WaterPuris
AquaHacking 2018
Kitchener, ON, Canada
Team
Robert Liang, John Persic, Norman Zhou
About the Startup
Applying cutting-edge technologies in materials science such as advanced oxidation processes and membrane aerated biofilm reactors to treat endocrine disrupting chemicals as a solution for decentralized wastewater treatment and reuse.
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Typha Co.
Lake Winnipeg 2020
Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Team
Julien Koga, Alec Massé
About the Startup
Developed eco-packaging products made from fibres extracted from cattails which compete economically with plastics while maintaining a high level of environmental responsibility and help decrease impacts of eutrophication to Lake Winnipeg.
Awards & Achievements
1st in University of Winnipeg Pitch It Competition 1st in RJCCQ Competition Prairies Region
Water Rangers
AquaHacking 2015
Val-des-Monts, QC, Canada
Team
Kat Kavanagh
About the Startup
A water testing kit made available to citizens to enable them to easily and quickly collect water quality data from samples taken from their local watercourses and share this data on an interactive online platform.
Awards & Achievements
News article by The Narwhal Panel speakers in webinar with Centre for Social Innovation
Bello Solutions
AquaHacking 2019
Montreal, QC, Canada
Team
Marc Schaal, Clément Bouland
About the Startup
Development of a water purifier that eliminates contaminants and allows for a customized re-mineralization of tap water, with the goal of increasing public perception of tap water and deterring from the use of bottled water
Awards & Achievements
Selected to be part of Ecofuel accelerator Recognized as a Solar Impulse Efficient Solution
Particuleye Technologies
Lake Winnipeg 2020
Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Team
Quinn Desrochers, Michael Beck, Waseem Jawad, Zacharie Gousseau, Ryan Tran
About the Startup
Particuleye Technologies offers a portable automatic detection device that uses machine learning to classify and quantify microplastics for use in commercial, academic and scientific settings.
Awards & Achievements
Business trip to Ontario and Quebec 3rd Place Stu Clark New Venture Championship
Clean Catch Baits
Atlantic Canada 2020
Halifax, NS, Canada
Team
Guillermo Villarreal De Lara, Katherine VanZutphen, Robel Berhane
About the Startup
Manufactured first-ever soft bait fishing lure out of a unique organic biopolymer solution which is 100% biodegradable and PVC-free, allowing anglers to practice their sport without worry and contributes to the safety of fish and all aquatic life.
Awards & Achievements
Co-Founder Wins Global Student Entrepreneur Award 2nd Place Apex Business Plan Competition
Water Secure
Lake Winnipeg 2020
Regina, SK, Canada
Team
Noor Tajik
About the Startup
Developed a series of localized water-testing centres and an online water data map to raise public awareness and help governments identify and invest in infrastructure gaps to improve water security in remote communities.
Awards & Achievements
2nd Runner Up Scotia Bank Climate Action Challenge Interview RDIEC Entrepreneurship Series
Equator Studios
AquaHacking 2017
Waterloo, ON, Canada
Team
Rebecca Swabey, Patrick Sapinski
About the Startup
Provides open and affordable data mapping software to environmental consulting firms, students and government, which includes high-resolution topographic data and lidar surveys with centimetre accuracy.
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Elite A2Z Filter
British Columbia 2020
Kelowna, BC , Canada
Team
Keyvan Khadem, Harvir Mann, Gavin Saini, Ahmed Ramadan
About the Startup
Developed a cost-effective gravity filtration system built of bio-composite materials that removes hydrocarbons, dust and petroleum contaminants from stormwater for domestic use.
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Geosapiens
AquaHacking 2018
Quebec, QC, Canada
Team
Hachem Agili
About the Startup
Developed E-NUNDATION, a web-based platform that allows for improved understanding and management of flood risks for citizens, municipalities, and companies through the simulation and prediction of flood impacts.
Awards & Achievements
Recipient of SDTC Seed Funding News article by Journal du Québec
Above Atlantis
British Columbia 2020
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Team
Shantanu Dutt, Jay Matsushiba
About the Startup
Offers data-driven products and services for flood risk mitigation, specializing in cloud-based data analysis, geospatial modelling and consumer-focused experiences with the goal to make flood risk information more easily accessible to the public
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UniteAg
British Columbia 2020
Kingston, ON, Canada
Team
Waseem Jawad, Luke Trinity
About the Startup
Developed a simulated digital platform that provides feedback to policy makers on the effectiveness of agricultural incentives for water conservation and nutrient management to protect water quality (previously Agricultural Decision Support Tool)
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Drinkable Water Solutions
Atlantic Canada 2020
Halifax, NS, Canada
Team
Matthew Mizzi, Anita Taylor, Robert Afari
About the Startup
Developing the SIP mechanism and a service to assist private well owners with water testing to reduce known barriers and increase testing of well water quality.
ExTech MIP
Atlantic Canada 2020
St. John's, NL , Canada
Team
Ali Azizi, Fereshteh Shahhoseini
About the Startup
Offers reliable, fast, portable and convenient measurement of organic contaminants in water resources using a field deployable and inexpensive device, allowing for quick on-site sampling of well water or any other freshwater resource.
Awards & Achievements
Participants in Genesis Centre incubation program Finalists in 2021 Ocean Startup Challenge
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O'land Stations
AquaHacking 2019
Montreal, QC, Canada
Team
Rachel Labbé-Bellas
About the Startup
Offering portable and sustainable water bottle refill and touchless hand-washing stations for large public spaces and events to reduce plastic pollution from single-use items.
Awards & Achievements
Interview with TheFutureEconomy.ca Interview with The Campus Party Canada 2021
Blue Lion Labs
AquaHacking 2017
Kitchener, ON, Canada
Team
Jason Deglint
About the Startup
Uses artificial intelligence tools to identify and track the amount of sea lice in water to allow aquaculture producers to be warned of possible outbreaks, allowing them to take preventative measures to protect their stock.
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Marine Way
Atlantic Canada 2020
Toronto, ON, Canada
Team
Devanshi Kukadia, Lisa Chen, Michael Chen, Wenzhi Guo
About the Startup
Developing an application to report lost fishing gear through a simplified lost gear reporting process for use by at-sea commercial fishers
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Clean Nature
AquaHacking 2019
Quebec, QC, Canada
Team
Anne Carabin, Claudie Ratté-Fortin, Patricia Gomez
About the Startup
Developed guIA, an innovative smart decision-making tool that allows for more efficient distribution of road salt in winter to help reduce costs and environmental impacts
Poly-Mer
AquaHacking 2017
Montreal, QC, Canada
Team
Alexis Eisenberg
About the Startup
Poly-Mer offers a mini sampler for citizen scientists to easily collect water samples while canoeing or kayaking from which microplastic quantity and type are identified and added to a digital map. The microplastics database is publicly available and contributes to raising awareness about the issue of microplastics in our freshwater sources.
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PolyGone Technologies
AquaHacking 2017
Waterloo, ON, Canada
Team
Lauren Smith
About the Startup
Developed the first microfibre detection system in the world to identify if microplastics are present in liquids, working with beverage production companies to ensure there are no microplastics in their products and offering a “microplastics-free” certification
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Ozero Solutions
British Columbia 2020
Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
Team
Matys Tessier, Olivier Harpin, Maxime Guay, Benjamin Farley, Christophe Morin, Olivier Liberge
About the Startup
Developed the first washing station that fully decontaminates sport boats, including internal plumbing, to prevent the spread of invasive aquatic species such as zebra and quagga mussels in lakes and rivers.
Awards & Achievements
News article in Québec Science Finalist Forces AVENIR Competition
WIDE
Atlantic Canada 2020
Fredericton, NB, Canada
Team
Patrick Palmer, Mudiwa Mharapara, Rachel Hudson, Ben Vesey, Nathan McNally, Grace McNally, Sochima Nnama, Waseem Jawad, Lauren Martin
About the Startup
Developed a containerized distilled water treatment system that integrates existing commercially available technologies to provide high quality, reliable water to small rural and indigenous communities in an accessible, sustainable and culturally appropriate manner (previously Water Innovators)
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LaSIR Nutrient Technology
Lake Winnipeg 2020
Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Team
Meagan Smith, Bentley Turner
About the Startup
Offers NuFinder, an agronomic decision support tool for on-site soil analysis to reduce phosphorus runoff which applies ATR infrared spectroscopy techniques and the collection of multiple soil samples without the use of added reagents to reduce the cost per sample
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GAPSS
British Columbia 2020
Kelowna, BC , Canada
Team
Jacob Sol, Cole White-Robinson, Jayden Wong, Graeme Kumagai, Rudransh Kumar, Olivier Liberge
About the Startup
Offers an easy-to-install, retrofittable, and affordable stormwater decontamination product which removes hydrocarbons while promoting sedimentation in addition to the collection of real-time data using a built-in sensor unit to inform municipal monitoring networks
Awards & Achievements
1st Place MNP Quick Pitch Challenge Winners Student Entrepreneurs of the Year UBCO
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CANN Forecast
AquaHacking 2016
Montreal, QC, Canada
Team
Naysan Saran, Nicolas Fortin St-Gelais
About the Startup
Developed artificial intelligence models to support municipal decision-making: InteliSwim, a tool that more reliably predicts recreational water quality, and InteliPipes, a tool to help identify water pipes vulnerable to leaks and breaks.
Awards & Achievements
Recognized in #WomenLeadingCleantech Panel speaker in Climate Global Forum
O-Tech
Rivière des Mille Îles 2021
Québec, QC, Canada
Team
Alae Benguit, Yassine Ouarda
About the Startup
O-Tech developed O-Plast, a greywater treatment system designed to eliminate microplastics in water coming mainly from commercial laundry. The solution combines membrane filtration with electrooxidation which results in the complete degradation of microplastics.
Awards & Achievements
Selected for incubator program at Polytechnique Montréal News article by INRS
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Ecotime Solutions
Rivière des Mille Îles 2021
Saint-Constant, QC, Canada
Team
Timothé Roy-Bouchard, Eddy Dureuil
About the Startup
Ecotime Solutions developed Oasis, an all-in-one rainwater harvesting and distribution system, which allows for the innovative use of rainwater in buildings and reduces the need to consume drinking water resources for non-potable uses.
Awards & Achievements
Selected to participate in AquaEntrepreneur Montréal Presented at the Symposium sur la gestion de l'eau 2021
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ILOS
Rivière des Mille Îles 2021
Montreal, QC, Canada
Team
Samuel Cante, Jean-Christophe Gosselin, Maël Lahmar
About the Startup
ILOS is developing a multifunctional floating platform, allowing for both new forms of ecotourism and the ability to measure water quality in real-time with the use of probes.
Awards & Achievements
Public Choice Award at AquaHacking Final News article by ÉTS
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Over One Thousand
Rivière des Mille Îles 2021
Montreal, QC, Canada
Team
Ysaël Desage, Philippe Scalabrini
About the Startup
Over One Thousand offers a versatile, multi-functional tool that leverages artificial intelligence and advanced analytics to improve planning, management and decision making in the context of sustainable development, such as the implementation of aquatic habitat protection and restoration of aquatic habitats.
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The SIP Project
Western Canada 2021
Kelowna, BC, Canada
Team
Elana Wood, Yosamin Esanullah, Yamen Shehab
About the Startup
The SIP Project developed a mobile filtration system in the form of a gravity filter backpack. Water goes into the top of the backpack and filters through three levels of treatment. At the spout, the water is tasteless, clear, and decontaminated.
Awards & Achievements
News article in Castanet Acceptance into entrepreneurship@UBCO incubation program
Eledigm
Western Canada 2021
Kelowna, BC, Canada
Team
Sydney Strocen, Mikhail Ignatyev, Tarek Alkabbani, Andre Cox
About the Startup
Eledigm’s device prevents contamination in water cisterns. The device connects to a cistern lid and a water hose ensures that the water is protected from contamination during transportation and storage.
Awards & Achievements
Acceptance into entrepreneurship@UBCO incubation program Winners of the UBCO IEI Fund
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EcoWater
Western Canada 2021
Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Team
Khaled Benis, Shahab Minaei, Mohsen Asadi
About the Startup
EcoWater minimizes the release of chemicals of emerging concern into water bodies. Their EcoModel provides a treatment system with a risk analysis and helps to optimize the system to achieve the highest removal rate possible. EcoFilters, derived from agricultural residue, remove the remaining pollutants.
Awards & Achievements
News article by USask College of Engineering Public Choice Recipients in the AquaHacking Final
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DatActive
Western Canada 2021
Québec, QC, Canada
Team
Michael Osina, Emixi Valdez
About the Startup
DatActive is an innovative application that has a social media-style feed and makes water science education available and engaging for everyone. It provides a platform to find information easily and for free. It meets the needs of water experts providing a tool to reach a large audience and, it helps people to be aware of what is happening in science and the relation with their everyday life.
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ISLA O.
Western Canada 2021
Calgary, AB, Canada
Team
Trina Go Listanco, Lilian Wang Huang, Lealyn San Juan, Endre Balogh
About the Startup
ISLA O. is designing and developing aquatic + island infrastructures for bioremediation and circular economy using recycled and recyclable construction materials.
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