Meet theunapologetic


Neil Cawse
Geotab
Founder and CEO of Geotab. Built to $1B+ revenue without outside capital.


Kristin O'Neill
Team Canada
Forward for the New York Sirens and Team Canada. Olympic silver medalist and five-time World Champion.


Mike Wessinger
PointClickCare
Co-Founder and Executive Chair of PointClickCare. Built the company to nearly $1B+ in revenue.

Rob Khazzam
Float Financial
Co-Founder and CEO of Float. Building intelligent spend management software for Canadian businesses.


Alexandre Cooper-Roy
UpScale Quantum Solutions
Founder of UpScale Quantum Solutions. Building hardware to make quantum computing scalable.


Will Hanna
Miniswap
Co-founder and COO of Miniswap. Building the global marketplace for the tabletop gaming community.


Tudor Lungu
Tofu
CEO of Tofu. Building social discovery platforms to solve the global crisis of social isolation.


Tim Lichti
SWAP Robotics
Co-Founder and CEO of Swap Robotics. Scaling solar energy through autonomous robot fleets.


Tal Schwartz
North Exit Ventures
Co-founder of Exit North Ventures. Driving capital and conversation across Canadian fintech.


Stephen Szeto
North East Medical Services (NEMS)
Physician at North East Medical Services. Specializing in physical medicine and medical device innovation.


Sruti Pujari
Feel Your Best (FYB)
Founder of Feel Your Best. Building an integrative mental wellbeing platform.


Shiva Bhardwaj
Pitstop
Founder and CEO of Pitstop. Predicting vehicle failure with 94% accuracy.


Sarah Bartnicka
Milk Bag
Founder of Milk Bag. Building independent business media for the Canadian market.


Sam Anderson
CarbonGraph
Co-founder and CEO of CarbonGraph. Automating carbon tracking for global supply chains.


Samim Safaei
siift.ai
Co-founder and CEO of siift.ai. Building AI tools to de-risk entrepreneurship.


Sachin Arora
Maple
CEO of Maple. Building the e-commerce engine for Canada’s legacy retail brands.


Robert Ciborowski
Chatforce
Founder of Chatforce. Building an AI game studio for viral creations.


Oday Brahem
OP8 Industries
Founder of OP8 Industries. Building the operating system for autonomous heavy machinery.


Nomaan Ahmed
Orbits
Founder of Orbits. Building the AI-powered operating system for the modern household.


Nivit Kochhar
Supercharged
Founder of Supercharged Studio and Nomad Wildheart. Building design and gear for the global remote workforce.


Neil Vidyarthi
Little Magic Stories
Co-founder of Feel Good Games. Building AI that transforms passive screen time into active storytelling.

Nasib Ahmed
Quantigo AI
Founder of Quantigo AI. Building the human-centric data layer for the world’s most advanced AI labs.


Minh Phan
Octave
Founder of Studio.init(). Building the software layer for global critical infrastructure at Octave.


Mike Lyons
hi finance
Co-founder and CTO of hi finance. Automating the search for non-repayable student funding.

Mikayla Stewart
Athena Collective
Founder of Athena Collective. Scaling founders through AI-driven operations


Megan Black
SONNI
Founder and CEO of SONNI. Building high-performance mineral SPF for daily use.


Mathew Mozaffari
Speer
Founder at Speer. Former STEM community leader at Ryerson University.

Liza Akhvledziani Carew
Chexy
Co-founder and CEO of Chexy. Building the platform that turns rent into rewards and credit.


Lisa-Marie Assenza
Impacked Packaging
Founder and CEO of Impacked. Building the B2B marketplace for sustainable packaging.

Lindsay Kruit
Stowe Health
Founder and CEO of Stowe Health. Building the platform to organize and simplify healthcare for Canadians.

Lauren Nunziata
Tiny Laundry
Founder of Tiny Laundry. Scaling a portfolio of consumer brands and distinctive real assets.

Kasey Boyle
Bantor
Founder & CEO of Bantor. Building AI software that helps field sales reps capture conference conversations and automate follow-ups.


Justin Allen
Gluco Solutions Inc.
Co-Founder of GlucoSolutions. Building non-invasive glucose monitoring technology for prediabetes prevention.


Jia Ming Huang
Diaminate
Co-Founder of Diaminate. Building AI tools for investor-founder matching and event intelligence.

Jeremy Auger
LUCID Ventures
Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Lucid Ventures. D2L co-founder backing AI-native B2B and frontier-tech founders.


Jenn Nguyen
LookbookAI
Co-Founder & CEO of LookbookAI. Building AI-powered visual tools for luxury and fashion brands.


Jeffrey Fasegha
Deducta
Co-Founder & CEO of Deducta. Building procurement data intelligence software for enterprise spend teams.


Jay Gerbrandt
Fruitbloom Canadian Resources Inc.
Founder & CEO of Fruitbloom. Bringing proven allied technologies into Canadian minerals, energy, photonics, and compute markets.


Ian Burgess
Ascendance Foundry
Founder & President of Ascendance Foundry. Building AI-first apprenticeship programs that place emerging technical talent into real company projects.


Eliana Field-Marsham
SONNI
Co-Founder & COO of SONNI. Building mineral SPF skincare designed to make daily sun protection wearable and invisible.


Craig Kerr
Lila Sciences
Product lead at Lila Sciences. Building AI x bio products for autonomous scientific discovery.


Christian Alphonse
WattShare
Co-Founder of WattShare. Building peer-to-peer EV charging software for apartments and underused private chargers.

Chinni Kanu
Ceezaa
Co-Founder & CEO of Ceezaa. Building a consumer app that translates spending behavior into taste and identity.


Charles Antoine Malenfant
GhostEye
Co-Founder & CTO of GhostEye. Building AI-powered human-layer security software for phishing, scam-call, text, and deepfake risk.

Bryn Davis Williams
DOUBL
Co-Founder & CMO of DOUBL. Building personalized fit technology that helps shoppers find clothing based on their proportions.


Ashima Chopra
FanVerse
Founder & CEO of FanVerse. Building predictive fan intelligence for women’s sports and the female fandom economy.

Angela Nader
Smartly (formerly Ad-Lib.io)
Co-Founder of Ad-Lib. Built creative automation technology that became part of Smartly’s AI advertising platform.


Andrew Walls
Boardroom Labs
Founder & Partner at Boardroom Labs. Building ventures and operating systems for mission-driven organizations.


Andrew Lockhead
Stay22
Co-Founder & CEO of Stay22. Building the monetization layer that helps creators and publishers turn travel intent into revenue.


Ammaar Khan
The ADHD Weasel
Co-Founder of The ADHD Weasel. Building a fast-growing ADHD media brand that helps readers turn overwhelm into clear, doable wins.


Alexandre Carey
AnchorPoint Data Technologies
Co-Founder & CEO of AnchorPoint. Building AI agents and analytics tools for retail and business operations.

Aimee Langevin
Skintuition
Founder & CEO of Skintuition. Building AI-powered skincare support for people tired of trial-and-error routines.


Adi Pradhan
Socratify
Founder of Socratify. Building an AI career skills agent for interview prep and professional upskilling.


April Hike
Toast
Founder & CEO of Toast. Helping women and nonbinary professionals get hired, paid, and promoted in tech.


Alex Chieng
Pawsible Ventures
Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Pawsible Ventures. Backing and co-building early-stage pet health and animal health companies.