L-SPARK Startup Accelerator 🇨🇦

👋 Meet Glowtify, an AI-powered SaaS platform designed to help ecommerce businesses simplify their marketing strategies and build strong brands. Founded by CEO Marc Allard, and his team of co-founders, JP Arcand, Olivier Fradette-Roy, and Alexandra Lefort, Glowtify was designed to give business owners and marketing teams their time back by automating content creation and shedding light on data-driven strategies optimized for strategic success. Learn all about Glowtify in our newest blog and don't forget to pop over to them to say hi at SAAS NORTH Conference November 13th-14th. 👉  https://lnkd.in/eFkRgqWc

Over the last few weeks, 10 startups have been getting investment ready with the help of Immigrant Founder Launchpad. Co-presented by Invest Ottawa & Maple Bridge Ventures, this program provides immigrant entrepreneurs with workshops, 1:1 advisory, and investor relations support.   The program will come to an end with a live pitch finale on November 12th! Don’t miss the chance to see these founders vie for the chance to take home funding prizes.   Register now  https://lnkd.in/eNwDVYZD

Another day, another amazing company from Cohort 11 to share with you all! 👋 Meet CyberSSS Inc,  a comprehensive vulnerability management platform that centralizes all security vulnerabilities into a single, unified view. Founded by Stephane Vaillancourt, this #SaaS company helps organizations fix vulnerabilities quickly and streamline security workflows, making business more secure for themselves and their customers. Read all about Stephane and his journey in bringing CyberSSS to life in our latest blog. 👉 https://lnkd.in/eMKs9_Z6

Almost 1 month down and things have been moving non-stop at the L-SPARK office. With SAAS NORTH Conference approaching Nov 13th, we wanted to give our community a more in-depth view into each of the companies making up our cohort 11. 👋 Say hello to Apprendo.io Co-Founded by Camilo Rivera and Shane Maley, Apprendo is an eCommerce platform for experts and professionals to monetize their knowledge. Meet them at SaaS North and discover more about the company in our latest blog. 👇 https://lnkd.in/etY4AD7j

"You can't be vulnerable without courage, and you can't be courageous without being vulnerable." These words from Susan Blain, CEO and Co-Founder of Dare To Be Vulnerable, continue to echo in our ears after their amazing event for #entrepreneurs yesterday at Invest Ottawa. We work with countless #startups year after year, and through all their ups and downs, the courage and vulnerability displayed by these #founders to put so much on the line, investing hours of their time, energy, and resources while still dealing with the things around them that make them human, is incomparable. One theme that rang through the panel was the notion of a "playbook", a set of tools to tap into when you feel that strain on your mental health, so of course, we had to share our learnings: ➡ Movement - get out of your head and into your body ➡ Yoga/Meditation - including mantras ➡ Digital detox - especially first thing in the morning ➡ Make tea - or any other mindfulness rituals ➡ Say Yes - move in the direction aligned with who you are ➡ Tap into community - lean on your loved ones who want to support you ➡ Be Present - say the things you see, smell, hear, taste, and feel out loud ➡ Seek experts - consult with therapists and mental health coaches ➡ Find Gratitude - list out the things you feel appreciation for ➡ Get into the woods - Forest is just another way to say "for rest" These events are always such a refreshing eye-opener into the reality that so many of our peers, teams, and leaders deal with each and every day, and it is always a pleasure to attend and witness these conversations take place within our city and ecosystem. Thank you to everyone that helped make this event possible for our community, and can't wait to see more courageous conversations happening around us in the future. Learn more about the Dare to Be Vulnerable Project at the link below 👇 https://lnkd.in/eqfyv_-8

🚀Are you ready to take your trailblazing innovations to the stage and pitch to global investors?    ✏️We are thrilled to share that applications are open for Canadian health science companies to pitch in person to global investors at the 2025 #OBIO Investment Summit happening in February in Toronto!   👋🏽If you are a Canadian life sciences or health tech company commercializing products and services in therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics, digital health, and health IT, this is an amazing opportunity for you!   Learn more and apply! https://lnkd.in/gJgg3VMt AGE-WELL NCE Inc., Altitude Accelerator, BioAlberta, BIOTECanada, Brock University, Communitech, CQDM, Health Technology Catalyst | CTS, Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (CVCA), District 3 Innovation, Edmonton Global, Global Startups, Innovation Factory , Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | Innovation, Sciences et Développement économique Canada, Invest Ottawa, JLABS, Life Sciences BC, Life Sciences Ontario, L-SPARK Startup Accelerator 🇨🇦, MaRS Discovery District, Medtech Canada, Medical Innovation Xchange , Montréal InVivo, National Research Council Canada / Conseil national de recherches Canada, Synapse Life Science Consortium, Toronto Region Board of Trade, TIAP - Toronto Innovation Acceleration Partners, Velocity   #OBIO #OBIOInvestmentSummit #OBIOInvestmentSummit2025 #OBIOInvestmentSummit25 #OIS2025[AK1]  #OIS #healthscience #innovations #medtech #healthtech #lifesciences #callforapplications #innovationsinhealthcare #therapeutics #medicaldevices #medicaldevice #diagnostics #digitalhealth

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When unlocking corporate innovation, trust is the key. 🗝 This week, our very own Leo L. sat down with Talia Abramowitz and Kevin Ford to chat about all things Corporate Innovation. Some of the amazing take aways of the evening included: ➡ Know your WHY: what is it that’s driving you towards corporate innovation? Stay rooted in your goals. ➡ Canada is behind - 6% of 🇨🇦 corporates are using corporate innovation compared to the 40% in 🇺🇸 (statistic from ‘The State of Corporate Venture Capital in Canada’ report produced by Deloitte) ➡Trust makes all the difference: when it comes to making big decisions like corporate acceleration, someone you trust makes all the difference. Big thank you to everyone who joined us at he event and for all of the engaging questions from the audience - stay tuned as we share more content from this incredible panel! Learn more about L-SPARK Select, our corporate acceleration arm, here: https://lnkd.in/eRakYzT8 #corporateinnovation #growth #scale #ceo #corporateventure

📣 Only 5 Days Left to Register!! 📣 You won't want to miss out on our upcoming event where we'll talk about all things Corporate Innovation. Hear from: ➡ Calian Group CEO, Kevin Ford — has successfully run a Medtech corporate innovation program ➡ Deloitte Managing Partner, Talia Abramowitz — performed a national research report on the state of corporate venturing in Canada ➡ L-SPARK Startup Accelerator 🇨🇦 co-founder, Leo L. — has years of experience overseeing corporate innovation projects Register asap to discover why NOW is the best time to explore corporate venturing for your company. 👉 https://lnkd.in/em33mk-W #corporateinnovation #corporateventure #growth #innovation #ceo

Yesterday, we had the pleasure of hearing from the young innovators of #Ottawa as students across the city came together to pitch their sustainable tech solutions to the Kanata North Business Association community. Big congratulations to the 3 winning teams selected for their creative ideas, hard work, and engaging pitches: 🥇 Synergy 🥈 Greennata Microtransit System 🥉 Eco Intelligence 🎖 L-SPARK also had the pleasure of awarding the AI Implementation Award to Greennata Microtransit System for their concept of an AI-powered bus-on-demand service for the Tech Park community (definitely hope to see that idea come to life some day!) It was an exciting afternoon to see the next generation of problem-solvers and change-makers present their ideas and give us a taste of the types of innovations we can hope to see shape our ecosystem in the near future. 🙌 Maybe we'll even see some of them in our accelerator one day. 😉