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Respina Smart Services Inc.
One Line Pitch: AI/VR based platform for construction and design professionals.
Business Summary: Respina Smart Services Inc. is developing a transformative collaborative platform for construction and design. The VR and AI-powered solution enables real-time collaboration, allowing stakeholders to interact with 3D building models and make instant design adjustments. By seamlessly combining VR, live collaboration, and design customization, the platform streamlines project workflow, enhancing efficiency and effectiveness in the construction and design industry.
Sector: Construction, Information Technology, Technology
RoboBiomics
One Line Pitch: Improving healthcare with robotics and artificial intelligence.
Business Summary: RoboBiomics is building innovative robotic technology using articifical intelligence to assist doctors and healthcare workers. This includes, analytical software, automatic genetic diagnosis, robotic screening tools and cancer detection.
Sector: Life Sciences
Robust Marketing and Communication Inc
One Line Pitch: An innovative event booking tool for hotel and venue managers to immediately assess what your costs/profit on booking an event will be in order to confirm the right bookings.
Business Summary: Robust Marketing and Communication is an innovative event booking calculator that hotel and venue staff to input particulars from customers (attendees, dates, food, drink etc.) and quickly calculate if the event meets the minimum return on investment needed by the hotel/venue. No more guessing and hoping that events are profitable and customize the inputs to suit the specific venue/hotel. Our competitive advantage will come from the deep industry insight we have with an industry co-development partner and technical experience to build a scalable software-as-a-service platform.
Sector: Services
Roham Cell Teb
One Line Pitch: Roham Cell Teb (RC Teb), is a medical technology company focused on the field of regenerative medicine with its patented Black Pearl Technology. The technology stimulates human or animal blood cells to produce and release growth factors and regenerative cytokines that accelerates the regeneration of soft tissues.
Business Summary: The Company plans to manufacture and distribute globally its branded Heila family of products suited and designed specifically for different remedies. The products will target MSK disorders in veterinary, MSK and sport related injuries, skin rejuvenation and wounds. Currently under development are products to target the management of endometrial related infertility and stem cell culture media. The company plans to distribute the products to health clinics and hospitals through specialized distribution partners initially once marketing clearance has been obtained in Canada and USA.
Sector: Medical Device, Technology
ROQ AI
One Line Pitch: Hardware and software Artificial Intelligence (AI) based mobile solution that provides automated elemental and mineral analysis of rocks replacing traditional lab tests.
Business Summary: ROQ AI developed a hardware and software solution based on AI that enables on-site reservoir rock analysis. Their solution is composed of a testing platform that show consistent and accurate results in real-time; and of a software that is equipped with automate drill cutting imagery, petrophysical and geochemical data from various sources and precise reports.
Sector: Communications Technology, Information Technology
Rose Healthcare Facility
One Line Pitch: Rose Healthcare Facility is developing a remote healthcare system leveraging AI, wearables, and seamless telecommunication integration to address limited access to healthcare.
Business Summary: By leveraging innovative technology, Rose Healthcare Facility will provide continuous tracking of vital health metrics, ensuring timely interventions and peace of mind. With a focus on empowering aging populations to live independently and safely, we strive to revolutionize eldercare with seamless remote monitoring solutions through a platform which will combine a state-of-the-art healthcare software suite with advanced artificial intelligence algorithms to analyze key data from wearable devices, providing real-time feedback and alerts to its users, their caretakers, and healthcare service providers.
Sector: Life Sciences
Rotary
One Line Pitch: Rotary is an AI-based online platform purchase assistant for direct communication for buying, selling, and repairing new and used rotary equipment.
Business Summary: Using questionnaires, smart calculators, and image-processing tools, our application will gather essential customer information and offer detailed comparisons between purchasing new equipment or opting for repairs. As such, the client will receive accurate guidance and can then make well-informed decisions regarding acquiring or maintaining rotary equipment.
Sector: B2B, SaaS
Rovaty Ascent International
One Line Pitch: Reliable verification of aviation software.
Business Summary: Rovaty Ascent International is a software and consulting company specializing in verification of aviation software. Our technology is based on a versatile and robust abstract interpretation method.
Sector: Information Technology
RSA
One Line Pitch: RSA offers a range of solutions to solve traffic issues for road users and road managers.
Business Summary: RSA produces and develops high technology and modern systems to collect real time road data, manufactures high-tech systems and solutions to indicate road data to governments and road users, and offers integrated solutions of various systems to reduce road maintenance costs and increase road safety.
Sector: Artificial Intelligence, Communications Technology, Information Technology
SABA SEWING
One Line Pitch: Your Trusted Partner for Custom Sewing Solutions
Business Summary: Saba’s Sewing Corporation is a leading sewing service provider, offering tailoring, alterations, and custom garment creation for individuals and businesses. Our skilled seamstresses and advanced equipment ensure high-quality craftsmanship and attention to detail. We specialize in custom clothing design, formal wear alterations, repairs, and commercial sewing services. With a focus on reliability, expertise, and customer satisfaction, we strive to be the go-to choice for all your sewing needs.
Safe Healthcare
One Line Pitch: A simple, cost-effective technology that tracks when a user’s hands are being washed by collecting location information when they enter a room, when their hands are in the sink, how long their hands are in the sink, and if the water is running.
Business Summary: Hand washing for hospital staff is extremely important as it ensures safe and healthy environments for patients, and greatly reduces hospital acquired infection (HAI). In many jurisdictions 100% hand washing compliance standards have been adopted. To ensure adherence to these policies, hand washing auditors are often hired to manually audit each hospital staff member and confirm if they are washing their hands at the proper times. This can range from tens to hundreds of highly trained practitioners and millions of dollars in costs.
Safe Healthcare is a software and sensor solution that uses off-the-shelf RFID technology within user bracelets as well as sensors within each hospital/facility sink to track and verify that when a staff member enters a new room, washes their hands in the sink for a sufficient amount of time. This will reduce the need for in-person verification and cost while preserving a high degree of safety.
Sector: Communications Technology, IT
SafeFoodDetector
One Line Pitch: A portable food contamination testing device.
Business Summary: SafeFoodDetector is developing a portable food contamination testing device that is able to also track the quality of food over a period of time. The advantages of using this lab-on-a-chip are reduced sample size, shorter reaction & analysis time, increased throughput, automation, and portability.
Sector: Advanced Health/Health Care IT, Life Sciences, Medical Device
SailBox
One Line Pitch: Platform-based bookkeeping, accounting, and financial management software integration.
Business Summary: SailBox is the boutique accounting firm of the future. Their team of accounting professionals will be trained to specialize in the use of the software that your company chooses to manage finances internally. Whether it be Quickbooks, NetSuite, Zoho, Xero, Wave, or one of the many other solutions. SailBox provides three key benefits:
1. Preparation of the books, using the software that you choose to run your business.
2. The staff specializes in the use of leading-edge accounting software and is well-prepared to consult with your team to maximize the benefit your business receives form using an innovative approach to financial management.
3. Using their services, engaging with our accountants, scheduling calls and meetings, and even paying contractors, can all be done through a single, centralized online platform. They can even assist your team in integrating their platform with your other productivity tools.
Sector: Communications Technology, Information Technology, Services
Salad Bar
One Line Pitch: Salad Bar offers a fully autonomous way for consumers to get fresh and on-the-go salads via their robotic vending machines.
Business Summary: Salad Bar is creating a fully touchless and autonomous salad bar that is served via a robotic vending machine. These salad bars will serve fresh and nutritional customizable salads that can be easily obtained on-the-go. Salad Bar looks to provides consumers with healthy and environmentally conscious alternatives for quick and easy consumption.
Sector: Food, Life Sciences
Sam Plas Co.
One Line Pitch: Sam Plas Co..
Business Summary: The Company was originally founded in Iran in 2020 and planning to relocate to Winnipeg. The company will continue to prototype and develop the product in Iran while awaiting the relocation to Winnipeg where the verification, validation, and clinical evaluation will take place. The company plans to manufacture the product in Canada, where they will obtain regulatory approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the USA, Health Canada, and CE Mark. The first clinical application will be for veterinary dermatological wounds then seek progressive indications for human dermatological skin conditions. The company is currently investigating the ideal business model for the product and is considering opening and operating dermatology clinics or sell directly to vet clinics and large hospitals.
Sector: Life Sciences
Sanflotec
One Line Pitch: A newly designed, patented, marine floating platform that is lighter in weight, easy to install, and can be customized in different sizes and applications.
Business Summary: The modified lightweight reinforced material is a game changing technology that opens new opportunities in light marine floating platforms. Current floating systems are either expensive or shape-limited; our technology provides a variety of customizable, economical platforms for different uses and applications; this technology saves businesses between 20-40% of cost inclusive of material and installation. In addition, it is easy to install and requires minimal maintenance. Also, experts are not required to install these systems; a large surface area can be assembled within a few hours. The applications are many – residential and commercial dock, swimming pools, restaurants, fish farms and many other service-based businesses.
Sector: Industrials
Sani-Signal
One Line Pitch: Automated sterile mask dispenser.
Business Summary: Sani-Signal is building an automated, sterile mask dispenser which also includes a hand sanitizer dispenser. The system allows for the distribution of masks without the risk of contamination by human touch. The market focus will be on retailers of medical supplies and hygienic products.
Sector: Medical Supplies
Sapphire
One Line Pitch: Sapphire is a company that provides IT risk assessment services, corporate employee training, systems testing, and related consulting services focusing on human elements to find and eliminate both technical and behavioral vulnerabilities of the data custody chain.
Business Summary: Sapphire is a company that helps businesses deal with the growing need for data security. The company’s core area of expertise is the human element in IT security. The company renders IT risk assessment services, corporate employee training, systems testing, and related consulting services to find and eliminate both technical and behavioral vulnerabilities of the data custody chain.
Sector: Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Services
SASCO
One Line Pitch: Integrated smart home system providing safety, security, comfort and automation.
Business Summary: Securohomes is an intelligent security system & amp service provider that combines the advantages of alarm, video surveillance, and home automation systems. It provides a one-stop solution to the requirements of home security systems which are based on electronic components specific to the personal computers (PCs), and controlled devices. Integrated with BMS (Building Management System), our computer-based systems are installed in homes to control, monitor, and notify, HVAC (heating, ventilation, air conditioning), lighting, power systems, fire systems, and security systems.
Sector: Communications Technology, Information Technology
Satellite Negotiator
One Line Pitch: Satellite Negotiator will provide collision avoidance and space traffic management services for satellite operators who operate in low‐earth orbit.
Business Summary: Satellite Negotiator initial product is a technology‐backed service for satellite operators. The long‐ term vision is to develop the technology into a global traffic management service provided to all operators in collaboration with the Canadian Government.
Sector: Communications Technology, Information Technology
Scan & Pay
One Line Pitch: Scan & Pay is an app-based software that enables shoppers to scan products and add them to a virtual cart for a contactless experience.
Business Summary: Scan & Pay is a software created to further enable contactless shopping and purchasing experiences. The app-based software gives shoppers the opportunity to scan products with their mobile device and add it to a virtual shopping to be purchased via the app. Scan & Pay hopes to provide consumers with a comfortable contactless shopping experience.
Sector: Retail
SecureCare
One Line Pitch: A revolutionized healthcare communication platform.
Business Summary: SecureCare will act as a simple and secure communication software to address the inefficiencies that exist today in communication between pharmacists and physicians. The platform will enable pharmacists, doctors, and clinic staff to communicate key information inside of a single, secure, and consolidated web/mobile platform to greatly improve patient care and medication management.
Sector: Communications, Healthcare
Seed to Spruce
One Line Pitch: Community engagement platform.
Business Summary: Seed to Spruce is a community driven platform that connects seniors and youth through guided programs. These activities build skills, foster connections, reduce isolation, and benefit local communities. Their goal is to create meaningful intergenerational relationships.
Sector: Communications Technology, Information Technology
SeedAR
One Line Pitch: SeedAR Inc. is building Indiroot, an augmented reality (AR) based Customer-to-Customer (C2C) online marketplace dedicated to indigenous peoples’ art, handicrafts, and traditional non-perishable foods.
Business Summary: To build a C2C online platform to both sell indigenous created products and to showcase their rituals, ancient knowledge, and languages with AR marketing methods. Our goal is to empower the indigenous people financially while revitalizing their culture and languages.
Sector: Augmented Reality, E-commerce
Sentechnology
One Line Pitch: Sentechnology pioneers non-invasive health monitoring through a wearable sensor, analyzing eccrine sweat biomarkers for athletes and diabetic patients, enhancing performance and well-being
Business Summary: Sentechnology produces a revolutionary wearable sensor that provides real-time, highly accurate analysis of critical eccrine sweat constituents such as glucose, sodium, potassium, and lactate. Our multiplexed sensing approach enables simultaneous measurement, allowing for personalized health monitoring of athletes and diabetic patients. With a focus on direct-to-consumer sales initially, our technology aims to evolve into B2B partnerships, integrating with smartwatches and major wearable sport gadgets.
Sector: Health, Technology
SepsisAlert Pro
One Line Pitch: SepsisAlert Pro is developing a sepsis detection platform that combines AI with dental and oral professionals’ expertise.
Business Summary: Dental infections, whether within or below teeth, can lead to sepsis, a serious life-threatening condition caused by the body’s response to infection. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), sepsis accounts for one in every five global deaths. Current diagnostic methods for sepsis often overlook oral and dental indicators. SepsisAlert Pro wants to improve sepsis diagnosis, through its Dental AI platform by providing real-time sepsis risk score software into every dental practice.
Sector: Life Sciences
Service Digital Powerhouse
One Line Pitch: Service Digital Powerhouse is creating an automated end-to-end affordable and scalable customer service software.
Business Summary: Service Digital Powerhouse (SDP) is developing customer service software for SMEs. Most customer service software is marketed toward large corporations, which makes it difficult to find a suitable one for SMEs. Using a cloud-based software that utilizes automated self-service chatbots, SDP has created a scalable and affordable service for SMEs to respond to customers easily and effectively.
Sector: Communications Technology, Customer Service, Information Technology
SHAADI
One Line Pitch: Shadi is a network of experienced, exclusively trained and licensed therapists who deliver 24/7 mental health services through a high-tech, AI-equipped platform.
Business Summary: A network of experienced, exclusively trained and licensed therapists who deliver 24/7 mental health services through a high-tech, AI equipped online platform.
The clients provide basic data via questionnaires. In less than a few hours, the platform suggests several therapists based on the clients’ objectives, preferences, and the type of issues they are dealing with. The clients choose the favored therapist. They can start communicating through the dedicated private online room instantly using text messages, voice memos, scheduled phone calls, or live video sessions.
Sector: Life Sciences
Shahjee Enterprises
One Line Pitch: Connecting sellers and buyers in real-time via a multi-vendor ecommerce marketplace.
Business Summary: Shahjee Enterprises is developing a multi-vendor e-commerce marketplace that tackles the numerous difficulties traders face when selling goods online. The proprietary platform includes AI-based localised shopping and real-time live shopping, reducing pain points through face-to-face interactions between seller and buyer.
Sector: E-commerce
ShipScanner
One Line Pitch: A mobile application to revolutionize your shipping experience
Business Summary: ShipScanner is a mobile application that utilizes smartphone cameras to scan and compute package dimensions. It compares prices, shipping times, and other benefits from available transport companies. ShipScanner’s mobile application ensures a user-friendly experience, incorporating essential features for seamless order fulfillment from start to finish.
Sector: Communications Technology, IT
SightVet
One Line Pitch: Sightvet provides a Computer-Aided Diagnosis (CAD) Tool That Quickly and Accurately Differentiates Between Primary Brain Tumors in dogs and cats using MRI image data.
Business Summary: Sightvet software is sold to veterinary radiologists that want to increase the accuracy and thoroughness of their patient diagnosis and analysis. Both dogs and cats with brain cancer benefit from MRI imaging. We use the MRI images and apply our image processing software to quickly and accurately determine the type of tumour between gliomas and meningiomas. The radiologists use this software as a trusted second opinion for their diagnosis.
Sector: Artificial Intelligence, Veterinary Radiologist Tool
SignVid
One Line Pitch: A communication platform to support people with hearing disabilities that assists them in communicating with people as well as service providers such as banks, health care providers and other businesses.
Business Summary: SignVid markets accessibility services for deaf people to services providers. By leveraging code scanner technologies and on demand video calls with a sign language call center, SignVid creates communication platforms that help businesses communicate their products and services to deaf people.
Sector: Communications Technology, Information Technology
Simac Tech
One Line Pitch: Comprehensive E-permitting platform.
Business Summary: Simac Tech’s team is bringing an integrated, multi-agency, interoperable and comprehensive e-permitting platform that can improve the regulatory processes of an entire country, province, or city.
Sector: GovTech, Information Technology
SimpleSpec
One Line Pitch: A simple application that leads service providers through installations while gathering data from the field to provide a better way of tracking and organizing the process from start to finish.
Business Summary: Businesses that conduct installs or repairs often track and document processes performed using paper or through disjointed programs, causing long wait times for review of the installation and steps being missed. The SimplSpec application combines installation steps and quality assurance steps into a single step-by-step guide. SimpleSpec also generates reports for back office to ensure all data is logged and tracked from the field.
Sector: Services
Simplibuy
One Line Pitch: Simplibuy Inc. aims to bridge the gap between healthcare providers and suppliers.
Business Summary: Simplibuy Inc. is a digital platform that aids healthcare providers (HP), to solve their medical supplies issues through a frictionless process which is fast, reliable, economical and easy. Its vision is to be a one-stop shop for all medical supplies. It is currently serving over 473 customers. It advises clients on market trends by analyzing information and identifying market opportunities to recommend solutions which will meet their clients’ clinical needs.
Sector: Communications Technology, Information Technology
Siotech
One Line Pitch: Makes you look good anytime, anywhere.
Business Summary: Siotech offers AI / mobile apps which features a personalized fashion connisseur allowing users to complete their outfit from head to toe with a comprehensive collection of fashion accessories. We provide our customers the opportunities to do their own mix & match with our variety of modules including hairstyles (for head bands), clothings at collar (for necklaces), ears (for ear rings), forearms (for bracelets) etc.
Sector: Information Technology, Technology
SK Technology
One Line Pitch: Professional internet digital reading company.
Business Summary: SK Technology is a digital book reading business providing mobile application, online web bookshop, audible book reading including animated books, comics and novels. This includes recommending books to readers through algorithms.
Sector: Communications Technology, Information Technology
SkiviYaan
One Line Pitch: The Next-Generation of Silk.
Business Summary: SkiviYaan developed a strategy to genetically engineer silkworms for production of recombinant silk-wool yarn which combines the characteristics of silk and wool in a single thread. Our product has several competitive advantages over expensive blended fabrics and our technology allows for future expansion to create recombinants with cashmere, alpaca, and mohair.
Sector: Clean Technology, Life Sciences, Manufacturing
SkyCondor
One Line Pitch: Unique Drone-enabled solutions for pre-construction condo builders and sellers.
Business Summary: Highly experienced team of engineers delivering a unique drone-enabled set of solutions for the condo construction industry. The first product, called SkyPreview, allows builders and brokers of pre-construction condos to get stunning mock-ups of condo views powered by real-world photographs captured by our semi-autonomous drones. Team already has LOIs in place, in is poised for rapid growth.
Sector: Information Technology, Services
Skysama Buildings
One Line Pitch: Revolutionize the construction industry with this cloud-based digital platform for streamlining inspection and quality control processes
Business Summary: Skysama Buildings is cloud-based platform that automates construction inspections and quality control. This platform combines AI/ML technology to generate annotated videos and inspection reports, creating a more efficient quality assurance process beyond the capabilities of a manual inspection.
Sector: Communications Technology, IT
Smagritech Technologies
One Line Pitch: An innovative software platform form integrating different IOT solutions.
Business Summary: Developing a concept of commerce, Smagritech’s platform would be able to integrate all sensors provided from various vendors in a single window. The artificial intelligence helps farm managers monitor and analyze all data. Based on the data of benchmarks in the industry, their platform would receive suggestions regarding the best harvest time and the highest yield.
Sector: Technology
SmarDEN
One Line Pitch: SmarDEN is improving dentistry thorough mixed reality (VR/AR) in conjunction with AI and 3D printing in dentistry to help with accurate design and surgery planning.
Business Summary: SmarDEN has developed a mixed realty with the aim to improve current dentistry operations and planning. Using virtual and augmented reality with both 3D printing and AI technology, they have created a space for dentists to optimize and plan out dental procedures. SmarDEN hopes their product will help to improve and enhance the current state of dentistry through its use.
Sector: Health Sciences
Smart Auto Diagnosis
One Line Pitch: Smart Auto Diagnosis provides software and a diagnostic tool that accesses the data memory of the control units and electronic devices inside the device and evaluates them.
Business Summary: The use of diagnostic scanning tools in the car allows its owners to fix the problem as soon as they are alerted to the error and understanding the importance of this error before there is further damage can avoid high repair costs.
Sector: Automotive, Communications Technology, Information Technology
Smart Beekeeping
One Line Pitch: Specializes in finding an ideal site for bee colonies in a given area to optimize profit by increasing the quantity and quality of honey produced.
Business Summary: Using a combination of drone footage, GIS, and AI, Smart Beekeeping will assist beekeepers in determining which sites to use for their bee colonies. This technology incorporates the weather history, plant species, road maps, and hydrographic mapping of the area to determine the best possible location.
Sector: Agricultural Technology
Smart Bid and Tender Management
One Line Pitch: A powerful collaborative tool designed for end-to-end bid and tender management.
Business Summary: Team has developed an intelligent tender management software solution using artificial intelligence and machine learning. This solution will offer any stakeholder within the bidding process, the ability to plan, manage, and track all contract bidding activity on a single platform. Key features include tender schedules, technical committees and evaluations, financial evaluations, and formal evaluations.
Sector: Technology
Smart Civil Inc.
One Line Pitch: Empower your projects with our AI-based solution for predicting concrete compressive strength. Streamline your process, minimize trial and error, and maximize performance.
Business Summary: Smart Civil Inc. will design and develop an accurate AI-based digital model for predicting concrete compressive strength by extracting the optimized mixture proportions and mixed designs. The company intends to use the extracted outputs, in the production step of the required concrete, and produce the required, reliable and optimized concrete.
Sector: Engineering
Smart Core Concrete
One Line Pitch: Smart Core Concrete has developed a software application powered by artificial intelligence and based on neural network algorithms to offer a fast, accurate, and unsupervised prediction of concrete compressive strength.
Business Summary: A user-friendly software that uses an ANN algorithm to make a data-driven software model that converts data into meaningful insights. The model monitors and seamlessly predicts concrete compressive strength effectively and accurately. A second conditional/environmental model is used to individualize the optimization of concrete mixtures by considering the structure’s conditions and environment.
Sector: Communications Technology, Information Technology
Smart Credit Repair Mobile Application
One Line Pitch: AI driven finance assistant application.
Business Summary: Smart Credit’s AI-powered application makes managing your finances easy. It uses smart technology to analyze your credit score data from TransUnion and Equifax, providing personalized advice to boost your credit and achieve your financial goals. Their application continuously learns from your financial history, offering personalized recommendations.
Sector: Communications Technology, Information Technology
Smart Disaster Survival Mobile Application
One Line Pitch: Innovative solution to preventing and responding to natural disasters.
Business Summary: This company is building an innovative mobile application that is free for users to download. This application uses artificial intelligence, machine learning and blockchain technology to collect and analyze data from satellite images, user uploaded images and thermal maps to then notify users and communities of potential natural disasters that could occur in their area. The application further
provides recommended steps for a community to take to avoid these disaster from happening and immediately notifies first responders if a disaster does occur. This application will help to save lives and reduce disaster related expenses and costs.
Sector: Communications Technology, Information Technology
Smart Earth Guardians
One Line Pitch: Smart Earth Guardians aims to transform waste collection into a social mission that benefits individuals and the planet
Business Summary: Smart Earth Guardians has developed a unique software solution to address waste management issues. This platform incentivizes individuals to segregate their waste, and they can earn rewards for doing so. Team has also created a reliable e-wallet for customers to cash out their rewards or trade them for items in the online store.
Sector: B2C, Utilities
