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
