Founders get investment ready
Platform Calgary is a non-profit, member based organization. Our mandate is to bring together the resources of Calgary's tech ecosystem to help startups launch and grow at every step of their journey, from ideation through to scale.
More about Platform CalgaryPlatform Calgary, Spring Activator and Innovate Calgary are excited to welcome 19 startups and their founders to learn the ins and outs of capital raising with the Investment Readiness program.
The Investment Readiness program is designed for founders who are curious about the investment process or ready to raise funds and are unsure where to focus their efforts. Through 5 weeks of interactive learning sessions with experts, guest speakers, and other entrepreneurs, this program will provide the tools, frameworks, and best practices to help entrepreneurs gain confidence to seek strategic impact funding. Founders will walk away from the program with knowledge on funding literacy and a better understanding of the investment landscape - ready to pitch investors!
Meet the founders & their startups:
- SolarSteam Inc.| Apostol Radev + David Babich
- Sport Product Testing - CSI Calgary | Pro Stergiou
- Shipup Global Solutions Inc | Jaber Ebrahimi
- SFT Global, Inc | Mack Barber + Tracey Wallace
- Vital XR | Dr. Omar Damji + Neil Christensen
- SeeRem | Max Chernetsov
- 8 Bit Cortex | Ty McKinney + Shannon Snaden
- 3Edges | Alexandre Babeanu
- Promera Inc. | Trafford Crump + Luke Rudmik
- Buoyancy Works Software Corp. | Jon MacConnell
- Raft Rehabilitation | Geoffrey Frost
- AnthoBio | Lin Tang + Wee Yong
- WordKit AI | Kuifei Liu + Jack Zhu
- Law Prompt | Ali Salman + Sara Reisi Dehkordi
- Eimhe Inc. | Jefferson Roc + Kris Pyle
- MWDPlanet and Lumen Corp | Mariya Kucherenko + Borys Kucherenko
- Rambody | Farzan Havaee + Sara Reisi
- Wave View Imaging Inc. | Jeremie Bourqui + Elise Fear
- SenseSi Technology Inc. | David Rosenegger + Jaideep Bains + Amir Nezhad
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February 3, 2023
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