First round of Founders
Founders & Funders is about helping to connect the founders of early-stage, venture fundable web and technology companies with the funding community in Canada. We’ve asked all founders to describe their company and the stage they are current at using a short format.Name, Company
Please describe your Company if explained in a single twitter post (140 characters max)
If asked to describe what “stage” your startup is at in 10 words or less
You can follow the Tweets at http://twitter.com/foundersfunders
We’re assembling a great group of founders.
- Michael Garrity, CommunityLend
Funded and prepping for Beta Launch
Peer to Peer Lending Service for Canada - George Favvas, SmartHippo
Public beta; very early revenue
SmartHippo is the first ever site that uses the power of the community to help people find the best rates and save money. Based in Montreal. - Craig Fitzpatrick, DevShop
Commercialization
A project management application that gets to know the team members’ behavior to predict & insulate projects from risk. - Ali Asaria, Well.ca
Early-stage Startup
Well.ca is a Canadian online health & beauty store and a leader in the online Canadian retail health market. We’re also super friendly. - Scott Brooks & Bernie Aho, ConceptShare
Growth Phase poised for expansion.
ConceptShare has developed a web application that allows users to easily share, discuss and mark-up designs for review over the web. - Kevin Thomason & Ilya Grigorik, AideRSS
An early stage ready to dominate the RSS filtering market
AideRSS helps you breakthrough RSS information overload and read what matters. - Stephen Benson, Innovation Exchange
revenue generating
IX is a platform corporations use to accelerate their ability to innovate by connecting them with a Global Community of innovative thinkers. - Sandy Ward, HomeZilla
Alpha!
HomeZilla is a one-stop shop for home buyers and agents to find neighbourhood information about a home. - Chris Ragobeer, Nametaggs
Beta and Unfunded
Nametaggs is a social media service that allows people with a domain name registered with their name on it to promote their content. - Christopher Golda, IPartee
Early-stage
IPartee provides the tools to plan, publish and promote events. Find events and venues you and your friends want to attend. - Ross Bennet, SlashID
Beta launch, boot strapped, looking for Angel investment
SlashID will increase the number of registrations your website receives, to improve your business.Solves the identity problem for your users
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