As True North conference delegates took in a packed schedule of tech-for-good talks Thursday at Kitchener’s Lot42, 48 startups from across the Toronto-Waterloo Corridor presented themselves before a crowd of 185 investors at the Tannery Event Centre.
Possibly the largest event of its kind to date in Canada, Corridor Demo Day featured three-minute pitches from seed-to-Series A-ready startups, followed by investor-founder discussions.
Corridor Demo Day is a collaboration between Corridor-based organizations including Communitech, Velocity, OneEleven, MaRS, DMZ, the Accelerator Centre, Innovation Factory, NEXT Canada, RIC Centre, Creative Destruction Lab and others. The group vets and assembles the region’s most investment-ready startups and has held events in Toronto, Waterloo Region and Mountain View, CA.
The startups pitching at today’s event were:
Acerta, a software-as-a-service company that provides AI-powered analytics for the automotive industry
Amina Health, a hardware company that enables real-time nutrition analysis from a drop of blood
AMZPing Inc., an intelligent dashboard for merchants who sell on Amazon
Aux Mode, whose software helps victims of online IP theft by automatically monetizing the stolen content
Borealis Wind, maker of a de-icing system for wind turbines, leading to more uptime, power generation and return on investment
Cicer One Technologies Inc., which offers hardware-enabled encryption for sensitive data streams on IoT devices
CSTS Health Care, whose software uses AI to produce designer therapies for cancer
Curexe, a low-cost way to exchange foreign currency and pay international suppliers and employees
Curiato, a smart hospital bed sheet that uses AI to head off skin conditions such as bedsores
Dash MD, a real-time communication platform to help patients with aftercare when they leave hospital or the doctor’s office
DeepPiXEL Inc., an AI system to help customer service teams
Directive Communication Systems, a software platform that resolves people’s digital accounts after they die
EnergyX, a white-label consumer-energy audit tool for utilities
Evichat, an AI-powered tool that helps legal clients collect required discovery evidence from their message threads and share it with their lawyers
Fintros, an anonymous platform to recruit top talent in the financial sector
Furnishr, a service that enables fully furnished rooms to be designed, delivered and set up in one day
GamerLink Inc., a hub and one-stop shop where gamers can connect with each other
Ground, an app that delivers verified, unbiased news with help from real people on the ground
HaulerAds Inc., which enables data-driven advertising on the sides of trucks
Heala, a wearable that delivers personalized care to people with anxiety
Hello Prosper Inc., a mobile coaching platform that helps students develop their professional voice
Helm, a software control panel that helps parents manage family life and activities
HelpWear, a high-quality wearable heart monitor that replaces cumbersome ECG monitors
Hodlbot, a bot for index investing of cryptocurrencies
Hyre, a platform that instantly connects event organizers with qualified event staff
JAUNTIN’, which enables users to buy insurance on demand using a mobile device
JustGotThat Inc., a local marketplace to find and book household professional services
KA Imaging Inc., a portable, MRI-quality X-ray for all hard and soft tissues
Local Line, a field-to-fork system that connects local food suppliers to customers
Maerospace, which turns big data into actionable information in real time
MedStack, a cloud host that automates regulatory compliance for health apps
Mirage VR, a multiplayer VR entertainment platform with retail franchises
Nanophyll, smart coatings that improve the physical properties of construction materials
NanoQuan Inc., next-generation, conductive, nanotech-enabled plastics
NERv Technology Inc., an implant that detects post-surgery complications
Neutun Labs Inc., a mental health chatbot for people with depression and anxiety
NURO CORP., a neurological-to-computer interface for incapacitated people
OrbCare Inc., a unified health cloud platform for healthcare professionals
ParityGo Inc., which optimizes energy use in large multi-unit residential buildings
RATIO.CITY, a strategic intelligence platform for property developers
Robot Playtime, a K-12 teaching robot for science and coding
Staffy, an on-demand platform to help restaurants and event managers fill staff vacancies within 90 minutes
Swiggle Inc., which enables consumers to automatically claim price drops post-purchase
Uprise, which uses AI to enable the organic spread of marketing content
Value Connect Inc., which automates home appraisals for the financial industry
Vena Medical, which bills itself as the world’s smallest camera for surgeons navigating veins and arteries
