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Stuart Foxman
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Get All Dresst Up
It’s the closet you always wanted but never had. With a subscription service called dresst, women can rent three items of clothing a month for $99. It’s a cost-effective way to stay in fashion, cut clutter and help the environment (less tossing of unwanted outfits into landfills).
For International Students, There's No Place like Homadorma
For international students in Canada, Homadorma makes it easy to find housing. The online booking system has listings across the country, and even does home visits in advance to ensure that what you see is what you get.
CMEOW Spreads the Tastes of Asia
Ivy Chen loves authentic Asian cuisine, and wants to bring it to as many people as possible. Her service, CMEOW, is Canada’s largest Asian food delivery platform, connecting local restaurants with the community.
MenuSano Feeds the Need for Nutritional Information
Foodservice companies want to tell their consumers about the nutritional value of everything they eat. MenuSano makes it easy to calculate. The online tool uses government-regulated nutritional databases, a faster and more cost-effective solution compared to lengthy lab tests. That encourage users to experiment with recipes to make them healthier.
Getting Better Workflows with CloserCollab
Paper processes can get chaotic. CloserCollab digitizes them, to bring greater efficiency and consistency around tasks and checklists, performance reviews, feedback surveys, and onboarding for new hires. Clients in the retail and restaurant sectors also get insights into trends, gaps and opportunities.
StartUp HERE
“Something that makes Toronto truly unique is that willingness to share and communicate with people very openly inside the industry looking at the global pie as something we can all co-create and achieve together.”
Satish Kanwar, VP of Product, Acceleration, Shopify
"If you come to our studio and take a look at the people sitting around the table discussing ideas, they’re from almost every part of the world. I think it has really helped Umbra create an international style.”
Paul Rowan, Co-Founder, Umbra
"Startups in Toronto benefit from support at every stage. From the very early stage we have incubators, accelerators and seed stage investors. In the growth stage, we have funders willing to invest a lot of money to really help a company take-off. This gives tech companies in Toronto a huge advantage.”
Allen Lau, CEO & Co-Founder, Wattpad
"A culture of collaboration is really at the heart of what’s next in innovation. What’s exciting in Toronto is that we have local and international businesses partnering with the startup ecosystem and increasingly with the academic community to position themselves for success in the future. And it’s happening across the spectrum from digital media and information technology, to life sciences and healthcare, energy solutions and social innovation.”
Dr. Ilse Treurnicht, Former CEO, MaRS Discovery District
“The scale and quality of meet-ups and conferences and speaking events have gone up dramatically. You don’t need to leave Toronto to build a successful company.”
Evgeny Tchebotarev, Co-Founder, 500px
“I think it’s an attractive place to come for talented people, it's a huge market for creative people and I think there are some companies emerging that give people hope that it can be done here.”
Mike McDerment, CEO/Co-Founder, Freshbooks
“In Toronto, Bombardier manufactures business and commercial aircraft and relies on the diversified, local regional supply chain. We work with more than 70 suppliers located in the Greater Toronto Area and we benefit from a variety of expertise going from complex machining to systems integration.”
Graham Kelly, Vice-President, Global Operations & Toronto Site, Bombardier Aerospace
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