Velocity Pitch Competition

Held from 2011 to 2024, the pitch competition provided University of Waterloo student-led teams with the opportunity to showcase their innovative solutions and compete for grant funding. Many Velocity founders have shared that pitching was the moment they truly saw themselves as founders. For information on upcoming pitches or challenges, follow our newsletters and social channels.

How it works

Top applicants were invited to pitch at the semi-finals to a panel of experienced entrepreneurs. Each competitor had 3 minutes to present their idea and convince the judges of its potential and viability.

Pitch

Eight top teams competed in each final, but only four won.  Curious about what these looked like? Visit our YouTube Channel to watch past pitches. Watch previous pitches

Eligibility

• One member of your team is currently a University of Waterloo undergraduate student, graduate student or postdoc.
• You have an idea or concept that has the potential to be turned into a scalable startup (i.e. it has big market and high growth potential).
• Your team hasn’t received $55K or more in funds or revenue*
• Previous winners of the competition are ineligible to re-enter.
• Teams participating in Velocity Venture Ready program are not eligible.
• You want to meet cool people and have lots of fun!

Past winners

Check out our winners over the years!

2024

Winter

• CELLECT. – who also won people’s choice.
• SheepIt
• Grease Tech
• PatientCompanion

Spring

• Automax AI
• BrewTrack
• MyPharmacist
• PyroGuard
• People’s Choice: Talk & Order

2023

Winter

• Whale Safe Fishing Gear
• Foodage Inc.
• Metacycler Bioinnovations
• Trash Talk
• People’s Choice: Milk it!

Spring

• Pragmatica
• Swish
• Entangled Vision
• EyesoBio
• People’s Choice: EmpathEase

Fall

• Plantal Support
• Mapmate
• Blackbird
• Pliantech
• People’s Choice: Pliantech

2022

Winter

• Cauchy Analytics
• Moonlight Haptics
• Retinex
• Tulay
• People’s Choice: Moonlight Haptics

Spring

• The President Braids
• OrientaMED
• Symphonic
• Tako
• People’s Choice: The President Braids

Fall

• AFAIK
• Landscape Direct
• Relay MD
• Train Pro
• People’s Choice: Skipwash

2021

Winter

• AquaSensing
• Arbitrium
• Scribenote
• UWTensil‍
• People’s Choice: Prospr

Spring

• MedAtlas
• SAFI
• HouseAI
• Maesos Technologies
• People’s Choice: HouseAI
• Climate Change Grant: MedAtlas

Fall

• HydroHouse
• Learnlist
• Microbuild Masonry
• PERCare‍
• People’s Choice: SethSquash

2020

Winter

• BeBlended
• Reflect
• SMRTCoat
• Vision Spatial Technologies
• People’s Champ: iuvoderm
• Conrad Award: HomeScouts

Spring

• Aqua-Cell Energy
• Eight Stories of Modesty
• Lumos
• moxHealth
• People’s Champ: Scribble

Fall

• ChangeRoom
• Miss Mechanic
• mtion Interactive
• XP Fantasy
• Climate Change Grant: UBIAir – Air Pollution Monitoring Platform
• People’s Champ: Cove

2019

Winter

• Animus
• Forsa
• Pulse Home
• TagBull

MSAA Winners: Animus, Atlas Medical, Reka, SpecialVR

Spring

• VOYHS
• Emergency Response Africa
• Insula Medical
• WatFly
• Carbon NanoPure

Fall

• CodeGEM
• Flowy
• Ribbit
• Scope

2018

Winter

• Circadian Energy
• QOLTOM
• Intelline
• Carbon NanoPure

Spring

• IntelliCulture
• Membio
• Nebula
• OcuBlink

Fall

• FEM in STEM
• Material Futures
• Oleotech
• PriveHealth

2017

Winter

• Para
• Rugelach, Roswell and Rufus
• ShiftRide

Spring

• HALo
• QuantWave
• Lunaria

Fall

• GreenSorbs
• Pulse Industrial
• SannTek

2016

Winter

• Avro Life Science
• Moocow Unicycles
• GameLynx

Spring

• Gymnatik
• The Playful Pixel
• MycoCup

Fall

• Eggplantr
• VivaSpire
• Chasr Athletics

2015

Spring

• Arc Home
• Halion Displays
• HiredWell

Fall

• Finuvo
• BioFlex Implant
• Hash

2014

Winter

• Kue
• Node

Fall

• Ansik
• Reno

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