An impressive lineup of international investors and agri-food industry leaders will judge the 2021 edition of the Gryphon’s LAAIR (Leading to the Accelerated Adoption of Innovative Research) Pitch Competition.
Neophyto Foods wins $25,000 at Rhyze Ventures Pitch Awards. Neophyto Foods is a past Project SOY winner, an Accelerator Guelph client team and won the 2020 Gryphon's LAAIR Pitch Competition People's Choice Award.
In 2017, the University of Guelph made a commitment to support academic entrepreneurship and formed a New Venture Creation team. Housed within the Research Innovation Office, these specialists support researchers who see commercial potential in their research. Offering incubation, mentorship and market research support, this group has helped researcher led teams to validate the market viability of their inventions and to create start-up companies to take innovative research-based products and services to market.
Created by a team of scientists at the Universtiy of Guelph, Precision Biomonitoring offers point-of-need DNA tools and services.
The July 9, 2020 article published by The Toronto Star highlights Precision Biomonitoring's recent approval by Health Canada to sell a mobile Covid-19 test kit (made by U.S. manufacturer Biomeme).
Working with start-ups and academic entrepreneurs is a part of the day-to-day work that our New Venture Creation team performs. Their focus is on helping bring products and services based in UofG research to market through programming and mentorship support. While doing this work, they field a lot of questions from business founders who need resources that are readily available in the larger Guelph innovation and start-up ecosystem.
You've got a great idea, maybe even an MVP but you need money. The next logical step is to win pitch competitions! But, without a product in stores, no website or any experience under your belt, how will you even get into one? We're a young startup in that position and we just got in our first pitch competition, the Canadian National Exhibition's Emerging Innovators Pitch Competition. Here are some of our takeaways from that whole experience:
As part of Canadian Innovation Week, The Research Innovation Office at the University of Guelph (UofG), funded by the Ontario government through the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance, hosted the first annual Gryphon’s LAAIR Innovation Showcase and Pitch Competition. The event, held on May 21, celebrated the amazing innovators who are putting knowledge into action in ways that have an impact on the Ontario economy and beyond.
Apply Now: Fall 2015 Class Launches September 28th
At SU Labs, we are fiercely passionate about the community of entrepreneurs tackling humanity's grand challenges by leveraging exponential technology.
On September 28th, SU Labs will launch the Fall 2015 SU Startup Accelerator.