We’re thrilled to announce this year’s Venture Catalyst cohort. This 2-month program is designed to help early-stage tech founders test their ideas and bring a proof of concept to life. This year, we’re also proud to introduce the Venture Catalyst Mobility Stream, dedicated to supporting founders who are driving the future of transportation and smart infrastructure.
The Venture Catalyst program is made possible in partnership with the Black Entrepreneurship Alliance and SmartTO, and powered by City of Toronto, Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network (OVIN), and York Region.
BabyStop helps parents find family-friendly places through a simple mobile app. Integrated with Google Maps, it locates diaper changing stations, nursing spaces, kid-friendly restaurants, and mom-and-baby rooms using unique filters. Parents can also share, rate, and recommend locations within a community-driven ecosystem. BabyStop combines technology and urban mobility to make cities more inclusive and accessible for families on the go.
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Canny Vision is building Fetchy, an AI-powered platform that helps cities manage mobility challenges in real time. Fetchy turns raw video into actionable insights using simple search queries like "show congestion at 5 PM." Its edge-based camera system analyzes traffic metrics on-site queue length, delay, and Level of Service without relying on heavy infrastructure or the cloud. Fetchy gives cities a scalable, privacy-conscious way to monitor and improve intersection performance in real time.
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Chargia develops SmartMAX, a shared-power DC fast-charging system that serves more vehicles per grid connection. Using a central high-power cabinet paired with low-cost pedestals, an intelligent control layer dynamically allocates power to vehicles as needed. This approach reduces capital costs, improves charger utilization, and avoids expensive grid upgrades. SmartMAX is built for fleets, campuses, and commercial sites seeking scalable fast-charging solutions under real-world constraints.
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Chionyx Systems is at the forefront of vehicle artificial intelligence technologies with vision applications. Their mission is to deliver innovative vision technology solutions for mobility applications and use cases.
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Double Heart Full Hall (DHFH) is a bilingual storytelling platform that helps families support early Chinese language learning for children ages 2–6. Its Stories App MVP features a Build-A-Word Pinyin system, letting kids combine Mandarin sounds into words with real-time pronunciation and story reinforcement. DHFH also pairs digital stories with physical books and play kits to encourage shared parent-child learning. The team is preparing for a closed beta.
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fyv.ai is a voice-intelligence platform that turns earnings calls into decision-ready risk signals. It analyzes how executives sound stress, conviction, evasiveness, not just what they say, generating a proprietary Stress on Margins (SoM) score and behavioral risk metrics. Investors use fyv.ai to spot hidden red flags around margins, churn, runway, and governance, and feed these insights into their existing models. The result: fewer blow-ups, better position sizing, and more efficient research time.
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Green Subsidiaries imagines a world where waste becomes part of the solution. In Canada, over 9.8 million tonnes of organic waste are generated annually enough to power 500,000 homes. Yet most ends up in landfills. Green Subsidiaries collects this waste and converts it into biofuel and biofertilizer using AI-driven biodigesters. The company also splits methane into carbon and hydrogen, unlocking new value from what's left behind.
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Tile showrooms still rely on an outdated sales model: bring prospects in, send them home with samples, and hope they return, but 25–30% never do. GroutJoynt modernizes the design consultation at the point of sale, helping prospects choose faster and with greater certainty. The result: higher conversion rates, lower customer acquisition costs, and more sales closed before the customer ever leaves the showroom.
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Janus Spatial is an interactive map for the mining and engineering construction industry. It centralizes and monitors all physical equipment data, for asset management and performance.
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Food procurement is still stuck in email, phone calls, and PDFs—creating errors, missed sales, and heavy admin for both buyers and distributors. Komizoe digitizes the workflow with a unified ordering layer across multiple suppliers, enforcing rules like cutoffs and minimums, and creating clean records and reporting. They start with focused pilots, then expand across accounts and categories.
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Ludera is the game-first way to study your notes.
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Lux Cognitiva Technologies Inc. is an AI-powered eldercare platform that helps seniors live independently at home. A voice-first AI provides 24/7 wellness check-ins and proactive health monitoring, with human support available when needed. The platform addresses social isolation, caregiver burnout, and a reactive healthcare system offering an accessible, affordable, and personal solution that empowers seniors and gives families peace of mind.
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Noviscent helps companies ship AI products safely and faster by detecting security and compliance risks in AI agents and generating audit-ready evidence. Their platform scans LLM workflows for issues like prompt injection and tool misuse, maps findings to standards like the EU AI Act and NIST RMF, and provides clear guidance on how to resolve vulnerabilities. It delivers structured reports that support internal reviews, audits, and procurement approvals in regulated industries.
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Orion Digital Innovations and Creations Inc. is reimagining athletic development by merging performance innovation with social equity. In partnership with WIMTACH, they're building an integrated ecosystem of AI coaching, biometric wearables, and culturally embedded smart fabrics, advancing data-driven sport while empowering young people to co-design responsible technology. This youth-led pilot creates a scalable model where athletes become innovators.
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Orivance builds a safety layer for autonomous vehicles, detecting real-time behavioral risks like harassment or distress. While robotaxis focus on navigation, Orivance adds a portable safety envelope across phones and wearables, connecting riders to human operators when needed—making AVs safer and more trusted for everyone.
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ParentSOS helps busy parents reduce mental overload by bringing planning, reminders, and trusted service booking into one platform. Grounded in 2025 parent research and supported by partners like TaskRabbit, the MVP measures how effectively it reduces cognitive burden. Long term, ParentSOS becomes an intelligent family operating system, anticipating needs and giving parents back time and peace of mind.
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Pheneex combines fleet telemetry, AI collision avoidance, and license plate recognition into one smart mobility platform. Their system prevents collisions, optimizes routes, and reduces costs for fleet operators while providing cities with accurate, cost-effective parking enforcement. Unlike single-solution competitors, Pheneex delivers a unified platform that cuts costs, boosts revenue, and enhances safety across urban mobility operations.
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Plexa Health is a healthcare data connectivity platform building the infrastructure layer for Africa’s fragmented health systems. They provide a secure, consent-driven API that allows clinics, labs, pharmacies, insurers, and EMRs to seamlessly exchange patient records in real time.
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REDI is a document intelligence system that analyzes commercial real estate documents across deals and portfolios. It converts leases and agreements into structured data and insights, allowing brokers, owners, and corporate real estate teams to identify risks, constraints, and negotiation leverage that aren't visible through spreadsheets or existing systems. The result: more consistent decisions, earlier risk identification, and better portfolio control.
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SeatLock is an escrow platform that enables secure peer-to-peer ticket transfers for live entertainment events. Buyers and sellers often face fraud and insecurity in the tertiary market. SeatLock holds funds in escrow until tickets are verified and delivered—protecting both parties and ensuring each gets what they paid for.
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Shelther is a preventive mobile application designed to help women and youth feel safe in their daily lives. It offers real time safety tools such as voice activation, phone shaking, and other discreet features that make it easier to send alerts and request help quickly during emergencies.
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SmartHealth AI predicts patient no-shows and automates personalized reminders to help clinics recover revenue and reclaim lost time, one appointment at a time.
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Steer uses AI to transform networking into meaningful, high-value relationships through curated matching, engagement tracking, and structured relationship-building tools powered by public and social data.
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SysInno Inc. is an AI-enabled SaaS platform that modernizes inspection and compliance workflows for building-service companies. It centralizes inspections, documentation, and reporting—replacing manual, fragmented processes with a streamlined digital solution. Teams reduce operational risk, improve efficiency, and maintain secure, audit-ready records for safer, more compliant building operations.
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Telebotics retrofits existing low-speed fleet vehicles for campuses, parking enforcement, and ports with a teleoperation system and AI safety "co-driver." This enables safer remote operations and scalable automation without buying new vehicles. Their approach pairs human-in-the-loop control with automated safety interventions.
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Millions of small businesses are coming up for sale as retiring founders choose to sell rather than pass them on. The team is building an exit-readiness platform that automatically cleans financials, identifies add-backs, and produces buyer-ready reports similar to TurboTax but with expert review. The result: faster, cheaper exits for owners and less prep work for brokers and accountants.
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THETA is a quantitative deep learning platform that predicts stock movements using machine learning. Its proprietary ensemble model combines SIMDEC and FSL_NET algorithms, achieving 98.5% recall on profitable opportunities. Unlike traditional tools using lagging indicators, THETA continuously analyzes 1.6M+ data points—including economic indicators, cross-asset correlations, and market regimes—to identify sector rotation in real time.
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theGarage offers an AI-powered Dual Perspective hiring system that restores clarity and transparency. Job seekers get an objective AI match score and rank, replacing uncertainty with confidence. Recruiters receive instant, skill-based shortlists—no more manual sorting. With the motto "Where innovation serves integrity," theGarage bridges the gap between human value and genuine opportunity.
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The Scholarship Whizz is an EdTech venture expanding access to global education funding. It guides students through scholarship discovery and application readiness, addressing gaps caused by fragmented information. The team is developing an AI-driven matching tool to personalize funding pathways at scale—ensuring opportunity is defined by potential, not background.
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Automated fare collection system for small and mid tier transit agencies to enable their riders to pay for fares as easy as buying a coffee at a drivethru. Transit agencies outside of the GHTA and Ottawa area don’t accept bank card on board transit. Transit Pay is trying to bring that gap.
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True North Energy empowers Arctic sovereignty by cutting the logistical tether that limits Canada's defence capabilities. Powering remote sensors today relies on diesel at up to 20x market rates. The company provides autonomous hybrid power—sodium-ion batteries, methanol fuel cells, solar, and wind—enabling mission-critical sensors anywhere. True North replaces fragile supply chains with persistent energy, ensuring Canadian vigilance begins where the grid ends.
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Trumet is providing engineering solutions through AI based alloy design and additive manufacturing. They have created in house patentable alloys that can serve targeted industries such as aerospace and marine.
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VolTrack prevents auto theft by stopping it before it happens. Unlike trackers that find cars after they're stolen, their system detects unauthorized access and immobilizes the vehicle in real time. Think two-factor authentication for your car, secure proximity detection paired with instant CAN-bus immobilization. They offer a cost-effective, OEM-ready solution for consumers, fleets, and insurers.
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WandaReel removes the friction between inspiration and real-world experiences. Users share any social post to instantly view details, reviews, and availability—then book in one flow. Its AI assistant plans full days or trips, handling reservations, timing, and rescheduling across apps. No more juggling spreadsheets. WandaReel: Turning Social Moments into Real-World Experiences.
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Wiremi transforms cultural savings behavior into a portable financial identity. By digitizing ROSCAs and community-based savings systems, Wiremi measures real-world discipline, builds behavioral trust scores, and generates a Global Credit Passport users can carry across borders and institutions. Wiremi makes the financially responsible but credit invisible finally visible.
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Revenue comes from transaction fees, lending margins, and asset-backed growth. Yazz Money is a cutting-edge FinTech platform poised to revolutionize financial services in the SADC region. With a focus on FinTech solutions for money transfer and cross-border payments
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