It’s that time of the year again when the League of Innovators (LOI) launches back into the free, no equity, and no-strings-attached Labs virtual accelerator program with a sick community of youth entrepreneurs joining the LOI Community from coast to coast. Throughout the 12-week program, these 35 youth-led startups will buckle up and dive deep into working on their business as they learn from the best of the best serial entrepreneurs, investors and industry experts in Canada. Their focus will be working through the Labs program’s 12 modules to deliver on three key learning goals which are: Founder First, Getting Your House in Order and Building Connections. Our LOI team, partners and supporters are excited to be working with these 65 youth entrepreneurs in Labs’ most competitive and oversubscribed cohort to date. Without further ado, here is the next generation of business leaders and changemakers ready to take the Canadian economy and innovation ecosystem by storm.
Founders: Kristen Murray (23, St. John's NFLD) Patrick Bégin (25, St. John's NFLD)
Altroo helps workplaces manage social giving and corporate social responsibility by running programs (i.e fundraisers for causes) that align with the workplace's values, offer carbon offsets, manage volunteering events, and more!
@getaltroo
Founder: Victoria Preston (21, Toronto ON)
Big Spoon Lil Spoon is a social venture that provides cooking classes, life-skills workshops and employment opportunities for youth with disabilities and their siblings.
@bigspoon_lilspoon
Founder: Jeffrey Fasegha (22, Toronto ON)
The Black Hair Network is a complete hair platform, connecting artists and customers with the mission to build community, empower hair artists and promote black hair love.
@theblackhairnetwork
Founder: Christina Morrow (24, Vancouver BC)
Bombshell Boxing brings high-quality, environmentally conscious, and ethically sourced Canadian-made activewear to women in mixed martial arts.
@bombshellboxing
Founders: Sana Mungroo (24, Milton ON) and Kabir Malkani (22, Stony Creek ON)
Curabit’s client dashboard allows business owners to pinpoint problem areas and trending topics in their business directly from customer input through a fully integrated end to end service.
Founders: Josie Wheaton (22, Kelowna, BC) and Zak Wheaton (24, Kelowna BC)
Credit Elephant is a fintech solution in the credit industry. They help Canadians clean up their bad credit so they can regain financial freedom by addressing the elephant in the room, debt.
@creditelephant
Founders: Daisy Browns (26, Vancouver BC) and Melody Lim (24, Vancouver BC)
Daisy Browns Ceramics creates functional and sculptural pottery intended for the home. These pieces are handmade, surface designed, and durable, providing unique and expressive homewares that are made locally with Canadian clay.
@daisybrownsceramics
Founders: Jessica Bosman (24, Vancouver BC) and Bryn Davis (25, Toronto ON)
DOUBL is a start-up retailer that aims to provide women with a customizable bra by taking exact body measurements through existing 3D image technology.
@DOUBL
Founders: Alyssia Jovellanos (23, Hamilton ON) and Martin Ciesielski-Listwan (23, Hamilton ON)
Elentless is an AI-based search and analytics platform that helps meritorious litigation cases cross the finish line and access non-recourse funding. Elentless drastically reduces the time it takes to do this for meritorious civil rights and personal injury cases, leveraging a database of millions of public court records. They also help lawyers uncover biases and actionable insights.
EMPOWER International Students
Founders: Pat Chaisang (25, Vancouver BC) and Jaskaran Bedi (27, Vancouver BC)
EMPOWER provides career development opportunities for international students to help them jumpstart their careers in Canada. They offer career development events & workshops, mentorship programs, and one-on-one job search support.
@empower.is @empowerinternationalstudents
Founders: Rick Cha (32, Vancouver BC) and Hao Kun Du (Chris) (25, Vancouver BC)
Ensightful is a team management platform tailor-made for higher education that helps instructors facilitate better team projects with actionable data to improve student learning for collaboration and teamwork skills
@ensightfulapplication
Founder: Niki Najafi (27, Vancouver BC)
Vancouver based jewelry boutique offering exceptional jewelry at affordable prices.
@fabcollectionjewlry @fabcollection_
Founder: John Sparrow (25, Winnipeg MB)
Go Oil is changing the oil change process. They come to you through their smart vehicle maintenance subscription model, making car maintenance a breeze. Starting from $0.03 per km.
@gooilcanada
Founders: Manny Mand (23, Brampton ON), Gabriel Betlen (23, Pickering ON), Alexander (Sacha) Tilp (31, Toronto ON), Kieran Zakaria (27, Whitby ON), and Dominik Penner (22, Brandon MB)
Hackers for Change is a registered not-for-profit in the Canadian cybersecurity space educating and empowering charities to protect their computer and information systems allowing them to focus on maximizing their social impact. They also are providing the future generation of Canada's cybersecurity workforce with valuable hands-on experience.
@hackerschange
Founder: Kenton Mugford (25, Vancouver, BC)
HCKY 365 is an apparel company designed to represent the modern hockey fan. Their aim is to empower people to express themselves and their love of hockey off the ice through apparel.
@hcky365
Founders: Jessica Giuntoli (20, London ON), Bradley Staite (26, Toronto ON), and Malcolm Cardoza (26, Whitby ON)
Howlurr’s mission is to convert a dog's walk into measurable health metrics. Howlurr is making dog walking an enriching experience for owners and their beloved pets.
@howlurr
Industree Recruitment Technologies Inc.
Founder: Zachary Cooper-Black (25, Edmonton AB)
Industree is a construction job network that smartly matches workers to open project positions, automates the recruitment process, and streamlines communications between workers and the companies in one platform.
@industree.platform
Founders: Jackson Cooper (19, Calgary AB), Huda Abbas (18, Calgary AB), Maggie Thai (19, Calgary AB), and Alec Lamb (18, Calgary AB)
JAMH's vision is to curate accessible AI-powered tools to promote success in an increasingly data-driven world. Their team is using natural language processing as well as novel content analysis techniques to address fake news and misinformation on the internet. JAMH is also validating the integration of their technology in the energy industry in regards to the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) reporting.
@jamh.ai @jahm_ai @jahm
KOOL APPAREL CLOTHING & ACCESSORIES INC.
Founders: Juan S.B Rincon (23, Granby, QC), Etienne Penelle (23, Granby, QC), and Samuel Choquette (23, Granby, QC)
KOOL APPAREL is a clothing and accessories brand whose mission is to promote mental health awareness while donating 10% of profits to mental health organizations.
@KOOLAPPARELCA @ApparelKool @kool.apparel
Founder: Aishwarya Khanduja (22, Calgary AB)
LoopEducation is an academic consulting startup that leverages the lived experience of post-secondary students to provide academic consulting services at affordable rates and increase equitable access to quality higher education.
@loopeducation
Founders: Fatimah Areola (20, Mississauga ON), Hussein Hassanali (19, Toronto ON), and Mylene Tu (20, Windsor ON)
Lumaki Labs Inc. is an educational technology start-up that focuses on shifting the nature of student opportunities by working with companies and educational institutions to explore and build on the potential of virtual internships. We're on a mission to pave paths that mobilize the next generation of workers.
@lumakilabs
Founder: Maria Orrego (19, Victoria BC)
Nutsie has innovated The World's Greatest Low-Carb Snacks. We create incredibly tasting keto-friendly snacks with 100% real ingredients like almonds & coconut, no sugar, no gluten, no artificial sweeteners/flavours, and only 3g of net carbs!
@nutsiesnacks
Founders: Christian Camarata (22, Mississauga ON), Matthew Cianci )(22, Mississauga ON), and Pavel Uvarov (33, Toronto ON)
OpenRace is the first-ever, real-time virtual running app. Our app uses GPS tracking software to provide live updates for key metrics such as: position, pace, distance, time and splits, ultimately improving a runners experience, results, or both. This also allows event organizers to offer an interactive race, add another revenue stream and reach a larger audience.
@openraceapp
Founders: Mikaela Morelli (24, Winnipeg MB), Pascal McCarthy (24, Fredericton NB), and Kevin McCarthy (28, Fredericton NB)
Parados Cerebral Solutions is taking an objective approach to the concussion epidemic in sports in cooperation with the Concussion Legacy Foundation of Canada. By combining biomechanics with data analytics, the Parados team is currently developing data collection hardware devices to complement our advanced analytics platform.
Founder: Anamika Gioia (25, Vancouver BC)
At Sacred Foods, they believe in honouring food in its most natural form. Their lotus seeds are hand picked, popped in small batches and roasted to perfection using simple seasonings and olive oil. This divine superfood is packed with protein, fibre and minerals so you can indulge in snacking while still feeling nourished.
@eatsacredfoods
Shine Strength & Confidence Inc.
Founders: Jessica Takimoto (21, Kingston ON)
Welcome to SHINE - a group fitness program based that you can join digitally AND physically. Join the SHINE team in our 5 day/week class-based workout program. It's hard. It's fun. And it's effective - but no transformation pics or ab challenges here! The only goal is for you to leave each class feeling Stronger & more Confident than when you started.
@shine.s.c
Founders: Youssef Gendy (17, Oakville, ON) and Michael Hana (18, Oakville, ON)
TagTeach is a platform for high school teachers allowing them to do everything their job requires in one place through Google Classroom; creating and marking rubrics, planning lessons, and communicating feedback.
@tagteach.io
Founders: Ghalia Aamer (18, Edmonton AB), Deem Aamer (16, Edmonton AB) and Deeyan Rizwan (20, Edmonton AB)
8 out of 10 people struggle with public speaking, but existing resources to combat the fear are limited and expensive. TalkMaze solves this with its interactive digital platform that connects people across the globe with the training they need to build practical communication skills.
@talkmaze @talkmaze_
Founders: Jack Campbell (22, Victoria BC) and Nick Richardson (21, Vancouver BC)
True North Influence works with Government and industry leaders in reaching and inspiring youth to take action on important issues for now, and for their future. We strive to be brokers of honest, authentic communication via channels where youth engage both online and offline.
Founder: Winnie Chang (23, Vancouver BC)
At TumblerShare e work in partnership with Renaissance Coffee at SFU Burnaby to facilitate our tumbler borrowing program. Our registered members pay a deposit for a membership card that allows them to borrow tumblers. When ordering a drink at Renaissance Coffee, members exchange their membership cards for a tumbler. When our members are finished with their drink, they simply drop off the empty tumbler and receive their card back for next time. Renaissance sanitizes and stores the tumblers for the next use.
@tumbler_share
Founder: Harjas Grewal (22, Brampton ON)
United Women is a platform committed to amplifying the voices of Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) youth and women. Our content aims to situate marginalized voices within wider conversations of the sustainable developmental goals (SDGs), global policy, human rights, and more. United Women exists to start conversations and implement real change through our work.
Founders: Eliana Bravos (20, Markham ON) Lina Lam (19, Markham ON) and Peter Lai (20, Markham ON)
Viability Employment Services is a collective of neurodivergent and neurotypical youth working in partnership to empower neurodivergent youth in work, school, and life.
@viablecareers
Founders: Livia Han (22, Oakville ON) Eve and Staszczyszyn (22, Granby QC)
WellnessWorld a B2B SaaS platform for post-secondary students to manage their wellness and engage in their campus community. WellnessWorld connects students to events, resources, and services, based on their unique needs, wants, and identity.
@wellnessworld_uottawa
