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NEXT 36 FOUNDERS ARE WORKING ON SOLVING GLOBAL
PROBLEMS IN A VARIETY OF INDUSTRIES INCLUDING:
Every year, we select 36 of the most entrepreneurial undergrads and recent grads from coast-to-coast
who we believe have what it takes to build Canada’s next narwhal. Over the course of eight months, we
provide our Next 36 founders with unparalleled education taught by successful entrepreneurs, business
leaders and world-class faculty. Our entrepreneurs learn the essentials of building and scaling a business,
from how to compete with established competitors to how to read a term sheet and beyond.
MEET THE 2020 COHORT:
Aaron Wanjala
Monolog
Aileen Agada
BeBlended
Winner: The Hepburn
Valedictorian Award
Edward Chiang
Moment Energy
Winner: The Scotiabank
Outstanding Contribution
to Society Award AND
The RBC People’s
Choice Award
Alykhan Kara
Shomigo
Eve Staszczyszyn
WellnessWorld
Chipewyan
McCrimmon
Falc0n-X
Hamayal Choudhry
smartARM
Cole Powers
IntelliCulture
Hannah Le
Ascend
Kyle Handfield
OutLaunch
Riyaz Khair
OutLaunch
Lauren Adolphe
LifeLuxe
Sanchit Gupta
Sasha Ivanov
HandJam
Lauren DeSouza
ACE
Logan Underwood
Ad Auris
Matthew Ferreira
smartARM
Mohammad Kamla
Kamla Designs
Harrison Handley
Connor Wilson
Pilot
Ian Saunders
Socialab
Montgomery Ngan
Ascend
Cooper Midroni
Dubly
Jason Wong
Myra Arshad
ALT TEX
David Lin
Lunavoy Inc.
Jose David Gomez Zea
Arkangel Ai
Ramin Shaikhi
IntelliCulture
Disha Nayak
FeedmÏ
Justin LarocqueVilliers
OutLaunch
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Sumreen Rattan
Moment Energy
Winner: The Scotiabank
Outstanding Contribution
to Society Award AND
The RBC People’s
Choice Award
Zainab Jangda
Playcoco
Healthcare
Energy
Wellness
Professional
Services
Social
Impact
Hospitality
& Travel
Oil &
Gas
& more
PARTICIPANTS FROM 14
SCHOOLS ACROSS CANADA:
20+ DIFFERENT MAJORS
REPRESENTED INCLUDING:
14 LANGUAGES
SPOKEN:
Brock University
Architecture
Cantonese
McGill University
Biomedical Sciences
English
Queen’s University
Business Administration
Farsi
Simon Fraser University
Computer Engineering
Fookien
University of British Columbia
Computer Science
French
University of Alberta
Economics
Hindi
University of Calgary
Engineering Science
Konkani
University of Ottawa
Entrepreneurship
Mandarin
University of Regina
Health
Polish
University of Toronto
International Relations
Punjabi
University of Waterloo
International Studies
Spanish
Western University
Management
Tagalog
Wilfrid Laurier University
Mechatronics Engineering
Urdu
York University
Political Science
Vietnamese
Zoe Mitz
LifeLuxe
X
36%
of ventures
have at least
one female
founder
in funding
raised
“
NEXT equipped me with the necessary tools
and insights to pursue entrepreneurship.
Aileen Agada (Next 36, 2020); Founder, BeBlended;
Winner of the 2020 Hepburn Valedictorian Award
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