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Alumni

Coast Capital Venture Connection has worked with many different early-stage ventures from the SFU community since it began in 2008. Here is a selection of successful program alumni:

  • At Above Atlantis, our mission is to provide Canadian communities with solutions for resilience and preparedness towards harmonized water management.

  • Addictive Ads is a mobile ad agency that delivers innovative performance-based advertising.

  • Aplica! is a start-up enterprise focused on delivering exceptional educational results for high-schoolers, looking to attend university in Canada and the US.

  • Artenal has entered this space as many companies do not realize the potential of AI, helping companies to understand and implement AI in their operations and opening fields to robotics that were not possible before or left untapped. Artenal is the sole Integration and deployment service provider for AI in Robotics in Western and Central Canada.

  • Launching in Vancouver, artsALLY online is a local art portal that enables communities to discover local art they love and support local artists.

  • ArtSap is created by artists, for artists to help the arts industry to thrive. Artists will be able to use the platform to host their portfolios, make connections and securely book jobs. Vancouver's first centralized database of creative professionals will make it easier for artists to be discovered, and for clients to find the best talent available to them for their unique projects, events and rosters.

  • Autonopia was founded with a simple vision: to build autonomous robots to take over the mundane and dangerous work at height and shift the role of the human technicians to robot operators working from a safe place.

  • HYTHRIVE is a boutique strategy and training firm focused solely on supporting impact-driven leaders to excel.

  • BioInteractive Technologies (BIT) is developing an Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered gesture recognition software engine to detect users' hand and arm movement in real-time.

  • A bilingual (Portuguese/English) quarterly Brazilian cultural magazine focused on the Brazilian community in the Lower Mainland as well as locals who are interested in Brazilian culture.

  • An industry-leader in developing fully administered, risk-free digital gift card solutions for mid-to-large foodservice, retail, travel, hospitality, and entertainment brands.

  • BuzzIt is building an open, location-based group messenger that lets you connect to the people around you without compromising your privacy.

  • CareCrew provides a platform for family members and home-care workers to stay connected when looking after their aging loved ones.

  • Catstatic Interactive specializes in creating user-friendly interactive 3D applications for mobile, web and kiosk.

  • CKM is a consulting firm focused on hockey. They increase clients’ competitive advantage while attaining their goals and aspirations for success.

  • Connected Things’ expertise in Internet of Things (IoT) and emergent technologies helps businesses flourish in the future. From cultivating food in space to optimizing automated greenhouses on the ground and integrating systems for smart buildings, Connected Things provides a spectrum of solutions for optimal and efficient growth.

  • Daily Delivery is a B2B e-commerce and logistics platform empowering SMB's to offer on-demand deliveries in less than an hour.

  • Davos is a cost-effective web platform for online fundraising and donor management for small- and medium-sized Canadian charities. Our goal is to provide a unified experience for donors while easily integrating with the other tools charities already use.

  • Emerge GX is a skills-based social learning platform that offers live courses to help students interact with their peers and receive real-time feedback from their instructors. These courses provide hands-on training by helping students solve real-life problems and build their portfolios, so they can easily share their work with the community and their future employers.

  • Employ to Empower supports residents in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside community by providing access to development and entrepreneurial resources.

  • Empower Operations provide leading edge software that enables engineers to efficiently explore and optimize product design based on complex engineering simulations.

  • FootyStats is a sports analytics tool that delivers comprehensive football statistics from over 120 competitions around the world - including Barclays Premier League, Liga BBVA, and Bundesliga.

  • GameSeta is an esports enterprise that provides underlying technology to integrate esports into high schools. Their turnkey solution enables students to compete in a safe and regulated online environment. They organize, schedule and manage all the logistics that go into an esports league.

  • Garrow Space Systems has the goal of developing a variety of technologies for use in space. Currently, Garrow is developing a novel, small electric propulsion system to be used as the primary thruster on small satellites, or as part of an array of thrusters on larger satellites for translation and rotation.

  • At GigaPenguin, our vision is to push people to treat technology as a tool to facilitate in-person connections and interactions. Our first app will target the world of online dating, where we want to take a whole new approach on how it's used.

  • Haiven is a non-profit organization interested in improving the safety and well-being of victims impacted by intimate partner violence and abuse through technological innovation.

  • The HiretheWorld design competitions allow to quickly, easily and affordably get professional quality designs for their websites and logos.

  • HockeyData is a leading provider of hockey specific analytics and information to teams, players, agents, and scouts. Through big data and machine learning we turn hockey data and analytics into business intelligence.

  • Horizon Track Club is a marketing and branding agency with the goal to elevate the support given to Canadian elite level athletes through our profit-sharing model.

  • Human in Motion Robotics is a company that has designed the most advanced wearable lower limb exoskeleton system, called Exomotion.

  • Iconic State Digital Agency will give your online presence a face lift. We focus on creating a visually stunning online presence for our customers through hand-crafted interaction design and development. We specialize in websites, online marketing campaigns, social media, and mobile solutions.

  • Indigetree promotes holistic healing by selling Indigenous Devils Club Salves and Indigenous Family Heirlooms.

  • Ionomr manufactures aemion, the most pH-durable, mechanically strong anion-exchange membrane and ionomer – one polymer customizable to any anion-exchange application, primarily clean-tech energy and purification systems.

  • IUVOX is a healthtech company developing specialized air disinfection devices for dental offices. Our devices irradiate filtered far-ultraviolet light during routine aerosol-generating procedures to inactivate airborne pathogens in the air. We offer entirely automated devices so that oral health professionals can focus on providing the best care to their patients while also cutting down on outdated, laborious, obtrusive disinfecting methods. IUVOX is creating a safer environment in dental offices, for the health and peace of mind of dental professionals and patients alike.

  • Labora is a digital platform where qualified workers can find dignified and respectable work with reliable farmers who need to increase their farm's productivity.

  • Layerboom’s “BoomBox” appliance enables companies & hosting providers to turn their existing server hardware into a virtual private cloud.

  • Latin America’s biggest online medical bookstore, which sells medical books online to doctors in Mexico.

  • Lifesaver is a customizable scheduling platform that helps sports and recreation managers build complex staff schedules. It enables managers to quickly and easily develop staff schedules while considering different job roles, certifications, and pay grades.

  • We are a functional foods company focused on empowering customers to live their best-balanced-happy-life through healthy eating. Using only natural ingredients, we make healthy snacks that are tasty, nutritious, convenient, and accessible for all.

  • Lumen works to empower the overlooked minority groups, refugees, and international students to maintain a financial relationship with their countries of origin.

  • Mala the Brand is a handcrafted candle company born from the desire to bring comfort and relaxation to the modern home - wherever and whatever that may look like.

  • Mapt Media has integrated digital advertising and way‐finding technologies to create advertising within kiosks in large public spaces such as malls and campuses.

  • MeaningfulWork is an intelligent online platform that matches highly skilled employees with nonprofits and charities for meaningful volunteer opportunities.

  • MetaOptima Technology Inc. is dedicated to provide digital health solutions for skin cancer prevention and diagnosis.

  • MetroLeap Media's flagship product, MetroLyrics.com, is the first lyrics-dedicated site to provide users with the largest database of licensed, complete and accurate song lyrics through its partnership with Gracenote.

  • MiTravel is building the first student-facing, all-in-one travel solution that offers an efficient, intuitive, and collaborative way for students who are studying or working abroad to plan and manage their travels.

  • MobiSafe develops foambag technology for power-assisted mobility devices, to protect the upper body of user in case of fall and tips.

  • Moment Energy strives to provide greater access to renewable and reliable energy storage. As creators of battery units that can be used in a variety of applications, they are currently focused on storing energy for offgrid, end of grid customers and plans on powering remote communities in the future.

  • Mr. Arancino presents a new and innovative take on a traditional Sicilian recipe. Mr. Arancino’s deliciously gooey risotto balls are all made gluten-free and available in meat, vegetarian and vegan options.

  • NANOSentinel is making innovation safe by integrating preventative healthcare into the growing nanotechnology industry.

  • As a next generation Canadian crypto company specializing in GameFi, No Cap Capital hopes to push the wave of crypto games further than before by specializing on games that are actually fun while also embracing the power of DeFi and play-to-earn.

  • Nu Experience Design (NuXD) is a creative firm committed to the design and delivery of exceptional consumer experiences.

  • Nucli Technologies is an eLearning company. They collaborate with you to bring organizational transformation goals to life. Their practice is built on helping companies change, align and grow through creation of learning experiences that change the way individuals and teams behave.

  • ODEN Health Solutions Inc. is a medical device company offering harm reduction solutions to reduce the number of deadly overdoses in Canada.

  • OpenSpot Parking Inc, founded in 2017, uses new technologies to upgrade the parking management and parking experience in urban areas.

  • Orello Hearing Technologies Inc. offers the only custom fit hearing aid with built in tuning technology, giving people with mild to moderately severe hearing loss an easier and better user experience.

  • Plain Solutions is developing an analytical visualisation software with built-in full Monte Carlo simulation that allows to predict the future outcomes and developments.

  • Rmoney is a cross-border money transfer and payment processing platform built for needs of international students.

  • Seedling Art Co. makes mental health tools more accessible, through eco-friendly art and journaling. Our products bring together the mindfulness of art and journaling, with the proven benefits of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), and other tools needed to help improve quality of life.

  • SPARK Foundation is a youth led Non Profit, in Surrey BC. We are empowering the next generation to take action for a better world through life education.

  • Spexigeo's multi-sided platform brings together pilots and aerial data customers to capture more insights about our world at a lower cost than was possible before.

  • Streamline Athletes is a collegiate track and field recruiting platform for student-athletes to find the best university for them. Streamline Athletes helps athletes create a profile, browse and filter universities, create a list of schools, and contact coaches.

  • StudioXplor Inc. is a fashion-tech startup producing design concepts, materials and products at the intersection of arts, science and technology. It utilizes cutting-edge computational design tools and advance manufacturing technologies to develop high-quality, affordable, and sustainable products by minimizing wastage.

  • Studio Kleio is a creative studio celebrating families and life. The team share a common drive to genuinely connect with people and capture their stories. They recognize that every moment is precious and people are complex.

  • Thrift.so is an e-commerce platform that helps thrift stores list, sell, and manage their inventory effortlessly - serving as an additional, scalable selling channel. We allow employees to list and sell their items instantly by just taking a photo - meaning that we'll automatically generate the title, description, and price point for you. And because listing is so quick, this allows for thrift stores to turnover inventory quicker.

  • Tires 2 Go is a mobile tire shop currently servicing the Fraser Valley region. Our customer-focused process and forward-looking outlook on the industry allow us to offer a fast, reliable, and convenient mobile service direct to customer’s homes and work!

  • Tochtech improves the care/quality of independent senior living by providing non-intrusive activity and health monitoring solutions that enables remote caring for designated families and/or senior care service providers.

  • Transcription Ninjas is a Canadian-based professional transcription service offering accurate, timely, and ethical service to ensure transcripts are completed on time and on budget!

  • Treno is creating a never before seen connection on its platform between young/amateur athletes and professional/high-level players and coaches.

  • TT Distribution Inc is a manufacturer and wholesaler specializing in the development and distribution of some of the most innovative fetal doppler products available on the market today.

  • Formerly known as Perkuna Engineering, they are a boutique design engineering company specializing in custom electrical and mechanical engineering projects.

  • V7 Entertainment is an end-to-end high quality video game development company founded by industry professionals in Vancouver, BC.

  • Witty Cookie offers free web design, free web hosting, and unlimited updates to allow small businesses to get a world class website starting at only $20/month.

  • Zennea Technologies is a sleep wearable company that reduces snoring, tracks quality of sleep, and helps make decisions to improve overall health for chronic snorers.

  • Tenzr Health is a Medical Device and Digital Health company developing intelligent wearables for physical therapy, using its patent-pending TENZR™ musculoskeletal sensing technology.

  • Your Learner application helps autism service providers and families of children with autism connect, monitor, and engage with an easy to use application that focuses on their learner.

  • Youth Helping Youth is a not-for-profit organization made by youth for youth. We help intercity youth discover opportunities in their communities! Through our social media platforms, youth can find events, volunteer & job positions, internships, and valuable experiences.

  • Zebra is a light-weight, energy-efficient MagnetoRheological (MR) damper that makes MR technology feasible for a broad range of applications. Zebra is 50% lighter and provides 75% more dynamic force compared to its rivals.

  • XRGeo hosts accurate 3D renders of drill cores captured from an in-house core scanner to maximize mining and core analysis.