Founders
Every founder who has ever pitched at Aurrin Ventures. Winners receive a non-dilutive microgrant — no equity, no strings.
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Serenity Power
Portable, modular power solutions enabling easy field deployment for remote and off-grid energy needs.
April 2026 Winner
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
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.
February 2026 Winner
Giovanna Acosta
Synfera
Hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers for blood shortage crisis
January 2026 Winner
Caden Kjelgren & Raiyana Shams
Project90 Hip Abductor
Accessible hip abductor device for children with cerebral palsy
November 2025 Winner
Crystal Kisakye & Emmanuel Fasesan
Paragon
Preventing the spread of wildfires using technology to protect communities and ecosystems.
September 2025 Winner
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
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.
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
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
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
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.
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
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
Sotro
Autonomous supply chain agent for vendor communication
Walid Elaghil
Clickora
Organizing amateur soccer with professional-level tools
Gagan Singla
Furble
Digital ecosystem for pet parents and veterinarians
Essam Abdelhamid
LifeLink
Unified patient records across Canadian healthcare
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
CircleUp
Career advice platform for young professionals
Timi Olateru
Canoopy
Pay with multiple cards in a single transaction
Olivia Jiayan Cao
Livlaw.org
AI-powered legal document automation
Ankit Mukherjee
SnackRadar
Platform to find free food at university campuses
Amira Oyawoye
Hoppie
Event discovery platform to build friendships
Milad Zoghi
Zanis Tech Inc
Smart thermometer and health tracking app
Erik MacInnis
Lately
App to help people with ADHD arrive on time
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.
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
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
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
PURYS ENERGY
Solid-state hydrogen storage technology
Rami Maalouf
Audora
AI-powered communication skills training
Kowther Hassan
Beseem Technologies
Affordable medical simulation tools
Harsimar Sahota
Samtex Solutions
Liam Sarjeant
Cyberstride
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
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
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
Suncity Estates
Land development screening tool
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
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
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.