Venture Directory

LOTUS Sleep Products

Lotus Sleep Products specializes in crafting luxury, Canadian-made sleep solutions using the finest handcrafted artisan materials. As we expand our reach within Canada and into China, we are poised for significant growth. Investing in Lotus Sleep Products today offers the opportunity to join us on our journey towards creating premium sleep solutions in these key markets.

Mave & Chez

Luxuriously engineered, Mave & Chez slippers are stylishly designed to provide unparalleled support through life's pivotal stages – from pregnancy and postpartum to menopause. Designed by women for women, MAVES seamlessly blends scientifically-backed comfort with fashion-forward design with our unique ergonomic design, washable insoles, and indoor-outdoor versatility. We believe in a world where every step is a moment of connection, grounding, and empowerment. Designed in Canada. Ethically made in Brazil.

Wicked Rose

At Wicked Rose, we're creating technical, sport-specific activewear for women in martial arts. Our activewear is designed to heighten performance, increase comfort while training, and help women feel better represented within the sport.

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Next 36, 2023

Founders:

Christina Morrow

Hairstrong

Improving performance for athletes with long hair through the development of self-tightening textiles that can be used practically in situations where high-impact movement is required.

The Roasters Pack

The Roasters Pack will take you on a coffee adventure with our coffee subscription delivered to your home each month. Think of us as your tour guide through the delicious world of specialty coffee and craft roasters. We also have Leaderboard Coffee (a coffee tasting game), as well as a B2B cafe supply part of The Roasters Pack.

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Suneal Pabari

Talewind

Talewind is building the next generation of location search, with interactive digital maps that streamline existing search behaviour. Our AI agents import places from websites, social media, anywhere, aggregating user research in one place and eliminating manual work. This gives us end-to-end visibility on user decision-making with 1st-party data, critical for hospitality and travel companies with the anticipated elimination of cookies.

Evio Beauty Group

Evio Beauty reduces the effects of stress on your skin and in your community with impact-led beauty.

SkmAI

SkmAI is an AI-powered video platform that transforms how individuals and businesses search, manage and share videos with AI. SkmAI offers features like AI powered text search, contextual Q&A with timestamps, automated summaries, and visual search capabailties. These features enable users to efficiently organize, extract insights, and search video content, making it an indispensable tool for sectors such as education, marketing, customer support, and event management. SkmAI aims to transform the traditionally time-consuming process of video content management into a seamless, efficient, and insightful experience.

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Next 36, 2024

Nala Hair

Using computer vision and other machine learning models, we aim to create an AI hair care diagnostic & recommendation tool to match consumers with our toxic -free, organic and sustainable products for their specific hair profile needs.

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Eleni Eyob
Gerry Polynice

Salubrum

Salubrum is on a mission to evangelize the North American healthcare system to medical tourism. We do this in two ways: For patients we build digital tools, like our Travelwise Passport, to make their medical tourism experience safe, affordable and easy. For payors we build compliance products that allow them to leverage medical tourism for their referrals. Salubrum is a graduate of Treefrog Accelerator, uOttawa eHub and is currently part of NEXT36. Salubrum is also backed by LA based, Artest Management Group, led by former NBA Player Metta World Peace.

Tdot Performance ltd

Our vision at Tdot Performance, Canada's largest e-commerce for auto parts and accessories, is to transform into a marketplace and community where car enthusiasts can discover, share, and buy parts inspired by each other's vehicle builds.

Morphace

B2C company revolutionizing home-based wrinkle treatments with personalized beauty tech.

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Next 36, 2023

Founders:

Jia Xi Chen

Iconic Brewing Co.

Iconic Brewing Co. thrives in the fast paced beverage alcohol industry and has become one of the leading “trend-setting” beverage companies in Canada. Their portfolio of brands includes products such as Crazy Beard Wild Apple, Crazy Beard Hard Ginger Ale and Dusty Boots Hard Root Beer - Canada's first alcoholic root beer.

inkbox

Inkbox is a direct-to-consumer tattoo brand that empowers customers with the ultimate tool for self-expression. Their ink develops in your skin to create a tattoo that lasts 1-2 weeks, fading as your skin naturally regenerates.

Just Vertical

At Just Vertical we build furniture that feeds you. Our indoor gardens allow you to grow your own food, right at home, 365 days per year, while using 95% less water, and no pesticides. This means you can grow your own unique, fresh flavours (like wasabi arugula or black basil!) while helping the planet. We've got over 1000 active gardeners and are fortunate to have strong backers of the company like Arlene Dickinson, Export Development Canada, and F100 firms. We also help you save money on your groceries as every garden purchased comes with everything you need to grow its value back right in the box. We've also taken our backend technology and put it into several different commercial installations where we grow food on a larger scale.

Makeup For Melanin Girls

MFMG Cosmetics is a beauty brand that leverages online communities to develop products and a personalized shopping experience for multiethnic beauty customers. Their mission is to bring diverse beauty to the forefront through highly pigmented beauty products.

Nomz

Nomz is a healthy snack company based in Toronto, Canada. Their energy bites are made with simple, natural ingredients and come in four delicious flavours: pistachio, almond, hazelnut and coconut.

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nud fud

nud fud is a healthy snack company that produces snacks that are organic, raw, vegan, paleo, tree nut-free, sugar-free, non-GMO, grain-free, and gluten-free.

Nudnik

Nudnik transforms textile waste into unisex apparel for kids and adults.

Poche Posh

Poche Posh is an online women's clothing retailer. They provide women's clothing with pockets to carry your necessities while still looking stylish.

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Next 36, 2018

Rockwell Razors

Rockwell makes eco-friendly, innovative shaving and grooming products.

Sampler

Sampler is the leading self-serve digital product sampling solution for brand and agency marketers. Sampler helps brands of all sizes and categories deliver physical samples to digitally targeted consumers.

SucSeed

As Canada's only socially-driven hyrdoponics company, SucSeed's at-home hydroponic growing kits let anyone, anywhere, fill their plates with fresh, affordable produce.

Greenlid

Greenlid is the world's first fully biodegradable kitchen food waste bin. Just fill it up and compost the entire Greenlid. It's made from 100% end-of-life recycled cardboard and has a proprietary formulation that prevents leaks and smells.

TritonWear

TritonWear develops wearable technology for performance athletics to make better coaches, resulting in superior athletes. TritonWear's flagship product, the Triton, is a wearable for competitive swimmers.

Voltera

Voltera has developed the V-One, a desktop 3D printer that enables circuit boards to be prototyped within minutes. Eliminating the frustrations associated with traditional circuit board fabrication processes and drastically reducing hardware development time.

VOLTFUSE

VOLTFUSE is a specialty headwear and apparel brand, based out of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Wellow

Wellow is the world's most sustainable deodorant. It comes in a revolutionary paper-based tube that is 100% recyclable and compostable. Made from 95% FSC-certified recycled paper, the deodorant’s packaging fully biodegrades in as little as 3 months after disposal, leaving no trace. Every detail has been carefully considered, down to the plant-based ink, water-soluble adhesive, and all-natural ingredients.

WHOOSH!

WHOOSH! is defining the next generation of clean. Leveraging the latest advancements in formula development, WHOOSH! creates innovative, powerful and safer solutions to clean life’s dirty moments.

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Wiivv

Wiivv is a technology company transforming footwear and wellness for every human body. Wiivv Insoles and Sandals are created uniquely for you, engineered for your individual feet and 3D printed using measurements taken from the award-winning Wiivv app.

Wilder Harrier

Wilder Harrier's mission is to prepare the healthiest foods for our pets and for the planet using only wholesome, human-grade, and tasty ingredients in a fully responsible way. Their first product is a hypoallergenic and healthy dog treat made with cricket flour - a sustainable superfood.

ZEITDICE INC.

ZEITDICE's mission is to capture time so we can learn from it, preserve it, and enjoy it. To achieve, ZEITDICE has invented a time-lapse camera that does not run out of battery or memory.

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