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As an early-stage tech company in a fairly competitive market, Rocketfire Labs has been able to quickly understand and address client challenges. The gaming industry contains highly loyal clientele that are striving for the next best-class technologies to provide them with a better or unique playing experience. Although a newer player in the startup space, the team has made excellent headway and is taking mentorship opportunities from other entrepreneurs.
Ruth is a new Edmonton company that is making sustainable period care easier than ever. Founded by two U of A female alumni, the startup has made waves locally and across Canada. Notably, they launched their sustainable pads on Kickstarter - reaching a fully funded campaign in under 48 hours. The crowdfunding campaign was 208% funded by the end, netting just over $14,500 from 249 supporters. Ruth is involved with local Edmonton investment events, including the StartupTNT Cleantech Summit and has participated in Innovate Edmonton programs such as the ERIN Coach program. The founders are mentored through the U of A Venture Mentoring Services and are actively involved with the U of A Health Innovation Hub.
Marginalized communities often have fewer trees, green spaces, and resources - let's fix that. Shrubscriber uses urban heat island, flooding, food security, and energy poverty data to identify community partners needing trees. The social enterprise startup is continuing to add community partners and the most vulnerable areas are chosen based on three criteria: community need, project sustainability, and public access.
With progress being made over the past year, and the launch of its MVP app in the last few weeks, Veto is a decision-making assistant that helps people quickly funnel relevant search results into a card-based voting session that people can use as individuals or in a group to get the best result from the options. They have built in a rewards system in which the Vendors that users are deciding between can provide coupons to users who choose them as the top result. This allows for a new form of advertising/marketing that not only incentivizes users to get back to the older habits of returning to in-person dining, but gives Vendors a way to reward potential new customers for choosing them while simultaneously giving thanks to loyal customers in a tangible way. They have big expansion plans, and want to continue applying their technology to help users make decisions in their daily lives.
Zipstall had its official launch in September 2021, their team is growing, they are consistently onboarding new partners and they do a really great job of supporting other local businesses through their business model. Zipstall has adopted a very forward-thinking approach when it comes to parking. They have taken the long-known problem of parking downtown and how this acts as a deterrent to those living outside the downtown core in terms of wanting to visit downtown. Their app makes it simple to find parking downtown, provides you directions to get to the lot and then rewards you with dollars to spend at local businesses downtown. They are growing and have no plans to slow down anytime soon with expansion plans for 124th Street and Whyte Ave.
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