Over the past few months, we’ve been hosting a ton of prizes and opportunities for startups from around the globe on Startupfest Pitch from Home. While we’ll continue to introduce more prizes into the fall, meet the startups that are taking home the first round of opportunities!
$100k Prize “Best of the Fest”
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The prize: A $100,000 investment. The winner: Qoherent, Ashkan Beigi |
Grandmothers’ Choice Award
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The prize: $1000 cash, and a handful of in-kind services! The winner: Steadiwear, Emile Maamary |
CBC Montreal Pivot Prize
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The prize: A feature on CBC’s Let’s Go with Sabrina Marandola and pitch feedback from CBC journalists. The winner: Factually Health, Lina Forcier |
L-SPARK 2020 SaaS Accelerator
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The prize: Admission into the 6-month intensive L-SPARK SaaS Accelerator program. The winner: UpKy, Uriel Bigot |
Next AI Top Startup Award
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The prize: One spot in either the Toronto or Montreal 2021 Cohort of Next AI, Canada’s premiere accelerator for idea to pre-seed stage AI-enabled startups. The winners: (Montreal) WALO, Rim Charkani and (Toronto) Announced next week! |
Next 36 Young Entrepreneur Award
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The prize: An exclusive founder spot in the 2021 Cohort of Next 36! The winner: Integral Health, Daniel Szulc |
Centech Accelerator Program
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The prize: Two spots to be part of Centech’s fall 2020 cohort, an intensive 12-week program starting September 8th. The winners: MoveMate, Lucas Francioli and Hoppin’ World, Joaquim Miró |
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The DMZ 2020 Accelerator Cohort
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The prize: Admission into the 3.5 month DMZ 2020 Accelerator program. Your only focus throughout the program? Build a revenue-driven growth playbook and become a true sales-focused organization. The winner: Gray Routes AI Inc, Sapna Patel |
Le Camp Incubation Program
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The prize: Admission for two companies into LE CAMP Incubation Program. The winners: MoveMate, Lucas Francioli and Shapeshift 3D, Daniel Béland |
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“Défi Start-up Les Affaires”
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The prize: Many prizes to win, including a coveted spot in the finals of Startupfest’s $100k Investment Prize. The winner: Eli Health, Marina Pavlovic |
We still have more prizes to be announced in the coming weeks, including the lucky startup pitching live at FounderFuel Demo Day this fall, and more, and we’ll be continuing to launch additional prizes into the fall!