Share-A-Box | Simon Lee, Tom Beke, Azamat Rahmaty
A mystery subscription box providing parents with an easy gift for their children including fun, creative and development-oriented toys and games.
U of G student entrepreneur who hopes to disrupt the money loan industry wins $500 award
In a high-pressure competition last week, student entrepreneurs pitched their businesses in 3 minutes or less to a panel of judges, competing for the Warren and Deborah Jestin Award at the CBaSE Hub Incubator Pitch Finals.
Congratulations to Wyatt Trainer, founder of Lendly, on winning this year’s award. Lendly is a Peer-to-Peer Lending platform that connects borrowers to lenders, in a similar way to how ride-sharing connects riders to drivers.
"This is an industry that needs disruption." - Julia Christensen Hughes
The Warren and Deborah Jestin Impact Award is a $500 award given annually to a student in the Hub Incubator program. The award recognizes the business that demonstrates the highest community and social benefit along with a sustainable and profitable business model. The winner is decided each year by a panel of judges. This year’s judges included:
- Julia Christensen Hughes | Dean, College of Business and Economics, University of Guelph
- Anne Toner Fung | Executive Director, Innovation Guelph
- Kristel Manes | Executive Director, Guelph-Wellington Business Centre
The competition included seven other businesses with students from Cohort 10 of the CBaSE Hub Incubator program. Congratulations to all student entrepreneurs for their incredible work this semester:
Versa | Alex Ricci, Monika Hauck
A music and arts business that creates audiovisual performance and projection art for live events, including music, video art, marbled prints and branded merchandise.
ManibusAI | Elizabeth Broderick, Samuel Crawford Loveys, Alejandro Lobo
Software that translates American Sign Language (ASL) to text.
CampusMate Inc | Abdul-Rahman El-Sayed, Martin Derka, Sura Al Timimi
Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered course-based messaging application to help students stay on top of their course needs and stay connected financially and socially.
TapHax | Jacob Elliot, Murtaza Bahrainwala
A device which replaces faucets and allows consumers to track their water consumption in real time.
Qor | Ciaran Buckley, Owen Botelho, Dhrumil Mehta
A lightweight wearable platform allowing athletes to measure ground reaction force (GRF) and gait patterns to assess lower body function as well as performance potential.
Prime Properties Ontario | Zachary John Brittain
Providing value-added real estate tools and services to the community and connecting them with the best Realtors.