NEWS RELEASE
INNOVATION GUELPH
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Innovation Guelph’s Rhyze Venture program with 56 participants has culminated with nine finalists participating in the Rhyze & Shine pitch competition.
The public pitch competition is part of the Rhyze Ventures program created by female entrepreneurs for female entrepreneurs. The program’s second cohort will wind up and the third cohort will kickoff with nine companies competing in the Rhyze & Shine Pitch Competition on Aug. 12 from 6p.m. to 9 p.m.
The nine finalists are:
Mambella’s Italian Kitchen — Tina Brisbin
Nurture Growth Bio Fertilizer Inc. — Le Luong
The Expert Talk — Jennifer Prendergast
Progoti — Nurjahan Begum
Rainbow Diversity Institute — Malissa Bryan
Sara Murphy Psychotherapy — Sara Murphy
Laura Rae’s Caramel Co. — Sheri Visakaly
One Sixty One Artisan Market — Valerie Simpson
Tiny Kind Toys — Amanda Worr
Rhyze & Shine is an opportunity for participants to connect with new program participants, Rhyze Ventures alumni, program partners, volunteer mentors, industry specialists, facilitators and community leaders. The winners will also have an opportunity to be interviewed on the Zonecast podcast that features entrepreneurs, professionals and academics.
Competition judges include:
Colleen James, Principal Consultant & CEO Divonify
Debora Bielecki, board director at Bank of Canada and Canadian Light Source
Kavita Srivastava, director at Duff & Phelps and SheEO Activator
Martha van Berkel, CEO and founder at Schema App
Sandra Hinojosa Verdin, industrial technology advisor at the National Research Council Canada
Participants can register for the event here.
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