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Angel Forum #53
April 11th, 2024.
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Backflow.Club is an automated, high-conversion booking & fulfillment engine that generates evergreen recurring revenue by connecting property and business owners with qualified backflow testers to fulfill mandatory annual backflow testing and repairs in Canada & USA.
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ClearCloud enables developers to rapidly deploy software into managed enterprise-grade, scalable, and secure environments running in their cloud without the need of DevOps expertise.
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Up to 50% of the seeds planted in our greenhouses will never go on to become mature, yielding plants, due to issues like low germination or vigour, plant abnormalities, or seed-borne disease. Currently, growers must overplant in order to meet demand, as they simply have no way of predicting which seeds will be successful before planting. This results in millions of dollars in wasted water, fertilizer, energy, and other resources annually, per facility, spent trying to grow plants which are ultimately discarded.
Insporos addresses this problem by analyzing each individual seed with our AI platform, finding defective or diseased seeds and sorting them out before planting. This conserves valuable resources and improves efficiency in our greenhouses by allowing growers to focus their time and energy on growing quality, healthy plants, and providing greater security in crop yield and food supply.
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The Real View revolutionizes real estate transactions with cutting-edge AI, offering fast and accurate solutions for reviewing strata documents.
Automating the review process elevates realtors service by delivering a comprehensive strata report, allowing clients to make an informed decision, while removing the time constraints of manual review in a fast paced market.
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Sipply is an AI based recommendation engine that matches drink pairings to food. For consumers, it plugs into platforms like DoorDash or UberEats. For businesses, it’s a powerful SaaS analytics platform delivering insights on eating and drinking trends at the zip code level.
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SnapCyte is reshaping the landscape of life science research with an AI-based platform that streamlines cell culture analysis. By automating data acquisition and enhancing accuracy, SnapCyte accelerates the pace of research, empowering scientists to achieve more with less.
Our commitment to sustainability and making research accessible globally positions us at the forefront of scientific innovation, driving forward global advancements in life sciences.
Western Angel Investment Summit
February 23, 2024.
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A2O is setting out to transform how industry uses adhesives. As we enter the era of sustainability, the traditional practice of ‘use lots and replace often’ to overcome coating and adhesive failure is increasingly costly and wasteful. Industries seeking decarbonization require innovative solutions where products last longer, produce less waste, work better in challenging environments, all while maintaining and enhancing performance. A2O has created high performance bonding materials that maintain self-optimizing function to maximize performance and expand the capabilities of adhesive and coating systems. A2O’s first product is an anti-corrosive coating system that leverages these dynamic features for enhanced protection of steel assets.
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HTuO is a deep-tech company focused on changing how small molecule drugs are designed and optimized. We have developed a novel force field (a set of physics equations which describes the behaviour of atoms and molecules) and computational modelling system with sufficient accuracy to target currently undruggable proteins. By re-building the physics from the ground up, we have avoided some common problems of traditional modelling, such as the need for extensive pre-parameterization of molecules before simulation, while simultaneously including more realistic features like reactive protons and dynamic charges. With our new physics engine as the platform's foundation, we can generate unparalleled insights into drug-target interactions and, therefore, design drugs for hard-to-reach targets.
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Lindo AI is a white-label AI website builder catering to niche agencies and freelancers, revolutionizing web creation with AI Dynamic Templates. Our solution ensures 100% no-code website development with zero learning curve.
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Lite-1 is transforming the toxic global colour industry by creating a new generation of colourants grown by microorganisms in a completely sustainable, circular, and non-harmful process. without the use of any toxic chemicals. Their colourants meet existing industry infrastructure standards and can fit directly into current systems for easy adoption. The company's solution is a proprietary, patented, closed-platform biotech that allows the customization of sustainable colourants to the needs of the end industry user. Lite-l's scalable and viable solution offers an alternative to conventional toxic dyes currently used in the industry.
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TreeTrack pioneer’s innovative reforestation solutions, starting with custom-designed seedpods and complemented by cutting-edge drone technology. Our mission is to enhance global reforestation efforts by ensuring efficient seed deployment and fostering ecosystem restoration. With a focus on sustainability and environmental stewardship, TreeTrack is dedicated to creating resilient forests for future generations.
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Quality control for biomedical knowledge assembly.
Half of clinical drug development failures stem from pre-clinical science not translating effectively. VeracityBio is developing technology to detect and measure complex signals crucial to the scientific validity and strength of biomedical discoveries. This technology is used to evaluate drug targets and their therapeutic viability, with the goal of enhancing the success rates of therapy development.
Angel Forum
December 14th, 2023.
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Ceco AI provides sustainable resource management software for mining companies who need innovative technologies to solve operational inefficiencies and reduce environmental impact. With an initial focus on sustainable water management, Ceco AI leverages company, satellite, and sensor data using machine learning to generate climate-target aligned recommendations—resulting in greater productivity, cost savings, and strengthened stakeholder relations.
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eFund is British Columbia’s pre-eminent community angel investment fund which to date has invested in 43 tech companies spanning the IT, Healthtech and Cleantech sectors. eFund brings capital and a network of investors that actively supports its investments from initial investment to exit.
At eFund we address core issues. For companies seeking investment, we provide capital and privileged access to our network of investors, many of whom are entrepreneurs. For accredited investors, we offer an attractive way to invest in a broad portfolio of early stage companies.
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Open Ocean Robotics (OOR) is a rapidly growing marine technology company revolutionizing ocean monitoring. Our innovative solar-powered autonomous boats and AI driven software scales ocean data collection by providing affordable, sustainable, and user-friendly solutions. We provide critical ocean insights for offshore energy, government, and research.
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Introducing RetreatsAndVenues.com: the premier B2B marketplace where world-class companies like Vistaprint, Miro, Epic Games, and Close come to discover and book the perfect venue for their corporate retreats and offsites (a $28B+ market growing annually at over 16%).
Since launching in January 2022, RetreatsAndVenues has curated 4,200+ of the world's top retreat venues and rapidly scaled to over $5.5 million in venue bookings (GMV), $550,000 in booked revenue (with an average take rate of 10%), and 70.7% of customers have become repeat clients annually (all achieved with $200k in Pre-Seed funding to date).
Guided by a passionate founding team with a proven track record of successful exits, the company is actively seeking seed-stage funding partners to join in its journey of expansion and achieve its mission of helping to book and deliver over 1 billion 5-star retreat experiences.
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Slipstream provides a new class of marine transportation with its Thrust Cushion Vehicle (TCV). It is twice the speed with half the power and a 90% reduction in emissions. Slipstream can reduce the 1 billion tons of CO2 emissions that the marine industry producers per year. At the same time, TCVs have a smooth ride, reducing seasickness, are amphibious, low wake, low noise and avoid log/whale strikes. The technology has broad market application, starting with ferries and military applications where customer tractions has already been achieved.
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SquareKnot Analytics is a B2B consumer data business that sells market research survey data combined with transaction data collected through a consumer mobile budgeting app. The business is targeting the $119B global insights industry with a significantly differentiated data product. The business is run by marketing research industry veterans, leveraging over 120 years of collective experience in the industry.
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Tenzr Health is a seed-stage Mayo Clinic-backed AI digital health company improving outcomes in Physical Medicine by gamifying rehabilitation.
Tenzr empowers healthcare providers to extend care outside the clinic to improve outcomes, manage busy caseloads, and generate additional reimbursement revenue.
Tenzr’s patented medical sensors engage patients by measuring recovery status, turning exercises into games, and dynamically creating and communicating the shortest AI-driven recovery pathway for each patient.
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Angel Forum
September 23rd, 2023.
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Common Good Mining is a resource and technology startup focused on “Modular Mining”; this is a technology-enabled business model designed to deliver the metals urgently needed for climate action. Traditional mine development is slow, with less than 1% of mineral discoveries commercializing. Re-thinking the status quo, our Modular Mining design focuses on the other 99% of opportunities to de-risk and scale an overlooked source of supply through surgical mining. With a flexible, low impact approach, we apply agile techniques with an emphasis on community to deliver responsible metals to market, faster.
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Crosswordr is a supply and demand aggregator site for crossword puzzles (a "YouTube for crosswords") which soft-launched in July 2023. It is created by Crossplay Digital Inc., a Vancouver-based startup which successfully raised a USD $440K seed 1 round in February 2023 and has a deep and experienced investor network including former senior Meta executives Stan Chudnovsky and Rob Goldman, as well as Forbes "Top 50" Angel Rick Marini. Crossplay is currently raising a $1M seed 2 round.
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Homeslice helps non-chartered bank mortgage lenders find liquidity by providing a digital platform to easily buy and sell mortgages. Lenders can sell as little as an individual loan and up to an entire book of business. This is the only digital secondary marketplace for mortgages in Canada, tackling a $600B mortgage market that currently trades manually through agents and lawyers. William Tang is an experienced Vancouver-based entrepreneur building a successful real estate development business and a previous market-leading automotive software and service business which scaled to 250+ employees.
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Globally we waste over 30% of the food we produce worldwide. Knead Technologies is a software company revolutionizing food rescue operations operations for non-profit organizations. By addressing the pressing challenges of food waste and its environmental impact, Knead Tech's innovative platform streamlines and optimizes the process of rescuing surplus food and distributing it to those in need. The Knead Tech platform has been tested in the community and is now poised to scale quickly across North America.
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Reusables.com is a tech platform for circular packaging, combating single-use plastic bans worldwide. Our IoT solutions make the shift to reusables seamless for campuses, corporate food services, and restaurants, achieving a remarkable 99% return rate. Notable achievements include successful tech pilots with Uber Eats and 100+ restaurants in Vancouver and Seattle, enterprise software contracts with Compass Group for North American campuses, $250k+ in revenue, and raising $1.5M in pre-seed and grants. Our robust team, backed by LOI Ventures and experienced advisors, has diverted over 10 tons of single-use packaging waste and avoided 30+ tons of CO2e emissions.
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Viridis is a water technology company driven by a deep commitment to preserving our planet's water sources. We do this by building ground-breaking technologies that eliminate persistent organic pollutants from water, providing communities and industries with pure, pollutant-free water, while preventing contaminants from harming our rivers, oceans, and marine life. In 2023, we advanced our technology to Technical Readiness Level 7 and initiated performance testing with a major washing machine manufacturer. Our team is growing with the addition of co-founder Ahmad Erfan enhancing our business operations
Summit on the Mountain
June 14th, 2023.
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Artemis is a data modelling tool that bridges the gap between data and knowledge. With data scattered across multiple tables and databases, analysts often face time-consuming manual work. With Artemis' proprietary AI engine, Leto, scattered data is transformed into a powerful knowledge graph that makes modelling and exploration feel like a breeze. Already in beta with 40 teams, including Fortune 500 companies and Y-Combinator backed startups, Artemis is changing the game for data analysis.
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At GECCO we see the need for millions of new servers in the $400B Edge Computing market as an opportunity to create disruptive change that benefits enterprises and the planet. Innovating on cutting-edge defense compute technology, GECCO has developed rugged commercial servers and private edge cloud solutions that are 90% smaller, use 75% less power & material, and have an 80% lower GHG/carbon footprint; ideal for a more sustainable, resilient, and economical future.
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MADE Apparel is revolutionizing the outdoor industry with Custom Fit Outdoor Apparel Designed by YOU.
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Kite is a Venture Studio dedicated to catalyzing innovation in the mining and materials industries to enable the energy transition.
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At EchoLabs we are experts in theExecutive Summary collection, processing, and analysis of HyperSpectral Imaging within a burgeoning technological field aiming to help solve pressing environmental issues facing the planet today!
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Loba is bringing technology and smart design to the wellness market, streamlining pill and supplement management for consumers, practitioners, and suppliers.
The company is dedicated to make caring for one’s health a ritual by offering thoughtful solutions that enhance your life, starting with the Loba Smart Supplement Organizer and the Loba App. Their platform offers solutions to pain points experienced across the industry with hardware, software, and data to support users on their path to wellness.
Angel Forum #50
April 20th, 2023.
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Breeze Traffic is a cleantech company on a mission to reduce carbon emissions from traffic. Our market-ready technology leverages existing traffic cameras at intersections to measure and decrease GHG emissions.
In January this year we signed our first commercial contract for monitoring emissions and traffic flows at five locations in Metro Vancouver and are raising a pre-seed round of $500k.
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Ginger Desk’s virtual admin solution is disrupting healthcare. We are hiring, training and managing virtual medical office assistants to work within our unique, purpose-built model supporting allied health practitioners across Canada and the US.
We allow practitioners to serve twice as many patients as they have in the past. We offer patient outreach over text, email, and phone; custom digital workflows; 1:1 support from expert EMR users, while meeting the requirements of privacy and confidentiality.
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“Iris Dynamics has developed a proprietary line of smart, linear motors, that will disrupt an industry that has not seen technical advancement in decades. The Company’s smart motors offer integrated controls, sensors, and software for use in automation, robotics, manufacturing plants, vehicles, aircraft, hospital equipment, and other applications.
Iris uses patented algorithms to do what its competitors can not - deliver smooth, quiet, and force-aware linear motors. The Company is on track to deliver revenues of $1 million in 2023, generating a gross margin of above 70%.”
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Lite-1 is a proprietary patented platform biotech to produce the next generation of 100% sustainable dyes grown from microorganisms in a circular system. Our solution allows any industry to prototype exclusive dye solutions customized to their unique needs. Lite-1’s business model is a B2B with a TAM of $39 billion and the company is on its path to capture their first market entry of textile dye industry with a value of $11.3 billion.
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Omnae is a SaaS platform that crushes the inefficiencies of your outsourced manufacturing supply chain. By seamlessly connecting all your systems with all your partner systems - from accounting and procurement to engineering and project management - Omnae delivers instant updates with every decision, transaction and modification that any of your partners make. For the first time, everyone involved in your supply chain has a single source of truth they can rely on, and work with.
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Perfectly Snug is a sleep technology company that created a revolutionary cooling and heating mattress topper that customers describe as ‘life changing’. Their patented Smart Topper intelligently adjusts cooling & heating while you sleep, to eliminate night sweats and hot flashes. It has dual-zone control so that couples can each have their preferred temperature setting. Sales in 2022 totalled $460,000.
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Save Da Sea is a plant-based seafood company that makes products from whole foods that are better for you and our planet. Their 'smoked salmon' SKUs are made from carrots and their 'tuna salad' SKU is made from jackfruit. They are first to market in Canada with fresh, refrigerated plant-based seafood and available in 700+ stores across Canada including Whole Foods, Save-On-Foods and Sobeys. Having proven traction in Canada, they're now raising $500k to support their expansion to the US later this year and are projecting to be cashflow positive by Q4 2023.
Western Angel Investment Summit
February 24th, 2023.
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In the $264B recession proof beauty market, new brands are being launched daily. Blanka's technology makes it easy for brands of any size to source and customize the highest quality beauty products - with no minimums. Founded by a 2x entrepreneur and 30 Under 30 recipient, Blanka’s platform is the wholesale hub and fulfillment partner for branded beauty. Some highlights:
- US$46k in monthly revenue, with more than 333% YoY revenue growth in '22
- Onboarded over 11,000 sign-ups, with 400+ paying customers, growing at 10% MoM
- Drove US$560k of GMV in 2022, a 4x increase from ’21
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CargoSprout is the next-gen middle-mile freight logistics company. We provide an automated end-to-end delivery service for containers and goods from seaports and distribution centers to business locations. Our customers are international freight forwarding companies, and CargoSprout expedites the time-consuming process of managing the many moving parts and companies involved. CargoSprout has earned over nine-hundred thousand in sales revenue in the past twelve months. We're ramping up across Canada and the US.
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There are a lot of mapping apps. There are not a lot of ways to make maps. We’re building a platform that makes it as easy to create edit and share a map as a Google Doc. Our competitive advantage builds on our proprietary infrared wildfire data set (the largest in the world) and our provisionally patented machine learning algorithm, executing results 100x faster than traditional methods.
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Qase is a B2B SaaS platform that reinvents how law firms and legal organizations manage legal referrals. Since launch, Qase has made more than 25,000 referrals to 1,600lawyers in Canada & the USA, including more than 1 in 10 practicing lawyers in BC.
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SalonMonster empowers independent hairstylists and beauty professionals to grow (and fall in love with) their businesses. Our app platform provides career-spanning digital tools that increase business profitability by reducing customer no-shows and time spent on non-revenue generating administrative tasks. Founded in Victoria and Vancouver by a hairstylist, salon manager, and software developer, we have the inside knowledge to become the leader in the chair-rental salon and independent personal services software market.
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VodaSafe is a Canadian manufacturer committed to modernizing current water based rescue technologies for search and rescue, first responders, lifeguards, and law enforcement to aid in lifesaving and victim recovery. Born from the intersection of engineering and lifeguarding on the West Coast of Canada, VodaSafe’s flagship product, AquaEye®, is the world’s first hand-held scanning sonar device that utilizes ultrasound and artificial intelligence technologies for water rescue and recovery.
Virtual Investor Meetup #31
January 19th, 2023.
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WeDoLaundry is a revolutionary, eco friendly service for your laundry and dry cleaning needs. WeDoLaundry not only provides convenience, but we also save about 6-12 hours/month of customers time and help to contribute towards Green Earth by using eco friendly products.
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Isempower is a technology for international student success. The technology enables higher education institutions to support, engage and attract the growing population of international students at scale while helping employers hire educated entry-level candidates inside the country, faster and easier.
Angel Forum #49
In person, December 13th 2022.
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Blanka is a platform that helps anyone start a product line by automating the process of branding products, with no minimum order quantity - all through an app that works with any ecommerce store. Traditionally, if someone wanted to start their own product line, they would spend hours vetting suppliers, make a large upfront investment in inventory, store their inventory somewhere and would have to manage the logistics related to shipping products. With Blanka, merchants no longer have to deal with these headaches. Today, Blanka works with merchants around the world to help them launch their branded makeup or skincare line. Blanka has plans to launch other categories as well, including home goods and fitness products, and accessories.
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Digital Water Solutions’ hydrant.AI patented sensing technology enables it to listen for leaks directly in the water which means that non-surfacing leaks, including leaks present prior to installation of our devices, can be detected regardless of the pipe material, and from far greater distances. The acoustic, pressure and temperature data collected from these devices is fed into our platform AI to help water utilities build an understanding of their network based on what’s actually happening underground, and thus significantly reduce their operational costs.
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FLOAT VR is a virtual reality app for therapy and mental wellness. It helps users change their mental state, using a generative immersive environment that is infinite, ever changing, and highly customizable.
In early prototype tests with UBC students and with therapists, FLOAT reduced stress by 46%, increased focus by 35%, and improved the effectiveness of therapy in 81% of the sessions.
We're collaborating with a prominent mental health hospital in Israel, where an independent study has already been approved and will be starting soon.
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Kite is a fund-backed company creator for resource-intensive industries. Leading the charge in the intelligent transformation of primary materials manufacturing, Kite partners with mining and metals companies to transform their operations, meet their ESG commitments and decarbonize their operations by creating new, game-changing companies out of the solutions created.
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To serve people concerned about wellness and looking for healthier options, we created Canada’s 1stHard Kombucha. Plenty Hard Kombucha is a low calorie,low sugar, gluten –free and plant based healthier drinking alternative withhigh quality organic ingredients, anti-oxidantsand premium taste.
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SalonMonster empowers independent hairstylists and beauty professionals to grow (and fall in love with) their businesses. Our app platform provides career-spanning digital tools that increase business profitability by reducing customer no-shows and time spent on non-revenue generating administrative tasks. Founded in Victoria and Vancouver by a hairstylist, salon manager, and software developer, we have the inside knowledge to become the leader in the chair-rental salon and independent personal services software market.
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Wilma is North America’s first membership-based ride hailing service designed to address the safety concerns for women and gender diverse people. Both the rideshare industry giants, Uber and Lyft, have faced countless lawsuits, PR scandals, assault reporting, and violence towards women. For less than $15/month, plus the cost of the fare, riders enjoy having a female driver every time. Plus, riders do not pay the industry standard booking fees and Wilma provides a higher take-home income for its Drivers. In time, this community will become a valuable network for female brands to market, sell, and communicate.
Investors Meetup #30
Virtual, November 17th, 2022.
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Tenomix is a fast-growing medical technology startup that is targeting a massive problem in the colon cancer diagnostic process. Tenomix has developed a novel platform technology, incorporating robotics, ultrasound imaging and AI/ML, that automates the lymph node search process in resected colorectal cancer tissues and make the search process less labour intensive, less costly, and more reliable for pathology laboratories, resulting in better informed treatment decisions, fewer patient complications/fatalities and hospitals continuously meeting their quality metrics. Furthermore, given the ongoing pressures and increasing workloads faced by pathology laboratories, our goal is to equip pathology staff with the right tools that can help shorten sample preparation time, accelerate sample throughput and achieve productivity gains, while improving the current standard of care with the use of fewer resources.
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BryoSphere Biotechnologies has developed a sustainable manufacturing platform that makes cosmetic ingredients with genetically engineered moss. Bryosphere produces rare antioxidants that are currently challenging to manufacture in bulk, using a method projected to be competitively cost effective at scale. Our antioxidants allow natural/clean beauty brands to stand out from their competition with scientifically-proven active ingredients while fulfilling their commitment to clean, sustainable products.
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CertiCraft is a B2B SaaS compliance platform designed for licensed cannabis producers. It greatly simplifies, digitizes, and automates the tedious requirements of the Cannabis Regulations. They have grown to over 100 customers and $400k in ARR and won the OKGN Angel Summit competition in the spring.
Angel Forum #48
The Loft Earls Yaletown, October 20th, 2022
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AltFee is the foundation of a law firm's pricing system, empowering firms to boost their revenue through optimized pricing. The needs of all of the stakeholders in a legal services transaction have evolved dramatically, and the billable hour pricing model has held back revenue growth potential. Through the sharing of knowledge, collaboration and analysis of data trends, legal professionals can confidently scope and price their services and practice law without having to charge by the hour.
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Asset Market is a B2B SaaS business that accelerates the delivery of critical telecommunications, electric vehicle charging and IoT infrastructure. We do this through an online platform that connects organizations needing to find places to install devices (such as telecommunications carriers and EV charging firms) with those that own the land, buildings and structures that host those devices (such as local government, private landlords and electric utilities. Asset Market ensures infrastructure is installed in the most useful places while reducing the time and cost to secure sites for installations by 80%.
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Working on high-rise buildings, especially high-frequency jobs like cleaning and inspection, is done through a high-risk and inefficient manual process which requires skills that pay 2-3 times more in other industries. As a result, this $14B industry is constantly hiring and training to find new workers only to see 80% of them leave under 24 months. As a result, on average the businesses in this industry turn down $1-2M in revenue each due to unavailability of labor. Autonopia’s robotic platform, designed to enable vertical mobility required for this and other types of work on civil structures, offers 30% cost-saving, 80+% less labor at 2-3 times faster delivery speed, as proven by the working alpha version being tried in the field.
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Levr is a B2B fintech software that makes the process of finding, applying for, and managing business loans easy. Levr uses APIs to connect directly to a business’s accounting software and bank accounts to show them options of loans they can qualify for, auto-populate loan applications, and manage all of their existing loans within a single cloud-based platform.
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Nyoka makes light with proteins. We are a Cleantech + Biotech startup that develops powerful, safe, and sustainable biochemical lighting powered by our patented biocatalyst system. Our mission is to take over the $9B+ chemiluminescent lighting industry in market applications for military, marine, mining, outdoor safety, entertainment, space, and research.
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Viridis is a cleantech company addressing urgent global water pollution challenges from microplastics to harmful contaminants by eliminating toxic compounds from water. VEOX regenerative filters can be used both at scale in sewage, textile manufacturing & commercial washing machine markets as well as in individual households for consumers within the homecare products market. Its IP-protected, patent-pending VEOX water treatment technology delivers the first of its kind solution to destroy microplastics safely and completely.
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WiiBid is an online marketplace that empowers borrowers to apply, shop for, and obtain mortgages with a single, simple, and secure online application, in under 10 minutes. Its unique auction system fosters competition between over 30 lenders, creating more choices for borrowers and enabling them to get the best rates. The platform maintains privacy and security of all parties until a lender and bid is chosen.
