The 2019 Fundica Roadshow hit the city on April 4th for their first regional event in Vancouver.
Sixteen startups, representing industries ranging from femtech to greentech, pitched to a panel of investors from iNovia, Panache Ventures, BCF Ventures, VFF VC, Framework VC, Vanedge Capital, Active Impact Investments, and R&D Capital.
At the end of the day, ehsAI, Ftsy, and Neuraura were selected to move on to the finale on June 20th.
ehsAI, represented by CEO Maragery Moore, converts complex EHS legal documents into compliance action items in seconds by leveraging machine learning.
Ftsy, represented at the Fundica Roadshow by CEO Ryan Smith, is an e-commerce platform that makes it easy to shop online for the best-fitting shoes.
Neuraura, represented by co-founder and CEO Pierre Wijdenes, is helping end brain diseases and the associated stigma by leveraging decades of research and applying leading practices in neuroscience and micro-fabrication to the challenge of understanding the electrophysiological workings of the brain.
In addition to a chance to pitch for the $800,000 equity investment award on June 20th, the Vancouver winners will each receive $20,000 in Google Cloud hosting credits and a cloud package from CANARIE.
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