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
