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2ship is an innovative way to simplify the shipping process for businesses by eliminating the 3PLs and making the process two-party based, while increasing transparency and reducing market inefficiencies.
3.D.E is an additive manufacturing company that focuses on applying 3D printing technology to address challenges of affordability, availability, and accessibility of prosthetics and educational model kits in low resource settings in Zimbabwe.
7Square is a platform that finds undervalued real estate properties primed for high growth.

AbleFly is committed to improving the quality of air travel for the millions of people with mobility limitations who currently face significant obstacles to this mode of transportation. It is an immediate solution that empowers air passengers with mobility disabilities to fly comfortably, safely, and independently and will be the first and only product of its kind to support the needs of adult passengers.
Photo: UN SDG #10: Reduced inequalities
Acesis BioMed is a Colorado (US) and London (UK) based biomedical company developing a platform of oral drug candidates for metabolic and endocrine disorders, initially focusing on male hypogonadism treatment. The company’s proprietary “first in-class” T peptide modulator provides a safer solution to the existing Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT). Acesis (formerly Iaso BioMed Inc.) initiated from a research project for the development of T modulating peptides in Dr Papadopoulos’ lab at the Research Institute of McGill University Health Centres. In September 2023, Acesis filed to raise around $7M from an initial public offering on NASDAQ.
Aeroport AI brings automation and AI to improve airside operations management, reduce the cost of flight delays, limit ground handling risks, and decrease CO2 emissions.

Alter Climate Intelligence provides businesses with actionable insights to measure and mitigate their carbon footprint through advanced data analytics and AI-driven solutions. By enabling companies to understand and reduce their environmental impact, Alter Climate Intelligence supports a transition to a more sustainable future.
Photo: UN SDG #13: Climate action
Audible Reality® partners with streaming services to connect the world through unique and shareable sound experiences. Setting a new standard in sound and music customization, they are altering the music and audio experience forever. Thanks to Audible Reality®, sound quality, file formats and audio devices are no longer gatekeepers to the ultimate, most personalized listening experience that's all about you.
AUM BioTech is an American Biotechnology company focused on using next-generation RNA silencing technology to develop solutions in diverse life science verticals including biomedical research, medicine, agriculture, and aquaculture.
Designer and manufacturer of orthopedic implants. The company engages in the production of surgeon-innovated implants, enabling surgeons across the globe to treat orthopedic pathologies of the hand, wrist and elbow.

Biocene Solutions developed Algo as an innovative device that clears harmful algal blooms, using waste resources to create cleaner water bodies across the globe.
Photo: UN SDG #6: Clean water & sanitation
Developer of prosthetic connectors designed to standardize the connection between bionic devices and neural and soft-tissue systems within the body. The company's connectors are implanted medical devices that insert into the end of an amputated limb, crossing through the skin barrier to provide a permanent attachment site for any prosthetic, enabling patients to have neural control and feedback from prosthetic connectors easily.
BlueCiTech has developed a smart city platform to collect real-time data on the city's environment, infrastructure, and activity to provide solutions that will improve quality of life.

Brick by Brick (Brique par brique) is a social enterprise whose mission is to create affordable and dynamic living spaces for marginalized people. They achieve this ambitious objective by providing more privileged members of communities with secure and competitive investment products that transfer capital from those that have to those that don’t. To support their mission, they conduct research on market determinants of unaffordable housing.
Photo: UN SDG #11: Sustainable cities & communities
Owned by Temple Lifestyle (broker and distributor), Buddha Brands offers food and beverage products made with a favourite “superfood”, the beloved coconut! Their coconuts are sourced from Thailand - offering a sweet, clean and refreshing taste. Thirsty Buddha all natural coconut water was the first of their products to launch shortly after the inception of Temple Lifestyle in early 2008.

Carbicrete produces cement-free, carbon-negative construction blocks. Our blocks are as durable as current commercial blocks, less expensive to make, and each block permanently sequesters 1 kg of CO2.
Photo: UN SDG #9: Industry, innovation & infrastructure
ChargeLab is the operating system for EV chargers. It’s the back-end software powering North America's leading EV charger manufacturers, turnkey installers, and network operators.
Chatler is on a mission to innovate the way we interact and buy from businesses on mobile devices. Using chatbot technology, Chatler brings the conversation into mobile commerce.
CHK PLZ is a mobile payment application that streamlines the billing process at bars and restaurants, allowing customers to split items and pay the bill directly from their smartphone.
TIDY app is a technology provider that matches homeowners, offices and Short-term rentals with cleaners on demand.

The Compass Startup Legal Clinic was created to empower Canadian entrepreneurs by providing free legal information and fostering networks within the startup ecosystem.
Photo: UN SDG #16: Peace, justice & strong institutions

Credit Jambo is a digital platform that provides affordable and convenient micro-loans to low-income earners and SMEs in Rwanda while promoting financial inclusion and supporting economic development of the community.
Photo: UN SDG #1: No poverty
Cupp is an AI powered question & answer platform for retaining company knowledge and accelerating employee onboarding. Ask a question, they send it to the right people in your organization. Answer a question, they reward you.

Cura Therapeutics is pioneering a first-in class immunotherapy platform to address a wide range of solid malignancies and infectious diseases. Their therapies leverage cytokines and immune receptors to develop multifunctional proteins with novel immunomodulatory properties.
Photo: UN SDG #3: Good health & well-being

Curious Neuron empowers parents with science-based tools and strategies to help them regulate their emotions, manage stress, and model emotional resilience for their children. Through practical and accessible resources, Curious Neuron promotes personal growth and emotional well-being in families.
Photo: UN SDG #4: Quality education

Dashboard is a seamless rental management platform revolutionizing how tenants and landlords engage. By enabling rent payments via credit cards, Dashboard empowers tenants to build their credit history while earning rewards, offering a convenient and transparent rental experience. For landlords, the platform automates administrative tasks, encourages timely payments, and provides valuable insights through tenant reviews and credit score reporting.
Photo: UN SDG #16: Peace, justice & strong institutions
DawaSwift is a web and mobile-app based software platform that offers real-time, on-demand and pre-scheduled pharmaceutical product delivery to customers whenever they need them from wherever they are by connecting them to local pharmacies through delivery partners.
Dev4x helps education content providers reach children in underserved communities through self-directed and peer-to-peer learning software.

Dispersa transforms food waste into sustainable, circular biosurfactants for the first time on the global market. The biosurfactants are not only palm and petroleum-free, but also crafted using food waste instead of food-grade sources used in existing biosurfactants.
Photo: UN SDG #15: Life on land

Ecova’s mission is to make conscious shopping second nature. Through storytelling, they offer consumers real sustainable treasures, one fabric at a time.
Photo: UN SDG #8: Decent work & economic growth
Tutoring with a Twist – EduWise helps students learn how to learn by replacing archaic tutoring methods with a modern, high-tech personalized solution.
Transforming not only the storage industry, but also the way we manage our things entirely.
Flowbo specializes in financing creators and influencers to monetize and grow their value.
Galavanta is a boutique travel operator focused on experiential luxury travel in Colombia. Galavanta designs bespoke itineraries for high net-worth travellers who are interested in culture, gastronomy, art, nature and adventure.
Ghoul RIP is a streetwear clothing company seeking to invert the industry’s current culture regarding mental health through our change-oriented design, media, and community.

Gray OS is driven by a vision of a healthcare system where no resources are wasted. They have developed an operating system that automates, optimizes, and orchestrates the logistics of cancer care trajectories. Gray OS has now helped numerous North American cancer centres increase access to care while reducing costs and improving staff satisfaction. Photo: André Diamant, Co-founder & CEO

GUSH’s mission is to provide the community with locally grown, pesticide-free, gourmet strawberries, 365 days a year.
Developer of sensor devices designed to incorporate the sense of touch to computers, smartphones, tablets, and the new emerging virtual reality and augmented reality platforms. The company's devices use state-of-the-art rapid manufacturing principles to offer a unique value proposition for surgical simulation, enabling users to perform a wide variety of procedures using forced feedback systems in the market.

Hydrolux is dedicated to developing green hydrogen service stations for heavy transportation, providing carriers with a sustainable and cost-effective alternative to fossil fuels. By enabling the transition to low-carbon energy solutions, Hydrolux is helping to build a resilient and carbon-free economy.

Independent Robotics develops advanced robotic solutions with a focus on autonomous underwater technology, addressing critical marine challenges with precision and innovation. Their flagship product, the Aqua2 Mk3, is a state-of-the-art autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) optimized for shallow-water operations.
Photo: UN SDG #14: Life below water

Interius Farms helps greenhouse growers minimize their spatial and environmental footprints with proprietary vertical farming technology that enhances efficiency and sustainability.

Kakao Investment is an investment firm that supports innovative startups and growth-stage companies, leveraging its resources and expertise to foster a sustainable venture ecosystem in all regions of Korea.
Photo: UN SDG #10: Reduced inequalities
Key2Access is revolutionizing pedestrian mobility with cutting edge wireless technology to create more inclusive communities. Key2Access believes in equal access to services for all members of the community. They make it their mission to assist municipalities by introducing viable solutions that are designed with the user in mind. Their hand-held solutions are customized for the visually and mobility impaired but also support the needs of the elderly, parents with strollers and those with an active lifestyle such as runners or cyclists.
Laurent Pharmaceuticals is a private biopharmaceutical company developing a clinical stage, orally-active drug candidate.

Leedana uses sandponics to convert unproductive desert land into thriving farms using fish waste in a closed-loop system with very little water. Leedana provides a simple, low-cost platform to help farmers in arid regions grow food sustainably without depleting natural resources.
Photo: UN SDG #2: Zero hunger
Lenders API allows lenders to compliantly compare applicant data in real-time in order to prevent fraud and loan stacking.
Co-founded in 2014 by urban planners turned data scientists, Local Logic focuses on collecting, cleaning and combining data to help travellers, home buyers and consumers make better, more informed decisions when it comes to location. Location in a city determines your experience. The location of your hotel determines what you can do on your vacation. The location of your restaurant determines the ambiance of your night out. And the location of your home determines how you will commute every single day. Local Logic wants to enable people to harness the power of location to live great experiences.

Life Out Of Plastic - L.O.O.P. cares for the ocean. It is a Peruvian social enterprise that inspires consumers to take actions that have positive environmental impacts through sustainable consumption and citizen campaigns. It focuses on the impacts of plastic pollution on the marine ecosystem, promoting the use of alternative products to disposable plastics.
Photo: UN SDG #14: Life below water
Macromeasures helps brands understand their customers by enriching their CRM database with demographic and psychographic information derived from social media.

MealCare is a non-profit organization dedicated to diverting surplus food from going to waste and delivering the rescued food to community members facing food insecurity
Photo: UN SDG #2: Zero hunger
MicroPredictome aims to create licenseable AI algorithms to predict the risk of different gastrointestinal diseases based on sequencing data from the bacterial population of the human gut.
Mimetogen Pharmaceuticals is a clinical-stage ophthalmology drug development company.

Mohana is a precision health platform designed to empower women in perimenopause by providing personalized tools and resources to navigate this transition with confidence and ease. Mohana addresses the gap in hormonal health education and support, offering a science-driven approach where traditional healthcare systems often fall short.
Photo: UN SDG #5: Gender equality
Momentum Health empowers families, patients, and care teams to remotely manage scoliosis with a cutting-edge technology that enables spinal curvature measurement and predictions.
A technology-based Transportation Network Company, offering ultra-low-cost and frequent bus service connecting provinces, cities and towns with a highly scalable and low-risk, no-capital-investment, fully-online business model.
Low Calorie All-Natural Bran Muffins - no added refined sugar or sugar substitutes, preservatives or artificial flavouring.
Mygnesium Technologies aims to expand the application of novel ultra-lightweight magnesium (ULMg) alloys in applications where weight reduction is critical by developing eco-friendly and affordable alloys with superior properties.

Nauti-Metrics Solutions develops innovative solutions for monitoring and improving water quality in lakes and rivers. By leveraging advanced technology, their floating drones help identify pollution sources and provide actionable insights for better water management.
Photo: UN SDG #6: Clean water & sanitation
Nomic Bio is developing the next-generation of protein-based blood tests. Their platform promises to unlock unprecedented efficiencies in drug development, biomarker discovery, and ultimately, precision medicine.
Easy-to-use solutions to empower healthcare workers, reduce medication errors, and increase patient safety with a medication software that provides digestible, patient-specific information at the point of care for both adults and pediatrics.

Nurau is harnessing AI to improve management practices in the workplace, improving performance and reducing costly turnover. Photo: Justin Lessard-Wajcer, co-founder of Nurau.

Ozone Technologies leverages advances in 3D printing and robotics to sustainably provide affordable bionic prosthetics to people living in low to middle-income economies.

Pagato is a cutting-edge platform connecting businesses with on-demand, hourly workers for temporary employment opportunities. By streamlining these connections, Pagato helps businesses fill shifts efficiently while empowering workers with better pay and flexibility.
Photo: UN SDG #8: Decent work & economic growth

Palm Tree Initiative provides farmers with affordable equipment rentals, farm management services, and an online marketplace to boost agricultural productivity and efficiency.
Photo: UN SDG #15: Life on land

The Educational Support System that makes high-dosage tutoring accessible to every student.
Photo: UN SDG #4: Quality education
Western Canada's first delivery service for "peculiar" & surplus groceries.
Space rental platform
AdUp is an online marketplace for physical advertisements. AdUp allows small businesses to pick and choose locations that cater to their target demographics and gives venues such as bars and restaurants a platform to monetize unused space.

RailVision Analytics leverages data from rail fleet equipment to deliver actionable insights that enhance efficiency, reduce environmental impact, and improve safety. By applying proven AI algorithms, RailVision helps railways optimize operations and achieve significant fuel savings.

Safe Environment Hub - Kenya is a non-governmental community-based organisation aiming at influencing positive mindset and actions towards interaction with the environment through climate action.
Photo: UN SDG #13: Climate action
ScopeSys develops sample preparation technology and instrumentation that overcome major challenges in genetic analysis. Its proprietary nanotechnology revolutionizes sample preparation for next-generation DNA sequencing and other diagnostics and will make personalized medicine cheaper, faster, and more reliable – and, in some cases, possible at all.

Sensequake leverages advanced sensing technologies and AI to provide comprehensive structural assessments for buildings and infrastructure. Their innovative solutions enhance safety, optimize design, and reduce risks in construction and urban planning.
Photo: UN SDG #11: Sustainable cities & communities
Designer and developer of helmets for trekkers and bikers. The company develops head protection covers and padded helmets to help cyclists, mountaineers and bikers safeguard their heads and necks from injury in case of an accident.

SimpliCITY seeks to reduce homelessness by connecting individuals to essential resources like shelters, housing, health services, and food, while addressing barriers such as lack of awareness, complicated eligibility criteria, and language difficulties.
Photo: UN SDG #1: No poverty

Smart Innovation Hub is a non-governmental organization established to educate youth, especially young girls on entrepreneurial skills and promote learning opportunities through quality education.
Photo: UN SDG #5: Gender equality

Founded in Montreal in 2014, Sonder is revolutionizing hospitality through innovative, tech-enabled service and inspiring, thoughtfully designed accommodations combined into one seamless experience. Sonder provides a variety of accommodation options — from spacious rooms to fully-equipped suites and apartments — found in over 40 markets spanning ten countries and three continents. The Sonder app gives guests full control over their stay. Complete with self-service features, simple check-in and 24/7 on- the-ground support, amenities and services at Sonder are just a tap away, making a world of better stays open to all. On January 19th, 2022, Sonder went public with a $1.925 billion valuation on NASDAQ.
Photo by Owen Egan: Francis Davidson, co-founder and CEO of Sonder, being interviewed by Sandrine Rastello, Dobson Founders Series 2022
SquareFeet.ai optimizes the revenue of a new residential development project by offering automated market research, automated initial price list generation and a demand driven dynamic price optimization.
The Sweater Guys is a custom printing apparel solution centred around the university student market that offers the highest quality products, the fastest speeds and the most customizability.

SWTCH is a fully-managed end-to-end solution that plans, installs, and manages electric vehicle charging infrastructure for multi-unit residential, commercial, and retail buildings. By implementing innovative EV charging solutions in high-density multi-tenant settings, SWTCH is accelerating the electrification of transportation.

Taiga Motors is reinventing the powersports industry with breakthrough electric offroad vehicles that transform the way people access the outdoors. Unconstrained from legacy designs, Taiga pioneers trail breaking powertrain technologies from a clean sheet capable of delivering unyielding performance across snow, water, and dirt trails. In 2021, Taiga went public with an implied market capitalization of $537 million on the TSX. Taiga continues to grow, with interest for orders from customers in over 45 countries across six continents and a recent move into a second 130,000 square-foot facility in Montreal to support mass-production efforts.
Temperpack helps global supply chains waste less by offering innovative packaging that is made from repurposed materials.
The Hot Plate is a leading creative and communications agency offering a uniquely transparent productized pricing model that lets you pay as you go. No Retainers. No Long Term Contracts. Their partners come back because The Hot Plate delivers exceptional quality and passion every single time.
UGo Smoothies is making the world's first customizable, all-natural automated smoothie machine.
InVivo AI is using artificial intelligence to streamline the development of new drugs. Their algorithms will empower pharmaceutical companies to bring therapies to market in less time and for less money than it takes today.
VLVT is a low-cost alternative to therapy with AI focusing on relationship intelligence. Leveraging the power of technology and psychological research, VLVT democratizes relationship education by delivering bite-sized gamified learnings that enhance your LoveIQ.
Vope enhances surgical view in real-time using an AI-driven approach. It brings Generative-AI to surgery by leveraging a proprietary software and real-world surgical data.
Last update: June 19, 2026