WATERLOO, Ont. 34 southern Ontario-based companies are receiving $30,000 in seed funding and $10,000 of in-kind business support services such as one-to-one professional mentorship under the Accelerator Centre’s AC JumpStart program.

‍Funded by FedDev Ontario and delivered in partnership with Conestoga College, the University of Guelph, the University of Waterloo, and Wilfrid Laurier University, the program is aimed at helping technology and technology-enabled companies establish and grow their businesses in southern Ontario.

‍Former AC JumpStart recipients include ApplyBoard, recently named Canada’s fastest-growing company by Deloitte, and NERv Technology, recent winner of the world’s first Entrepreneurship World Cup and its accompanying $500,000 USD prize.

‍The latest cohort has multiple companies representing various sectors such as education, energy and power, healthcare, financial services, digital media, manufacturing, and more.

‍The AC JumpStart recipients in Cohort 11 are:

·       AgeRate

·       A-Line Orthopaedics Corporation

·       AMPERe Inc.

·       Bedrock.AI Inc.

·       Blue Lions Labs Ltd.

·       Borrum Energy Solutions

·       Collab Health Inc.

·       Draft Canada Inc.

·       Emergency Response Africa Inc.

·       Equal-Smart Spending

·       Extra Dimension Games Inc.

·       Gallanda Corporation

·       Gardnr

·       Goji

·       Grand River Business Intelligence

·       Hagglefree

·       TradeMarkDIY Inc.

·       IOK Labs Inc.

·       IRIS R&D Group Inc.

·       Junip Inc.

·       Justin Schorn

·       Level Software Inc.

·       Lokii Wear Ltd.

·       LumenED

·       Paidiem Payment Solutions Inc.

·       Paradiso Ventures Inc.

·       Signal

·       Tempus Innovative Tech Inc.

·       Terra Bioplastics Inc.

·       The OWL Solutions

·       Toxon Technologies Inc.

·       Typesift Inc.

·       Water Refined Inc.

·       Weavair

“The $30,000 I received from AC JumpStart is a huge help,” says Thomas Uhlenbruck, founder and CEO of Pulse Industrial, an IoT company that improves safety and reduces fuel consumption in industrial plants. “The mentorship is nothing short of world-class. You can really treat the mentor team like having a senior officer in every department of your company. Being in the program has really helped to grow my company.” Uhlenbruck is in Cohort 9 of the AC JumpStart program.

AC JumpStart Cohort 12 applications open January 13, 2020.

‍About the Accelerator Centre‍

The Accelerator Centre is an award-winning startup accelerator dedicated to building and scaling sustainable, globally competitive companies and giving startups the highest probability of long-term success. In 2019, it was ranked as a World Top 5 accelerator due to, in part, a reputation for meaningful, one-to-one mentorship and helping entrepreneurs go from the idea stage to high-growth enterprises.

‍About AC JumpStart

AC JumpStart is funded by FedDev Ontario and delivered in partnership with Conestoga College, the University of Guelph, the University of Waterloo, and Wilfrid Laurier University. The AC JumpStart program began in January 2015, with three cohorts of companies participating in the program in 2015, and two cohorts annually in subsequent years. Each cohort receives funding and mentorship over a 12-month period.

 About FedDev Ontario

FedDev Ontario delivers programs and services to help create, retain and grow businesses, cultivate partnerships and build strong communities. The Agency’s programming is designed to support a strong southern Ontario economy and position the region to compete globally. For more information visit www.FedDevOntario.gc.ca.

For more information, please contact:

Laura Elvidge

Manager, Marketing and Communications

Accelerator Centre

[email protected]

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