What better way to kick off Summer than an IO Ignition Pitch Finale – Derby edition. Hang on to your hats cause this pitch finale is going to be one for the books! Join us on Thursday, June 22nd from 5-7 pm ET at Bayview Yards to celebrate and cheer on 19 founders for our latest cohort.
The stakes are high for this pitch derby as 19 tech entrepreneurs are ready to WOW you and the panel of judges to win big. The Best Pitch award and the Crowd Favourite (voting by you and all attendees) are up for grabs! Each award provides the founder with an extra six months of one-on-one mentorship from our leading advisors and office space here at Studio7.
You will be hearing from talented individuals from industries including EdTech, HealthTech, Cyber Security, AgriTech, Blockchains, Robotics, AI & more!
A reminder to come early to get a good seat and we all know how long the bar and food lines get! We look forward to networking, learning and celebrating with you all on June 22.
Join us to cheer these amazing founders on:
Divya Jhunjhunwala, Founder, Around Me
Christopher Smith, David Hoodspith & Jonathon Moody, Co-Founders, Codename Apollo
Max Neusser, Founder, HANECS Canada Inc.
Emmanuelle de Junnemann, Founder, ITxCAV
Patrick Dunlop, Founder, Jackal Labs
Leonardo A. Lopes, Founder, Kosmic One Inc.
Youssef Zayed, Founder, Launch Up
William Jones, Founder, Leynek Medical
Mojtaba Ahmadi, Founder, MAE Robotics Inc.
David Nduka, Founder, NXoCare
Amir Shakouri, Founder, Primes.ai
Devavrat Nene, Founder, SafeThreads
Max Peacock, Founder, Sphere Technologies
Zabi A-yaqubi, Founder, Syinkd
Sasikaran Selvendran, Founder, Sylzr Consulting Inc.
Jordan Perry, Founder, Tech Army
Suzanne Winlove-Smith, Founder, The Clean Divorce
Mark Nasmith, Founder, Watchtower Emergency Management
Ashish Jain, Founder, Willezy
About IO Ignition
IO Ignition (previously known as the IO Pre-Accelerator) is a 10-week boot camp designed to help Ottawa’s entrepreneurs at the early stages of building a tech or tech-enabled startup to validate their ideas and solidify their business foundations.
IO Ignition is generously sponsored by Logan Katz, MDK Business Law and RBC. Invest Ottawa extends sincere thanks to these outstanding organizations for their consistent support of our entrepreneurial community.
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