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The League of Innovators’ (LOI) hosted their celebratory Founders Showcase event with young entrepreneurs leading a diverse array of startups from agri-food, medical technology, work from home software, ecommerce enablement technology, accessories to AI. Founders from the League of Innovators Labs accelerator pitched their businesses to panellists for feedback to fuel the fire of their game changing startups.
Written By: Lynda Ofume
Simran Dhillon and her team at FentaGone are currently making considerable strides in Fentanyl detection. They have created a syringe that detects the presence of Fentanyl which would prevent a lethal overdose.
The opioid crisis impact in Canada has reached overwhelming levels due to the pandemic, resulting in record-breaking fatalities.
Simran Dhillon, a League of Innovators Labs Alumni, recently joined us for a 43 Questions interview regarding the growth and the future achievements for FentaGone.
Q: When did you start FentaGone?
A: So I came up with the idea in around September 2019 but largely like I wanted to do something to help and support those living with addiction for a very long time just because it is something that hits really close to home, but more specifically, FentaGone came about around September.
Q: What made you start it?
A: Yeah, so throughout my life and being from bc and also Edmonton as well a lot there is a lot of addiction that exist I think we largely think it's going to get better and that different things are going to help with a lot of cutbacks with harm reduction especially by our government and addiction is getting way worse. The overdose rate is getting exponentially worse, and we have innocent people who are dying preventable deaths, and I think just knowing that these are people could be saved is a large inspiration to get into and invest yourself into harm reduction - and that is kind of how FentaGone kind of took rise.
Q: What impact would you like to achieve with FentaGone in the next couple of years?
A: Yeah, so I am hoping that you know we go through a research phase and it is successful, and so far we are hoping that it does look successful is that we do get integrated within current distribution services to those in vulnerable communities so that they receive important health information that they don't have already and kind of creating more equity within the help sphere in that end
Q: How useful was LOI to your growth and development of your company?
A: Yeah, it's been super Useful in the way that we've been able to network and learn so much from other people kind of in the same boat as that's like also try new things and figure it out, and I think that's the hardest part is we're all kind of just figuring it out, but other people in the same boat as us has been like super helpful
Q: What resources/piece of advice helped you with growing FentaGone to where it is now?
A: Yeah, so I go to the University of Alberta context, and you know it's a very helpful community in regards to I've done a lot of research over the last few years in regards to nerve generation & organ preservation. So I've done a lot of research and started growing off of those networks. Now that we're in two research labs, we have two mentors that have been super helpful in helping us understand the science behind things and also how to build things like trials and whatnot. So in itself, that's been super helpful, but also just learning from other people and learning from people with lived experience... [If you're] looking for resources, always like figure out your target audience and just get to know them a bit better.
Catch the rest of this interview on the League of Innovators IGTV tab: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CNLHRKtFQ6v/
Simran continues to make an outstanding impact in her community, not only with the opioid crisis but also with Sangat Youth, an organization "amplifying Sikh voices and creating meaningful resources for the greater community." As well as her active involvement in the University of Alberta community.
To hear more about Simran Dhillon and the work she and her team are doing with FentaGone, follow them on social:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simran_kdhillon/?hl=en
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fentagone/about/
The Globe and Mail: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta/article-university-of-alberta-students-develop-syringe-that-detects-fentanyl/
LOI Labs is for young founders 25-years old & under and dedicated to building a business. Apply to receive 12-weeks of support, community, resources, and skills through our national virtual accelerator and get everything you need to accelerate your growth.
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Published by LOI Team in Labs Accelerator
Amidst a global pandemic causing heightened uncertainty, technological advances creating an accelerating world, and the growing public awareness around global inequalities, the future remains a vast unknown for the next generation most impacted by the economic effects of COVID-19. Despite this, youth are stepping up to the plate armed with a distinct perspective and drive to solve some of Canada and the world's most pressing problems from the future of fentanyl drug testing, a fossil-free fashion future, work from home software, remote personal training, access to education, and more. Young entrepreneurs can and are making waves to create a better future for all of us while also building on the core competencies needed to thrive in the future of work for themselves through an entrepreneurial context such as empathy, complex problem solving, leadership, communication, creativity, and resiliency. It is our mission at the League of Innovators to shorten their path to success and fuel the fire they have as the next generation of Canada's entrepreneurs, changemakers, and innovators.
With that, here are five reasons why young entrepreneurs across Canada should apply to the League of Innovators Labs accelerator program.
The League of Innovators is a national Canadian charity supporting young entrepreneurs from discovery to acceleration through a suite of accessible programs. Labs is the League of Innovators’ premier 12-week accelerator program empowering young entrepreneurs all across Canada. The Labs program is delivered virtually with leading workshops, Ask Me Anything Sessions (AMAs), mentorship, coaching, and an ongoing support network for young people to succeed!
- Join a growing national community of other young entrepreneurs, changemakers and innovators. Connect with people embarking on a similar journey as yourself and get support, feedback, friendship, throughout the 12-week program and beyond through live sessions, our Slack community and our alumni community hours. Chances are that there is someone else who has been through it or felt similar challenges and wins as you have and will have.
- Empower yourself with learning resources to grow your knowledge base, entrepreneurial skills and mindset. The Labs program equips you with access to our resource bank, a venture package of perks and discounts exclusively for our community, and a directory of folks who can support you through milestones. In Labs we dive into three program pillars around: Founder First, Getting Your House in Order and Building Connections through each week’s theme. Some examples include The Brand, The Team, The Roadmap, The Raise, The Pitch and more!
- Build your confidence and expand your understanding of what’s possible for you and your startup. At the end of the Labs program, we celebrate at the Founder’s Showcase event where you pitch your startup to a curated panel (don’t worry we work with you to get there!). It’s so amazing to see all the incredible growth achieved throughout the 3 quick months. Even week to week in the Labs venture huddle peer groups that meet for an hour during the program with other founders in the Labs program working in a similar industry and stage, there is so much knowledge transfer and week to week transformative learning.
- Network with industry experts, serial entrepreneurs and investors. Each week there are about four hours of live workshops to build your knowledge through lived experience and technical knowledge. Get ready to apply learnings as you go and build your toolkit of knowledge to draw upon when you need it most. Not to mention office hours and the opportunity to connect with people who can help move the dial in building your business.
- Did we mention that the Labs program is: No Fees. No Equity. No Strings Attached. You can be anywhere in Canada with an internet connection building any type of startup business, emerging non-profit or social enterprise in any industry. Diversity creates the conditions for innovation to happen! You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
To date, The League of Innovators has worked with 400 young entrepreneurs across Canada who have become Forbes Top 30 Under 30, Peter Thiel Fellows, Fast Company World Changing Ideas, and yes have scaled their startups to wildly successful businesses.
In sum, the pandemic has revealed many inequities whether it’s education, gender inequalities, racial injustice, environmental injustice, and so much more. These disparities have created a larger divide and amplified the need for immediate innovation and entrepreneurialism action across sectors. Who better to help inform how we build a better future than the next generation of leaders thinking about these problems every day - and doing something about it? The League of Innovators is here and we can’t wait to support them in their journey in building tomorrow’s businesses today.
Are you ready to accelerate your startup? Fuel your fire with Labs by applying to the Labs accelerator for youth-led startups! You can access the application here. Some key dates for you: Applications are open until July 5, Batch 7 of the 12-week Labs national virtual program starts September 7, 2021.
Got questions after all that? Want to say hi or partner with us? Reach out to Acceleration Programs Director, Annika, at annika@theleagueofinnovators.com
Published by Annika Lui in Labs Accelerator
Young people across Canada are tackling a wide array of problems across industries through entrepreneurial acumen. What we do at in the League of Innovators Labs program is accelerate the founders and their respective startups over the 12 weeks of virtual programming and beyond. It takes a village to move the next generation forward, but it is oh so worth it. With that in mind, meet the 30 youth-led startups joining the League of Innovators Community through Labs Batch 6!
Founders: Lauren DeSouza & Galen Sprout
Ace is an AI-enabled interview preparation platform on the mission to create confidence in communication. By giving automated & actionable feedback on mock interviews, Ace helps to effectively prepare any job seeker for their interview.
Founders: Tina Haertel, Varun Sharma, & Logan Underwood
Ad Auris is a narration platform for publishers. Using AI we transform written content into rich audio experiences, helping publishers bring greater accessibility to their content and drive engagement with their work.
@AdAurisinc
Founders: Devin Alldrit, Glen Creaser, Javier Sanchez Mejorada & James Quinn
Afino is a social engagement platform that helps remote teams build relationships, boost motivation, and have fun. Our bot, Spike, learns about what types of activities your remote team loves, plans the activity, and hosts it for you!
@afinohq @afino.io
AfterSell
Founders: Armon Shokravi & Dhruv Patel
AfterSell is a software application that helps eCommerce store owners maximize their average order value while improving the customer experience. Our current product does this by implementing personalized post purchase offers. AfterSell is on a mission to help millions of eCommerce merchants build successful and profitable online businesses.
AppBuddy
Founders: Alisha Nanji & Natasha Nanji
AppBuddy is a platform that connects students looking for application help to “Helpers” (current students at their dream schools who are freelancing application services).
Founders: Chloe Beaudoin & Jessica Miao
Apricotton is an online tween bra brand that makes stylish bras that are adjustable to a girl’s body, growing as she grows. The bras’ removable padding, elastic waistband, hideable straps, and moisture-wicking soft fabric make it last through multiple stages of puberty. We help girls feel comfortable with the bra shopping experience, improving their confidence during their most awkward stage: puberty.
@apricottongirls
Being Baked Cookies
Founder: Tanya Griffiths
Being Baked provides a unique culinary experience that stimulates the five senses and demands one’s full attention to be present and find joy. Each cookie order is sold with a custom note that provides comfort and reminds us of the impermanence of life's processes—making Being Baked a service delivered with a product.
@beingbakedcookies
Bino Books
Founders: Sydney Terry, Danielle Baxter, & Jessica Dassanayake
BinoBooks provides personalized e-storybooks for parents and their children in the pre-k to grade 2 age range. We create stories that act as conversation starters on complex, but important, topics like racism, COVID-19, gender expression, and more.
@hellobinobooks
Founders: Taylor Wilson and Alex Putrenko
We are a slow fashion brand that is focused on creating a new sustainable standard for accessories. All our products, which include scrunchies, headbands, bandanas, oversized scrunchies, bucket hats and bags are handmade in Vancouver, Canada from naturally derived, biodegradable, remnant and vintage deadstock fabrics.
@charlieandpaisley
Founder: Matthew Lawrence
DKIT provides diabetic wallets and accessories that not only look great but serve multi functional purpose for diabetics.
@myDKIT
Founders: Kevin Mpunga, Kwasi Boateng, & Jean Bruce Koua
Elev helps students find their Home away from home. We take the stress out of renting so students can focus on their education.
@elevhomes
FentaGone
Founders: Adarsh Badesha, Ajaypartap Gill, & Simran Dhillon
FentaGone’s mission is to reduce the amount of fentanyl-related overdoses occurring on the street level, where there currently lies no viable testing methods that protect street users.
@fentagone
Founder: Avni Godse
I have started a non-profit business where I sell my artwork to raise money to host events where those with disabilities and illnesses can come and express themselves through art and feel special, just like how I feel when I do art!
@heartitifcation_by_avni @heartification
Founder: Aashni Shah
HypeDocs empowers members to track their achievements in order to gain confidence, beat imposter syndrome and improve mental health. We provide a tool to let you write down your achievements and goals, connect with other members through accountability groups and send you weekly reminders about what makes you awesome.
@hypedocsco
Founders: Cristina Wang & Pedram Ghafoori
School specializing in offering high quality lifeguard and first aid training. Successful candidates will receive certifications that are recognized internationally.
@lifeguardingacademy
moov
Founder: Kevin Lee
A gig-economy based personal home waste removal service. We are essentially "Uber" but for your homes unwanted goods.
Founders: Karina Bland & Sophie Labrosse
We are a creative marketing studio that specializes in creating augmented reality and animation assets for brands to use on socials!
@newfuturecreative
Oatsy Bar
Founders: Jamal Kett & Marc Bouthiette
The first oat based, not sugar based, energy bar. We are on a mission to curb North America's addiction to candy-like energy bars.
Founders: Chris Lee & Joshua D'Souza
Building comprehensive online fitness studios for personal trainers.
@phros.fit @phrosfit
Founder: Graydon Lawson
ReduceWasteNow provides people who have a growing interest in helping the environment with sustainable alternatives to everyday products.
@Graydon.Lawson
Founder: Michael Okoye
Rent Your Ride is a peer to peer vehicle rental platform. We connect local vehicle owners with travellers who are looking to rent a vehicle.
@rent-your-ride
Founders: Anthony Tan & Kyle Farwell
ROVR lets you meet new people and explore new worlds. Only possible in VR.
@rovrofficial
Founder: Julian Axmann
Safi Sana Superfoods is a mission-driven company that is passionate about superfoods and the environment. We are committed to providing health foodies the most nutrient-dense, certified organic real foods sourced sustainably and donates 5% of sales to the Mkomazi Rhino Sanctuary in Tanzania.
@safisanasuperfoods @safisanasuper
Founder: Alykhan Kara
Shomigo is a social shopping platform that aggregates upcoming and established brands, keeps users up to date with the latest trends and their friend’s activity, and allows users to interact with the Shomigo Community
@shopshomigo
Founder: Salena Dhillon
Simply You solves the problem of eliminating waste by providing reusable alternatives to help reduce the consumption of single-use products that end up in the landfill annually.
@simplyyoucanada
Founders: Arpit Bhanot & Shawn Miller
SizeWize is building software that integrates into apparel brands' websites. We turn any website into a sizing tool that helps shoppers to easily find their best fit. We use data & machine learning to customize personalized recommendations for consumers.
@sizewize.ca
Sunshine Connected
Founders: Aminah Beg, Jenna Bulji, Samantha Gardner, & Syydney Grad
The platform will employ an elder friendly interface in order to increase seniors’ knowledge of tech and allow them to independently socialize and explore their interests. Using a volunteer “Buddy System” program between seniors and members of the youth, Sunshine Connected pairs buddies using a quiz to match common interests, facilitating mutually beneficial conversations and strong intergenerational relationships
@sunshineconnected
Founders: Jake Bradshaw & Jordan Wiener
We are a not for profit on a mission to help people cultivate a healthy relationship with social media. Our vision is a world where people spend less time on social media and more time connecting meaningfully with each other.
@the.socialreset
Founders: Fernanda Villela Bernardo & Sophia Yang
Threading Change is an ethical fashion organization envisioning a future where fashion is ethical and circular, rooted in justice with climate, gender, and racial equity at the forefront.
We work at the intersections of consumer education and industry transformation through our tri-impact model of education, innovative storytelling, and policy research.
@threadingchange
Founders: Cameron Polglase & Dr. Karolina Valente
VoxCell BioInnovation Inc. isfocused on the creation of Canada’s first multiphoton 3D printer/bioprinter. We aim to disrupt the drug development industry with a platform capable of fabricating truly biomimetic tissues with vasculature for in vitro drug testing.
Founders: Mehul Gupta & Sunad Kannappan
We equip youth with the skills to create ideas, solve problems, and become innovators in their communities.
@YourekaCanada
The League of Innovators’ (LOI) hosted their second celebratory Founders Showcase event virtually on Tuesday, November 24th. Young entrepreneurs from Vancouver, British Columbia to St. Johns, Newfoundland and everywhere in between gathered on Zoom to highlight the growth and impact of their startups made over the last few months in the LOI Labs accelerator and Foundations incubator programs. Why host the event virtually? LOI’s programs are driven by the virtual environment in order to make our programs as accessible as possible (in addition to being free, with no equity take and no strings attached) - part of LOI’s mission to democratize access to entrepreneurship for youth in Canada.
Labs is the LOI’s 12-week virtual accelerator program supporting youth-led startups across Canada to grow and scale. Labs is a barrier-free, sector-agnostic program fostering innovation, diversity and collaboration. 35 youth-led startups were selected through a competitive application process to dive into Labs 3 key learning pillars: Founder First, Get Your House in Order and Building Connections through leading workshops, Ask me Anything Sessions, coaching, peer support and access to resources.
Throughout the LABS program, the youth entrepreneurs refined the strategic direction of their businesses and built on their public speaking and pitching skills through workshops, 1:1 coaching, and peer support. We’d like to specifically thank Eric Termuende, a continuous supporter and advisor to LOI, who taught public speaking best practices from his work as a professional speaker at the NoW of Work. We’d also like to thank our program partner, Volition Advisors who delivered a Pitch and Presentation Masterclass, a Strategic Planning Workshop, and pitch coaching 1:1 office hours, giving our entrepreneurs the tried and true tools and best practices on how to make their pitch polished.
Foundations is LOI’s 8-week idea incubator supporting entrepreneurial youth through problem discovery, validation and early-traction. Over the course of the program, young changemakers, innovations and entrepreneurs are guided through an 8-week learning module complemented with live workshops and 1:1 office hours with LOI mentors from our community of young entrepreneurs.
A particular congratulations to Serge Livingston, Jake Bradshaw, and Sophia Yang for winning the Foundations pitch competition at the Founders Showcase for their tackling the problems of fun treasure hunts, building non-romantic relationships online and ethical fashion. As part of their prizes, they will be welcomed and offered early acceptance into the Labs accelerator program Batch 6 beginning February 2021.
Much Deserved Thank You!
We would like to thank all the panellists who joined us at the Founders Showcase event from partner organizations who joined us and helped make the event not only a success but a reality as well. We appreciate your time, insights from your lived experience and mentorship.
Afraj Gill (Director of Product, Strategy and Innovation at RBC Ventures)
Courtney Cathcart (Community Investment Manager External Affairs at Shaw)
Debra Jonasson-Young (Executive Director at Stu Clarke Centre for Entrepreneurship)
Faye Almeshaan (Global Operations Manager at Acceleprise)
Jen Lussier (Advisor at Platform Calgary)
Jonathan Ng (Product Manager at Waymo)
Jordan Rogers (Founder at Lloyd James Group)
Kevin Franco (Advisor at Platform Calgary)
Marina Radovanovic (Co-Founder and CXO at HeroHub and UX UI Researcher)
Matthew Smith, CEO & Co-Founder of Mazuma.go
Michael Grantmyre (Senior Associate, Osler LLP Emerging and High Growth Companies group)
Mike MacDonald (Advisor at Platform Calgary)
Paul Brassard (Managing Partner and Lead Advisor at Volition)
Pieter Schouppe, Canadian Director of Plant a Flag
Sauraj Gambhir (Strategy, M&A, and Investments at RBC Ventures)
Sonia Sidhu (Co-Founder of WE REPRESENT)
Tricia Jose (Co-Founder of Arrive)
Yamila Franco (Co-Founder of AfroHub Market and Nyoka Design Labs)
Here are some of the LOI team’s favourite key takeaways from the pitch feedback:
- Understand the vision you have for yourself in your startup whether you are building a lifestyle business or a billion-dollar idea
- Pieter Schouppe: Successful non-profits look at sales as an integral part of their business in order to stay in business and thrive and grow in making your impact!
- Matthew Smith: I failed 2 x in such a short amount of time we built and launched quickly and learned right away that our assumptions are wrong. Use manual and existing tech to test your theories. You can often test with no code and spending zero $$$
- Pieter Schouppe: The equation for the perfect pitch = whats your problem + what’s your solution + how are you going to achieve it
- “ There’s this sense of community that Im getting from LOi and from all of the different founders and the support that you’re getting from and providing to everyone else from the cohort and the batch and I just think that is a really really great environment to be in and just know that I think going beyond LOI and putting yourself out there for fundraising or customer development or for talking to users you’re going to be really faced with a lot of negativity and criticism and critical feedback and sometimes it’s going to be really tough to hear but important to hear but having this kind of base of positivity around people that mutually respect it is really real powerful and goes towards this idea of founders that really need support from other founders, and I think thats really great so kudos to everybody for attending” - Jonathan
And, last but definitely not least, a huge huge thank you to our community of amazing young entrepreneurs in LABS Batch 5 who have demonstrated a commitment to learning, community, and doing the work. You can learn more about the next generation of Canadian entrepreneurs in this blog post. They all deserve immense congratulations for their work building their startups, pursuing an entrepreneurial career amidst heightened uncertainty, and completing the LOI LABS accelerator program! The League of Innovators team is excited to have them join our diverse and expanding alumni community of over 350 young entrepreneurs across Canada building tomorrow’s businesses today and look forward to continuing to support them on their entrepreneurial journey. Check out the list of LOI’s alumni community here.
Last but not least, a massive thank you to our partners that make League of Innovators possible: RBC, Shaw Business, Hootsuite, Osler, SAP, Western Diversification Fund, New Avenue Capital, and the Vancouver Foundation.
If you are an aspiring or current entrepreneur, this could be you we are writing and raving about. Check out the different free and virtual resources and programs LOI has to offer. Ready to get started? Build your entrepreneurial skills with our Innovators Academy. Ready to build? Applications are open for Foundations, an idea-stage incubator program to get you started in building your MVP. Ready to accelerate? Applications for LABS accelerator are also open until Dec 7, 2020. Ready to scale? Applications for the Boost residency program are open.
It’s that time of the year again when the League of Innovators (LOI) launches back into the free, no equity, and no-strings-attached Labs virtual accelerator program with a sick community of youth entrepreneurs joining the LOI Community from coast to coast. Throughout the 12-week program, these 35 youth-led startups will buckle up and dive deep into working on their business as they learn from the best of the best serial entrepreneurs, investors and industry experts in Canada. Their focus will be working through the Labs program’s 12 modules to deliver on three key learning goals which are: Founder First, Getting Your House in Order and Building Connections. Our LOI team, partners and supporters are excited to be working with these 65 youth entrepreneurs in Labs’ most competitive and oversubscribed cohort to date. Without further ado, here is the next generation of business leaders and changemakers ready to take the Canadian economy and innovation ecosystem by storm.
Founders: Kristen Murray (23, St. John's NFLD) Patrick Bégin (25, St. John's NFLD)
Altroo helps workplaces manage social giving and corporate social responsibility by running programs (i.e fundraisers for causes) that align with the workplace's values, offer carbon offsets, manage volunteering events, and more!
@getaltroo
Founder: Victoria Preston (21, Toronto ON)
Big Spoon Lil Spoon is a social venture that provides cooking classes, life-skills workshops and employment opportunities for youth with disabilities and their siblings.
@bigspoon_lilspoon
Founder: Jeffrey Fasegha (22, Toronto ON)
The Black Hair Network is a complete hair platform, connecting artists and customers with the mission to build community, empower hair artists and promote black hair love.
@theblackhairnetwork
Founder: Christina Morrow (24, Vancouver BC)
Bombshell Boxing brings high-quality, environmentally conscious, and ethically sourced Canadian-made activewear to women in mixed martial arts.
@bombshellboxing
Founders: Sana Mungroo (24, Milton ON) and Kabir Malkani (22, Stony Creek ON)
Curabit’s client dashboard allows business owners to pinpoint problem areas and trending topics in their business directly from customer input through a fully integrated end to end service.
Founders: Josie Wheaton (22, Kelowna, BC) and Zak Wheaton (24, Kelowna BC)
Credit Elephant is a fintech solution in the credit industry. They help Canadians clean up their bad credit so they can regain financial freedom by addressing the elephant in the room, debt.
@creditelephant
Founders: Daisy Browns (26, Vancouver BC) and Melody Lim (24, Vancouver BC)
Daisy Browns Ceramics creates functional and sculptural pottery intended for the home. These pieces are handmade, surface designed, and durable, providing unique and expressive homewares that are made locally with Canadian clay.
@daisybrownsceramics
Founders: Jessica Bosman (24, Vancouver BC) and Bryn Davis (25, Toronto ON)
DOUBL is a start-up retailer that aims to provide women with a customizable bra by taking exact body measurements through existing 3D image technology.
@DOUBL
Founders: Alyssia Jovellanos (23, Hamilton ON) and Martin Ciesielski-Listwan (23, Hamilton ON)
Elentless is an AI-based search and analytics platform that helps meritorious litigation cases cross the finish line and access non-recourse funding. Elentless drastically reduces the time it takes to do this for meritorious civil rights and personal injury cases, leveraging a database of millions of public court records. They also help lawyers uncover biases and actionable insights.
EMPOWER International Students
Founders: Pat Chaisang (25, Vancouver BC) and Jaskaran Bedi (27, Vancouver BC)
EMPOWER provides career development opportunities for international students to help them jumpstart their careers in Canada. They offer career development events & workshops, mentorship programs, and one-on-one job search support.
@empower.is @empowerinternationalstudents
Founders: Rick Cha (32, Vancouver BC) and Hao Kun Du (Chris) (25, Vancouver BC)
Ensightful is a team management platform tailor-made for higher education that helps instructors facilitate better team projects with actionable data to improve student learning for collaboration and teamwork skills
@ensightfulapplication
Founder: Niki Najafi (27, Vancouver BC)
Vancouver based jewelry boutique offering exceptional jewelry at affordable prices.
@fabcollectionjewlry @fabcollection_
Founder: John Sparrow (25, Winnipeg MB)
Go Oil is changing the oil change process. They come to you through their smart vehicle maintenance subscription model, making car maintenance a breeze. Starting from $0.03 per km.
@gooilcanada
Founders: Manny Mand (23, Brampton ON), Gabriel Betlen (23, Pickering ON), Alexander (Sacha) Tilp (31, Toronto ON), Kieran Zakaria (27, Whitby ON), and Dominik Penner (22, Brandon MB)
Hackers for Change is a registered not-for-profit in the Canadian cybersecurity space educating and empowering charities to protect their computer and information systems allowing them to focus on maximizing their social impact. They also are providing the future generation of Canada's cybersecurity workforce with valuable hands-on experience.
@hackerschange
Founder: Kenton Mugford (25, Vancouver, BC)
HCKY 365 is an apparel company designed to represent the modern hockey fan. Their aim is to empower people to express themselves and their love of hockey off the ice through apparel.
@hcky365
Founders: Jessica Giuntoli (20, London ON), Bradley Staite (26, Toronto ON), and Malcolm Cardoza (26, Whitby ON)
Howlurr’s mission is to convert a dog's walk into measurable health metrics. Howlurr is making dog walking an enriching experience for owners and their beloved pets.
@howlurr
Industree Recruitment Technologies Inc.
Founder: Zachary Cooper-Black (25, Edmonton AB)
Industree is a construction job network that smartly matches workers to open project positions, automates the recruitment process, and streamlines communications between workers and the companies in one platform.
@industree.platform
Founders: Jackson Cooper (19, Calgary AB), Huda Abbas (18, Calgary AB), Maggie Thai (19, Calgary AB), and Alec Lamb (18, Calgary AB)
JAMH's vision is to curate accessible AI-powered tools to promote success in an increasingly data-driven world. Their team is using natural language processing as well as novel content analysis techniques to address fake news and misinformation on the internet. JAMH is also validating the integration of their technology in the energy industry in regards to the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) reporting.
@jamh.ai @jahm_ai @jahm
KOOL APPAREL CLOTHING & ACCESSORIES INC.
Founders: Juan S.B Rincon (23, Granby, QC), Etienne Penelle (23, Granby, QC), and Samuel Choquette (23, Granby, QC)
KOOL APPAREL is a clothing and accessories brand whose mission is to promote mental health awareness while donating 10% of profits to mental health organizations.
@KOOLAPPARELCA @ApparelKool @kool.apparel
Founder: Aishwarya Khanduja (22, Calgary AB)
LoopEducation is an academic consulting startup that leverages the lived experience of post-secondary students to provide academic consulting services at affordable rates and increase equitable access to quality higher education.
@loopeducation
Founders: Fatimah Areola (20, Mississauga ON), Hussein Hassanali (19, Toronto ON), and Mylene Tu (20, Windsor ON)
Lumaki Labs Inc. is an educational technology start-up that focuses on shifting the nature of student opportunities by working with companies and educational institutions to explore and build on the potential of virtual internships. We're on a mission to pave paths that mobilize the next generation of workers.
@lumakilabs
Founder: Maria Orrego (19, Victoria BC)
Nutsie has innovated The World's Greatest Low-Carb Snacks. We create incredibly tasting keto-friendly snacks with 100% real ingredients like almonds & coconut, no sugar, no gluten, no artificial sweeteners/flavours, and only 3g of net carbs!
@nutsiesnacks
Founders: Christian Camarata (22, Mississauga ON), Matthew Cianci )(22, Mississauga ON), and Pavel Uvarov (33, Toronto ON)
OpenRace is the first-ever, real-time virtual running app. Our app uses GPS tracking software to provide live updates for key metrics such as: position, pace, distance, time and splits, ultimately improving a runners experience, results, or both. This also allows event organizers to offer an interactive race, add another revenue stream and reach a larger audience.
@openraceapp
Founders: Mikaela Morelli (24, Winnipeg MB), Pascal McCarthy (24, Fredericton NB), and Kevin McCarthy (28, Fredericton NB)
Parados Cerebral Solutions is taking an objective approach to the concussion epidemic in sports in cooperation with the Concussion Legacy Foundation of Canada. By combining biomechanics with data analytics, the Parados team is currently developing data collection hardware devices to complement our advanced analytics platform.
Founder: Anamika Gioia (25, Vancouver BC)
At Sacred Foods, they believe in honouring food in its most natural form. Their lotus seeds are hand picked, popped in small batches and roasted to perfection using simple seasonings and olive oil. This divine superfood is packed with protein, fibre and minerals so you can indulge in snacking while still feeling nourished.
@eatsacredfoods
Shine Strength & Confidence Inc.
Founders: Jessica Takimoto (21, Kingston ON)
Welcome to SHINE - a group fitness program based that you can join digitally AND physically. Join the SHINE team in our 5 day/week class-based workout program. It's hard. It's fun. And it's effective - but no transformation pics or ab challenges here! The only goal is for you to leave each class feeling Stronger & more Confident than when you started.
@shine.s.c
Founders: Youssef Gendy (17, Oakville, ON) and Michael Hana (18, Oakville, ON)
TagTeach is a platform for high school teachers allowing them to do everything their job requires in one place through Google Classroom; creating and marking rubrics, planning lessons, and communicating feedback.
@tagteach.io
Founders: Ghalia Aamer (18, Edmonton AB), Deem Aamer (16, Edmonton AB) and Deeyan Rizwan (20, Edmonton AB)
8 out of 10 people struggle with public speaking, but existing resources to combat the fear are limited and expensive. TalkMaze solves this with its interactive digital platform that connects people across the globe with the training they need to build practical communication skills.
@talkmaze @talkmaze_
Founders: Jack Campbell (22, Victoria BC) and Nick Richardson (21, Vancouver BC)
True North Influence works with Government and industry leaders in reaching and inspiring youth to take action on important issues for now, and for their future. We strive to be brokers of honest, authentic communication via channels where youth engage both online and offline.
Founder: Winnie Chang (23, Vancouver BC)
At TumblerShare e work in partnership with Renaissance Coffee at SFU Burnaby to facilitate our tumbler borrowing program. Our registered members pay a deposit for a membership card that allows them to borrow tumblers. When ordering a drink at Renaissance Coffee, members exchange their membership cards for a tumbler. When our members are finished with their drink, they simply drop off the empty tumbler and receive their card back for next time. Renaissance sanitizes and stores the tumblers for the next use.
@tumbler_share
Founder: Harjas Grewal (22, Brampton ON)
United Women is a platform committed to amplifying the voices of Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) youth and women. Our content aims to situate marginalized voices within wider conversations of the sustainable developmental goals (SDGs), global policy, human rights, and more. United Women exists to start conversations and implement real change through our work.
Founders: Eliana Bravos (20, Markham ON) Lina Lam (19, Markham ON) and Peter Lai (20, Markham ON)
Viability Employment Services is a collective of neurodivergent and neurotypical youth working in partnership to empower neurodivergent youth in work, school, and life.
@viablecareers
Founders: Livia Han (22, Oakville ON) Eve and Staszczyszyn (22, Granby QC)
WellnessWorld a B2B SaaS platform for post-secondary students to manage their wellness and engage in their campus community. WellnessWorld connects students to events, resources, and services, based on their unique needs, wants, and identity.
@wellnessworld_uottawa
We’re excited to introduce you to Batch 4 of the LOI Labs virtual accelerator program. We are excited to be working with them over the next 12 weeks to support them in their growth as entrepreneurs and amplify their startups. As usual, we have an incredible round-up of diverse founders across the country working on some interesting problems. Read on to learn more about pretty kick-ass young people building tomorrow’s businesses today.
Founders: Eric Chaba (21, Edmonton AB) and Jonathan Mui (21, Edmonton AB)
The ultimate goal of Agriolabs was to do something about the vast amount of food waste that happens on this planet. We all waste food, and some food waste is almost unavoidable, but in North America the average
household will waste 40% of the food they bring home and that seriously sucks. So how are we going to change that? Well, we can't change the world overnight, but we with the systems we build, we can provide our customers with fresh food, grown as locally as it gets: in your own home. Food grown at home means no transportation & grocery store waste. No unknown chemicals. And no more melting veggies in the fridge.
@agrio.labs
Founder: Sophie Wyne (23, Vancouver BC)
Did you know 26% of employees dread going to work? 85% are unhappy with their jobs. Unaddressed employee concerns lead to low retention, poor productivity and even lawsuits. Ariglad solves this by connecting HR to employees when they're most vulnerable. Employees can submit anonymous HR cases through Slack or Teams, and chat in real-time with HR to verify and resolve problems. HR can solve every case by tagging internal teams to cases (eg. legal) to get help fast or request to be connected to an external consultant (eg. in D&I or conflict resolution)
Founders: Amir Noorafkan (26, Toronto ON) and Arsalan Noorafkan (25, Toronto ON)
At Atlys Networks Inc. we are building a platform that helps people manage their personal data and unlock its hidden value. Our mobile application helps users collect their health, location, and digital activity data and store them in a private database on their device. The app is completely private and offline. Users can privately share data with people and organizations they trust.
@Atlys
Founder: Maya Gay (20, Victoria BC)
My name is Maya and I'm the founder of Basecamp Cards. Basecamp Card Co. is a young company based out of Kelowna BC Canada that was started as a high-school project. I had been doing a week-long backpacking trip in the Canadian Rockies and whenever we'd get to Basecamp, we would break out the deck of cards. I realized how many awesome stories were out there if the right questions were asked. Playing a game of cards is a universally fun way to kick back with friends and I wanted to add even more versatility to the classic experience.
@basecampcardco
Bonfire
Founder: Natan Simchovich (25, Toronto ON)
Bonfire digitizes the food industry through interactive virtual experiences. We’re a marketplace connecting food professionals to foodies. Restaurants & chefs can easily host cooking classes on our digital platform to make immediate revenue with no upfront costs or overhead. Foodies can challenge friends and family through interactive activities built on top of the virtual class. US projections over the next 3 months predict $225B in lost sales, 6M job losses and up to 70% of restaurants permanently closing due to COVID-19. Bonfire will make immediate impact to help those in the food industry affected by COVID-19
Founders: Justin Bastarache (20, Sherbrooke, QC) and Nicolas Trottier (21, Sherbrooke, Quebec)
Capten Haps produces innovative ocean themed dad hats through consultation with various non-profit organizations that are made out of eco-friendly materials. As a social enterprise, 10% of their profits go towards ocean cleaning initiatives
@captenhats
Founders: Clayton Rannard (20, Vancouver BC) and Kyle Dulay (22, Richmond BC)
A platform for businesses exchange products & services for content and posts from creators. Collabstr alllows business owners to drive traffic and get in front of thousands of locals through micro-influencers.
@collabstr
Community Art
Founder: Gary Parker (22, Surrey BC)Dulay (22, Richmond BC)
Community Art is an art leasing company that helps businesses rent the work of local emerging artists. Artists get both revenue and exposure and businesses get fresh art for their spaces in a hassle-free way.
Founder: Dina Lu (25, Surrey BC)
Dina Calligraphy offers calligraphy workshops to the public in the Metro Vancouver region, as well as corporate teambuilding workshops to companies. Dina Calligraphy is also building an online business that helps calligraphers build profitable calligraphy businesses through coaching and courses.
@dinacalligraphy
Founders: Jocelyn (Danie) Proby (31, Burnaby BC) and Ari Nitikman (23, Burnaby BC)
Elevate Ultimate provides high-quality Ultimate Frisbee programs for kids aged 6-19. Their aim is to develop skills and values that transcend the field, such as sportspersonship, personal accountability, and open-mindedness while also training young people on technical ultinate frisbee expertise!
@elevate.ultimate
Founders: Daphny Budaz (22, Edmonton AB) and Connor Hastey-Palindat (25, Edmonton AB)
Financiio is a financial literacy initiative targeting youth in high school and university, teaching them the important links between financial literacy, mental health, and employability.
@financiio
JN Cards
Founder: Jason Neitsch (21, Edmonton AB)
At JN Cards, we buy and sell Pokémon cards and codes.
Founders: Karen Lee (28, Burnaby BC) and Tanya Lee (30, Burnaby BC)
Feeling daunted in the workplace is a feeling that we can all relate to, and entrepreneurs Tanya and Karen were no different. Before starting LEZÉ the Label, the pair leveraged their wardrobe to combat self-doubt - but found that most dress pants they owned were neither versatile or comfortable. With a fond affinity for loungewear, the two became inspired to create a functional and fashionable pair of pants beyond one purpose. The goal is to create clothing that embody all types of activities and environments experienced by today's modern working women.
@lezethelabel
Founders: Karen Lee (28, Burnaby BC) and Tanya Lee (30, Burnaby BC)
LISN is a cross-platform mobile application that lets users and creators clip podcasts into short segments to make them more discoverable, consumable, and monetizable.
@lisnclips
Founders: Montgomery Ngan (21, Philadelphia PA)
LISN is a cross-platform mobile application that lets users and creators clip podcasts into short segments to make them more discoverable, consumable, and monetizable.
Founder: Melody Lim (23, Vancouver BC)
Mala the Brand is a hand-poured soy candle company focused on creating uniquely scented candles that are eco-friendly and sustainable, without sacrificing quality or aesthetics! As a social enterprise they are committed to being as earth-friendly as possible, which is why with every purchase, their partner plants a tree in North America.
@malathebrand
Meegoz
Founders: Carter White (21, Victoria BC) and Jacob Macauley (21, Victoria BC)
Meegoz is a location-based social media platform based that empowers young people to discover their passions and meet their people though attending hyper-local events of all kinds.
Founder: Annie Lo (22, Richmond BC)
MiTravel is a passion project looking to become the sole all-in-one travel planning and management software for everyone. Users of the mobile/web-application will be able to keep all of their travel information in one simplified, personalized platform that is shareable and collaborative for them and their friends to work together when planning a trip.
@mitravelapp
Founders: Seng Chiat Haw (22, Montreal QC), Michael Di Genova (25, Montreal QC) and Matthew Basmadjian (22, Montreal QC)
Neverguess is the 1st AI powered question management system that helps professors create, select, format, and grade their student's university exams in an effecient and data-driven way.
Founder: Evgeny Saveliev (24, Calgary AB)
Okeh is an online appointment software system that is composed of a management platform, widget, and marketplace. Okeh’s goal is to empower small business owners to grow their business through effectively managing their own operations.
@okeh.ca
Founder: Taylor Paulite (23, Toronto ON)
A unified collective that's defining beauty on their own terms. Peau’s focus is on creating connections between a community of real diverse beauty consumers where users can connect with others based on their compatibility of their features. Diversity in the beauty industry powered by Peau!
@ourpeau
Founder: Shrey Gupta (22, Winnipeg MB)
Prommoto allows businesses to advertise through vehicle wraps on the car’s of various drivers working for different ride sharing platform vehicles. Think advertising on a bus, but instead it’s on an Uber or Lyft!
@prommoto
Founder: Selina Ho (25, Port Moody BC)
Recloseted is a consulting agency that helps small business owners launch and scale sustainable fashion brands.
@recloseted
Founders: Carrie Lai (24, Vancouver BC) and Derek Ho (29, Vancouver BC)
Reusable Bubble Tea Cups is aimed to create a solution for plastic waste. These reusable cups are sold direct-to-consumers, wholesale to retailers, and to students for fundraising purposes
@reusablebbtcup
Founder: Harrison Lee (24, Toronto ON)
Riff puts a music label online. They’re building a robo-adviser that provides custom growth plans to musicians, connects them with relevant industry contacts, and gives access to a platform to organize and grow their career.
@use_riff
Founders: Karan Ballal (23, Toronto ON) and Julian DiVito (23, Vaughan ON)
Slightly uses exposure therapy and other techniques from cognitive behavioural therapy delivered through the medium of virtual reality to help anyone dealing with social anxiety overcome their fears.
@use_riff
Published by Annika Lui in Labs Accelerator
We are excited to present a cohort of 30 ventures commencing Labs Batch 3 at the League of Innovators. Labs is a 12-week virtual accelerator program designed to empower young Canadian entrepreneurs to take their businesses to the next level as they learn from the best serial entrepreneurs, investors, and industry experts in Canada.
Founder: Matthew Primeau (26, St. Catherines, ON)
At Airo.Life, we want World Change. A healthy, stable environment for all earths current species. This is no small task, banking, education, media and our current political structure all have to evolve. We believe in our 4 pillars or 4 Ps of sustainable business. People, Planet, Passion, Profit. We've amassed industry specialists, consultants, business owners for the deployment of Airo.Life. Airo.Life first phase is to disrupt the smartphone, carrier and ad world. Then phase 2 the energy sector. Airo.Life - Be Free. Power to the People.
Aperture
Founder: Nima Mansouri (21, Toronto ON)
Aperture is a platform dedicated to connecting creatives with clients.
Founders: Emily Campbell (22, Kingston ON), Miki Kawano (22, Kingston ON), Duncan Cameron-Steinke (22 Kingston ON), Pascal Girard (21, Kingston ON) and Devash Saini (26, Kingston ON)
Backr is an audience management tool to help online content creators efficiently and effectively manage their fanbase.
@backrspace
Founders: Shay Sharma (24, Edmonton AB), Shlok Srivastava (23, Edmonton AB) and Tony Abitegeka (25, Edmonton AB)
Bluejarvis Technologies aims to create a series of products to allow industry to take advantage of their informal communication and data. By mapping out natural language - based decision making, we aim to assist people working within their teams or on their assets through visual, text, and audio pathways on technology-agnostic platforms.
Founders: Sean Monteiro (22, Calgary AB) and Francesco Virga (22, Kingston ON)
Located at the center of your social graph, Bounce is a platform that lets you make and collect payments with friends while enabling you to follow your passions and host events. Simple and seamless, Bounce is the perfect choice for when you don’t want to deal with cash.
@bouncelife
Bumblechain
Founder: Kelcie Miller-Anderson (25, Calgary AB)
Blockchain supported supply chain management tool for fraud prevention in the honey industry.
Cafes for Change (Mission Roots Cafe)
Founders: Summer Sharma (17, Kelowna BC), Angelica Phelan, Lauren Moody and Skye Noh
Mission Roots Café is a student-run, not-for-profit sustainable coffee shop characterized by its innovative "choose-your-charity" system. Since launching in November 2017, we have supported ten local and global charities, provided hundreds of hours of experience to our many volunteers, won provincial and national awards, and engaged our school and community around the values of conscious consumption. We believe Mission Roots is a highly impactful and highly replicable business model, which is why we want to take it even further through the franchise "Cafés for Change".
Founders: Maria Wella (26, Toronto ON) and Zachary Huisman (25, Calgary AB)
Affordable and instant (think Airbnb or Uber) global photography booking platform for people who are always on the go and don't want to pay $450+ per photoshoot. Whether it is a special occasion (wedding, engagement, baby shower) or travelling with your partner/ best friend, a soccer game, or a night out, we have you covered. No need to live those special moments through your phone camera. Focus on creating the memories and we will focus on capturing them for you.
Carwhoop
Founder: Harman Walia (24, Vancouver BC)
We are a car subscription marketplace which is unlocking value of idle cars at dealerships by bringing them into new markets like drive-sharing and subscriptions.
Founder: Alex St. Louis (23, Edmonton AB)
DigiPlay is a free to play, browser-based gaming service that allows anyone to access console quality games on low end PC's, right through the web.
Founders: Michelle Kwok (21, Vancouver BC) and Ravina Anand (23, Vancouver BC)
Elevating young females with assets and resources they need to discover their unique trajectory to success. We will be launching a membership portal with female founders and young female apprentices to allow for in depth work experience and mentorship.
@weareflik
Flippin
Founder: Brent Downey (24, Hamilton ON)
Flippin is a peer to peer digital network specialized for trades and contractors within Canada. The platform allows for greater network building, facilitation of funds and project management resources for those operating in the trades space.
Founder: Vanessa de Waal (25, Vancouver BC)
At Flöka, we believe meaningful interventions start with rich data-sets that grow by asking intuitive questions. We know that the right questions are different for each user. We're building an ai-powered integrative health technology for women with the mission of scaling preventative care.
@flokalife
Hairstrong
Founder: Nicole Baranowski (22, London ON)
Hairstrong believes that women shouldn't be limited in athletics, so we've designed a product that allows women to compete without being distracted by their hair. Our Strongband lock hair in place so you can workout without losing focus.
Hempact
Founders: Anka Chan (20 Edmonton AB) and Nicole Sanchez (22, Fort Saskatchewan AB)
Hempact aims to provide eco-friendly products to reduce agricultural waste, promote sustainability, and educate others about women’s hygiene.
Founders: Marina Radovanovic (23, Kingston ON), Sundar Manku (23, Kingston ON) and Chipewyan McCrimmon (25, Kingston ON)
HeroHub is an online platform that creates a greater social impact by connecting local charities & non-profits to individuals or businesses who are seeking volunteer and sponsorship opportunities, charity events, and to donate new or gently-used items!
@officialherohub
LeapFrog
Founder: Joey Khalil (22, Halifax NS)
LeapFrog is a Fintech application that offers consumers and businesses in the Nightlife & Restaurant industry such as a club venue or a bar goer, solutions to problems that occur on a daily basis through the form of a mobile app.
Founder: Josh Reding (23, London ON)
MakerBars believes that energy bars should be affordable & tasty. All of our kits contain simple ingredients, sourced from Canadian partners. The kits are packed to the brim with plant-based protein and fibre. We believe that when you eat real food, you feel better!
@makerbarsofficial
Founders: Yamila Franco (24, Victoria BC) and Paige Whitehead (27, Victoria BC)
Nyoka Design Corp. focuses on the creation of sustainable products that heal our ecosystem. Our first creation, the Nyoka Light Wand, is a biodegradable, non-toxic glow stick powered by bioluminescence! In the spirit of Design for Rebirth (our take on the circular economy model). The Light Wand is designed to heal the ecosystem and sequester carbon as it degrades—leading us towards a sustainable and waste-free future. The Nyoka Light Wand contains biochar, a carbon sequestering substance used for soil remediation and acts as a prebiotic for beneficial soil organisms. Designed for Rebirth, every component in the Light Wand has been chosen for the benefit of the environment.
@lightbynyoka
Operation Take Two
Founders: Keneisha Charles (17, Toronto ON), Theresa Schwab (18, Victoria BC) and Aaliyah Charles (19 Toronto ON)
Operation Take Two is a youth-led social enterprise revolutionizing the global issue of waste by empowering communities to turn their trash into treasure. We do this by packing all the machinery and tools needed to recycle plastic waste into a repurposed shipping container—creating a self-sustaining community hub for youth-led creativity, education, and empowerment. With our three objectives of Reduce, Educate, and Collaborate, OTT provides a comprehensive local solution to a global issue.
Pepita Fresh
Founders: Katie Haddad (23, Burnaby BC) and Nancy Mach
Pepita Fresh is a vegan seed based milk alternative. We want to focus on creating seed based products.
Founders: Kamalpreet Minhas (20, London ON) and Shangbing Jiang (20, London ON)
Praxis is a direct-to-consumer company that aims to aid in consumers adoption of healthy lifestyle while increasing oral hygiene. Praxis is introducing the first morning and night toothpaste combination that aims to enhance productivity through improving user's quality of sleep and increasing wakeful hours. A simple, natural product offering that is enhanced by vitamin-mineral supplements. Praxis currently offers two toothpaste products: Rise and Rest.
Founders: Sangev Thavamani (20, Vancouver BC) and Amir Keshmiri (20, Vancouver BC)
ProToGo offers tailor-made enterprise software solutions for temp agencies within the construction industry who need help automating and optimizing time-consuming and tedious tasks.
QuiCloset
Founder: Athiya Rastogi (22, Scarborough ON)
Fashion search engine that helps shoppers find an item in the stores closest to them & allows instant pickups.
Founder: Rhys Lawson (23, Victoria BC)
Reach Social Growth is automation that takes over the grunt work that needs to be done to keep online audiences engaged within a brands community. This allows social media marketers to focus more on brand, vision, and the quality of the content they're producing.
@reachsocialgrowth
Founder: Pierry Delcy (25, Winnipeg MB)
Rest Insured is a web application that enables Canadians to find and direct message financial advisors in their regions.
@restensured
Founders: Linh Sa Arnold (23, Victoria BC) and Kathleen Forshner (23, Victoria BC)
Sister Sister is a sustainable, trend-driven fashion brand for women aged 21-35 who are trend, price, and socially conscious.
Founders: Jordan Davis (22, Winnipeg MB), Noah Palansky (23, Winnipeg MB) and Avi Stoller (25, Winnipeg MB)
Taiv replaces commercials in live TV so that businesses can show their own content instead.
@taivtv
TrendMi
Founder: Milton Calderon Donefer (22, Toronto ON)
TrendMi is a social e-commerce platform where users browse, shop and share all their favourite brands and styles while getting exclusive deals on items they’ve liked. Users receive a feed based on their unique taste and enjoy friction-less shopping while retailers receive valuable data on how consumer feedback of their products.
Founder: Sal Sabila (19, Toronto ON)
Youth Gravity is a completely youth-led, youth-initiated organization Youth Gravity aimed towards building a platform for young leaders to pursue projects they are passionate about in their own communities.
@youth.gravity
Published by Annika Lui in Labs Accelerator
Building entrepreneurial acumen for youth.
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