
Four emerging startups to watch from Hatchery’s virtual Demo Day 2020
Top student-founded companies took home a total $42,500 in seed funding at this year’s pitch competition

U of T startup’s wearable tech encourages hand hygiene to prevent the spread of COVID-19
As COVID-19 cases increases the workload for health-care professionals, an IBBME researcher has developed Buddy Badge to remind frontline workers throughout the day of opportunities to wash their hands

New web portal by U of T alumni connects study participants to COVID-19 research
Honeybee Hub, created by graduates from U of T Engineering and U of T Medicine, has more than 770 COVID-19 studies posted on their portal so far

Engineering alumni startup Nanoleaf to source more than one million masks amid COVID-19 shortages
Company will retool its operations to source equipment for hospitals in Canada and the U.S.

Support from Bereskin & Parr enhances Entrepreneurship Hatchery programs
Donation by IP firm doubled through matching by U of T’s True Blue Fund

This U of T startup aims to make the world more navigable for pedestrians
iMerciv, co-founded by a U of T Engineering alumnus, is building a navigation app that focuses on the needs of people who travel on foot, especially those with low vision

U of T Engineering entrepreneur creates his own job post-graduation: Delivering clean, affordable energy to Nigeria
Olubanjo is set to graduate with a job that he created: CEO of Reeddi, the startup he founded and incubated at the Entrepreneurship Hatchery to bring clean and affordable electricity to energy-starved communities in Nigeria and beyond