Every year, our team organizes regional pitch competitions that give post-secondary students and other members of the Kingston community, the opportunity to advance their early stage venture through funding and mentorship. In the annual Dunin-Deshpande Summer Pitch Competition, teams have the opportunity to receive non dilutive seed funding. Competitors will go through a series of rounds and receive coaching from the DDQIC team and members of the global network to improve their final pitch.
On Augt 18th, DDQIC hosted our annual summer pitch competition, and awarded a total of $80,000 in seed funding.
Tying for 3rd place and each receiving a prize of $10,000 each are Ponder (pndr.ca), and the chem tech startup Demagel.
Securing the 2nd place prizes of $15,000 are the women’s wellness marketing agency it's comma, and chem tech startup GLASQ!
A big congratulations to Hippo AI for winning the grand prize of $30,000! Their groundbreaking technology aims to help doctors work more efficiently and accurately in the work place.
We would like to thank all the teams for their hard work leading up to the competition and the judges: Mike Amos, Lexi Kaplin, and Anton Toutov for lending us their time and expertise. We look forward to the amazing things that these teams will do in their future!