Record number of startups apply to pitch at Inventures
May 08 2024 - 3:00PM
Thousands of dollars are on the line along with exposure to a
global audience and technology investors for 30 companies that have
made the final cut for the Inventures Startup Pitch Competition.
Inventures 2024 is fast approaching, and a select
group of companies have been identified as the finalists for this
year’s pitch competition. There are six competitions, each with a
$10,000 prize and five finalists who will pitch live on stage. The
six competitions mirror the program tracks of this year’s
conference.
Pitch competition themes are:
- Growing Up: Food Tech Farm to Fork
- Tech Triathlon: Quantum + AI + Iot
- Blurring Boundaries: Tech At Work
- Entrepreneurship: Accelerating Scaleup
- Live Long Live Well: Unveiling Health Data
- Earth Tech: Building Everything Better
Interest in this year’s pitch competition resulted
in more than double the applicants from the prior year. The field
of 1,097 was screened to 477 before being narrowed to the 30
finalists. As western Canada’s leading innovation and investment
conference, Inventures continues to attract a global following with
178 applications evaluated belonging to companies from outside of
Canada. A further 212 applications came from Alberta companies with
the remaining 87 coming from other provinces. Of the 30 finalists
selected, eight are from the United States, nine from across Canada
and 13 from within Alberta.
“Inventures is where business gets done and in
2023 between $164M-$256M in transactions took place. If you’re an
investor looking for your next opportunity, Inventures is your
place. If you’re a startup company aiming to get noticed,
Inventures is your stage to stand out from the crowd. If you are a
large corporation, come see the technology of the
future.”
Laura Kilcrease, CEO, Alberta Innovates
“Pitching at Inventures in 2023 was a great
experience for Kello Inclusive and led to opportunities that have
helped our agency continue to grow and succeed. I’ll be watching
this year to see what great ideas emerge from the
competition.” Katie McMillan, Founder Kello
Inclusive, Inventures 2023 pitch winner
Pitch finalists will be judged on five critical
elements:
- Creativity – the originality and uniqueness of the idea
- Potential – the longevity, actualization, and profitability of
the idea
- Goodness – how does the product or service impact/improve the
world?
- Traction – sales, users, marketing exposure, etc.
- Team / People – how will the team help the startup
succeed?
In addition to the formal Inventures competition,
several other pitch competitions will take place, hosted by partner
groups including venture capital funds.
The additional pitch competitions are:
- Plug and Play AI in Energy Innovation Challenge
- UCalgary x TC Energy Ingenuity Pitch Prize
- SVG Ventures | THRIVE & Alberta Innovates Climate Challenge
Pitch Showcase
- Ontario Brain Institute Neurotech Pitch Competition
Partner groups are encouraged to use Inventures as
a platform to capitalize on the global audience drawn to Alberta.
For more information on the pitch competitions visit
Inventurescanada.com.
Pitch finalists by competition theme
Tech Triathlon |
Veristart |
UpRow |
Hoonify Technologies |
Deaf AI |
Fringe Field Technologies Inc. |
|
Growing Up |
iClassifier |
Cattle Scan |
Blomso |
CleanBands |
CanDry Technologies Inc. |
|
Early Tech |
Bio-Brick Labs |
Particle-N |
elerGreen Industry Corporation |
CO2Brew |
Golu Hydrogen Technologies Inc. |
|
Blurring Boundaries |
Hadley |
ResVR inc. |
E2E Energy Solutions |
Standard Field Systems Inc. |
the*gamehers |
Entrepreneurship |
Swif.ai |
Kredit Academy |
Shop The LEWK |
Illuminex AI |
AlphaBlock |
|
Live Long and Well |
Healda Inc. |
AiimSense Inc. |
Theresagenics Pharma Inc. |
CalmWave |
Wound3 |
ABOUT INVENTURES Inventures is a global innovation
experience powered by Alberta Innovates to bring together the
world’s brightest minds, angels, venture capitalists and industry
leaders. Launched in 2018, Inventures is gaining global interest as
the place to discover new technologies, talent, capital, customers
and markets. Tickets are available at Inventurescanada.com.
CONTACT Dwayne Brunner, Senior Manager, Media
& Strategic Community Relations Alberta Innovates |
587.572.4091