During Vancouver Startup Week 2018, Drive Hockey was selected with several other businesses to present its technology and business plan to a panel of investors and business executives in a ‘Dragons Den’ style contest. The Startup Week event was sponsored by the North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce and featured several early stage companies from the area. Drive Hockey was selected as the runner-up winner of the event with its hockey player tracking technology and business model aimed at using internet-of-things based stat tracking and analytics to improve minor league hockey player development.