Grand finale – Canada

Winner Cooperathon 2019

Canada Edition

PLAKK

$15,000 + $50,000 IN ACCOMPANIMENT

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PLAKK is an artificial intelligence-based platform designed to provide clinicians and researchers with an automated process to determine the probability that plaque will cause a stroke or heart attack.

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Track Awards

finance

Placify

$5,000
granted by

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PLACIFY aims to test tenants’ interest in personalized recommendations, thus facilitating access to real estate investments for a greater number of Canadians.

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Health

Axion AI

$5,000
granted by

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AXION AI empowers mental health professionals by providing emotional and speech recognition information during therapy sessions and by serving as a collaborative tool to increase efficiency and positive patient outcomes.

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Education

Mots d’enfants

$5,000
granted by

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MOTS D’ENFANTS is the first evidence-based language stimulation program adapted to the needs of families and youth centre educators (YPGs). It aims to develop the language and socio-emotional skills of children from vulnerable backgrounds, by strengthening parent-child interaction on a daily basis, through a digital platform that facilitates the work of the educator and optimizes the effectiveness of interventions.

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Energy

Locabit

$5,000
granted by

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LOCABIT offers a solution to develop sustainable energy consumption habits. It is an intelligent and gamified mobile notification system, designed with a scientific method of behaviourial change.

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Environment

Boomerang

$5,000
granted by

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BOOMERANG collects an untapped resource to turn it into flour and sell it for reintegration into the food industry: beer grains, the main brewing residue from microbreweries. Because of its exceptional nutritional properties (high in protein and fiber, and low in calories), the flour from these grains allow for healthier options, for a great number of people, while also reducing the amount of residual matter.

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Agriculture

Be-Up

$5,000
granted by

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BE-UP is a company created to market biopolymers developed in Quebec and produced using innovative and environmentally friendly processes. The innovative technologies used to manufacture them make them competitive and are 100% natural, biodegradable, compostable, GMO-free and more.

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Diversity & inclusion

Artizanko

Granted by

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ARTIZANKO is an online marketplace that aims to centralize sales for environmentally and socially conscious products, as well as providing sustainable packaging solutions. Our startup is founded on three main values: sustainable sourcing, sustainable engineering, and sustainable packaging.

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Company challenge Grants

Financial Health

Think twice

$7,500
Granted by

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THINK TWICE is a tool that analyzes the financial picture and takes into consideration people’s personal goals. Its ambition is to help its users control their daily expenses, in real time, by recommending a budget to them in order to achieve their goals without excessive effort.

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Energy efficiency

Locabit

$5,000
Granted by

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LOCABIT offers a solution to develop sustainable energy consumption habits. It is an intelligent and gamified mobile notification system, designed with a scientific method of behaviourial change.

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Sustainable mobility

Tesgo

$7,500
Granted by

$5,000
Granted by

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TESGO is a collaborative freight trucking platform that operates on the principle of sharing economy, reducing the number of trucks in use, reducing road congestion and GHG emissions. The main objective is to enable individuals and SMEs to find a lower-cost transport supplier within a short period of time, and for carriers to increase their contracts, optimise their truck’s cargo space and make travel more profitable.

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Responsible agricultural practices

Désherbeur autonome

$5,000
Granted by

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DÉSHERBEUR AUTONOME offers a complete targeted weed control service using autonomous robots powered by artificial intelligence. It reduces herbicide application by 90% compared to the uniform application method, resulting in financial benefits for field crop farmers such as corn and soybeans, as well as offering environmental and ecological benefits.

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Urban farming & circular economy

Cannafish

$5,000
Granted by

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CANNAFISH is an intermediary between the fish farming industry and the hydroponics industry. The project valorizes fish sludge as fertilizer for soilless crops, allowing manure to be included in the hydroponic crop fertilization plan. The team is currently working with fish manure, but is exploring different manures, allowing partnerships to be created between different agricultural spheres.

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Residual Materials Management

Boomerang

$5,000
Granted by

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BOOMERANG collects an untapped resource to turn it into flour and sell it for reintegration into the food industry: beer grains, the main brewing residue from microbreweries. Because of its exceptional nutritional properties (high in protein and fiber, and low in calories), the flour from these grains allow for healthier options, for a great number of people, while also reducing the amount of residual matter.

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Interactive media
[Finance]

Leav

$4,000
Granted by

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LEAV is an app that offers an integrated service offered to POS system providers and individual restaurants alike. It facilitates the payment process and aims to completely remove the need to wait before one can pay and leave. This is done via an NFC chip located on every table that allows customers to retrieve and process their bills directly via their phones.

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Interactive media
[Health]

The Other Hand

$4,000
Granted by

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THE OTHER HAND is a virtual reality solution that helps reduce dominance transfer processing time by 30%. The Other Hand accelerates recovery by improving the functioning of the non-dominant hand – the other hand, via an immersive, fun-oriented experience, using game levels and rewards to show users their progress after each session.

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Interactive media
[Education]

Digno

$4,000
Granted by

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DIGNO offers a platform to promote the hiring of immigrants in Quebec that will reduce the cost and time of recruitment through accelerated contact between employers and candidates based on the recognition of skills and on the model of a virtual job fair. Coaching and mentoring services will also be offered.

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Interactive media
[Agriculture]

Projet de ferme collective

$4,000
Granted by

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PROJET DE FERME COLLECTIVE aims to restore a foodland farm to the community, a place to live close to home; provide access to fresh fruit and vegetables; develop healthy eating habits; promote the improvement of living conditions for the population; enhance the agricultural zone through activities to interpret the agricultural environment, while developing a social reintegration and employment component.

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Digital Competency Framework

Edcode

$10,000
Granted by

Ministère de l’Éducation et de l’Enseignement supérieur (MÉES)

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EDCODE aims to develop a block programming platform to help integrate programming in primary and secondary schools. We want to create a platform that is easy to use for students, but most importantly, that meets the needs of teachers in terms of group management, activity planning, self-correction and more.

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Digital Competency Framework

Mots d’enfants

$5,000
Granted by

Ministère de l’Éducation et de l’Enseignement supérieur (MÉES)

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MOTS D’ENFANTS is the first evidence-based language stimulation program adapted to the needs of families and youth centre educators (YPGs). It aims to develop the language and socio-emotional skills of children from vulnerable backgrounds, by strengthening parent-child interaction on a daily basis, through a digital platform that facilitates the work of the educator and optimizes the effectiveness of interventions.

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Integration of immigrants into the labor market

Digno

$5,000
Granted by

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DIGNO offers a platform to promote the hiring of immigrants in Quebec that will reduce the cost and time of recruitment through accelerated contact between employers and candidates based on the recognition of skills and on the model of a virtual job fair. Coaching and mentoring services will also be offered.

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Regional
GRANT
Ontario

SMARTTRAX

$2,000
Granted by

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SMARTTRAX is a platform and app that helps reduce the emission of methane gases created by organic waste sent to the landfills and increases the chances to produce biogas, a ressource in high demand for energy projects on different cities. Intended for Organic-Waste Management companies it notifies when waste containers are full and suggests the best route option for pick-up so trucks will run at full capacity facilitating an efficient use of resources in each trip.

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