: Tech companies in the Okanagan are pointing to the Venture Acceleration Program as one reason for their success. The program has been running for the past five years through Accelerate Okanagan. Kelowna was the first region to offer the program but it has since spread to nine regions around the province. It teams up new technology entrepreneurs with experts in the field on an ongoing basis. The program claims that in the last five years, it has helped to create more than 1,600 jobs and generate more