Startups, new ventures and SMEs are invited to present business plans to a panel of investors, angels, business professionals and industry experts at this business plan pitching event.

We welcome anyone looking to commercialize an innovative technology, or those with an interest in supporting entrepreneurs and tech companies, including investors and angels.

Coffee breaks, warm lunch, networking breaks and a reception included.

The morning and afternoon sessions will be held virtually and in-person+virtual, respectively.

Presenters:

09:45 Janice Baskin, Manager, Edmonton Regional Innovation Network opens the event

Session 1: Biotech and MedTech Chair: Jennifer Reid, ADEPT Director

9:50 Ameneh Madjd, COO & Co-Founder, D2Type

10:00 Kenneth To, CEO, ViewsML 

10:20 Mehdi Mohammadi Ashani, CEO & Founder, Fluidome BioChipTech

10:30 Marawan Ahmed, CEO, Alcuranex Therapeutics Limited

Session 2: Agtech and FoodTech

11:00 Rebecca Ung, Founder, Kumu

11:10 Robert Saik, CEO, visorPRO

11:30 Hamid Abdelrhman, CEO, Canvita Canada Ltd

11:40 Pankaj Purwar, CEO, Farmer's Legacy Biotech

11:50 Kate Popiel, CEO, What's the Deal? 

12:00 - 12:40 Warm lunch from Sunterra

Session 3: Neurotech

12:40 Irene Harmsen, CTO & Co-Founder, Cove Neurosciences Inc. 

12:55 Milad Afshar, Co-Founder & CEO, Neurosense Technologies

13:10 break

13:20 Michael Mengel, Professor, FoMD, UofA & Director, Alberta Transplant Institute on The role of Alberta Precision Laboratories in the diagnostics innovation ecosystem

Session 4: Medtech & Health AI

13:30 Erfan Hajiparvaneh, Founder & CEO, MediversAI

13:45 Daniel Salamon, COO, Northernmost

14:00 coffee break

Session 5: Therapeutics & Tools

14:20 Ratmir Derda, CSO, 48Hour Discovery Inc.

14:35 Mohammad Bani Amer, Director, KHYAL Inc. 

Session 6: Diagnostics & Imaging

15:00 Leyla Kara, CEO, SpectraCann

15:15 Roger Zemp, CSO, CliniSonix Inc. 

Session 7: Biotech & Agtech

15:40 Jumai Abioye, Founder and CEO, PanAccess Innovations Inc.

15:55 Stanley Pankratz, President and CEO, Rainforest Algae Corp

16:10 Reception

17:00 Close

On deck to present:

• Benji Ahvazi, Research Associate, ZAFA Biorefinery Inc.
• Hayro Hambardzumyan, Founder, Gogman Grigson Limited
• Mahsa Mohseni, Researcher, University of Alberta
• Mardin (Asghar) Fallah, CEO & Founder, RNARevive Therapeutics
  
• Mehdi Shokrani, CEO, Match My Aid
• Sreeshailam Aare, Founder and CEO, HAARES ChemTech Inc.

Location

This event is being held in the main auditorium at Edmonton Unlimited.

Format

Morning pitch slots are 10 minutes, with half for pitching and the rest for questions with the panel of business advisors, mentors and investors who receive the reports, feedback, plans, decks and videos. 

Afternoon in-person pitch slots are 15 minutes and are prioritized for diagnostics/biotech companies and ADEPT members

Presenters are welcome to bring team members after sending their emails and names to the organizer.

Confidential disclosure agreements are not provided, but information exchanged at this private event should be considered privileged and should not be shared publicly.

Evaluation forms for each pitch will be shared and collated anonymized scores and feedback will be shared with the presenters and registered investors and advisors.

Testimonials:

"Our previous pitch connected us with three companies that are now pursuing collaborative work with us as well as accelerating our consumer testing lab at the University of Alberta. This is a major step forward as we engage customers and fine-tune our products to meet the needs of our users." -TM

"We had the pleasure of presenting at your Discovery Lab events, what a fantastic experience! A few highlights are meeting with new advisor and now we are working on a paid project with them. We also connected with folks from Edmonton Global and from there additional meetings lead to me introducing them to an Investor from Singapore who we are trying to attract to Edmonton. Now we have multiple efforts looking to bring at least part of their $100 million health fund to Alberta! " -JM

"Our DiscoveryLab presentation led to participation of 2 investors in our seed round, a strategic machine learning technology development partnership, a remote patient monitoring collaboration with a University, and this week’s announcement of an exciting product launch."

"Our project has picked up significantly since we last presented at DiscoveryLab. We have partnered to expand our program for the treatment of COVID-19 patients and we are now at 22 sites."

"The suggestions I got from the DiscoveryLab meeting were great. Thanks!"

"I would like to thank you for organizing the pitch event. We were very happy about the outcome of the pitch. We wanted some advice and that's what we got. We would love to pitch again."

“you did an admirable job of putting this together. From the quality of the participants/viewers to the administration of the process and the follow-up, I'm impressed. I have two meetings as a direct result of my presentation. Thanks for including me, and for inviting me to the next one; I fully intend to present at the next meeting.”- KH

“Thank you again for the opportunity to pitch. Actually, we are having a couple of followup calls with stakeholders from your region.” - HL

"I wanted to send a note to thank you very much for the opportunity to present yesterday. We enjoyed the experience and also were able to resolve an issue."

“This is by far the best run pitch event I’ve ever been to!” - Presenter

“Cool pitches, great people.”

“Love the feedback and analytical breakdown”

“Excellent time management and ability to make adjustments on the fly. Well done!”

"My company got funding."

Organizer:

This event is being offered by DiscoveryLab in partnership with ADEPT, ERIN and Edmonton Unlimited. For questions feel free to contact Michael Overduin (at michael at discoverylab.ca).

Fine print:

For clarity, DiscoveryLab does not recommend advisors or investors, but can make introductions. Each person and company has the responsibility of obtaining legal advice and performing due diligence before signing contracts or taking investments.