Join us on November 14th for the first-ever Volta Cohort Pitch Event!

You will hear from some of Atlantic Canada’s most innovative startups and see $125,000 in investment awarded LIVE that evening. A first of it’s kind in the local startup community.

What is Volta Cohort?

Volta Cohort helps early stage, high calibre founders attract and secure venture capital sooner. This new program provides investments of $25,000 to up to five companies per cohort through a fund co-founded by Volta, Innovacorp, and Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC). Along with investment, Cohort companies are given space at Volta Labs and access to a board of mentors comprised of CEOs and founders of Volta’s Resident and Alumni companies.

How are Companies Selected into the Volta Cohort Program?

Volta Cohort participants are selected through an application process that runs on an ongoing basis. Every six months, Volta hosts a pitch event to determine who is accepted into the program and only those chosen through the application process are eligible to participate.

15 high potential applicants will be invited to pitch their business at the Volta Cohort event - competing for $25,000 investment. Up to 5 companies to be awarded an investment at each event.

What Happens at the Volta Cohort Pitch Event?

The Volta Cohort events are structured similar to DemoCamp where companies go on stage and pitch their company for three minutes. Companies also have the opportunity to set-up a display booth at the event to provide attendees with more information about what they are working on. These events are open to the public.

A selection committee will be established for each event and will be made up of 5 people from the larger startup ecosystem. This will include founders of venture path companies, investors, CEO’s of established companies, and members of the academic community. The selection committee will select the 5 companies to be awarded the investment at each event.

Selection criteria for Cohort Companies will be based upon the following:

· Ambition of idea

· Disruptive level of the technology

· Ability of the team to execute

· Impact that $25,000 will have on the company

Prior to company pitches, food and refreshments will be served during a networking reception attended by key players in the Atlantic Canada startup scene. It’s a can’t miss evening designed to celebrate and inspire innovation and entrepreneurship - we’d love to see you there!

Schedule:

5:30PM-6:30PM -Networking Power Hour (Cash bar, passed hors d'oeuvres, and good company)

6:30PM-9:00PM - Volta Cohort Pitch Event

Companies shortlisted to pitch:

Espial Vision helps the visually impaired see the world through specialized glasses and real-time vision decoding.

Trip Ninja uses unique search technology to leverage travelers’ flexibility to find them savings on airfare for multi-city trips.

Deprolabs Technology designs, develops and produces smart electronic devices in the domain of internet of things (IoT).

IIArena is a platform for the e-gaming industry that provides an arena for gamers to use their skills to compete for money.

B-Line Analytics is an analytics platform that helps real estate developers, municipalities and organizations develop and manage transportation and sustainability goals. They do this by using mobile devices to collect mobility patterns.

SassyTuna Studio is a Newfoundland and Labrador-based startup and creative digital lab that has developed Art Sharks, a proprietary software platform and video game that will allow children to create their own custom mobile and web-platform video games and share them with their friends online.

IObIO Inc. builds custom automation platforms for industry and is currently working on a prototype platform for clinical data capture and analysis. Their focus is a disruptive tool in hearing diagnostics that will revolutionize the auditory industry.

GroupThinq is a B2B SaaS application that uses AI to provide real-time information about a project's status to every member of the team, across organizational silos, to improve group intelligence.

Rovault - creates smart solutions for the ocean sector to increase efficiency and accuracy. Rovault is creating a device for shrimp processing facilities to improve the industry’s average yield by detecting good products from the waste pile, and has designed a camera system that can detect and identify species in terms of size, growth and health.

Clockk.io is a SaaS tool that is solving the timesheet problem for digital agencies and software consultancies.

HiveTrade is an exclusive digital investment club platform that provides investors with the ability to create and manage their own investment clubs and, through democratic voting, build and actively manage their group investment portfolio.

MyMem helps your loved ones with dementia hold on to their memories and experiences by creating a digital "life story book" that preserves the moments they cherish most.

Flock is a SAAS knowledge collection platform that facilitates onboarding freelancers and new employees.

Ceesix Health Inc. uses app-based technology to help diabetics live healthier lives. This diabetes management subscription service aims to provide everything a diabetic needs to manage their health in a cost-effective and user-friendly way.

Phased In allows mobile device users to experience shared augmented reality. Users will see the same virtual objects overlaid onto the real world and detect one another in augmented reality. Initially, this technology will be delivered through a mobile gaming experience.

In collaboration with BDC Capital and Innovacorp

Event supported by: