NEXT Canada F21 Annual Report - Report - Page 17
THE 2021 COHORT OF NEXT FOUNDERS ARE WORKING ON SOLVING
GLOBAL PROBLEMS IN A VARIETY OF INDUSTRIES INCLUDING:
Health Care
NEXT Founders accelerates the growth of Canada’s most promising entrepreneurs by providing
mentorship, and unparalleled entrepreneurial education taught by world-class faculty.
MEET THE NEXT FOUNDERS 2021 COHORT:
Alex Krivoi
Paige Whitehead
Future Fertility
Nyoka Design Labs
Armin Faraji
Pavla Bobosikova
Node
WFHomie
Deiandra Griffith
Sari Abdo
WeForecast (EY)
hungerhub
Eric Enno Tamm
Shawn Hewat
ThisFish Inc.
Wavy
Harrison Olajos
Sherif Barrad
UP360
WeForecast (EY)
Ibtissam Mustaq
Sheryl Song
Andalusia Speech Therapy
Ryna
KD Dao
Shriya Gupta
Ryna
Daily Blends
Kerry Roberts
Ted Fleming
Everipe
Partake Brewing
Miguel Linera Alperi
Arextech
Arts &
Agriculture
Consumer
Packaged Goods
Hospitality &
Blockchain
Enterprise
& More!
Entertainment
Virtual Reality
Education
Clean
Social
Technologies
Network
Travel
Software
REPRESENTING 10 OF THE TOP UNIVERSITIES &
COLLEGES ACROSS CANADA AND THE GLOBE:
$276.5K
IN FUNDING RAISED
52%
Female
Founder Ventures
Brock University
Queen’s University
Dalhousie University
Lund University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
National University of Singapore
Ryerson University
University of Toronto
University of Victoria
Wilfrid Laurier University
“
The learnings were
invaluable, the
experiences were
incredible and the network
of founders (and friends)
we are now connected with
is amazing. The program was such an
important experience for our team and
continues to have its impact today as we
continue to grow.
Jesse Abrams
Co-founder, Homewise
Next Founders, 2020
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