Founders

Every founder who has ever pitched at Aurrin Ventures. Winners receive a non-dilutive microgrant — no equity, no strings.

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14
Microgrants Awarded
$5,500
Total Invested
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Microgrant Winners14 founders
Jenna Letain

Jenna Letain

BeeSafe Biotech Inc.

Rapid, field-deployable diagnostics that let beekeepers detect honey bee diseases directly at the hive in just 15 minutes — no sample shipping required — helping protect pollinators and support sustainable agriculture.

Microgrant Winner$1,000

July 2026 Winner — $1,000 non-dilutive microgrant

Nick Kuzyk

Nick Kuzyk

Answir

AI-powered investor relations intelligence platform for public companies. Helps them engage with and understand investors via an AI assistant embedded on their websites, while capturing analytics and insights viewable via a dashboard.

Microgrant Winner$500

May 2026 Winner

Aleisha Cerny

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

Jeet Garg

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.

Microgrant Winner$200

1st Place

Diogo José Notario Guaitolini & Luiz Felipe Gama Di Grado

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.

Microgrant Winner$100

2nd Place

Sophia Dhami & Isavella Tsoulias

Sophia Dhami & Isavella Tsoulias

ClotGuard

A wearable patch using nanotechnology to deliver freeze-dried platelets and help address severe bleeding.

Microgrant Winner$50

3rd Place

Shreeya Shenoy

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.

Microgrant Winner$50

Youth Microgrant

Nour Issa

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.

Microgrant Winner$50

Youth Microgrant

Evezi Esiehor

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.

Microgrant Winner$50

Youth Microgrant

Amirhossein Foroughi & Haden Harrison

Amirhossein Foroughi & Haden Harrison

Agrivanna

AI-powered virtual fencing and smart herd management for ranchers. GPS collars and real-time alerts reduce labour, replace costly fencing, and improve animal health and land productivity.

Microgrant Winner$500

February 2026 Winner

Giovanna Acosta

Giovanna Acosta

Synfera

Hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers for blood shortage crisis

Microgrant Winner$500

January 2026 Winner

Caden Kjelgren & Raiyana Shams

Caden Kjelgren & Raiyana Shams

Project90 Hip Abductor

Accessible hip abductor device for children with cerebral palsy

Microgrant Winner$500

November 2025 Winner

Muhammad Ansari & Reyansh Badhwar

Muhammad Ansari & Reyansh Badhwar

Connected

Microgrant Winner$500

October 2025 Winner

Crystal Kisakye & Emmanuel Fasesan

Crystal Kisakye & Emmanuel Fasesan

Paragon

Preventing the spread of wildfires using technology to protect communities and ecosystems.

Microgrant Winner$1,000

September 2025 Winner

All Founders46 founders
Amirhossein Foroughi & Haden Harrison

Amirhossein Foroughi & Haden Harrison

Agrivanna

An AI-powered operating system for grazing agriculture, combining virtual fencing, intelligent pasture management, and offline-first hardware built for working ranches.

Grayden Wiebe

Grayden Wiebe

Grow Below Systems

Modular indoor farming technology that helps commercial growers reduce energy and labour costs while producing more food with fewer resources.

Mmakeng John Otsweleng

Mmakeng John Otsweleng

Scale-Up Electrochemical Inc.

An off-grid agrivoltaic platform combining solar energy, irrigated agriculture, livestock production, and circular food systems to improve food security across Southern Africa.

Ingrit Jaimes

Ingrit Jaimes

Artilate Chocolate

Premium chocolate made with Alberta-grown proteins and fine-flavour cacao — a healthier indulgence that adds value to Alberta agriculture.

Jigar Mokani

Jigar Mokani

Gofer

GoferGPT is an AI-native staffing infrastructure. Clients make requirements in plain English and GoferGPT handles everything from sourcing to deployment of contractors, including payments.

Colin Thrasher

Colin Thrasher

Orchestrive Acceleration Labs Inc.

Agentic operating systems for mid-sized organizations in regulated industries — purpose-built AI agents deployed inside existing workflows, with human accountability built into the architecture and pricing tied to measurable client outcomes.

Ryan Wiebe & Ali Salmani

Ryan Wiebe & Ali Salmani

Techr

An AI-powered discovery platform that simplifies finding the hottest tech companies, jobs, events, news, and people shaping the world of tomorrow.

Faraz Hosseini

Faraz Hosseini

Carivion

AI-powered platform using computer vision and vehicle diagnostics (OBD2) to automatically detect external and internal vehicle issues, generate standardized reports, and track vehicle health over time.

Harsimarpreet Singh Sahota

Harsimarpreet Singh Sahota

InfraSight

AI-powered predictive infrastructure risk platform for smart cities and utility networks. Uses machine learning, geospatial data, sensor inputs, and historical records to predict failures before they occur, helping municipalities reduce costs and improve public safety.

Luiz Felipe Di Grado

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.

Todd Luker

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.

Joshua Strub

Joshua Strub

SynthGrid

Battery storage is the backbone of the energy transition, but lenders and government agencies financing these assets have no independent way to verify they're performing as promised. Operators self-report with no third-party standard. SynthGrid is building EnergyPassport — an independent performance certification for battery energy storage systems. They ingest real operating data, run physics-based validation, and produce bankable certification reports that lenders, insurers, and regulators can trust.

Peter Knight

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.

Jeremy Hunter

Jeremy Hunter

Omneo Inc.

Non-wireless internal vehicle security system to stop theft before a car moves. Hardware-first approach that protects vehicles in ways thieves cannot bypass through signal hacking.

Evezi Esiehor

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 building emotional resilience and community connection.

Liam Mah & Haziq Sabri

Liam Mah & Haziq Sabri

Nacreous

Specialized unmanned aerial vehicle for Arctic operations with the Canadian Coast Guard. Complements helicopter missions, lowers operating costs, and reduces human risk in extreme environments.

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John Idowu

Nuvoro

Canadian-built scheduling platform for service businesses. Combines bookings, payments, calendar sync, and automation in one dashboard to help professionals grow.

Diogo José Notario Guaitolini

Diogo José Notario Guaitolini

Inspekto AI

Transforms inspection photos and field notes into structured, standards-aligned reports automatically. Engineers shift from writing reports to validating them, saving time and improving consistency and auditability.

Danyil Fedorov

Danyil Fedorov

Sotro

Autonomous supply chain agent for vendor communication

Walid Elaghil

Walid Elaghil

Clickora

Organizing amateur soccer with professional-level tools

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Gagan Singla

Furble

Digital ecosystem for pet parents and veterinarians

Essam Abdelhamid

Essam Abdelhamid

LifeLink

Unified patient records across Canadian healthcare

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Ibukun Olajide (Temi)

No-Q

Mobile pre-ordering solution for high-traffic retail environments like food courts, sport events, festivals, and shopping malls—helping customers skip lines and vendors serve more people.

Colin Cochran

Colin Cochran

CircleUp

Career advice platform for young professionals

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Timi Olateru

Canoopy

Pay with multiple cards in a single transaction

Olivia Jiayan Cao

Olivia Jiayan Cao

Livlaw.org

AI-powered legal document automation

Ankit Mukherjee

Ankit Mukherjee

SnackRadar

Platform to find free food at university campuses

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Amira Oyawoye

Hoppie

Event discovery platform to build friendships

Milad Zoghi

Milad Zoghi

Zanis Tech Inc

Smart thermometer and health tracking app

Erik MacInnis

Erik MacInnis

Lately

App to help people with ADHD arrive on time

Mohamed Habib Amara

Mohamed Habib Amara

Bloom Academy

Automating manual and repetitive admin workflows for home school providers and independent schools, so educators can focus on teaching instead of paperwork.

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Josie Beckley

GingerGrove Beverages

Naturally inspired, non-carbonated ginger beverages that deliver authentic flavor and functional benefits without artificial ingredients, excess sugar, or carbonation — solving the "healthy vs. enjoyable" dilemma.

Victoria Tsang

Victoria Tsang

Evolving Prowess

Women quit the gym because they feel insecure during size fluctuations. Evolving Prowess makes adaptive activewear for women 30–45 who want to return to fitness without worrying about fit.

Evezi Esiehor

Evezi Esiehor

MindTrail

Many university students struggle with stress, anxiety, and emotional burnout, but traditional mental health services feel inaccessible or clinical. MindTrail offers an engaging, community-driven platform with experiential support — something that helps students heal while living fully.

Luz Castellanos

Luz Castellanos

PURYS ENERGY

Solid-state hydrogen storage technology

Rami Maalouf

Rami Maalouf

Audora

AI-powered communication skills training

Kowther Hassan

Kowther Hassan

Beseem Technologies

Affordable medical simulation tools

Harsimar Sahota

Harsimar Sahota

Samtex Solutions

Liam Sarjeant

Liam Sarjeant

Cyberstride

Amir Abrari

Amir Abrari

SafetyLog Co.

Workplace safety reporting is slow, inconsistent, and often paper-based. SafeSphere replaces manual forms with an AI-enabled platform where any worker can speak in any language and instantly create a complete, actionable QHSE report — improving compliance, reducing incidents, and saving time and cost.

Sanjay Prajapati

Sanjay Prajapati

Acquaint Softech Inc/PropIntel

Real estate investors and agents are overwhelmed by bad deals and bad data. Manual underwriting is slow, inconsistent, and error-prone. Existing tools are fragmented — spreadsheets, CRM, MLS, and ads all disconnected. PropIntel brings it together.

David Enoma

David Enoma

LucyDNA Inc

Over 1 in 3 Canadian adults live with at least one chronic condition like hypertension or diabetes. LucyDNA offers direct-to-consumer genetic testing to enable early identification and personalized health solutions before conditions worsen.

Haji Ali Darvish

Haji Ali Darvish

Suncity Estates

Land development screening tool

James Gu

James Gu

Vapourless

A Social Purpose Organization helping people quit vaping with a tactile behavioural aid that mimics the hand-to-mouth habit without exposing users to any substances — unlike existing NRT alternatives.

Victoria Tsang

Victoria Tsang

Evolving Prowess

Size fluctuations prevent women from affordably buying activewear they'll keep wearing. Evolving Prowess makes size-adaptive activewear so women can shop with confidence.

Yeabsira Zekarias Woldeberhan

Yeabsira Zekarias Woldeberhan

Wealth Path

WealthPath bridges the financial literacy gap in youth by making learning feel like an adventure game — turning money education into something engaging and accessible.