Canadian Pitch Night: Laval’s TerroX & Plug and Play Calgary – Shark Tank Edition
Ten startups. One room. No fluff.
Watch Canadian founders from Laval's TerroX and Plug and Play Calgary accelerators pitch their companies in a fast-paced session. Each team will receive direct feedback from a panel of seasoned investors and operators, Shark Tank format, but Canadian-style!
Coaches corner include:
Elana Lian, Partner @ Dell Technologies Capital
Matthew Quadrini, Associate @ Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Great for investors, mentors, and ecosystem partners looking to discover emerging talent and engage with the next wave of innovation.
Pitching startups:
Laval's TerroX Cohort:
Oasis Learning (pre-seed) - EdTech: Automatic Update Engine for enterprises. When anything changes in your company, Oasis instantly updates every affected document across your organization in real time.
Tedy (pre-seed) - HR / Insurtech: A well-being and employee engagement platform that lets employers build personalized benefits and recognition programs in just minutes.
Fireraven (pre-seed) - Security & Compliance: Helps organizations ship AI agents to production by solving security and compliance through two integrated products: RedRaven (automated AI red-teaming with audit-ready reports) and FireGuard (low-code guardrails and real-time monitoring).
Workind (seed) - HR Tech: smarts benefits platform enabling employers to deliver personalized wellbeing benefits at scale with ease.
Nurau (seed) - Risk Intelligence / SaaS: A shift-level risk intelligence platform that captures and analyzes signals invisible to other systems, turning frontline issues into compliant and preventive actions.
Plug and Play Calgary Cohort:
TraceRent - PropTech: automated market intelligence providing real-time, unit-level rent guidance for the Canadian rental market.
RetinaLogik (pre-seed) – HealthTech: platform that helps vision specialists improve patient care using virtual reality and AI
Sultech (seed) – AgTech: proprietary, patent-protected sulphur micronization technology with applications across crop nutrients, soil health, and value-added agricultural enhancements.
EnviCore (seed) – Sustainability / Mining: developing innovative and sustainable tailings treatment solutions for the mining sector, to significantly reduce the environmental impact of mining waste by providing low-cost, environmentally friendly alternatives with improved performance and efficiency for tailings management.
Proton H2 (seed) – Sustainability / Energy: Producing ultra-low cost, clean hydrogen from hydrocarbon reserves
Agenda
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM: Optional 1:1 Meetings
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM: Registration
6:00 PM - 6:05 PM: Welcome Words
6:05 PM - 7:05 PM: Startup Pitches
7:05 PM - 8:00 PM: Networking Session with heavy hors d'oeuvres and drinks
This event is brought to you by the Canadian Consulate in Palo Alto and the Quebec Government Office in Los Angeles, with support from Plug and Play Alberta and TerroX. Thank you to Wilson Sonsini for hosting!
Advance registration is required for security reasons.