Dalhousie University’s Emera ideaHUB has announced the 10 companies accepted into the latest cohort of its ideaBUILD accelerator, with startups ranging from a maker of tracking devices for marine safety to a sustainable manufacturing business.

Previously called simply BUILD, the program lasts 10 months and offers participating companies up to $10,000 of funding, as well as access to training workshops, research and development facilities, technical assistance and one-on-one business coaching.

“MetaCrust Services is thrilled to be part of the fourth ideaBUILD Cohort at Emera ideaHUB,” wrote co-founder Sudra Anwar on social media. “It's an incredible opportunity for founders like us to take their physical product idea from design to prototype and prepare for manufacturing and scale.”

The ideaHUB says on its website that ideaBUILD is aimed at groups of four or fewer entrepreneurs, who are seeking advisors to help them refine their products, are expanding their teams in preparation for fundraising and need to prepare a prototype or proof of concept. By the time they finish the program, the goal is for teams to have an operational prototype that they are preparing to scale for commercialization.

Here’s a look at the participating startups:

Aruna
Rashmi Prakash and Gurleen Bajwa, Co-Founders
Aruna is developing compostable menstrual pads that are locally manufactured using fibres extracted from food and crop waste. The company bills its pads as both more ecologically friendly and also healthier for the user than traditional options.

Daku Tech
Dhruv Patel, COO, Jake Young, CEO and Limysh Kalapala, CTO
Daku Tech sells an Early Notification Beacon, which is a safety and tracking device meant to be used in marine environments in crisis scenarios like someone falling overboard.

Greenii
Purushothaman Cannane, Founder
Greenii has developed a process for manufacturing paper bags from newsprint and flyers without need for the conventional pulping and bleaching steps, instead using a more environmentally friendly approach.

iFormit Solutions 

Abdulganiyu Onabanjo, Founder
iFormit Solutions sells smart meters for electricity that use a process call “sub-metering” which allows property owners to pinpoint exactly where power is being used within a larger system, such as individual apartments within a building.

KISS Bread
Yan Huang, Runping Li and Edison Li, Co-Founders
KISS has developed a process for producing sourdough bread with a much lower sodium content than it would ordinarily have, overcoming technical barriers that have historically kept food companies from producing low-salt bread.

MetalloSil
Sarah Martell and Joseph Weatherby, Co-Founders
MetalloSil has developed a process for producing high-performance silicon materials for batteries that is cheaper and faster than conventional techniques.

Revilong
Tate Linzel and Joshua Jobin, Co-Founders
Revilong plans to mass produce low-cost, energy-efficient residential housing.

MetaCrust Services
Sidra Anwar, Qurat ul Ain andAbdul Wahab, Co-Founders
MetaCrust sells security technology for battery-operated medical wearable and fitness trackers. It also describes its device as extremely lightweight.

Tyler Henry
Tyler Henry, Founder
The company aims to create a prototype medical device, shaped like a pen, but with a vibrating tip, which can be used to test a patient’s vibration sense at bedside, such as for assessing neurological health.

Merivale Software & Robotics
Michael Adeleye, President and CEO
Merivale plans to use innovation in the fields of software and robotics to facilitate rapid transportation of critical medical supplies, equipment, and potentially, patients.