Congratulations to all the start-ups selected to participate in the 2018 Innovacorp Accelerate Program and Start-Up Yard at COVE cohorts.
INNOVACORP ACCELERATE PROGRAM
Award Highlights: $50,000 and business guidance to address key technical and business milestones, along with access to incubation space at Innovacorp’s facilities
MEDTECH STREAM
Eadie Technologies – Brennan Eadie, Frank Eadie – Halifax
Wearable visual field testing device for eye clinics
ColourSmith Labs – Gabrielle Masone – Halifax – coloursmithlabs.ca
Direct-to-consumer contact lenses reducing red-green colour blindness and saturating colours
Reach Orthopaedics – David Johnston, Andrew Trenholm – Halifax
Orthopaedic shoulder implant to correct joint imbalance of a rotator cuff tear and lessen the risk of progressive osteoarthritis
Talem Health Analytics – Paul Travis – Sydney – talemhealthanalytics.com
Software for physiotherapists and orthopedic specialists to track, analyze and predict treatment regimens
BLUE/GREEN STREAM
DeNova – Brianna Stratton, Talia Boates – Halifax
Sustainable source of protein for fish feed and animal food
FoodByte – Douglas Armour, Matthew Winchester – Windsor
Technology to guide food processors through development of food safety plans to meet regulatory requirements and reduce recalls
Sedna Technologies – Sheamus MacDonald, Aleksandr Stabenow – Halifax – sednatech.io
Traceability system for the seafood industry to reduce waste and mortality
Acoubit Communications – Colin Ross, Tejinder Sandhu – Dartmouth – acoubit.com
Acoustic data communications technology for ocean management and monitoring
START-UP YARD COHORTS
Award Highlights: $25,000, access to mentoring, workspace, workshops and experts
FIRST COHORT
Ashored Innovations – Aaron Stevenson, Maxwell Poole, Ross Arsenault – ashored.ca
Buoy systems to protect endangered marine life and collect data to increase fisher efficiency
Acoubit Communications – Colin Ross, Tejinder Sandhu – Dartmouth – acoubit.com
Acoustic data communications technology for ocean management and monitoring
BlueNode – Louis Beaubien, Grant Wells, Mike Smit – Halifax
Technology to improve supply chain efficiency in the ocean sector
Marecomms – Ulaş Güntürkün – Halifax
Underwater communications system to deliver information using data collected in the ocean
Maritime bioLoggers – Franziska Broell, Andre Bezanson – Halifax – maritimebiologgers.com
Tagging device to track and monitor marine life movement
Sedna Technologies – Sheamus MacDonald, Aleksandr Stabenow – Halifax – sednatech.io
Traceability system for the seafood industry to reduce waste and mortality
SECOND COHORT
Marimetrics Technologies – Chris L’Esperance – Halifax
Trace gas analyzer for measuring chemical compounds in the ocean
Ocean Data Science – Amilcar Soares, Mohammed Etemad – Halifax – odsi.co
Risk models for ocean-related operations to make the ocean safer
Prosaris Solutions – Colin Sewell – Halifax
Device that records airborne and contact ultrasonic signals for real-time analysis
ReelData – Hossein Salimian, Mathew Zimola, Thomas Trappenberg – Halifax – ReelData.ai
Artificial intelligence software for aquaculture feed cameras, allowing fish farms to measure biomass, sea lice, and health in real-time
RIMOT – Andew Boswell, James Craig – Halifax – rimot.io
Technology to manage and monitor remote business-critical infrastructure
The Lobster Trap Company – Scott Dauphinee – Yarmouth – thelobstertrapcompany.com
Lobster trap designed to survive the Atlantic Ocean’s harsh conditions
Wittaya Aqua International – Evan Hall – Halifax-Toronto – wittaya-aqua.ca
Production management platform that increases efficiency through aggregation and analysis of data from aquaculture operations