to tackle.