Events / Youth Pitch Day

Youth focused startup pitch competition for high school and university founders in Calgary. Six founders pitched live with three minutes each plus one question from judges and one from the audience. $350 in non-dilutive microgrants awarded to the top three teams; all pitchers received support.

Founders

Winner

Jeet Garg

Youth Policy Council

A youth policy council that gets students directly in front of the officials making decisions that affect them, instead of routing feedback through adults.

$200microgrant

Winner

Diogo José Notario Guaitolini & Luiz Felipe Gama Di Grado

Inspekto AI

Transforms inspection photos and field notes into structured, standards-aligned reports so engineers move faster with greater consistency.

$100microgrant

Winner

Sophia Dhami & Isavella Tsoulias

ClotGuard

A wearable patch using nanotechnology to deliver freeze-dried platelets and help address severe bleeding.

$50microgrant

Winner

Shreeya Shenoy

TeenSleepLab

TeenSleepLab is a peer-to-peer sleep aid, tracking, and research app designed by a teen, for teens, to combat the teenage sleep epidemic.

$50microgrant

Winner

Nour Issa

AUV UCalgary

AUV UCalgary is an interdisciplinary engineering team at the University of Calgary focused on the end-to-end design of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles.

$50microgrant

Winner

Evezi Esiehor

Mindtrail

Bridges the gap between rising mental health needs and limited preventative support for young adults through a hybrid digital platform and curated in-person experiences.

$50microgrant

Coming Up Next

Pitch. Camera. Launch.

Wednesday, November 25, 2026 · 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
TELUS Spark Science Centre, 220 St. George's Dr NE, Calgary, AB

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