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TandemLaunch is a unique startup foundry and seed fund based in Montreal. We work with driven entrepreneurs to turn research from the world’s best universities into exceptional technology companies.
Mathieu Saint-Denis (left), Pinar Satilmis, Dwayne Elahie (right)
Depix uses physically based rendering methods empowered with artificial intelligence to create photo-realistic results. The user-friendly compositing software enables users with little or no image editing experience to produce high quality professional results.
Toronto,Canada, Wednesday, September 4, 2019 — Today, CIX Canadian Innovation Exchange announced the CIX TOP 20 Early and CIX TOP 10 Growth innovative Canadian technology startups that have been inducted into the annual program. The selected companies represent a diverse range of tech including software, AI, medtech, fintech, big data, aerospace, security, Saas and cleantech. These gamechanging, on-the-rise companies are chosen by a selection committee of technology industry experts and investors from across the country.
This month, we are celebrating the incubation of Aveer! Sportlogiqand Toronto FC have formed an innovative analytics partnership and Nick Romano joins Deeplite as CEO. Want to hear more? Check out all our August news below!
I’m very fortunate in that my foray into private enterprise has been (so far) very successful: well-selling product lines, an engineering design office fizzing with good ideas, and a healthy, sustainable re-investment back into the fundamental research that gave birth to the company in the first place.
Montreal (Quebec), August 21, 2019 — Deeplite, Inc., a Montreal-based start-up that uses artificial intelligence (“AI”) to automatically make deep neural networks faster, lighter and energy-efficient — creating Lightweight IntelligenceTM — today announced the appointment of successful Canadian technology entrepreneur Nick Romano as President and CEO. After being spun out of TandemLaunch, a company creator and seed fund, the appointment of Mr. Romano is an important step towards the full-scale commercialization of Deeplite’s software platform.
Montreal (Quebec) June 27, 2019 — Montreal-based C2RO today announced that it has secured CAD$2.25 Million in new financing in a round led by Fonds Innovexport, with participation from GCI Capital Inc., Harbor Street Ventures, Tandemlaunch, Ministere de Economie et L’Innovation, and several angel investors in Canada, the U.S. and Europe. The funds will be used to accelerate the commercialization of C2RO’s powerful enterprise grade cloud A.I. services.
June has been exciting here at TandemLaunch!
TOKYO — Nikon Corporation (Nikon) has invested USD $7.5 million in wrnch, Inc. (CEO: Dr. Paul A. Kruszewski, head office: Quebec, Canada, hereafter referred to as wrnch), a computer vision and deep learning startup.
Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), Long Beach, California — June 18, 2019 — Algolux has announced that a team of researchers from Algolux, the University of Montreal, and Princeton University has developed a new method that lets conventional color cameras — the ones in your smartphone or in a vehicle camera — see hidden objects that are occluded by walls or other scene objects.
Starting your own company out of university is a tricky business. You tend to have other things on your mind — like getting your degree. Here are some practical tips for university students who want to commercialise their technology.
