True Blue Expo 2026
Meet the exhibitors
Startups
Mystiphage
Mystiphage is an AI-driven phage therapy company combining modular phage chassis with programmable receptor-binding protein engineering to rapidly generate targeted and broad-spectrum bacteriophage treatments. Our platform shortens development cycles today while enabling a future of decentralized, on-demand phage manufacturing to combat antimicrobial-resistant infections.
Pretty Face AI
We help clinics reclaim valuable surgeon and staff time by filtering, qualifying, and routing only high-intent, viable patients to human consultants. Our process reduces administrative workload, minimizes unnecessary consultations, and ensures that clinical teams can focus their time and expertise on patients who are truly ready and suitable for treatment.
TalkLab
We have created the Parallels App, which allows anyone to easily create Parallels – emotionally intelligent and cognitively agentic AI agents. These agents can be used to train employees around effective high-stakes communication skills (most common use case), but there is also a full range of ways these agents can allow organisms to perform high touch tasks at scale (e.g., customer support, middle management, etc).
VantEdge Labs
VantEdge is an AI infrastructure company focused on making agents reliable for large enterprise use. Our solution sits between AI agents and enterprise data systems – delivering accurate data retrieval, unified security controls, and compliance-ready architecture. Companies can unlock insights across databases, APIs, and SaaS tools that were never possible before. We are the data backbone for enterprise AI.
Carboform Inc.
Carboform is an advanced materials startup making high-performance materials from agricultural and forestry residues. We’re building ingredients for cosmetics and personal care where safety and sensory feel really matter, and for packaging and coatings where barrier performance and durability are key. Our aim is to give product teams a drop-in option that reduces reliance on fossil-based ingredients without compromising performance.
Just Vertical
At Just Vertical, we empower businesses and individuals to take control of their food production. With our patented vertical farming technology, we create indoor farms that grow produce year-round, anywhere in the world. Our farms tackle global food insecurity, reduce waste, and shrink carbon footprints of food transportation, building a healthier, greener future for all.
Kiwi Charge
Kiwi Charge is a Robotics and AI startup revolutionizing EV charging for multi-tenant buildings. Our flagship innovation, an autonomous mobile charging robot, navigates parking lots at night to charge EVs while drivers sleep. Like a “smart Roomba” for electric vehicles, each unit replaces the need for 30 traditional Level 2 chargers, all at just 40% of the cost.
SymBL Innovations
SymBL Innovations is a biotechnology start-up revolutionizing organic waste processing by converting traditional anaerobic digestion processes into efficient, high-value chemical manufacturing systems. Specializing in the production of an alternative to palm-kernel oil and other specialty bioproducts, we transform waste management into a sustainable and profitable endeavour.
Xatoms Inc.
Xatoms is a deep-tech water purification startup that uses quantum chemistry and AI to design sunlight-activated materials that remove harmful contaminants from water. Our technology is customizable for specific pollutants and industries, enabling affordable, scalable clean water solutions for communities and industrial partners worldwide.
Ginny
Ginny is a Toronto-based beverage startup creating premium non-alcoholic adaptogenic spritzers rooted in African and South Asian botanical traditions. Developed in collaboration with a naturopathic doctor, Ginny blends functional plants with bold, refreshing flavours to support balance and social connection without alcohol. Our products are made using a fully Canadian supply chain and are designed for modern consumers seeking elevated, culturally authentic alternatives to traditional drinking.
My Dorm Store
My Dorm Store is a residence-approved, pre-arrival dorm essentials and care package program designed specifically for campus housing environments.
MDS works directly with universities to build custom, residence-specific packages aligned with institutional standards and student needs. MDS fully manages logistics and customer support.
Akadion
Akadion is a platform that connects prospective students with current students, postdocs, and recent graduates to receive advice, consultation, and mentorship on graduate studies. Our mission is to empower graduate students and postdocs by building a supportive community that fosters meaningful, successful, and fulfilling graduate experiences. We organize webinars, workshops, and mentorship programs to help students navigate their academic journeys with confidence.
CoLab Education
Our professional networking and collaboration platform is designed for the K-12 education ecosystem. We offer a free, open-source network to ensure equitable access to high-quality resources. Additionally, we support schools, districts, teacher colleges, and associations in building thriving communities of practice and fostering professional learning to advance their most critical strategic initiatives. Currently, we serve thousands of individuals across hundreds of districts in twelve different countries!
TILE: Toronto International Language Exchange
TILE: Toronto International Language Exchange leads interactive community-led language learning programs. Our most well-known program is TILE: Toronto International Language Exchange, which leads large multilingual language learning social events and classes for young adults. We also lead several innovative French Immersion and bilingual programs for elementary school children.
Heliconia Interactive
Heliconia Interactive believes higher education should be engaging, immersive, and practical. Students learn best when they can apply knowledge in meaningful, real-world contexts. Founded by a PhD candidate in biology and a video game developer, Heliconia Interactive reimagines studying for university courses through interactive tools like visual novels and simulations, helping students engage deeply with course content and learn anywhere, anytime.
Indus Space
As a social enterprise, our mission at Indus Space is to make STEAM topics accessible to youth, in particular girls and other underrepresented communities. Through our programs and customized products, we introduce ways space exploration plays an integral role in our lives, promote diverse career pathways in the space sector, and celebrate Canada’s role in space innovations.
Lighthauz Consulting
Lighthauz is a communication training company, proving 1/1 coaching and workshops to professionals. We innovated our own app called Lidia Ai, which will be presented on demo day.
Aiko Translations
Aiko is building a healthcare-compliant conversational translation device for care home environments serving older adults, including long-term care, assisted living, memory care, and home care. The device enables real-time, two-way communication between caregivers and residents with limited English proficiency, helping improve safety, dignity, and quality of care in regulated healthcare settings.
Cove Neurosciences Inc.
Cove Neurosciences is a precision neuroscience company developing AI-driven brain biomarkers to improve diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment development for Alzheimer’s disease and aging-related conditions. Through its CoveConnect™ platform, Cove transforms EEG and MRI data into standardized, clinically interpretable insights for clinical trials and care.
Deep Interaction lab
Deep Interaction lab develops immersive technology powered by AI for mental health care. Our goal is to transform the way people overcome paralyzing fears, at scale. We are building the future of exposure therapy: accessible, personalized, life changing.
Neuropeutics Inc
Neuropeutics is a pharmaceutical company developing targeted therapies to extend neurodegenerative disease patients’ survival and improve their quality of life. Our lead asset is a first-in-class patent-pending small molecule preventing and reversing protein aggregation in preclinical models of ALS.
VRIT
VRIT Inc. is a Canadian medtech startup developing a handheld, in situ bioprinting platform for autograft-free skin regeneration. The technology enables surgeons to directly deposit conformal regenerative biomaterials and cell therapies onto complex wounds, aiming to reduce donor-site morbidity, improve healing outcomes, and expand access to advanced wound care across civilian and defence settings.
Aeson
Aeson is a startup building novel, in-the-moment, non-pharmaceutical support for panic attacks and acute anxiety. Our solution complements existing counselling, accommodations, and clinical care by providing immediate, accessible support during moments when individuals are overwhelmed and unable to recall or apply coping techniques. Our approach centers on a novel system anchored by a discreet wearable technology paired with intelligent software. Together, the system delivers rapid mind–body interventions, personalized to each user’s immediate needs.
Padel^2
Padel Venture is an early-stage sports and recreation startup developing a dedicated padel club in Scarborough, a densely populated area with limited access to organized racquet sport facilities. The venture aims to make the fast-growing sport of padel accessible through court bookings, memberships, coaching programs, and community-driven events. Its model combines fitness, social recreation, and recurring revenue streams to create a scalable club concept that promotes active lifestyles while meeting demand in an underserved local market.
Tranquilo Wearables Inc.
Tranquilo Wearables Inc. is a health-tech startup developing a wearable smart bracelet and AI-powered app to help predict, prevent, and manage mental-health episodes. By combining physiological biomarkers such as heart-rate variability with real-time analytics, Tranquilo provides early warning signals and personalized interventions, bridging the gap between passive monitoring and proactive mental-health care.
Tightbeam Photonics Inc.
Photonics makes low cost ground stations for space-to-ground laser communication. Our patented Adaptive Optics System on a Chip drastically reduces the size and cost of optical ground stations enabling the speed and security of fiber, anywhere on Earth.
Elastéra
We have developed an ultra-thin, soft, rubbery PDMS composite membrane in which a defect-free PDMS selective layer is deposited onto a mechanically robust porous support. Experimental results demonstrate that reducing the PDMS layer thickness by orders of magnitude relative to conventional self-supporting PDMS membranes leads to substantially enhanced mass-transfer rates, while maintaining chemical stability and mechanical integrity under liquid operation. The composite design decouples permeability from mechanical strength, enabling higher flux and improved separation performance without sacrificing selectivity.
Turtle Island Charity
Turtle Island Charity is an Indigenous-owned nonprofit dedicated to expanding access to education, cultural connection, and mental wellness for First Nations youth. Through free, land-based summer camps and year-round mentorship, we create safe spaces where children build confidence, strengthen identity, and grow as future strong community leaders nationwide across Canada.
Leapon
Leapon is a comprehensive platform for businesses to manage their professional connections and scale their service-based operations. Our tools empower entrepreneurs to streamline networking and drive growth within their professional ecosystem.
Passu
We are building a modern language-learning and exam preparation platform powered by a hybrid model that combines AI technology with expert instructors to help students succeed in high-stakes English and French exams. Our goal is to remove the confusion and wasted effort many learners face by providing a clear roadmap, targeted practice, and real exam-focused training. Students benefit from structured study plans, lessons, mock exams, and AI-powered feedback.
Pippen AI
Pippen AI is tackling the family medicine crisis in Canada by solving the paperwork problem which takes up a third of family doctors’ time. Pippen is an AI-powered scribe and clinical assistant purpose-built for family doctors. Designed to reduce the crushing administrative load in primary care, Pippen automates charting, referrals, and billing with remarkable speed and accuracy. It captures high-quality, context-aware notes with minimal editing, helping physicians reclaim hours each day. Pippen is building a future where family doctors can lead with care—not paperwork.
Steer
Steer is an AI platform that curates a personalized feed by surfacing the ideas, insights, and people most relevant to you, helping you focus on the relationships and information that move you closer to your goals. We believe who you learn from, and who you surround yourself with, shapes who you become.
YScope
YScope builds logging engines for AI-scale observability—where log data volume grows exponentially and legacy pipelines become cost- and latency-prohibitive. Unlike existing systems that treat unstructured logs as opaque blobs, YScope’s CLP extracts semantic structure, converts logs into a typed, semantically structured representation, and stores them in a structured, columnar format, and achieves 40×–500× compression while still allowing search and analytics without decompressing.
Innovation Ecosystem
Black Founders Network
The Black Founders Network (BFN) is an inclusive community for Black entrepreneurs at all stages of their journey.
BFN provides access to the networks, resources and inspiration to build, fund and scale impactful startups. By recognizing systemic barriers, celebrating Black excellence and providing allyship, mentorship and sponsorship for Black founders, we are building a thriving community of Black entrepreneurs from every industry and at every stage.
Centre for Entrepreneurship
We are the University of Toronto accelerator centre for Faculty of Arts and Science.
Creative Destruction Lab
Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) is a nonprofit organization that delivers an objectives-based program for massively scalable, seed-stage, science- and technology-based companies.
CDL-Toronto is located at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. Launched in 2012, it was the first CDL location established and was the brainchild created by the need to merge science-based projects with business expertise to create massively scalable ventures.
ICUBE
ICUBE is the home of Social Entrepreneurship and early-stage start-ups at UTM, offering resources, programs, workshops and mentorship for people who are changing the world. We envision a community where entrepreneurship is an opportunity open to all, and a creation space where diverse leaders can ideate, collaborate, and make an impact together. If you want to make a difference, ICUBE is here to help you make it happen!
InnovED
As the education entrepreneurship initiative of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), InnovED is a collaborative community focused on education systems improvement. Through action learning, research-driven practices, and professional development methods, InnovED supports its members to lead innovative education solutions.
Sam Ibrahim Centre (SICIEEIL)
SICIEEIL is a UofT accelerator dedicated to empowering entrepreneurs across every stage of their journey, from idea conception to business scaling and groundbreaking research, fostering an inclusive ecosystem that celebrates diverse perspectives and fuels innovation across industries.
SpinUp
SpinUp is the first wet lab startup incubator at the University of Toronto, purpose built to drive lab-based innovation. It offers early-stage startups access to outstanding subsidized wet lab space, equipment, entrepreneurship programming and expertise in a new, state-of-the-art facility at University of Toronto’s Mississauga campus.
Temerty Medicine Commercialization & Partnerships
The Temerty Faculty of Medicine Commercialization & Partnerships Unit supports innovators in translating promising health technologies by delivering integrated entrepreneurship programming, tailored resources, and strategic partnerships. Key resources include the ECHO program, the Entrepreneur-in-Residence program, the Lab2Market National Health Hub, and Temerty’s accelerator: Health Innovation Hub (H2i).
The BRIDGE
The BRIDGE is a joint venture between UTSC’s Department of Management and the UTSC Library. It is where business, research and innovation converge, delivering extraordinary student experiences through entrepreneurship, research, advanced training programs, and work-integrated learning. Our state-of-the-art facility includes a business research library, data lab, and collaboration lounge. We are a U of T accelerator focused on student formation, and a pathway for industry and community partnerships.
The Entrepreneurship Hatchery
The Entrepreneurship Hatchery unites the U of T community to solve meaningful societal challenges. Guided by our FEEL™ methodology, we take students and faculty through a structured journey—from identifying a problem and forming a team, to defining the business and securing funding. With a track record of supporting over 1,000 entrepreneurs who’s businesses have created over 900 jobs, we provide the mentorship, capital, and tools necessary to turn ambition into a scalable business.
UTEST
University of Toronto Early Stage Technology (UTEST) Program provides support to emerging deep tech entrepreneurs through a range of services including intensive entrepreneurial education, advisory support, opportunities to raise capital and dedicated incubation space.
AGE-WELL
AGE-WELL is Canada’s technology and aging network. We have mobilized a vast community of researchers, partner organizations, older adults, caregivers, and future leaders to accelerate the delivery of technology-based solutions that make a meaningful difference in the lives of Canadians. Our aim is to help older Canadians maintain their independence, health and quality of life through technologies and services that increase their safety and security, support their independent living, and enhance their social participation.
BioLabs – University of Toronto
BioLabs is a global innovation infrastructure company creating the physical and community backbone that powers life science discovery worldwide. Through a growing network of premium shared laboratories and coworking spaces, BioLabs provides turnkey access to state-of-the-art research facilities, entrepreneurial programming, and deep industry and capital connections. These integrated ecosystems enable innovators – from early-stage founders to established R&D teams – to rapidly translate ideas into impact without the constraints of traditional lab ownership. The BioLabs network now spans major innovation hubs across the United States, Europe, and Asia, serving as a catalyst for collaboration and a launchpad for breakthroughs that advance human health and sustainability.
City of Toronto / Toronto Small Business Enterprise Centre
The Toronto Small Business Enterprise Centre offers free guidance, information and tools entrepreneurs need to start and grow their businesses, including:
- youth entrepreneurship programs, mentoring and networking opportunities (including forums and community outreach events)
- one-to-one consultations
- business registration assistance
- reviews of both business plans and expansion plans
- information on small business funding, business permits and licenses and industry regulatory requirements
- business webinars and online training modules
Front Row Ventures
Front Row Ventures is Canada’s leading university-focused and student-operated VC firm. We are early-stage and industry-agnostic investors. We back high impact student entrepreneurs with diverse backgrounds and ambitious technology-enabled ideas, regardless of their field of work.
MaRS
MaRS is Canada’s anchor innovation hub, a place where science, technology and entrepreneurship come together to solve the world’s toughest challenges. We provide startups and scale-ups with commercialization support, connections to capital, customers and talent, as well as access to an expansive community of advisors, researchers and partners.
Mitacs
Mitacs is a national innovation connector in Canada, bringing together academia, industry, government, and global partners to solve real-world problems, develop top talent, and grow the Canadian economy. For over 25 years we have enabled students from undergraduate to post-doctoral levels in internships with the private sector and other organizations across Canada to collaborate on cutting-edge research and innovation projects. Co-investing in students with industry and other partners also allows us to work at the intersection of research and application, helping ideas move from lab to market, and talent move from classroom to career
OBIO
OBIO® supports early-stage and venture-backed life sciences and health tech companies enabling them to raise capital, hire and train industry-ready talent, facilitate the commercialization and market adoption of their technologies in health systems, and access infrastructure. Through the OBIO® membership, we offer companies and their teams access to mentorship & expert resources, grants and experiential learning opportunities.
Ontario Centre of Innovation (OCI)
Ontario Centre of Innovation (OCI), an organization dedicated to maximizing the commercial impact of research developed in Ontario’s universities, colleges, and research hospitals while accelerating the commercialization of Made-in-Ontario technologies.
Procurement Assistance Canada and IDEaS
Procurement Assistance Canada: works to make it easier for smaller and diverse businesses to bid on federal contracting opportunities. IDEaS: help solve a challenge faced by the Canadian Armed Forces and get funding to advance your research. Get feedback on your technology from military experts and build your network.
Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) Program, Government of Canada.
The Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) tax incentives program is the largest Government of Canada program supporting research and development in Canada. The SR&ED tax incentives are intended to encourage businesses to conduct research and development in Canada. There are 2 tax incentives: a) Claim a deduction against income, and; b)Earn an investment tax credit (ITC). Corporations, individuals, trusts, and partnerships that conduct eligible work may be able to claim SR&ED tax incentives for the year. Claimants should submit their SR&ED claim with their income tax return for the year.
TIAP – Toronto Innovation Acceleration Partners
Since 2008, TIAP has been building relationships with innovators and entrepreneurs at Toronto’s top universities, hospitals and research institutes to identify the most exciting sparks of ground-breaking therapeutic, medical device and digital health/AI innovation; and then providing the tools, resources, and know-how to transform this work into successful commercial ventures. With a 15-year track record that includes the launch of more than 70 new companies, the raising of over $1B in private investment, and the creation of more than 1,000 jobs, TIAP has generated significant commercial and social return on our Member Institutions’ research — making a measurable impact on the growth of the Ontario life sciences sector and a significant contribution to Canada’s economic prosperity.
Toronto Tech Week
Toronto Tech Week (TTW) is a citywide celebration of the people building what’s next. From May 25-29, 2026, founders, investors, operators, and builders from Canadian tech will take over Toronto for hundreds of independent community-led events, showcasing the energy, creativity, and ambition driving Canada’s innovation economy. A week that reaches tens of thousands of people globally, where real connections become new ideas, new companies, and new possibilities.
TRANSFORM HF / The Digital Hub
TRANSFORM HF is an institutional initiative between U of T and the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research dedicated to advancing equitable access to heart failure care through digital innovation. Our research translation platform, The Digital Hub, helps researchers and companies test, validate, and refine their innovations in a world-class clinical setting to accelerate the transition from bench to bedside to community.
Vector Institute (FastLane Program)
FastLane is a transformative program that enables startups to adopt AI or scale their existing applied AI capacity faster at lower cost and compete on a global scale. FastLane provides AI talent placement services, training events and cohorts related to AI, as well as certain early R&D projects in the form of medium/long-term engagements and cohorts.
BioHubNet
BioHubNet, funded by the Canadian Biomedical Research Fund, is an immersive talent development initiative addressing the critical shortage of highly qualified personnel (HQP) in Canada’s biomanufacturing and life sciences sectors. We equip HQP with the technical expertise and strategic capabilities needed to meet the sector’s growing demands. Through tailored training pathways that integrate core and specialized components, including research, technical, transferable, and translational skills, BioHubNet prepares the next generation of industry-ready professionals to lead and respond to future health emergencies.
Centre for Research and Applications in Fluidic Technologies (CRAFT)
The Centre for Research and Applications in Fluidic Technologies (CRAFT) is a partnership between the University of Toronto, the National Research Council of Canada and Unity Health Toronto to build a complete medical device value chain in Canada spanning R&D, commercialization, manufacturing, and clinical deployment. CRAFT enables interdisciplinary research with engineers, scientists and clinicians working together to build microfluidic devices in key application areas.
Henry N.R. Jackman Faculty of Law
Established in 1887, and recently named after its largest benefactor, the Henry N.R. Jackman Faculty of Law is one of the oldest professional faculties at the University of Toronto, with a long and illustrious history. For over a century, the Faculty has understood that law has a deep and broad impact, shaping everything we do. The law can support innovation, contribute to economic prosperity, strengthen democracy and protect the most vulnerable. Today, legal fluency has become essential currency for professionals across industries.
Innovations & Partnerships Office
The Innovations & Partnerships Office (IPO) is your first stop for commercialization at U of T. IPO manages U of T’s portfolio of intellectual property (IP) and helps build successful relationships between industry, government, and the U of T research community. IPO’s expertise in licensing, start-up creation, business development, and legal help turn U of T innovations into products, services, companies, and jobs. IPO supports three basic objectives, as outlined in the Inventions Policy.
Lawson Climate Institute
Through a multidisciplinary approach, the Lawson Climate Institute is ramping up U of T’s capacity to advance the technologies and policies needed for Canada to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. As one of U of T’s most wide-ranging, comprehensive initiatives, the institute is unique in its aim to ensure students in every discipline across three campuses have an opportunity to gain the tools needed to take concrete steps toward implementing practical climate solutions.
Schwartz Reisman Innovation Campus
The Schwartz Reisman Innovation Campus (SRIC) is a hub for innovation, collaboration, and discovery at the University of Toronto. Focused on advancing cutting-edge research and partnerships across artificial intelligence, life sciences, and other transformative fields, the Campus brings together startups, researchers, industry leaders, and community partners.
Toronto Music Entrepreneurship Exchange
The Toronto Music Entrepreneurship Exchange (ToMEE) is a community of practice for faculty members, students, industry and sectoral partners to consider the opportunities and challenges in the music business. Convened by the Research & Partnerships Office with support from UofT Entrepreneurship (UTE), this series of workshops and panel sessions engage participants in learning and dialogue on career options in the music and arts sector, provide a space for networking with music and arts organizations, funders and granting agencies, programmers and promoters, and independent musicians.
Translational Research Program, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology
The Translational Research Program (TRP) brings together a diverse range of students, mentors, and thought leaders – from researchers to clinicians to industry professionals and beyond. At the TRP, we learn from each other as we work together to solve real-world problems and advance health innovation. TRP classes are a rallying point for discussions and peer learning, while hands-on projects allow you to build your network and understanding.
U of T Libraries
U of T Libraries supports U of T students, staff, faculty and accelerator teams engaged with entrepreneurship on campus. UTL provides workshops, resources and research support to help launch ventures and explore opportunities at every stage of the startup journey.
University of Toronto – Institutional Core Facilities
University of Toronto’s Core Facilities are research facilities across the institution’s three campuses offering specialized research services or equipment to the U of T community and external users from industry or other research organizations.
University of Toronto – Office of Student Recruitment | University Admissions & Outreach
As a part of the Office of the Vice-Provost, Strategic Enrolment Management (VPSEM), we champion a student-centric approach to enrolment activities, engaging divisional leaders and implementing transformations that support institutional and divisional goals. University Admissions and Outreach works with campus partners and conducts outreach to prospective students, parents and community partners to support students through the undergraduate application and admission process.
University of Toronto Co-op
University of Toronto co-op provides employers with access to thousands of students in arts, science, engineering, and business. Benefit from a diverse talent pool and seamless recruitment process with our employer relations team. Partner with us to find top talent and meet your hiring needs efficiently.