We’re excited to reveal the innovative finalists competing on October 17, 2024, at Red Deer Polytechnic. This competition celebrates rural founders driving tech innovation across Alberta!
Join us to celebrate their groundbreaking work, network, and support rural innovation! This unique event not only offers prizes but fosters a supportive environment and provides unique networking opportunities. It’s more than a pitch—it’s a celebration of Alberta’s entrepreneurial spirit.
Meet the Finalists
Anandi Botanicals
Annie Ray
Anandi Botanicals Inc. specialize in the propagation of plants for agriculture, horticulture, and conservation sectors, with a focus on rare and endangered species, and plants relevant for reforestation and reclamation. By leveraging cutting-edge tissue culture techniques, we aim to contribute to environmental sustainability and biodiversity conservation, while also providing training and creating job opportunities in rural communities.
CropMind Inc.
Damilare Odumosu
CropMind leverages AI-powered solutions to dramatically improve crop management. For a 25-acre orchard, a traditional yield estimation can take up to two weeks, but with Cropmind, we reduce that to just two days. This rapid, data-driven approach allows farmers to optimize production, cut costs, and make informed decisions faster, helping them achieve sustainable growth and efficiency.
Draw a Fence
Tamara Aspeling
Draw a Fence makes generating professional grade fence and gate drawings as easy as shopping online. Our users don’t need any CAD skills or software.
FeedxChange
Styn Nieuwenhuis
FeedXchange is a digital marketplace that connects farmers and brokers, providing real-time data and tools to optimize feed procurement. By decentralizing the feed industry and offering a transparent platform, FeedXchange empowers rural farmers to make informed decisions, hedge risks, and access better pricing for feed commodities. Our platform also includes advanced broker tools for logistics, inventory management, and client communication, streamlining the entire feed buying process while reducing costs and improving efficiency.
Trigger Tracker Tech
Heba Iftikhar
Trigger Tracker Tech is a smart, food diary app that uses AI and computer vision to make gut-health management accessible and affordable. Users can use our app to scan their meal and it will detect if there is an ingredient in the meal that will disrupt their gut microbiome. The app also correlates a user’s diet with their symptoms to discover new trigger foods that users should avoid that they may not have been aware of previously.
Event Details and Registration
Date: October 17, 2024 | 5 pm – 8 pm
Location: Red Deer Polytechnic
About the Event Series
The BIPOC and Rural Tech Founders event series aims to help foster more access into the innovation sector by accelerating startup companies by diverse founders to advance problem-solving, social impact, create jobs and fuel the economy.
Our eighth event in the series will be the Rural Founders Pitch and Social series which will be hosted in Red Deer Alberta. Successful applicants will receive 2 free pitch coaching sessions and pitch to a crowd of supporters on October 17th at Garry W. Harris Canada Games Centre in Red Deer.
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