About ICUBE @ UTM
We are the home of Entrepreneurship at UofT Mississauga.
ICUBE is a hub for idea exploration, early-stage business development, and co-working. We provide expert support, resources, and access to opportunities for entrepreneurial students and community members across all industries.Got an idea? Let's make it!
Our Services
SHARED CO-WORKING SPACE
ENTREPRENEURIAL PROGRAMS
JOBS & VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
GRANTS AND RESOURCES
120+
Total Ventures
$300K+
Highest Kickstarter Campaign
200+
Program Participants
$100K+
Total Funds Distributed
OUR TEAMS
These are startups currently working with ICUBE
- AIH Technology
AIH Technology Inc. is a Toronto based AI computer vision technology company. Our core competence focuses on using AI to solve real-world challenges. The mission is to scale our AI computer vision tech business through enterprise sales and API licensing. With our expertise in machine learning and algorithm designs, we have developed various AI solutions to help our clients automate labour-intensive tasks that typically required heavy visual information processing and analytics involving human eyes and brains. Our partners and clients include senior care organizations, law enforcement agencies, private security companies, hardware OEMs, and various software product developers.
- Arlokea
At Arlokea, we believe in the power of individuals to make a difference in this world. Our main goal is to use ethical fashion to tackle social issues surrounding health, education, and inequality. Our founder Joelle Cowie is determined to do her part and inspire others by allowing customers to purchase beautiful products that support the activists who are fighting for social justice around the world. We are connected to an incredible network of non-profit partners who are all working towards the same goal to create a lasting impact in society and the fashion industry.Every time you make a purchase with Arlokea, not only do you get a sustainable, ethically-sourced product that you will love but you will also be making a contribution to the activists that make these beautiful items. Together we can make a change that will last.
- Backendless
Backendless helps you deploy Restful APIs in under 30 seconds thereby making backend development upto 70% faster than by traditional means.
Code 7x faster
Our state-of-the-art AI solutions make sure that you code only your business logic. We take care of the boilerplate. For instance, you can deploy your API by just writing your SQL statement0% Learning curve
You don't have to learn any new languages, we use native PHP and SQL - the most popular backend languages. This means you'll get up and going with your full productivity.Reduce your development costs by 70%
We believe that 70% of backend coding is boilerplate and feel that you should only code the remaining 30% business logic. We take care of the boilerplate for you so that you can spend time on your core logic.
Backendless brings powerful analytics right out-of-the-box
Powerful Geo Analytics - Analyse where your users are from and track their behavior.Robust Timeline Based Analytics - Analyse your API requests with varying timelines - daily, weekly, monthly or your own custom timeline. Suit your need.
- BSGames
BSGames is a collaboration of 2 longtime friends who share a similar passion for gaming but different outlets for their creativity. Scott asked Bill for his graphics expertise to make an educational tool look better, and they realized together that they had the potential to make some really cool stuff. Thus was born the idea of BSGames.
All good games have a learning element to them, but BSGames is adding to their inventory some games specifically designed to help people learn concepts and skills in a fun way. These games would make a great addition to a classroom or to help young people practice what they’ve learned at school while at home. This doesn’t mean that all of our games are only for learning, of course. We are also producing games that anyone would want to invite their friends over for an evening to play.
- Chazle
Elevator Pitch:
Arguably one of the biggest problems facing society today is mental illness. By age 40, there is a 50% chance you will have suffered a mental health-related issue. As a computer science student, I have a strong interest in the applications of machine learning as a tool to progress society in substantial ways. Having known loved ones who have suffered from depression, this is an issue close to my heart. Chazle aims to offer insights and solutions to mental illness by harnessing the power of machine learning (being fed data scraped from social media). To better understand its use-cases, please refer to Dr. Munmun De Choudhury's research at http://www.munmund.net/index.html Our vision is to empower people to prevent mental illness-related tragedies (e.g. mass shootings, self-harm, and avoidable sorrow).
Founders:
Smit Rao, Founder
- Collabogence Inc
Elevator Pitch:
Mapping and Measuring Collaborative Performance
Business Description:
Giving HR, Corporate Real Estate and CIO insights and ability to track organizational collaborative performance
Year Founded: 2014
Founders Info:
Peter Smit CEO
School of Undergrad, Program Middlebury College Vermont
School of Masters, Program MBA Georgetown University, Washington DCJeff Kischuk COO
School of Undergrad, Program Ryerson University
School of Masters, Program: MBA Schulich School of BusinessMatt Lohbihler CTO
School of Undergrad, Program Waterloo - Math - CommuniHelp
CommuniHelp is a matching platform that provides colleges and universities access to a large market of untapped experiential learning opportunities for their students.
Team Members
- Hanna Zaidi
website: https://communihelp.ca/
twitter: https://twitter.com/communiheip
- Dealmatch
Dealmatch.ca is a Canadian based marketplace tailored for students, where students can buy and sell things online. Our mission is to create an innovative and efficient marketplace that allows students to enhance their purchasing power with better rates and prices. For that purpose we have designed a complex algorithm that increases the matching success between customers, uses better logistics to decrease shipment and warehousing costs, and we enabled costumers to finance their purchases at very low rates. On the vendor side we created a vendor portal that allows students and corporate vendors to list items for free while enjoying volume discounts. Our partners include tech stores and school organizations in Canada as well as students that sell to each other on the platform.
- Energyhub
energyhub.org is a free online resource created to help Canadian home and property owners utilize natural resources to produce energy, as well as to help them use and manage their energy sustainably.
- ePayRails
What We Do:
ePayRails
Take control of how your business pays and gets paid.Who We Are:
Richard Jackman – President, CEO
• Founder and CEO of ePayRails
• Co-Founder and Chief Revenue Officer of Shared Labs, Filed S-1, Jan 2018
• Founder and served as CEO of Money Network, sold to First Data/KKR for $225MM
• Ran North American Sales and P&L at Pomeroy IT Solutions (Grew region revenue $1MM to $500MM in 8 years,
$1B public company)Romi Kohli - CTO
• VP of Technology and Operation at Interac, largest payment processor in Canada
• Lead architect of the payment platform at Royal Bank Canada
• Block Chain expertiseRene Carnes - CFO
• Finance Professor and Fulltime Lecturer, University of Houston
• CFO, Shipcom Wireless
• Vice President, Risk Control/Chief Risk Officer, The Energy Authority
• MBA in Accounting, Loyola UniversityCindy Guyon - VP Business Development
Business, Sales and marketing strategist with 20+ years managing multi-million dollar revenue strategies through direct and
channel sales.
• Founder of Linking Ventures, Strategic Business Development for companies looking to penetrate new markets.
• Founded & Developed Marketing platform for patent lawyers and agents
• MBA in Global Leadership, Bcom in Entrepreneurial Studies, System & Database Analyst Diploma, Marketing Administration DiplomaMark S. Ripplinger – Strategic Advisor
The content of this presentation is proprietary and confidential information of ePayRails
• President & CEO, Everlink Payment Services, Inc.
• Led the payments solutions business since 2007
• Under Mark’s leadership Everlink has 94% market share of the credit unions and 30% market share of tier on and two banks in Canada
• Combined, Mark has over 27 years as CIO and CEO
• Shareholder in ePayRailWhere We Are:
- Feely Piano School
What We Do:
We’re on a mission to use music education as a tool to to improve the way people think. By coming to your home, we make it easy to schedule, cost, and balance in a busy family life. Our teachers and online social groups help families create stories in lessons, that they can share throughout the rest of their lives.Who We Are:
Emily-Mae Feely, Founder & CEOWhere We Are:
- Galaxy Design Graphics
Galaxy Design Graphics is a full service creative agency providing the GTA with professional Graphic Design, Video, and Web Design solutions.
I’m Jared Poirier, the founder of GDG and I’ve established myself as one of Toronto’s top creatives.
Whether you’re starting a new business, or looking for some new branding to take your business to the next level, you’ve come to the right place.
At GDG we take a customer success focused approach, our team takes pride in delivering the best possible assets to ensure our clients see the full impact of effective branding and marketing. - Housee
We are on a mission to revolutionize the way Real Estate Transaction works by use of automation and artificial intelligence platform. In doing so, we will increase savings for both the buyer and the seller.
- InnovaStem Labs
Who we are:
Innova STEM Labs transforms a traditional school classroom into an engaging makerspace equipped with the latest Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) tools that help students acquire the 21st-century skills. We offer predesigned makerspace options that meet specific needs, size and budget of every school. Our services include detailed STEM curriculum, teacher training modules, both in-school & extra-curriculum STEM workshops and Summer camps for students in grades K-12.
Founded in: 2016
Website: www.innovastem.ca
Awards: Innova STEM Labs won the First Place Accelerator Award for Startup companies in CONNECT 2019, the largest education technology conference in Canada which attracts more than 2000 participants and huge number of companies specialized in Education Technology every year.
- Javelin
Everyone remembers playing sports as a kid. Unfortunately, as you grow up, you get busier and busier, all while losing touch with your friends. As a result, 67% of adults will never play sports again. In 2017, Javelin Sports co-founders Justin Ford and Coleman Chan realized that they might end up being a part of this statistic. Together, they co-founded Javelin Sports and launched Javelin July 2018 to help fix this problem. Since then, Justin and Coleman have helped more than 4,000 people play sports around the world.
Website: https://www.javelinsportsinc.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Appjavelin/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Appjavelin/Twitter: https://twitter.com/appjavelin - KiuloperCreative Agency
Kiuloper is a Canadian digital creative agency that offers everything a website needs. Serving internationally to any old or new businesses that are looking into having a strong online presence. Established in 2016, we are proud to be one of the biggest companies that offer truly everything a business needs to succeed. Striving to offer services to businesses with a low budget, we are now on the path of serving small startups and helping companies change for the better.
For a few years now, by working in this industry, the experience of these years has shown us that digital media and having an online presence can play a key role in improving the quality of life for all of us and those small businesses out there. However, starting from zero can be stressful! Having to work with multiple companies to have an online presence can be scary, especially if it is your first time. Getting into a loop whole just because you need help with something, or have a problem that needs work on is not fun! Specifically when those who you work with keeping on blaming each other. It was precisely this concept that led us to enter this field. In the hope that we can play a small role in the development and improvement of the world around us and help you shine with our all-in-one marketing and branding services.
- KnowQuest
KnowQuest is the world’s first and only academic feedback platform. We give professors and students a platform to quickly and anonymously rate their textbooks, classes, school, and educational resources. We bridge the gaps between academia, publishers, and educational resource creators. We help give students and professors a louder voice and reduce marketing and development costs for publishers. KnowQuest is built for academics, by academics and is proudly Canadian with offices in Niagara Falls and Richmond Hill Ontario.
- LCI Movement
LCI Movement is a movement education program that promotes healthy active lifestyles through the development and delivery of movement based workshops and resources for individuals of all ages and abilities. Please visit our website www.lcimovement.com for more information and to order any products.
- LinkMentalHealth
LinkMentalHealth is used to assist those struggling with mental health or have loved ones struggling with mental health find the best resources to help. We will match you up with the best-suited therapy options for you based on your needs and budget.
Who We Are:
Radwan Al-Nachawati - radwan@linkmentalhealth.comYaman Al-Nachawati - yaman@linkmentalhealth.comWhere We Are: - MealShare
What We Do:
Over $1.5 million in meal credits, per school year, goes to waste. We help students recollect their cash, and institutions reduce waste.
Who We Are:
Gabrielle Ong - CEO & Lead Developer
Melissa Obioha - VP Operations
Aya Mubarak - VP of Sales & Marketing
Davesh Chauhan - VP Finance & Technology - MindAs a current Master’s student of UTM’s Biotechnology program and an aspiring entrepreneur, my team and I are passionate about combating the current state of mental health crisis in Canada. Currently, 1 in 5 Canadians suffer from a form of mental illness, and one in eight consume antidepressants daily. This results in an economic burden of $50 billion annually, with more than 50% of the cost being attributed to increased absenteeism and reduced productivity in the workplace.Mental illnesses can potentially impact all aspects of an individual’s life. Unlike other diseases with established physiological markers, mental health diagnoses are based on the patient’s self-reported symptoms and signs of clinical significance observed by the physician. Due to several overlapping symptoms, mental illnesses can easily be misdiagnosed or missed entirely. With the country confronting a critical shortage of psychiatrists and other mental health specialists concurrently, the issue of missed and/or delayed diagnoses intensifies.Consequently, there is a dire need for a smart solution, and the executive team at Mind AI hopes to develop just that – an Artificial intelligence (AI)-based platform geared towards mental health screening. A smart screening tool, powered by AI, can collect and analyze reams of data at a faster rate than humans, thereby assisting physicians in making intelligent decisions and effectively treating patients to reduce cases of misdiagnosis. By augmenting physician-led diagnosis of patients through digital solutions, there is hope for reversing the decline in our mental wellness.
- Motif InsightsMotif Insights is a B2B company that's building a SaaS platform where early-stage startups can conduct and manage beta testing. We want to streamline and centralize the beta testing experience for these startups.
- Muqo
Muqo Inc. is a music technology company. We believe that immersing music with social media represents the evolution of music consumption. We empower people to become one with music, express themselves with music, connect with music and exhibit everyday life moments with music.
Muqo is for creatives who want to use an interactive, social and personal music app. Muqo is a social music platform which provides a digital music destination that enables users to create, explore and experience music content.
- myBrokerBee
myBrokerBee democratizes access to private lending and connecting brokers and private lenders to better serve the borrower with full transparency and compliance. Taking the process from days/weeks down to less than 5 minutes.
- NodisNodis is looking to change the way small businesses do online marketing. Currently, it's extremely difficult for small business owners to have a successful and sustainable social media presence.Nodis' unique Challenge approach allows businesses to engage with local community online and offline. This will give small businesses better online exposure, quality store traffic, and trackable result.
- Piera Systems
What We Do:
We will be supplying advanced dust particle sensors for home appliances, automobiles, and environmental monitoring systems. Our technology is based on the next generation digital real-time image sensors, and we will be utilizing this technology to manufacture low-cost dust sensors with ultra-high accuracy that can compete with high-end dust particle counters our there in the market, which cost more than 5k dollars. Our customers will be other corporations such as Samsung, LG, and Volvo etc. who need accurate and cost-efficient dust sensors for their products.
Who We Are:
Aaron "Seul-Yi" Soh - shabeeh.rizvi@mail.utoronto.ca
Shabeeh Rizvi - shabeeh.rizvi@mail.utoronto.ca
- Recounts
Recounts is your every meal app, Rescounts is here to save your time & money, it enables you to place your order in advance & pay in advance so by the time you reach the restaurants, your order will be ready, so no need to wait anymore. You will enjoy so many perks with Rescounts mainly getting exclusive offers & promos along with earning loyalty points which will enables you to get Free meals. As of now Rescounts has more than 175 restaurants & expanding everyday
Bonus: $5OFF first order
Rescounts.com
- Sitti
Sitti is a social enterprise that provides fair-wage employment opportunities to refugee women and men in Jordan. We aim to empower and restore hope to refugee communities through the making of olive oil soap and other timeless products. With Sitti, you’re not just purchasing soap; you’re providing underprivileged women and men with a sustainable means of income to become financially independent.
sittisoap.com - Source Code Staffing
Source Code Staffing seeks to address the lack of specificity and focus in today’s Canadian IT recruitment industry. The industry is dominated by generalists who claim to be specialists at everything.
We eat, breath and sleep in the software development space. Source Code Staffing is Canada's only recruitment firm that focuses specifically on Software Development roles. - The Black Hair Network
The complete hair platform, connecting people who do hair with people who want their hair done
- Univjobs
Elevator Pitch:
UnivJobs is the online platform that connects & matches companies with early young talent across the country, allowing companies of all sizes to hire for now, and for the future. In addition, to virtually build their employment brand on campus, and expand their college hiring reach to more universities based on their preference.
Business Description:
UnivJobs is an online platform designed to simplify the hiring of post-secondary students. We expose students to meaningful career opportunities that align with their qualifications and ultimate career aspirations. We offer potential employers unprecedented access to a traditionally untapped candidate pool that possess the requisite skills and attributes to optimize success as an employee.[x_button shape="rounded" size="regular" float="none" target="blank" info="none" href="https://univjobs.ca/join" info_place="top" info_trigger="hover"]website[/x_button]
Members:
Charles Javelona, Co-Founder
Sheridan College, Computing and Network TelecommunicationsGeorge Kavuma, Co-Founder
Sheridan College, Interactive DesignJulio Suerias, Co-Founder
Clean, Green TechKhalil Stemmler, Co-Founder
Brock University, Sheridan College, Interactive DesignYear Founded: 2016
- Walking On Water
WOW is a summertime fashion experience showcasing and celebrating Toronto’s vibrant fashion industry. Our signature event brings Toronto’s top fashion influencers and enthusiasts together to mix, mingle, and enjoy our local and international designer lineup. Since our debut event in 2018, WOW has become one of Toronto’s most anticipated fashion shows of the summer. In 2018 and 2019, we hosted our flagship event aboard the River Gambler. WOW produced a unique and innovative approach to fashion presentation. WOW’s waterfront concept has secured an impressive industry reputation after only two years since its inception in 2018.
- Wavo
Wavo sends personalized cold emails from your email account with automated follow ups. Scaling up outbound activities for sales people, recruiters and SEO companies.
- YourTable
Never Eat Alone Again.
Sit down as strangers, get up as friends.What We Do:
YourTable is solving the problem of people eating out alone because they can't find people to eat with.
Who We Are:
Peter Chien, Co-founder (UofT ComSci / Professional Writing)
Yvonne Ru, Co-founder (UofT, PhD of Information Engineering in AI)
Walter Meng, CTO (Software Engineering Technology at Conestoga College)
ICUBEUTM 2019 CATALOGUE
Innovative Gifts from our Innovation Startups
There is nothing better than finding a perfect gift that makes them say “I love it!” while also buying local and making a lasting impact. Welcome to ICUBE’s 2019 Collection of products and services, curated from our startups.
