Online startup accelerator Propel has announced 14 businesses joining the fall cohort of its Traction and Growth accelerator for scaling companies.
Traction and Growth is meant for startups with more developed operations than those in Propel’s earlier-stage Vision and Validation program. To be eligible, entrepreneurs must have monthly revenue and be working on their business full time.
“These companies have soundly proven they have a customer, and now they enter this exciting phase where they refine their technology and zero in on how to capture that customer audience in a way that is predictable and scalable,” said Propel CEO Kathryn Lockhart in a statement.
Like all of Propel’s programming, the Traction and Growth Accelerator is open to applicants from across Atlantic Canada. Last year, the broader organization worked with more than 100 startups, and Lockhart’s team expects to exceed that number this year.
Here’s a look at the cohort:
Prince Edward Island
Geordie Noye, CEO
Three Hippies is a software-as-a-service company developing Locarius.io, a digital ticket platform that guarantees authenticity and ownership.
New Brunswick
Mike Rushton, President
Air Clarity Solutions is developing air filtration technology to remove indoor air pollution in industrial settings.
Newfoundland and Labrador
Rikki Lee Scicluna and Jacob Critch
Songflow is an online collaborative platform for musicians to record and edit music.
New Brunswick
Conor O’Brien and Tom Cooper, Co-Founders
Dependbuild sells cloud software to help municipalities and infrastructure developers identify, assess and track risks to their construction projects.
Nova Scotia
Olivier Hendrikx, CEO
INav4U has developed the Wayfinder Dashboard, which is an enterprise software platform for yacht management that offers real-time monitoring and alerts about a vessel’s operation.
Prince Edward Island
Feije De Boer and Stanley De Boer
WSA’s software-as-a-service product, PATH, makes supply chain and operations management software for the produce industry, with features such as lot traceability and help for users generating compliance documents.
Nova Scotia
RemoteCon sells high-tech sensors and communications modules for the oceans economy.
Atlantic Institute for Resilience
Nova Scotia
Dr. Jackie Kinley
AIR sells mental resiliency training software to companies and organizations for use by their employees.
Nova Scotia
VeCharter is a ride sharing service.
New Brunswick
Tracy Bell, CEO
Millennia sells edible, flash-frozen tea in three forms: loose-leaf, chopped and cubed.
Newfoundland and Labrador
Holly Hill, CEO
SiftMed’s artificial intelligence platform automatically organizes medical records into a clearly labelled, searchable database for use by staff at insurance companies and law offices.
New Brunswick
Bethany Deshpande
SomaDetect uses optical technology to track the quality of milk being produced at the level of individual cows during milking.
Newfoundland and Labrador
Seathru is developing a digital twin remote monitoring system for marine vessels meant to predict equipment failures before they happen.
Nova Scotia
Julie Anne Dayrit
HerBiome make skincare products derived from plant extracts for treating inflammatory skin conditions like eczema, acne and psoriasis.
