Aurrin Ventures x NextGen Founders Lab Pitch Event (University/Highschool Edition!)
About This Event
Youth focused startup pitch competition for high school and university founders in Calgary. Six founders pitched live with three minutes each plus one question from judges and one from the audience. $350 in non-dilutive microgrants awarded to the top three teams; all pitchers received support.
Judges
Mohammad Keyhani
Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship, Haskayne School of Business; Deal Partner, Boardy.ai; Co-Founder, Honeybee Logic
Barry Vopnu
Founder & CEO, Circleup Tech Inc.
Sanjeevani Uppal
Venture Program Specialist, Hunter Hub for Entrepreneurial Thinking, University of Calgary
Founders Who Pitched
Jeet Garg
Youth Policy Council
Empowering youth to engage directly in policymaking by connecting them with decision makers and giving them a real voice in shaping their communities.
1st Place
Diogo José Notario Guaitolini & Luiz Felipe Gama Di Grado
Inspekto AI
Transforms inspection photos and field notes into structured, standards-aligned reports so engineers move faster with greater consistency.
2nd Place
Sophia Dhami & Isavella Tsoulias
ClotGuard
A wearable patch using nanotechnology to deliver freeze-dried platelets and help address severe bleeding.
3rd Place
Shreeya Shenoy
TeenSleepLab
TeenSleepLab is a peer-to-peer sleep aid, tracking, and research app designed by a teen, for teens, to combat the teenage sleep epidemic.
Youth Microgrant
Nour Issa
AUV UCalgary
AUV UCalgary is an interdisciplinary engineering team at the University of Calgary focused on the end-to-end design of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles.
Youth Microgrant
Evezi Esiehor
Mindtrail
Bridges the gap between rising mental health needs and limited preventative support for young adults through a hybrid digital platform and curated in-person experiences.
Youth Microgrant
Event Highlights
Hosted with NextGen Founders Lab. Location: Hunter Hub for Entrepreneurial Thinking, 4th Floor.
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