Students announced as winners of the winter 2024 term Enterprise Co-op pitch competition
Each term, undergraduate students from the Enterprise Co-op (E Co-op) program compete for financial awards during their opening weeks in the program.
Students compete in a pitch competition for two awards, the E-Launch and the Norman Esch Enterprise Co-op awards each worth $5,000.
The E Co-op program allows students to start their own business while also earning a co-op credit. With access to our world-class faculty, students learn the fundamental elements of building business, begin to understand market sectors and how to build their new product or service. Startups can be high-tech, low-tech or no-tech.
Congratulations to our winners and best of luck to all of our E Co-op students for the upcoming term!
Vanessa Martinez Storin
Science and Business, Faculty of Science
Virtual Tour Ontario
At Virtual Tour Ontario, we specialize in transforming the way businesses and the real estate industry connect with their audience. Utilizing innovative virtual tour technology, we offer a compelling marketing tool designed for the contemporary digital consumer. Our interactive experiences not only complement traditional methods but also significantly influence customer engagement and decision-making.
Anwaar Malik
Computing and Financial Management, Faculty of Math
AllMind Investments
AllMind Investments is a new software tool that interprets and conveys financial analysis for financial professionals and investors. It interprets natural language queries, providing overviews of stock data, detailed financial analyses based on different metrics, and can provide insights into market sentiments based on current events. This tool simplifies complex financial data, making it accessible and actionable for informed investment decisions.
Michael Whiteman
Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
Simpl
Simpl Inclusive fashion, quick trend analysis, sustainable production, and community-building for young customers.
Norman Esch Enterprise Co-op Awards
The Norman Esch Enterprise Co-op Awards are awarded to engineering students in the E Co-op program. Up to five scholarships of $5,000 are awarded each term. Congratulations to this term's winners!
Jack Ironside-Owen
Architectural Studies, Faculty of Engineering
Ec(h)otone
Ec(h)otone is a research, design, and build project which aims to mitigate noise pollution and its associated affects by studying in the feasibility of site specific interstitial acoustic interventions within our built environment. Environmental challenges like noise pollution are complex in scale and scope, having global implications which are defined locally.
Jialu Xu
Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
LABO
LABO (le nouveau laboratoire) is an audio engineering startup, focused on developing innovative integrated systems for broadcasting, recording industries, targeting at professionals and experienced users.
Kevin Hu
Software Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
Aperture
Aperture aims to create aesthetic immersive experiences that lie at the intersection of art and technology to serve as community gathering spaces for friendlier cities and communities. Imagine rooms or public displays that use augmented reality (AR), immersive audio, projection, and motion tracking to allow for interactive, playable elements to engage audiences.
Humza Ahmed
Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
Automax AI
Automax AI is a software company that builds custom, easy to use AI Assistants for real-estate appraisers. Our assistants help appraisers navigate the lengthy process of finding comparable information and carries out complex adjustments in just a few seconds.
Overbeeke Family Entrepreneurship Excellence Award
The Overbeeke Family Award is awarded based on the development of an outstanding presentation, business model and plan review, clarity of business description and preparedness to lead a venture or social enterprise. One scholarship of up to $5,000 will be awarded each term between spring 2022 and through to fall 2024.
Anthony Keene
Nanotechnology, Faculty of Engineering
1s2a
1s2a brings better problem-solving to AI, particularly for complex chatbots. We are also helping businesses provide their customers with better responses, information security, and cost-effectiveness.
Thomas Hart
Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
AI Docs
AI Docs is an innovative AI-powered tool, designed to automate the process of writing documentation for codebases. It analyzes codebases and generates comprehensive descriptions, explanations, example uses cases, and more for various components of the code. It also provides seamless integrations with popular platforms like GitHub to automatically update the documentation when new code changes are uploaded. This allows developers to save time writing documentation and prioritize their development work. Additionally, it allows for a smoother onboarding process for new developers, allowing them to become familiar with new codebases faster.