Create & Connect: Energy Industry Night
Past EventHeliopolis YYC, 817 1 St SW, Calgary, AB

Create & Connect: Energy Industry Night

Wednesday, April 29, 2026·5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

About This Event

Aurrin Ventures' first industry-themed pitch night, focused on energy startups. Four founders from oil & gas inspection tech, clean fuel logistics, wireline abandonment tools, and portable power pitched to a panel of energy industry leaders. Serenity Power took home the $500 microgrant.

Judges

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Shubham Garg

CEO, Prospera Energy

SS

Siva Sam

USXI Group

JM

Jana McDonald

DCM Group

Founders Who Pitched

Funded
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Aleisha Cerny

Serenity Power

Portable, modular power solutions enabling easy field deployment for remote and off-grid energy needs.

Microgrant Winner$500

April 2026 Winner

LFDG

Luiz Felipe Di Grado

Inspekto AI

Field inspectors snap photos and record audio notes on-site — even offline — and AI automatically generates fully structured, audit-ready inspection reports in minutes. Supports API 570, 510, and 653 standards, making inspections 4x faster and more compliant.

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Todd Luker

Link NRG

Software platform connecting and coordinating clean fuel supply chains — hydrogen, RNG, and CNG — from production to end use. Creates a demand-driven, resilient energy network for heavy industries including trucking, data centers, mining, and rail.

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Peter Knight

WACORP Wireline Abandonment and Completion Corp.

KWAT Wireline Abandonment Tool sets and pressure tests wellbore barriers without a test packer, eliminating the need for a service rig or coil tubing unit. Conveyed by wireline, it is 600% faster and significantly cheaper than conventional methods.

Event Highlights

Hosted at Heliopolis YYC. First industry-themed pitch night.

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