Awards & Finalists Archives - The Forge

Workplace Accommodation Platform AccessResolve Wins Top Prize in Nationwide Startup Competition

Marissa Principato — Wed, 05 Apr 2023 17:53:00 +0000

AccessResolve is streamlining disability accommodation requests into a simple, fast and compliant system for all parties. The new start-up at The Forge at McMaster University is also winning some major top prizes for their innovation and helping job candidates on the accessibility front. Start-up competitions nationwide are taking note of the revolutionary potential of AccessResolve. […]

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Boardball Wins Big at 12th Annual LiONS LAIR Awards Gala

Marissa Principato — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 16:04:41 +0000

ORIGINAL PRESS RELEASE, Innovation Factory, September 29, 2022 Boardball Inc. was named the grand prize winner yesterday at Innovation Factory’s LiONS LAIR Gala, claiming top prize of $25,000. Celebrating its twelfth anniversary, the annual pitch competition drew over 300 attendees from the Hamilton region’s business and innovation community. The highly anticipated evening saw the return of in-person […]

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Boardball and EarthOne have been selected as finalists in LiONS LAIR

Marissa Principato — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 19:20:00 +0000

Two Forge clients, Boardball Inc. and EarthOne, have been named finalists in Innovation Factory’s LiONS LAIR pitch competition that gives up-and-coming entrepreneurs the opportunity to pitch their business to a panel of Hamilton’s top business experts and investors. Boardball is a new favourite sport that lowers the barriers to playing volleyball by reducing the extensive […]

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Longan Vision wins XR Award for Best Augmented Reality Solution

Marissa Principato — Thu, 26 May 2022 17:54:00 +0000

Longan Vision, developing smart technology for first responders, has won an XR Award for the Best Augmented Reality Solution. The Forge client’s Fusion Vision System (FVS) combines thermal imaging and augmented reality (AR) to enhance the vision of first responders within smoke-filled environments. The XR Awards, hosted by XR Today, is a global awards event that […]

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Prova Innovations and ImaginAble Solutions are winners of the Arthritis Society’s inaugural Arthritis Ideator Awards

Marissa Principato — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 23:00:53 +0000

PROVA Innovations and ImaginAble Solutions, The Forge clients, have been selected as winners of the Arthritis Society’s inaugural Arthritis Ideator Awards, each taking home $50,000 to support developing their innovative ventures. The Arthritis Ideator Program is an integral part of the Arthritis Society’s bold Innovation Strategy. Matthew Rosato, president and founder of PROVA Innovations pitched […]

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Tenomix wins grand prize at Synapse Life Science Competition

Marissa Principato — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 23:48:15 +0000

Tenomix, The Forge client, won the grand prize at Innovation Factory’s ninth annual Synapse Life Science Competition, taking home $50,000 in cash, a legal in-kind package, a one-year membership with Life Sciences Ontario and the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce, and a consultancy in-kind package from Shift Health. The Synapse Competition is Ontario’s premier life science […]

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Three Forge clients are finalists in Synapse Life Science Competition

Marissa Principato — Mon, 07 Mar 2022 15:42:51 +0000

The Forge clients Tenomix, Celerite Labs and Dahlia have been selected as finalists in the ninth annual Synapse Life Science Competition Pitch Showcase. The showcase is designed to help innovative life science companies launch into the market by pairing up innovators with business and entrepreneurship students. Fourteen nascent startups have been selected as finalists and […]

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Lianna Genovese wins Young Trailblazer Award

Marissa Principato — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 15:27:29 +0000

Lianna Genovese won the Young Trailblazer Award as part of the YWCA Women of Distinction Awards for the Hamilton and Halton regions. Genovese is McMaster University student in her final year in the biomedical and mechanical engineering program and the founder of ImaginAble Solutions. The Forge client developed Guided HandsTM, an assistive device that enables […]

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ImaginAble Solutions Wins Top Prize at ATS Labs Demo Day

Marissa Principato — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 00:30:05 +0000

ImaginAble Solutions Inc., The Forge client, has been recognized for their valuable contribution to improving the quality of life for people with disabilities using their Guided HandsTM assistive device that enables people with limited fine motor skills to paint, draw, write, and use a tablet or computer. Lianna Genovese, founder and CEO of ImaginAble Solutions Inc., has […]

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BDATA wins second place in Desjardins’ Fintech & Cybersecurity finals

Marissa Principato — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 23:02:44 +0000

BDATA, a Hamilton-based startup that uses blockchain technology to secure device to device, and device to cloud data transactions, was named the second-place winner for the Desjardins’ Fintech & Cybersecurity finals held on October 21, 2021. BDATA was one of five finalists that competed in the finals, out of 16 companies that were selected for […]

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