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Next up! ✨ Summations took home the category prize for Digital Platforms. Summations is an AI-powered platform that helps educators teach using flexible materials. It transforms credible sources into engaging instructional content. Summations allows instructors to easily deliver personalized lectures with both academic expertise and personal experience. We're excited to see the progress the team makes in the future! Congratulations, once again! Coast Capital Savings _____ #Ventureprize #pitchcompetition #university #educator #aiforeducation

✨Next in the spotlight: the winners of the Science & Technology category at the 2024 Coast Capital Venture Prize pitch competition. Presenting to you- BryoSphere Biotechnologies! The company employs advanced biotechnology to synthesize rare, plant-derived molecules from moss. BryoSphere is committed to developing BryoBright, designed for topical applications targeting skin hyperpigmentation. Congratulations on your win, team! Coast Capital Savings ___ #biotechnology #reserachinaction #commercialization

👏🏼👏🏼Round of applause for the winner of the Local to Global category prize during this season of the Coast Capital Venture Prize pitch competition! The title was awarded to NaloxHome Society! NaloxHome is a non-profit organization that provides science-backed, youth-to-youth drug education in BC secondary schools. NaloxHome has mobilized over 55 BC youth volunteers to conduct workshops right across BC. The future is bright as we see our youth take on these daunting and very important social issues. Congratulations, NaloxHome Society! Coast Capital Savings Chloe Goodison _____ #harmreduction #sciencebacked #stayinformed #naloxone #fraserhealth

✨Presenting to you the winner of this year's Patrick Lougheed SFU Alumni Founder Award: Ryan Stolys! Along with his co-founders, the Coach and Assistant Coast of SFU’s golf teams, Ryan was also co-winner of the 2022 Idea Prize. A past eCoop and current Venture Connection incubator client, last Spring Ryan was a convocation speaker, as he graduated with his SFU degree in Applied Sciences. Ryan is working full-time on One Iota within our offices at SFU-Surrey, and continues to volunteer his time to engage with our entrepreneurship community and the next generation of founders. Congratulations Ryan! SFU Advancement and Alumni Engagement #golf #oneiotaperformance #sfualumni #alumni #almamater #engagedalumni

🏅A big congratulations to Pulse Tofu, the winner of this year's Top Idea Prize during the Coast Capital Venture Prize 2024 competition season! The team was crowned winner of the top idea for their innovative solution of soy-free tofu! Whether you're vegan, flexitarian, or simply looking to expand your culinary horizons, Pulse Tofu is the choice that bridges taste, nutrition, and sustainability in one bite. ⭐️Also shout out to the Idea Prize runner ups! RoomTreeapp, ImpAssis, and Agora made the decision very difficult for our jury to decide on competition rankings resulting in a 3-way tie for the runner up of the Idea Prize! The three runner ups will each receive a cash award for their compelling ideas an pitches. Congratulations to Pulse Tofu, RoomTree, ImpAssis, and Agora! Coast Capital Savings #venturepitch #startupidea #ideaprize

And, that's a wrap! 🏆 The 2024 Coast Capital Venture Prize competition came to a close on the evening of April 9 at the awards ceremony held at SFU VentureLabs, where competitors and winners alike were celebrated for their innovative, awe-inspiring, and daring solutions to some of today's pressing societal concerns. Fingerprint Technologies was named the Top Venture for driving sustainable transportation forward through the reinvention of the e-bike. The company was awarded $10,000 cash along with several in-kind packages to continue working on their product. Their reimagined e-bike will reduce car trips and attract new users – especially women – by making e-bikes lighter and safer to ride! Read more about the winners here here: https://lnkd.in/gPvd_Suk Photos by Kevin Pilar, MEd #entrepreneurship #innovation #engageduniversity #entrepreneurialmindset #changinstitute ____ Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University Invention to Innovation (i2I) Sarah Lubik Elicia Maine Coast Capital Savings Mauro Manzi Carolyn Egri Janice OBriain Anthony King Thomas Partridge, PMP Krysta Pallone Helm Simon Ford Carson Keller Daniel Cherkezov Fiona L. Ben Chow, MBA, P.Eng. Maycko Macapugas Aditi Kapil Gaurav Jain, MBA Simon Fraser University

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The Coast Capital Venture Prize 2024 Awards Ceremony is officially less than 3 weeks away! Our celebration of the Venture Stream finalists continues! We are beaming with excitement to introduce the contestants in the Digital Platforms category! Ventures in this category feature a digital platform selling to companies or consumers with a subscription, enterprise-based, or comparable business model. Meet the finalists! ⚡️Immersio ⚡Pondr ⚡Care Portals ⚡Summations Good luck in the Venture Stream Finals! ️🎉 ——— #entrepreneurship #immersio #pondr #careportals #summations #coastcapital #ventureprize

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