MEET THE CLASS OF 2020
We’re thrilled to introduce you to 11 companies selected for Launch Party 11
The eleventh annual edition of Launch Party, hosted by Startup Edmonton, is Edmonton’s flagship startup event during Edmonton Startup Week that celebrates and showcases the hottest startups in town.
Since 2010, more than 95 technology companies have launched products at the event, including rapidly growing teams like ZEPT, Jobber, Drivewyze, Poppy Barley, and Showbie.
““I am constantly blown away by the army of problem solvers out there pushing their creativity to build something bigger than themselves and pursuing their unique passions to drive ahead the change they want to see in the world. I look forward to celebrating the mosaic of people who make up the startup community and welcome new friends through this year’s virtual gathering to highlight the magnificent sum of our shared mission. Can’t wait to see you there!,” said Aatif Baskanderi, Director, Startup Edmonton.”
Introducing Launch Party Class of 2020:
Awele is a managed-marketplace that lets customers buy and ship vehicles, heavy goods and equipments from North America to Africa with peace of mind. We do this by letting customers book and track their freight with vetted service providers (freight-forwarders, customs brokers, etc).
Godfrey Okeke, PhD, Founder & CEO
Peter Nsaka, CTO
We use cutting edge machine learning to augment your content creation process, from blog posts to ad variants, product descriptions, taglines, and landing pages.
Jasmine Wang, CEO and Founder
Doortender is an alcohol eCommerce and on-demand delivery platform based in Alberta. Users login to the Doortender app or website, place an order, and have their alcohol delivered within 60 minutes. Doortender is differentiated by its $0 delivery fees, competitive liquor store pricing, and unique product offerings.
Troy Klaus, CEO & Co-Founder
Brian Abelseth, CGO & Co-Founder
David Abelseth, CDO & Co-Founder
Jesse Rutherford, CTO & Co-Founder
EZ Ops equips front-line oil and gas operations teams with the right information at the right time, assisting them in making data driven decisions. Our vision is to help front line operations teams to advance using technology and perform at the highest level possible. Top tier performance for all team members creates globally competitive Oil & Gas producers and, in return, job security for our hard working front line peers.
Brandon Ambrose, CEO
Adam Cann, Director of Operations
Nic Lefebvre, Director of Technology
Lucky Braimoh, Director of Sales
FLIK is a platform & community hub connecting female leaders and students across the world via meaningful apprenticeships. Founders get helping hands on their businesses from verified, ambitious talent, network with other powerful female leaders through our discussion hub, and get access to exclusive resources to accelerate their businesses. Apprentices volunteer in exchange for invaluable experience, skills training, mentorship, and network with fellow apprentices through a discussion hub. These meaningful connections amongst entrepreneurial womxn are elevating womxn-led ventures globally. Check out more at weareflik.com
Ravina Anand, Co-Founder and COO
Michelle Kwok, Co-Founder and CEO
Lrnkey.com is a global online education platform that connects you to live instructors through 1-on-1 interactive lessons. Born out of a family need that couldn't be filled, Lrnkey allows students who want to match their unique passions, needs and learning styles to find experienced instructors who want to share their knowledge and experience. There are several online learning alternatives, but they employ an outdated approach that doesn't account for individual students’ needs. We believe that with today’s technology, the next step in the evolution of learning is 1-on-1 personalized online education facilitated through video lessons with skilled instructors around the world.
Sona Budaghyan, Director of the Corporation
Hayrapet Hambardzumyan, Founder & COO
Hayk Hovhannisyan, Co-Founder & CMO
Narek Sahakyan, Co-Founder & CTO
Gayane Manukyan, Co-Founder & CFO
Nanode is a battery technology company that specializes in designing and producing high-performance electrodes for lithium- and sodium-ion batteries. At Nanode, we produce metal alloy anode which has higher energy storage capacity, simpler one-step preparation method, and shorter manufacturing time than traditional graphite anodes. Our technology eliminates the wet process for graphite anode, making the battery anode manufacture more scalable and faster. Nanode makes batteries better.
Dr. Bing Cao, CEO & Co-Founder
Dr. Peter Kalisvaart, CTO & Co-Founder
The world's #1 personal injury tool. PainWorth helps people automagically calculate, manage and settle their own personal injury case. Try it for free, today!
Mike Zouhri, Co-Founder & Product
Chris Trudel, Co-Founder & Technical
The construction industry is due for a process upgrade. It is among the least digitized and many aspects, importantly PURCHASING, are time consuming and difficult. QuoteToMe is constructed by a group of dreamers and doers who are re-imagining construction purchasing by digitizing the supply chain. Our mission is to provide the most efficient and transparent process for purchasing in the construction industry.
John Chabluk, Founder & CEO
Andrew Langstone, Co-Founder, President & COO
Roman Jaworsky, Co-Founder & CFO
ResumeFree™ is disrupting the recruitment industry by screening candidates on over 200 data points for key metrics of success, all without using a resume. Our unique online portal screens, assesses, ranks, and provides you with the top candidates for your role. We know we provide you with accurate and objective data to make the best hire. The ResumeFree™ process has been proven to be faster, more cost efficient, increases new hire retention, and reduces systemic discrimination in the screening process by 100%.
Allie Knull, Founder & CEO
Dustin Wenger, COO & Advisor
Vince Waldon, CTO
Xkey AiEstimation and Business Services Inc.
With decades of experience in the construction and development industries, specifically in estimation and project management, the founders have set to align the estimation process with Machine Learning, Computer Vision, and Ai. Xkey's goal is to create the most accurate and efficient estimation take-off tool available. A user-friendly application, Xkey AiEstimation for Electrical and Mechanical take-offs will Launch in October 2020. These two products will substantially increase the speed and accuracy of estimates. With additional Ai-based models Xkey AiEstimation will expand into other trades and add more estimation tools which will be released in 2021, so stay tuned!
Rob Swynar- Founder/CEO/CTO
Mark Chappell- Co-Founder/CSO