DiscoveryLab@AgSmart Meeting

Startups, new ventures and SMEs involved in agtech and agribusiness are welcome pitch a plan at his event, with both virtually and in-person slots available.

Company leaders are invited to pitch their plan in front of a panel of investors, business advisors and industry experts and then respond to questions, they will receive feedback, scores, a video of their pitch, contacts and introductions.

Those with an interest in agtech and agbusiness that are looking for investment or funding will be given priority for in-person slots, although all stages, locations and sectors are welcome to apply to pitch.

A summary of your business plan is needed 2 weeks before the event, and will be shared with our panel of advisors and investors.

This event is being held at Werklund Lecture Theatre and Lobby on the Olds College of Agriculture & Technology.

Presenters include:

Darren Wolchyn, Founder & CEO, Smart Paddock on location tracking and status monitoring system for livestock animals, assets and farms

Pankaj Purwar, Co-Founder, Farmer's Legacy Biotech, creating healthy and sustainable oil for Canadian consumers

Mark Olson, President, Flokk Systems providing systems for herd management and traceability reporting.

Geoffrey Shmigelsky, CTO, OneCup AI deploying AI BETSY, a computer vision system that can identify and track animals uniquely

Mustafa Gül, CEO, City Scan Technologies, providing AI-powered cost-effective and scalable infrastructure assessment solutions

Format

Pitch slots are 10 minutes long, with half for pitching and the rest for questions with the panel of business advisors, mentors and investors who receive the reports, feedback, plans, decks and videos.

Presenters are welcome to bring team members after sending their emails and names to the organizer.

Confidential disclosure agreements are not provided, but information exchanged at this private event should be considered privileged and should not be shared publicly.

Evaluation forms for each pitch will be shared and collated anonymized scores and feedback will be shared with the presenters and registered investors and advisors.

Sponsors

Wifi will be available thanks to our event host, Olds College.

Food and drinks will be provided for our in-person attendees thanks to the support of our sponsors including AgSmart, Olds College, ADEPT, Edmonton Global, University of Alberta Innovation Fund, Hermay Labs, Research Centre One, Health Cities, CARIN and FCC.

Testimonials:

"Our previous pitch connected us with three companies that are now pursuing collaborative work with us as well as accelerating our consumer testing lab at the University of Alberta. This is a major step forward as we engage customers and fine-tune our products to meet the needs of our users." -TM

"We had the pleasure of presenting at your Discovery Lab events, what a fantastic experience! A few highlights are meeting with new advisor and now we are working on a paid project with them. We also connected with folks from Edmonton Global and from there additional meetings lead to me introducing them to an Investor from Singapore who we are trying to attract to Edmonton. Now we have multiple efforts looking to bring at least part of their $100 million health fund to Alberta! " -JM

"Our DiscoveryLab presentation led to participation of 2 investors in our seed round, a strategic machine learning technology development partnership, a remote patient monitoring collaboration with a University, and this week’s announcement of an exciting product launch."

"Our project has picked up significantly since we last presented at DiscoveryLab. We have partnered to expand our program for the treatment of COVID-19 patients and we are now at 22 sites."

"The suggestions I got from the DiscoveryLab meeting were great. Thanks!"

"I would like to thank you for organizing the pitch event. We were very happy about the outcome of the pitch. We wanted some advice and that's what we got. We would love to pitch again."

“you did an admirable job of putting this together. From the quality of the participants/viewers to the administration of the process and the follow-up, I'm impressed. I have two meetings as a direct result of my presentation. Thanks for including me, and for inviting me to the next one; I fully intend to present at the next meeting.”- KH

“Thank you again for the opportunity to pitch. Actually, we are having a couple of followup calls with stakeholders from your region.” - HL

"I wanted to send a note to thank you very much for the opportunity to present yesterday. We enjoyed the experience and also were able to resolve an issue."

"My company got funding."

Organizer:

This event is being offered by DiscoveryLab in partnership with AgSmart and Olds College. For questions feel free to contact Michael Overduin (at michael at discoverylab.ca).

Fine print:

For clarity, DiscoveryLab does not recommend advisors or investors, but can make introductions. Each person and company has the responsibility of obtaining legal advice and performing due diligence before signing contracts or taking investments.