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Industry: Agri-tech / Specialty Farming
Aeonix farms Inc. is reimagining modern agriculture by blending advanced cultivation practices with optimized supply-chain model, producing high-quality, premium crops in Canada while delivering transparency, traceability and value to growers, distributors and end-markets.
Industry: SaaS / AI Workflow Automation
Agent Flow AI is a no-code AI automation platform enabling businesses to build, deploy and manage intelligent, self-learning AI agents in plain-English workflows, automating sales outreach, marketing campaigns, and operational tasks so teams can focus on high-value work while the routine gets done.
Industry: FinTech / Cross-border Payments for SMEs
Cashtella empowers small and medium-sized businesses to send and receive payments locally and across borders, especially between Canada and the U.S., with fewer fees, faster settlement and built-in fraud protection.
Industry: SaaS / AI-powered Productivity Platform
Clevaura is the AI-native workspace that replaces 15 + apps by unifying your tools, teams and data into one platform, with built-in agent-based automation that handles repetitive tasks so you can focus on high-value work.
Industry: HR-Tech / Compensation Transparency SaaS
CompCrafter is an AI-powered platform that gives employees and employers full clarity into total compensation, breaking down salary, benefits and perks into one visual dashboard so individuals can make informed decisions and companies can optimise their workforce spend.
Industry: Clean Beauty / Body Care
Dealbodies creates clinically-fueled, water-free body-care concentrates for reactive skin, ditching dilutive fillers so you get high-performance actives plus sustainable formulas that nourish and renew.
Industry: EdTech / AI-powered Study & Learning Tools
Graspr AI is an AI-driven learning assistant that instantly transforms PDFs, videos and lecture recordings into quizzes, flashcards, summaries and interactive study sessions, helping students grasp concepts 10× faster and turn passive materials into active learning experiences.
Industry: Personal Development / Wellness Tech
Joy+ is a gratitude-driven social and coaching platform that empowers individuals to transform their mindset and life path, post daily gratitudes and visions, build your personal growth streak, and connect with a vetted network of over 100 professional coaches to guide your journey.
Industry: HealthTech / Compliance SaaS
Riskophia is an all-in-one compliance command centre built for healthcare organizations, from long-term care homes and clinics to med-tech startups, helping you centralize policies, staff training, audits and regulatory tracking into one dashboard so you stay inspection-ready, reduce risk and spend less time managing compliance.
Industry: Health-Tech / FemTech
Med Melanin is a digital health-advocacy platform dedicated to women of colour, empowering them to log symptoms, prep for doctor visits, and connect with a community that truly understands their unique healthcare journey. With Med Melanin, users turn complex health data into clear insights and gain the tools to be their own best advocate.
Industry: Deep-Tech / Mining Tech & Space Resources
Moon Trades is an AI-driven exploration platform that enables mining companies to identify high-probability critical-mineral targets using advanced geospatial intelligence, designed today for Earth and built for tomorrow’s off-world resource discovery.
Industry: EdTech / Professional Networking SaaS
Nodalli is an AI-powered networking platform designed to help students and professionals build meaningful career connections faster and navigate the job market with confidence, using smart matching, curated personalized outreach and data-driven community building.
Industry: PropTech
Tempho Inc. is an online booking platform that provides furnished, flexible, credit-check-free monthly accommodation designed specifically for newcomers to Canada, helping individuals settle quickly while giving landlords guaranteed rent and quality tenants.
Industry: Food Waste / Sustainability Tech & Logistics
B12Give is a same-day, on-demand redistribution platform that helps retailers and food businesses divert 100% of their surplus edible food, turning potential waste into meals for communities in need, while reducing emissions and waste costs.
Industry: Creative Marketplace / SaaS for Visual Creatives
Blens is an all-in-one platform that empowers photographers, videographers and other visual creators to showcase their portfolios, manage bookings, secure payments and streamline their business, while offering clients a curated marketplace to find and book creative talent with ease.
Industry: Agri-tech / Agricultural Commerce
Cornacropia is a physical agricultural trading exchange built for farmers, empowering them to trade their crops as digital stocks and earn fairer prices by connecting directly with global buyers.
Industry: PropTech / Real-Estate SaaS
DocEM is a next-generation real estate platform designed to streamline operations for brokers, agents, property managers, landlords and tenants, bringing document management, property workflows and tenant-landlord collaboration into one unified, efficient system.
Industry: Biotechnology / Pharmaceutical Technology (specializing in cannabinoid synthesis)
Kare Chemical Technologies is pioneering the clean, scalable production of both major and minor cannabinoids through advanced catalytic chemistry—delivering pharmaceutical-grade, plant-identical molecules without relying on traditional cannabis cultivation.
Industry: Clean-Energy / EV Charging Infrastructure
Kiwi Charge is transforming how electric-vehicle owners in multi-unit residential buildings access charging, offering a portable, autonomous charging solution via a subscription service that eliminates costly retrofits, reduces range anxiety and brings charging convenience directly to your parking spot.
Industry: FinTech / Neobanking & Cross-Border Payments
Kobopay is a multi-currency digital bank built for Africans and global professionals, enabling you to hold, send and receive money across currencies, bypassing traditional borders and giving you full control of your finances no matter where you are.
Industry: HealthTech / Patient Communication Software
MedInclude makes medical information clear, accessible and actionable, using AI to simplify clinical notes into plain-language summaries and translate them into multiple languages so every patient and caregiver can truly understand their care.
Industry: EdTech / International Education Consultancy
Skyned Consults Corporation is a free-to-use study-abroad platform that guides international students from program choice through admission and visa support, helping students access bachelor’s, master’s, and diploma programs in top English-speaking countries with zero agency fees.
Industry: Brand Tech / Creator-Economy Platform
Swiirl is an AI-powered platform that connects brands with emerging creators, especially in schools and community hubs, to co-create authentic, locally-driven content that drives deeper engagement and meaningful impact.
Industry: EdTech / Youth Leadership & Technology Education
Ufleex is a dynamic educational platform that empowers young people from the Global South with tech skills, mentorship and access to real-world opportunities—bridging the digital-divide, unlocking career pathways and building the next generation of innovators.
Industry: Technology Services / Digital Solutions Agency
Beentos Tech is a forward-thinking Toronto-based technology agency that empowers businesses through bespoke digital solutions, from web and mobile app development, UI/UX design and e-commerce to AI-driven systems and cloud infrastructure, helping organizations innovate, scale and stay future-ready.
Industry: Property Technology (PropTech) / Real-Estate SaaS
Cozii Proptech is an AI-powered property management platform that streamlines every phase of the rental lifecycle, from tenant-matching and screening, to online rent collection, maintenance requests and seamless landlord-tenant communication, giving property owners more automation, less friction and improved performance.
Industry: EdTech / Teacher Productivity SaaS
Edventive empowers teachers to get their evenings and weekends back by turning hours of grading, student feedback and report-card work into minutes — so teachers can focus on the people and moments that matter most.
Industry: Food & Beverage / Marketplace platform
Fix Me a Dish is a digital platform that makes it simple for people to book a personal chef for their intimate gathering or large-scale celebration, browse chef menus, choose your experience, and let the culinary magic come to you.
Industry: Fin-tech / Personal Finance Tech
FundEvolve empowers women to ditch the noise and get real clarity with their money, connect your accounts or enter your numbers, get your top 3 personalised moves via AI and CFP® expertise, then track progress in a supportive community. No guessing, no gimmicks, just smarter financial decisions and stronger wealth-building.
Industry: Wearable/Smart Devices + Personal Safety Tech
Fuuti creates smart-wearable solutions that combine real-time GPS tracking and AI-powered health monitoring to give families, caregivers and individuals peace of mind, whether it’s for a child, older adult or community member, Fuuti ensures help is never far away.
Industry: Home & Lifestyle / Premium Barware & Giftables
Helius Originals Smoked Cocktail Kit offers luxury, eco-conscious smoking barware crafted from reclaimed materials—turning everyday drinks and culinary moments into elevated sensory experiences with style and sustainability.
Industry: Food & Beverage / Edible Branding & Corporate Gifting
InstaCookie turns any brand idea into a delicious and memorable experience, custom-printing logos, QR codes, and unique designs on cookies and macarons for corporate gifting, events and activations, with end-to-end service from design to delivery.
Industry: Music Tech / Streaming & Artist Platform
LOUD Army is a next-gen music ecosystem built to empower independent artists, from its streaming service “STREAM” that gives artists 50% of subscription revenue, to its “SOUND” app connecting creators with unlimited beats and top producers.
Industry: Philanthropy / Social Impact Tech
MetaFundWe is an impact-funding network that uses web-technology to unite artists, charitable causes and brands, enabling transparent funding, certification of impact, and collaborative campaigns that drive the UN’s Global Goals.
Industry: FinTech / Asset Management Tech
Mi‑Asset is a smart asset-tracking and ownership platform that helps individuals catalogue everything they own, seamlessly transfer ownership when selling, conduct background/ownership checks on pre-owned items, and manage insurance and recovery, all in one dashboard.
Industry: HealthTech / Enterprise SaaS for healthcare operations
Migranium is the all-in-one operations platform built for healthcare institutions, integrating seamlessly with your EMR and existing systems to automate scheduling, reduce administrative burden with an AI copilot, optimize patient flow, and deliver actionable insights. Save time, increase patient satisfaction and grow revenue with fewer bottlenecks.
Industry: Fashion tech / Brand-incubation & E-commerce
Sussed empowers creatives to launch scalable and sustainable fashion brands, guiding them from design to production, and partnering with local Canadian and African talent to deliver ethically sourced collections.
Industry: Biotechnology / Wearable health-tech
Synoptech empowers individuals to monitor, understand and elevate their body’s performance using cutting-edge biometric tracking wearable technology, bridging biology and data to unlock optimal wellness and human potential.
Industry: EdTech / Language Learning
Yekola is an audio-first language learning platform focused on teaching and preserving African and Indigenous languages, connecting learners with native speakers through interactive lessons, AI-powered tools, and a vibrant global community.
Industry: EdTech / Career Tech
Anutio is an AI-powered career navigation platform that aligns individual skill-gaps and ambitions with organizational objectives, helping students, early-career professionals and workplaces discover, map and grow meaningful career pathways while boosting retention and closing skills mismatches.
Industry: FinTech / Cross-border payments
Maraboo is a fast, secure payment platform that lets individuals and businesses send money into and out of WAEMU countries at the real inter-bank exchange rate, making transfers up to 3× cheaper than existing solutions
Industry: Healthtech / Mental-Wellness Tech
mhapy is your all-in-one mental wellness companion, powered by AI chatbots and real-human therapists. From early check-ins, mood tracking and peer-match accountability, to sessions with licensed professionals, mhapy bridges the gap between everyday mental-wellness care and clinical support. Whether you need a quick check-in or deeper help, mhapy has you covered.
Industry: FinTech / PropTech
RentProof bridges the tenant-landlord divide by turning regular rent payments into real credit history, helping renters build or repair their credit while enabling landlords to reduce risk, boost on-time payments and strengthen tenant relationships.
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Wearable tech / PropTech / Enterprise access & networking
Statis Ring is a sleek, battery-free smart ring that replaces business cards, access badges and mobile payments, enabling you to unlock doors, pay with a tap and share your digital profile by simply wearing your ring.
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Innovation Hub Feasibility Study
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The survey closes on August 18, 2023.
