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C100 Announces Its 2022 Fellows Cohort, Two Start-Up Companies From Vancouver Included
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Each year, C100 welcomes the founders of 20 of the most promising early-stage Canadian-led startups to its flagship mentorship program, C100 Fellows.
The Valley, CA, April 12, 2022--(T-Net)--C100 has announced its 2022 Fellows, and two start-up companies from Vancouver have been included.
C100 is a privately-funded, not-for-profit member association for its members across Canada, the United States, and beyond. They work to galvanize the global Canadian tech diaspora to support, inspire, and advance Canadian entrepreneurship.
Each year, C100 welcomes the founders of 20 of the most promising early-stage Canadian-led startups to its flagship mentorship program, C100 Fellows.
This 8-month long program is dedicated to supporting these founders via curated mentorship, and peer-to-peer support. Fellows also receive a complimentary C100 Membership throughout the course of their program.
2022 was a record year for the Fellows program with over 450 applications from Canadian founders based all around the globe, according to the association.
The resulting cohort is a talented, visionary, and diverse group of Canadian founders. Represented across 9 cities, 60% of the cohort have one or more founders who identify as a visible minority, and 35% with at least 1 female founder, 5 of whom are CEO or President. Instrumental in shaping this year's cohort is each individual who participated on the Fellows Selection Committee.
Here are the two Vancouver-based startup founders included in this year's cohort.
1. ROCKMASS TECHNOLOGIES (Vancouver, BC)
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Shelby Yee, Co-Founder & CEO | LinkedIn | Twitter
Matthew Gubasta, Co-Founder & President | LinkedIn
RockMass is an infrastructure and mining technology startup that enables engineers and geologists to improve the safety and efficiency of major projects through improved access to geological data. In December 2020, RockMass announced it raised $2.5M CAD in seed funding.
2. SPARE (Vancouver, BC)
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Kristoffer Vik Hansen, Co-Founder & CEO | LinkedIn
Spare is an enterprise SaaS platform and a mobility operating system, and we are on a mission to empower everyone to unlock the potential of transportation. This past November, Spare announced that it raised a $18M Series A round, led by Inovia Capital with participation from Kensington Capital, Link VC, Ramen VC, Ridge Ventures, TransLink Capital and Japan Airlines (as JAL Innovation Fund) and Nicola Wealth, among others.
"I'm thrilled by the talent and audacity of this year's group of Fellows. The success of this program owes to the incredible personal contributions of the C100 community to support, inspire, and challenge the Fellows to broaden their horizons and reach new heights. I couldn't be more grateful for all these efforts. It takes a village!" said Adam Shevell Fellows Selection Committee Chair and Partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.
See the full list of 2022 C100 Fellows here:
The 2022 Fellows program officially kicks off at C100's flagship event in the Bay Area, 48Hrs, taking place on May 11-12. This event is open to C100 Members, Charter Members, and Partners. Registration opens this Friday.
About C100 Fellows
C100 Fellows is an annual fellowship program for 20 founders of exciting, high-growth startups. Think bigger and learn to do the impossible. It includes:
Curated mentorship
After the C100 Fellows selection in March, each founder will be paired with a group of hand-selected mentors made up of leading growth-stage founders and expert operators.
Peer-to-peer networking
Founders will meet regularly with the other Fellows in their cohort and engage in dedicated peer-to-peer sessions.
Founder forums
Fellows will have the opportunity to hear from Canadian founders a "few steps ahead" to discuss leadership, culture, fundraising, scaling, and more.
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