It was great to talk to so many startups at Startup Drinks Open Pitch Open Bar. Some of the Toronto cohort of Cooperathon mingling with the community. Several of our mentors were onsite including from Pycap Venture Partners, Naxxar Consulting, and Equivesto inc just to name a few. Thank you to our sponsors CPA Ontario, Workhaus and Insight Legal
OPEN BAR NETWORKING
Special thanks to Catapult Brewing for supplying the beer and being a great supporter of the startup community. Ask for Catapult at your favorite bar and LCBO. A drink and some pizza usually help people relax and start conversations. The Startup Coach goes around the room making sure people are connecting, pushing people to sign up to pitch and answering any questions people may have.
OPEN PITCH
Beside talking to everyone about what they are working on and how we can help, the Open Pitch portion of the event is our favorite. With pitches from idea stage to companies with over $50 million raised, October’s Open Pitch was no exception.
Kat from Tripways a Mobility as a Service Platform (MaaS) offering urban mobility freedom using a single platform that provides you with the best mobility options for you.
Amir from Amstar was out practicing his pitch
Kirill of The Fitting Room pitched a technology for a custom clothing marketplace that will replicate the real life shopping experience and is looking for a CTO cofounder.
Joe Wehbe of bizdevIQ pitched their Artificial intelligence that hunts startup inefficiencies faster than your team, and recommends experts. The marketplace for the startup CEO & investor that’s success-obsessed.
Dantong of Fooi pitched how their app allows you to Share money in the moment. Tip the valet, receive money from friends, donate to your favorite causes and more
Vince of Tag In Sports pitched their free app that connects people who want to play recreational sports. The app has everything from basketball, golf, hockey and baseball to dodgeball, snowball fights, beer pong and capture the flag.
Roy runs a couple of successful business and invited attendees to leave jobs that aren’t fulfilling and work with him to do something you are passionate about
Quinn of VanHack came up to talk about the great jobs they are hiring for they provide some of the best tech resources to smart companies from startups to enterprises
Julia one of the attendees from the Toronto cohort of Cooperathon, pitched working with algae
Aamir of Remine talked about how Remine brings home buyers, home sellers, real estate agents, and lenders together on a single platform defined by choice, clarity, and speed. He also talked about their multiple funding rounds, what it’s like when US VC money comes into a startup, and how they are in growth mode and looking to hire. you should apply!
Karsh of One Tap pitched how their platform makes Check-Ins Simple. You can setup your iPad Kiosk and start tracking attendance in 2 minutes
Razi of MettleAI talked about how they help treat mental health differently from physical health and how their AI solution is approaching the problem
Special thanks to our volunteers with out which we couldn’t make events like Startup Drinks Open Pitch Open Bar happen.
