Students announced as winners of the spring 2025 term Enterprise Co-op pitch competition
Each term, students in the Enterprise Co-op (E Co-op) program have the opportunity to pitch their ventures and compete for startup funding during the program’s early weeks.
This spring, students vied for two $5,000 awards: the E-Launch Award and the Norman Esch Enterprise Co-op Award, designed to help turn bold ideas into thriving businesses.
E Co-op gives undergraduate students the chance to build their own ventures while earning a co-op credit. With guidance from experienced faculty members and access to entrepreneurship resources, students gain hands-on experience in identifying market opportunities, validating ideas, and launching products or services, whether high-tech, low-tech, or no-tech.
Congratulations to our Spring 2025 award winners, and best of luck to all our E Co-op students this term!
Jacob Grima
°ä´Ç³¾±è²¹²Ô²â:ÌýGrima Financial Services
¹ó²¹³¦³Ü±ô³Ù²â:ÌýArts, Psychology
Grima Financial Services was founded to provide affordable, unbiased, and personalized financial coaching for young Canadians. On average, people spend about a third of their lives at work, often without passion for their jobs. Yet many lack the knowledge—or even are unaware that they lack the knowledge—to effectively manage the money they work so hard for. Our mission is to help individuals gain confidence in managing their finances, deepen their understanding of basic financial topics, and become comfortable openly discussing their financial well-being.
Tianyi Zhang
°ä´Ç³¾±è²¹²Ô²â:ÌýBluelet (previously EzraHire)
¹ó²¹³¦³Ü±ô³Ù²â:ÌýComputer Science, Faculty of Mathematics
Bluelet is an all-in-one AI-powered HR agent team that automates sourcing, screening, and evaluation to streamline modern hiring. Equipped with specialized agents—from sourcing to pre-screening to technical evaluation—Bluelet replaces the need for a traditional recruiting team. Leveraging a proprietary database of 500,000+ enriched candidate profiles with verified emails, it enables startups, VCs, and tech companies to hire faster and smarter with scalable, on-demand recruiting intelligence.
Dante Maggiotto
Company: Firebird
¹ó²¹³¦³Ü±ô³Ù²â:ÌýFaculty of Science, Science and Business (biochemistry)
Firebird is an AI-driven wildfire intelligence platform that combines satellite and ground data to produce detailed risk maps, empowering governments and industries to move from reactive firefighting to proactive mitigation. By highlighting emerging fire-prone areas in advance, it helps stakeholders protect communities and natural ecosystems.
Henriëtta van Niekerk
°ä´Ç³¾±è²¹²Ô²â:ÌýSkrimp.ai
¹ó²¹³¦³Ü±ô³Ù²â:ÌýArts, GBDA
Skrimp is your personal AI sous chef, helping you beat the rising cost of living by planning meals that save money without sacrificing health or flavor. In just 3 clicks, our AI uses your location to find stores near you, then transforms their grocery flyers into real-time, budget-friendly meal plans customized for what's actually on special. Your preferences and meal plans save automatically, so Skrimp gets better at planning exactly what works for you. With Skrimp, the cost of living feels livable again.
Nain Abdi
°ä´Ç³¾±è²¹²Ô²â:ÌýBoardRoom
¹ó²¹³¦³Ü±ô³Ù²â:ÌýEngineering, ECE,
Vladimir Bjelica
°ä´Ç³¾±è²¹²Ô²â:ÌýMVD X-Ray Technologies Inc.
¹ó²¹³¦³Ü±ô³Ù²â:ÌýMechatronics Engineering
MVD X-Ray Technologies designs and manufactures the world's only digital quality assurance testing system for dental radiographic equipment called the Phantom XY System. The Phantom XY System improves patient outcomes by allowing clinicians to have better diagnostic images and take radiographs at lower radiation doses.
Carolyn (Lyn) Zeng
°ä´Ç³¾±è²¹²Ô²â:ÌýSleepyRedBean
Faculty: Science
Sleepyredbean is an art account and personal brand for all things cozy and peaceful. Through a unique style of original digital art and products, Sleepyredbean hopes to spark joy and bring a sense of warmth and personality to everyday life.
Sleepyredbean is both a social media presence and e-commerce business that has an audience of 55 thousand followers on Instagram alone. The current aim of Sleepyredbean is to develop an online course teaching anyone how to create cozy illustrations.
Jessica Poon
Company: Vertical
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering, Biomedical EngineeringÂ
Yoonhee Park
Company: Reprose
¹ó²¹³¦³Ü±ô³Ù²â:ÌýBiomedical Engineering
Reprose is an AI-powered companion that evolves into a supportive best friend—empowering individuals with personalized, ongoing mental wellness support. By blending expressive writing, physiological insights, and curated resources, Reprose helps users build self-awareness and take meaningful steps toward self-improvement.
Beyond solo support, our mission is to nurture a safe, stigma-free community—both in-person and online—where individuals can share their journeys, uplift one another, and normalize emotional expression. By shifting from repression to expression, Reprose empowers individuals to embrace the full spectrum of human experience.
Paniz Ojaghi
Company: Oktav
¹ó²¹³¦³Ü±ô³Ù²â:ÌýSoftware Engineering, Faculty of Mathematics and Engineering
Oktav is a community-driven music streaming platform that empowers independent artists and listeners with transparent royalty dashboards, simplified licensing tools, and AI-enhanced discovery and social engagement features.
Daniel Byrne
Company: Ascent Analytics
Faculty: Mathematics, Honours