We are excited to announce the 2025 cohort of EmpowHER Tech Launchpad program, empowering women entrepreneurs! This year, we are welcoming 10 outstanding women-led businesses to the cohort!
EmpowHER Tech Launchpad brought to you in partnership with IDEA Mississauga is a transformative accelerator program designed to support women-led tech- and product-based businesses. This program aims to accelerate growth, foster innovation, and empower participants to scale their ventures effectively.
Youth in crisis are 4x more likely to be targeted online, yet lack access to digital safety tools. ConstellAI is a suite of AI-powered safety APIs and SDKs that embed directly into platforms, enabling infrastructure-level child protection. Their endpoints detect grooming, exploitation, and harmful content, making it easy for NGOs, messaging apps, startups, and platforms to integrate robust child safety into their systems.
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Over 90% of personal care brands use more than 85% water—Dealbodies eliminates that. Launched in January 2024, Dealbodies offers clinically fueled, results-driven body concentrates for reactive skin. Their 3-4x concentrated formulas replace bulk water with hydrosol bases steam-distilled from whole plants, enhanced with glycerin, aloe vera, and antioxidant-rich oils. Developed by experts, they deliver fast, visible results while saving millions of liters of water annually.
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Easy Zabiha is your trusted source for high-quality, Halal-certified hand-slaughtered meat, delivered right to your doorstep. More than just a service, Easy Zabiha connects you with ethically sourced products from reliable butcher shops, combining tradition with modern convenience. With a commitment to quality, authenticity, and customer satisfaction, they make it effortless to embrace a Halal lifestyle while celebrating culture and tradition — one meal at a time.
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Happy Cramps is a femtech startup creating natural, fast-acting transdermal patches that ease menstrual pain without pills or side effects. Their patches are discreet, clean, and hormone-friendly, designed to help people feel better quickly. Beyond the product, they’re building a brand that breaks period stigmas and supports menstrual health education so everyone can feel more empowered through their cycles.
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Kavodax is building a cross border payment platform for small and medium size businesses that are operating in Canada that are sending money internationally, offering the cheapest, and most seemless user experience. Today's international business payments are slow, expensive, and opaque: 3-7 day settlement delays; 7%+ in fees; $120B lost annually. Their blockchain-powered platform offers unparalleled advantages for cross-border payments
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LOCVM is a physician-designed digital health platform revolutionizing temporary doctor coverage. It replaces outdated manual processes with a centralized platform offering smart matching, instant booking, credential verification, and payments. By streamlining how physicians, clinics, and hospitals connect, LOCVM reduces staffing gaps, increases efficiency, and supports sustainable healthcare delivery in an environment challenged by burnout and workforce shortages.
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Mara Learning empowers K-12 students with learning differences, fostering academic and personal growth. It emphasizes early identification, timely intervention, & personalized support to prevent lifelong learning gaps. Innovative solutions integrate screening, curriculum, & reporting into a centralized system, modernizing Canada's learning disability ecosystem. Educators receive resources to support students, while parents are guided to advocate for their child's success at school and home.
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Morphace makes skincare tech that automates anti-aging facials and measures skin health. Their mask tracks skin hydration, barrier strength, and inflammation risks to help people find their skin's favourite products!
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Saucy Protein is a women-led FoodTech brand reimagining sauces as daily high protein meals. In a $72B global protein market, their clean label sauce delivers 32g of plant protein per jar - 10x alternatives. They pair their sauces with Remi AI, a fridge-to-table recipe engine transforming leftovers to custom protein dense meals. Together, their product and platform unlocks more protein, more flavour, and less effort everyday.
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Trycycle Toys is a toy rental subscription service catering to young families in the Greater Toronto Area. The company offers carefully curated toy chests designed for thematic learning, maximizing play and minimizing waste at an affordable price. They select supplemental toys and materials that enhance play with open-ended items in a family’s home, and augment these with our learning guide. They want to challenge the way families think about toys, and together, curate the perfect toy shelf.
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