BC Food & Beverage Growth Hub Accelerator
September 2025 Program Registration NOW CLOSED.
Are you a founder looking to rapidly grow and sustain your brand?
The BC Food & Beverage Growth Hub Accelerator is a comprehensive, three-year professional development and business enhancement program designed to help founders navigate entrepreneurship in CPG, understand their ideal path to retail in Canada, and unlock consumer demand with speed and confidence.
Grow your Business
Supported by BC’s largest industry association and top Western Canadian experts, the BC Food & Beverage Accelerator provides hands-on guidance to help businesses strengthen their product, team, and operations. With a focus on product-market fit and customer needs, the program helps participants scale manufacturing and grow revenue sustainably to $5M.
Program Structure
This milestone-based program is flexible and hands-on, offering the time and support needed to grow within a community-centric cohort while providing direct (private) access to industry leaders, experts and resources that will help drive a brand’s success.
The September 2025 Accelerator will host 1 diverse cohort, comprised of 12 non-competing brands—that means there’s 12 spots available – by eligibility only.
All program activities are conducted virtually and all live sessions will be recorded and available for replay.
Here’s what successful applicants can expect
Application Details
CRITERIA AND TIMELINE
To qualify, the majority of your brands’ distribution points are in BC and you generated less than $2M in gross revenue in last year. Regional representation, balanced categories, and JEDI-relevancy (Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) will also be considered.
Form submissions are now closed. Thank you for your interest.
COHORT SELECTION TIMELINE
Applicants will be notified about the status of their submission by 5pm on August 18, 2025.
PRICE
$3,500 value, full bursary available for all successful applicants for the 2025 program.
FACILITATORS
This advisory program is guided by retail and marketing experts Kenny Vannucci & Phil Chang (This Commerce Life).
HAVE A QUESTION?
Please email inquiries to: accelerator@bcfb.ca