In the next six days, at least 33 startups are going to present their business cases before crowds in the Halifax area, and what’s impressive isn’t just the number but the quality of the companies.

On Monday night, the Launch36 accelerator will hold the demoday for its fourth cohort at Pier 21, featuring six presenting companies. And on Tuesday and Wednesday, the Atlantic Venture Forum will take place at the Westin Nova Scotian, at which 24 companies will pitch for international investors and others. And today starting at noon, there will be a pitching session at Volta Labs on Spring Garden Road. (A few are pitching twice)

The activities of the next week comprise an opportunity to take stock of where the startup community in the region is today.  It’s easy to be impressed by the volume of companies with 33 presentations, but the quality of the companies is really strong. That will be borne out by the presentations and their demonstrations of traction. It’s also impressive that the audience in most cases will include a range of investors from around the continent.

Here are the companies that are presenting:  

Fourth cohort of Launch36:

Adeptio, Charlottetown

HotSpot Parking, Fredericton

Hyton Innovation, Fredericton

KinterGuardian, Moncton

Qimple, Moncton

Resson Aerospace, Fredericton

Presenting companies at the Atlantic Venture Forum

Growth Stages Companies

Atlantic Hydrogen, Fredericton

Chelation Partners, Halifax

Chemgreen Innovation, Sackville, NB

Eigen Innovations, Fredericton

Halifax Biomedical, Mabou, NS

InNetwork, Halifax

Livelenz, Halifax

Marcato Festival, Sydney, NS

Neurodyn, Charlottetown

RtTech Software, Moncton

Sagecrowd, Halifax

Zed Creative Inc. Spot

Early stage

Adeptio, Charlottetown

Cellufuel, Halifax

DashHudson, Halifax

DeCell Technologies, Halifax

DeNovaMed, Halifax

FoodTender, Shediac, NB

Heimdall Networks, Sydney, NS

Hyton Innovation, Fredericton

Island Water, Stratford, PEI

KinderGuardian, Moncton

Proposify, Halifax

Spring Loaded Technology, Halifax

Presenting companies at the pitching session at Volta (all from Halifax):

Fundmetric

Modest Tree Media

Email Opened

Swapskis

Athletigen

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