Disclosure: I am a mentor at FounderFuel, and I traveled to Montreal in August 2011 to see most of these companies during the mentor matching. I’ve also mentored Willet as part of my role as Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) at Velocity (@UWVelocity) in Waterloo.
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I am/was impressed with the teams accepted into the 12 week FounderFuel program. Today is #FFDemoDay where after the past 12 weeks the companies get a chance to show the world what they’ve been working on. I love the art of the demo, it is so different than the pitch. I met all of the companies in August 2011 at the Mentor Matching Day, unfortunately I wasn’t able to travel to Montreal to see the demos today. It looks like the team at Founder Fuel is continuing Montreal Startup Up’s great track record of identifying and growing very early stage ventures.
I’m apparently having a bromance for the Real Ventures team. John Stokes (@iamjohnstokes), JS Cournoyer (@jscournoyer), Mark MacLeod (@startupcfo), Allan MacIntosh and Ian Jeffrey (@ianjeffrey) are putting together programs and the funding to support a strong early stage technology ecosystem in Montreal. Keep up the phenomenal work guys.
The 2011 FounderFuel Cohort includes:
- Playerize
Playerize grows social and mobile games by providing player installs from diverse channels at huge scale. - OOHLALA
A mobile platform that helps students take control of their college life by powering the events, conversations and deals on campus. - Willet
Willet is the missing step from social browsing into shopping, and converts the mindsets of people without intent to buy into paying customers. - Vuru
Vuru takes complex financial statements and distills them down into clear, transparent reports that show investors the fundamentals that matter. - Seevibes
The TV Ratings For Social Media Audience – measures engaged audience to provide relevant data that media and advertising industry need. - BlameStella
Is your Internet contrivance up to snuff? Find out with BlameStella, the future of Web Monitoring . - PlayerTakesAll
A viral campaign & referral management platform that enables advertisers to extend the reach of their marketing efforts by 50%. - Wavo
wavo.me is the easiest way to collect, manage and play the music and videos being shared on your social networks. - Editola
Editola uses the community to build the most accurate view of every news story. The best articles, videos and opinions, all in one place.
Apply for FounderFuel 2012
The spring 2012 FounderFuel session is scheduled to start on February 20th 2012, and applicants may apply directly online at founderfuel.com until January 7th 2012. An early review of candidates will begin on December 12th 2011.
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Vuru looks interesting.
Very impressive line-up. Well done Montreal. I like that some of the teams have roots in Toronto and Vancouver.
The @founderfuel:twitter team has done a great job with Montreal, Toronto, Waterloo, etc. Generally finding great applicants that they have the capacity to mentor and grow. I am very impressed.
David, thanks for sharing the news about our 1st @founderfuel grads. You were missed at demo day yesterday
David, I too have a bromance with the Real Ventures team. Great insight into early stage companies and a great team focused on execution. Almost makes you want to move to Montreal. ;-)