胡润研究院发布《2023加拿大青商俱乐部·胡润加拿大U30创业先锋》

（2023年11月26日，多伦多）提供全球最大独角兽及未来独角兽榜单的胡润研究院携手加拿大青商俱乐部，今日联合发布《2023加拿大青商俱乐部·胡润加拿大U30创业先锋》（Hurun Canada Under30s 2023, in association with Canada Youth Business Club），榜单列出了加拿大31岁以下的创业先锋。这是胡润研究院第二次发布该榜单。

胡润百富董事长兼首席调研官胡润表示：“加拿大仍然是全球最适合创业的国家之一。”

“尽管去年全球风险资本融资低迷，但它仍然是很多新的创业企业的跳板。”胡润补充。

今年共有来自46家公司的70位创业先锋上榜，其中16位女性，54位男性。

在这些公司中，有一家独角兽公司——人工智能聊天公司Cohere，在2023年6月融资2.7亿美元后，估值达到22亿美元。这家总部位于多伦多的初创公司由前谷歌研究员Aidan Gomez、Ivan Zhang和Nick Frosst共同创立，自2019年成立以来，已经筹集了4.35亿美元。

其他杰出的上榜者包括ChargeLab的创始人Zak Lefevre，以及Float的联合创始人Griffin Kegleavich和Ruslan Nikolaev。

Lefevre的公司为ABB和西门子等电动汽车基础设施提供商开发电动汽车充电器软件。2023年4月，ChargeLab额外筹集了1500万美元，使该公司的融资总额超过3500万美元。

Kegleavich和Nikolaev的Float由这两位滑铁卢大学的学生于2019年成立，旨在开发企业卡费用管理平台。到目前为止，该公司已经筹集了3000万美元。

加拿大B2B行业的另一股新兴力量是Aanikh Kler和Swish Goswaim的忠诚度和奖励平台Surf。他们的公司成立于2018年，迄今已筹集了近4000万加元，该公司帮助企业合乎伦理地获取消费者数据，并可持续地奖励消费者。

同样值得一提的还有Saad Siddiqui，Bonsai的创始人兼首席执行官，该公司将在线内容出版商和商家连接在一起，创造新的购买机会。2022年，Siddiqui的公司筹集了2100万加元，使其总资金达到3800万加元。

加拿大青商俱乐部主席陈国波表示：“我们非常感谢胡润百富提供的这次机会，充分信任并委任加拿大青商俱乐部为2023胡润北美U30的唯一主办方，我们依靠胡润研究院的强大数据和专业研究，发现了这些杰出的创业者。青商俱乐部与胡润百富秉持着相同的精神和宗旨，致力于弘扬企业家精神。我们坚信这种精神是无国界的，通过U30的上榜，我们使这些年轻创业者获得更高的曝光率，得到社会和政府的关注，同时让投资者发现有潜力的项目进行投资。我们希望这些创业者能在初创阶段获得更多有效支持，为未来的发展创造更大效益。通过与胡润百富的合作，我们发掘了来自不同族裔和国家的杰出创业者，这对于文化多元的加拿大，具有特殊重要性，彰显了企业家精神的无国界。我们已经邀请这些创业者加入我们的青商领袖圈，深信青商领袖圈将成为更多青年创业者的楷模，为他们提供未来的指导和支持。因此，我们对与胡润百富的合作充满信心和期待，这次合作不仅仅是一次短暂的交集，更是我们携手共进的起点。期待在这场合作中共同成长，也期待与胡润百富的其他领域开展合作。”

行业分布

上榜创业者们在很多不同的领域开展业务。从行业来看，上榜企业最多的是信息技术业，有6家，其次是金融服务业和制造业，各有4家，汽车和医疗健康行业各有3家。

在上榜的46家企业中，服务企业占大多数，只有22家涉及实体产品。

大多数公司是B2B公司，有26家。

地区分布

从城市来看，多伦多是加拿大年轻创业者最喜爱的创业城市，有17家上榜公司在此设立总部，其次是温哥华，有12家。第三名是素里，有4家。

教育程度

加拿大几乎所有的上榜年轻创业者都是大学毕业生。其中一人高中一毕业就开始创业，四人从大学辍学创业。

三所大学占据了榜单上近一半的人数：英属哥伦比亚大学，有13人上榜（其中一人辍学），多伦多大学有10人上榜（其中三人辍学），新不伦瑞克大学有7人上榜，西蒙菲莎大学和滑铁卢大学（一人辍学）都有4人上榜。

年龄分布

从年龄来看，上榜的创业者中有51人年龄在26岁或以上。其他19人年龄在23至25岁之间。

非加拿大出生

将近四分之一的上榜创业者是加拿大移民。其中12人在中国出生，3人在印度出生，2人在俄罗斯出生，1人在荷兰出生。

胡润表示：“加拿大对其他国家的创业者开放是一个巨大的优势。这意味着来自世界各地的人才可以来到这里，并有望茁壮成长。”

《2023加拿大青商俱乐部·胡润加拿大U30创业先锋》

人物简介

Aidan Gomez. Aidan Gomez with Ivan Zhang and Nick Frosst founded AI company Cohere in 2019 to make better chatbots using large neural networks. To date, Cohere has raised $435 million.

Ivan Zhang. Ivan Zhang with Aidan Gomez and Nick Frosst founded AI company Cohere in 2019 to make better chatbots using large neural networks. To date, Cohere has raised $435 million.

Nick Frosst. Nick Frosst with Aidan Gomez and Ivan Zhang founded AI company Cohere in 2019 to make better chatbots using large neural networks. To date, Cohere has raised $435 million.

Akshat Jagga. Akshat Jagga is one of five founders of artificial intelligence company Wombo, along with Ben-Zion Benkhin, Parshant Loungani, Angad Arneja and Paul Pavel. Wombo, which has raised $6 million to date, helps users create and manipulate digital replicas of themselves.

Angad Arneja. Angad Arneja is one of five founders of artificial intelligence company Wombo, along with Ben-Zion Benkhin, Parshant Loungani, Akshat Jagga and Paul Pavel. Wombo, which has raised $6 million to date, helps users create and manipulate digital replicas of themselves.

Ben-Zion Benkhin. Ben-Zion Benkhin is one of five founders of artificial intelligence company Wombo, along with Angad Arneja, Parshant Loungani, Akshat Jagga and Paul Pavel. Wombo, which has raised $6 million to date, helps users create and manipulate digital replicas of themselves.

Parshant Loungani. Parshant Loungani is one of five founders of artificial intelligence company Wombo, along with Angad Arneja, Ben-Zion Benkhin, Akshat Jagga and Paul Pavel. Wombo, which has raised $6 million to date, helps users create and manipulate digital replicas of themselves.

Paul Pavel. Paul Pavel is one of five founders of artificial intelligence company Wombo, along with Akshat Jagga, Ben-Zion Benkhin, Parshant Loungani and Angad Arneja. Wombo, which has raised $6 million to date, helps users create and manipulate digital replicas of themselves. Pavel left the company to pursue other business interests in January 2023

Saad Siddiqui. Bonsai, founded by Saad Siddiqui in 2016 after he dropped out of university, lets online publishers sell goods on their sites with an embedded commerce app. The company raised C$21 million in 2022.

Swish Goswami. Swish Goswaim with Aanikh Kler set up white-label loyalty and rewards platform Surf to let enterprises capture consumer data ethically and reward consumers sustainably. Founded in 2018, the company has raised nearly C$40 million to date.

Aanikh Kler. Aanikh Kler with Swish Goswaim set up white-label loyalty and rewards platform Surf to let enterprises capture consumer data ethically and reward consumers sustainably. Founded in 2018, the company has raised nearly C$40 million to date.

Griffin Keglevich. Griffin Keglevich co-founded Float with Ruslan Nikolaev to build a corporate card expenses management platform. Established in 2019, Float has raised $30 million to date.

Ruslan Nikolaev. Ruslan Nikolaev co-founded Float with Griffin Keglevich to build a corporate card expenses management platform. Established in 2019, Float has raised $30 million to date.

Maxwell Nicholson. Maxwell Nicholson with Kartik Bhutani and Annika Ng founded Blossom Social to create a platform that would boost financial literacy by letting people learn and share knowledge about investing. Since its establishment in 2021, Blossom Social has attracted $1 million in funding.

Kartik Bhutani. Kartik Bhutani with Maxwell Nicholson and Annika Ng founded Blossom Social to create a platform that would boost financial literacy by letting people learn and share knowledge about investing. Since its establishment in 2021, Blossom Social has attracted $1 million in funding.

Annika Ng. Annika Ng with Kartik Bhutani and Maxwell Nicholson founded Blossom Social to create a platform that would boost financial literacy by letting people learn and share knowledge about investing. Since its establishment in 2021, Blossom Social has attracted $1 million in funding.

Sukhmanjit Singh Sidhu. Sukhmanjit Singh Sidhu moved to Canada for study in 2015. After graduating he worked for a short time at a trucking company before launching Blackbuck Logistics to specialise in transporting agricultural goods in 2021. In his third year of business, Sidhu expects turnover to reach $4 million.

Avi Horwitz. Avi Horwitz launched Sterling Floor & Tile in 2016 determined to offer high service levels in the construction industry. The company turned over $1.5 million in its first year and is now targeting $50 million within the next two years.

Anastasia Kiku. Anastasia Kiku launched Reusables with Jason Hawkins in 2021 to help restaurants achieve zero-waste packaging and reduce their costs. Reusables has received funding of $1.5 million to date and turned over more than $250,000.

Jason Hawkins. Jason Hawkins launched Reusables with Anastasia Kiku in 2021 to help restaurants achieve zero-waste packaging and reduce their costs. Reusables has received funding of $1.5 million to date and turned over more than $250,000.

Joseph Lee. Joseph Lee co-founded e-commerce platform for foodservice distribution Freshline in 2016. He served as its chief product officer until December 2022 still serves on its board and as an advisor. In February 2023 he co-launched startup Supademo, a platform that lets users create interactive product demos.

Clinton Large. Clinton Large founded Large Tutoring in 2020 and has built his business since then around offering a safe space for students. He forecasts revenues of C$220,000 for 2023.

Vivian Liu. Vivian Liu launched Making Auto Easy to empower women to make informed auto purchases. At the heart of her business is a software engine that guides users to customized recommendations.

Arnav Mishra. Arnav Mistra founded Dyne, a SaaS platform to offer people restaurant recommendations and restaurants AI-organized data on their customer. Still an undergraduate, Dyne has already raised more than $1 million offering data across restaurants in five Canadian cities.

Enrique Moran-Corado. Enrique Moran-Corado with Sophie Berger and Callum Woznow founded Zeeno.ai to let people use AI chatbots on their smartphones. Within four months of setting up their business in early 2023, they had secured more than $600,000 in funding from San Francisco-based VC community Neo.

Sophie Berger. Sophie Berger with Enrique Moran-Corado and Callum Woznow founded Zeeno.ai to let people use AI chatbots on their smartphones. Within four months of setting up their business in early 2023, they had secured more than $600,000 in funding from San Francisco-based VC community Neo.

Callum Woznow. Callum Woznow with Enrique Moran-Corado and Sophie Berger founded Zeeno.ai to let people use AI chatbots on their smartphones. Within four months of setting up their business in early 2023, they had secured more than $600,000 in funding from San Francisco-based VC community Neo.

Franco Ng. Franco Ng launched Porte Global in 2021 to train young leaders by supporting parents and their children with academic planning and career preparation.

Sarb Purewal. When Sarb Purewal began working for his family's trucking company as a teenager, his first step was to automate all its processes. Since then, as COO he's grown Seven Horses Transportation's revenues to C$40 million and added warehousing and land development to its business scope.

Raveena Oberoi. From baking cakes for her two shops to launching jars of cakes and distributing to nearly 100 retailers, Raveena Oberoi has built Just Cakes Bakeshop to a C$2.2 million turnover business. Her latest venture: selling jars of cakes through vending machines.

Edward Tung. Edward Tung and his brother Jensen Tung launched Storagehotel in 2019 to offer students low-cost, technology-enabled storage for their belongings. The company now turns over hundreds of thousands of dollars annually.

Jensen Tung. Jensen Tung and his brother Edward Tung launched Storagehotel in 2019 to offer students low-cost, technology-enabled storage for their belongings. The company now turns over hundreds of thousands of dollars annually. Jensen also runs his own media production company, Jensen Tung Media and has dabbled in NFTs.

Cassidy Watt. Cassidy Watt dropped out of university to enter the cosmetics industry. In 2019, she launched her own studio, which now has 20 staff and an education arm.

Hanieh Zahiremami. Hanieh Zahiremami founded healthcare technology company Edee Care with Raaj Chatterjee to provide innovative solutions for individuals with epilepsy.

Raaj Chatterjee. Raaj Chatterjee founded healthcare technology company Edee Care with Hanieh Zahiremami to provide innovative solutions for individuals with epilepsy. Chatterjee is also the co-founder and CEO of MeaningfulWork, an organization that helps companies bring their people and culture strategy to life through impactful giving.

Xavier Hébert-Couturier. Xavier Hébert-Couturier, Dominic Levesque, Maxime Dumont and Zachary Andersen were all engineering students at the University of New Brunswick when they founded agtech startup Picketa Systems in 2020. Since then they have raised more than C$1.7 million for their technology which helps farmers decide when and how much fertilizer to use.

Maxime Dumont. Maxime Dumont with Xavier Hébert-Couturier, Dominic Levesque and Zachary Andersen were all engineering students at the University of New Brunswick when they founded agtech startup Picketa Systems in 2020. Since then they have raised more than C$1.7 million for their technology which helps farmers decide when and how much fertilizer to use.

Dominic Levesque. Dominic Levesque with Xavier Hébert-Couturier, Maxime Dumont and Zachary Andersen were all engineering students at the University of New Brunswick when they founded agtech startup Picketa Systems in 2020. Since then they have raised more than C$1.7 million for their technology which helps farmers decide when and how much fertilizer to use.

Zachary Anderson. Zachary Andersen with Xavier Hébert-Couturier, Dominic Levesque and Maxime Dumont were all engineering students at the University of New Brunswick when they founded agtech startup Picketa Systems in 2020. Since then they have raised more than C$1.7 million for their technology which helps farmers decide when and how much fertilizer to use.

Bronwyn Bridges. Bronwyn Bridges launched PragmaClin, a medical technology company that offers digital assessment tools for neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s Disease, in 2021. The company has raised $157,000 to date.

Nicholas Dowling. Nicolas Dowling founded Potential Motors with Sam Poirier to develop control systems for electric vehicles. Focusing on off-road vehicles, their startup has raised C$6.5 million to date.

Sam Poirier. Sam Poirier founded Potential Motors with Nicolas Dowling to develop control systems for electric vehicles. Focusing on off-road vehicles, their startup has raised C$6.5 million to date.

Curtis Kennedy. Engineering graduate Curtis Kennedy founded Symbodi in 2017 to make products that treat back pain and software aimed at preventing it.

Pratap Sandhu. Pratap Sandhu left his family food business to found Vancouver-based vegan food manufacturer Pangea Natural Foods in 2021. The company sells its products online and through more than 500 retail outlets.

Devesh Bharadwaj. Devesh Bharadwaj is founder and CEO of Pani Energy, a developer of artificial intelligence driven systems that optimize the operations of water, desalination and waste-water treatment plants. It has raised more than C$10 million in funding to date.

Shelby Yee. Shelby Yee co-founded RockMass Technologies with Matthew Gubasta while the two of them were students at Queens University. The company, which develops LiDar and other digital mapping technologies for mining companies around the world, has secured C$2.5 million in funding to date.

Matthew Gubasta. Matthew Gubasta founded RockMass Technologies with Shelby Yee while the two of them were students at Queens University. After helping the company, which develops LiDar and other digital mapping technologies for mining companies around the world, secured C$2.5 million of funding, Gubasta in early 2023 left the company to pursue other business interests.

Anouk van Pol. Anouk van Pol co-founded pipeline inspection company Ingu Solutions in 2016. Before that, as a student at the University of Amsterdam, she founded her first company, Amdano. Ingu has raised C$8.6 million to date for its "Pipers" technology.

Caleb Nasadyk. Caleb Nasadyk founded Heathrow Security with Ryder Davis in 2017. Since then they have grown their onsite and remote security services to C$5m annual turnover.

Ryder Davis. Ryder Davis founded Heathrow Security with Caleb Nasadyk in 2017. Since then they have grown their onsite and remote security services to C$5m annual turnover.

Seb Audet. Seb Audet co-founded Zapper in 2020 to give holders of cryptocurrencies a platform where they could manage all their assets in one place. Zapper has raised $15 million to date.

Myra Arshad. Myra Arshad co-founded ALT TEX with Avneet Ghotra to create an ecologically sustainable polyester alternative from food waste. Established in 2020, ALT TEX has raised $1.4 million to date.

Avneet Ghotra. Avneet Ghotra co-founded ALT TEX with Myra Arshad to create an ecologically sustainable polyester alternative from food waste. Established in 2020, ALT TEX has raised $1.4 million to date.

Sophie Wyne. Sophie Wyne co-founded Ariglad with Ali Avci to develop a business services platform for human resources and other functions. Based in Vancouver, Ariglad has raised nearly $1 million to date.

Ali Avci. Ali Avci co-founded Ariglad with Ali Avci to develop a business services platform for human resources and other functions. Based in Vancouver, Ariglad has raised nearly $1 million to date.

Alexandre Turbide. Alexandre Turbide co-founded digital audio workstation platform BeatConnect to give musicians and producers a way of collaborating remotely in recording music. In 2020, BeatConnect secured funding of C$3 million.

Alexander Dungate. Alexander Dungate co-founded OnDeck Fisheries with Sepand Dyanatkar and Matthew Leighton to apply artificial intelligence to making fishing sustainable. OnDeck has secured funding of C$1.3 million to date.

Sepand Dyanatkar. Sepand Dyanatkar co-founded OnDeck Fisheries with Alexander Dungate and Matthew Leighton to apply artificial intelligence to making fishing sustainable. OnDeck has secured funding of C$1.3 million to date.

Zak Lefevre. Zak Lefevre co-founded ChargeLab to build the software for electric vehicle chargers. Its products are now used by companies such as Siemens and ABB. ChargeLab's funding has now reached more than $35 million.

Jason Zhen Zhao. Since co-founding his automotive sales and services holding company EMS World in 2017, Jason Zhen Zhao has grown its annual revenues to C$68 million and its net profit to nearly $2 million.

Pasha Celik. Pasha Celik founded Red Trillion as a holding company for his other food, distribution and technology businesses. Red Trillion reported turnover of C$19 million and profits of C$5.6 million in 2022.

Michael Qiyu Jing. Michael Qiyu Jing co-founded Justeco Canada to market and sell environmentally friendly food packaging. Established in 2021, Justeco reported revenue of C$6.4 million in 2022.

Tan Tan. Tan Tan launched her online vape products business Super Vape in 2021. Since then its annual revenues have grown to C$2.6 million.

Lucy Bao. Lucy Bao co-founded Blockchain Venture Capital in 2019. The Toronto-based startup has issued its own stablecoin, CADT, and is provider of technology infrastructure to participants in the blockchain and distributed ledger industry.

Xianyu Zhu. Zha Xianyu's Chahalo sells its products across numerous online food platforms. His Toronto-based company was founded in 2023.

Leno Yizhou Zhao. Leno Yizhou Zhao co-founded Longan Vision to develop virtual reality and other hardware for use by people working in dangerous environments. Longan Vision has raised C$1 million in funding to date.

Celina Xiong. Celina Xiong launched new materials company Evola Material in Canada in 2023. The company sells and provides after sales service for new silicon monoxide materials developed in China.

Xirui Wang. Xirui Wang launched Hirenown Canada is a high-tech enterprise specializing in the research and development, production, and sales of new materials such as high-performance adhesives and functional coatings.

Yi Zhang. Yi Zhang launched Illunox Media, which has emerged as a trailblazer in the digital marketing landscape, having served over 300 companies to date.

Jiacheng Xu. Jiacheng Xu is the founder of Fafa international power, which is a distributor of Beauty & Personal Care specified in Canada Nail Supplies.

关于加拿大青商俱乐部

加拿大青商俱乐部（Canada Youth Business Club）于2018年成立，由加拿大商界中具有代表的优秀青年经理人、投资人、以及创业青年组成。我们始终秉持着消除信息壁垒，实现资源优化配置，助力年轻企业家圆梦的宗旨，为在加拿大的年轻创业者和青年企业家搭建共创共赢的平台。自成立以来，我们备受本地政要和资深企业家们的关注与支持。目前，加拿大青商已与世界青商俱乐部、加中地产投资总商会、中关村股权投资协会、启迪环宇，36氪等建立了战略合作关系。我们希望为年轻人创造一个充满创意和商机的平台，让他们在自己擅长的领域发挥最大潜力。

关于胡润百富集团 Hurun Group

胡润百富致力于通过有质量的榜单和调研，发现企业价值，弘扬企业家精神。

胡润百富主要IP有“3+N”：富豪榜系列，为中国和全球最成功的企业家排名，通过这一系列，让世界更了解中国经济，迄今已成为全球最大的财富榜；500强企业系列，为中国和全球最具价值的企业排名；创业系列，为中国和全球最具成长性的独角兽企业、瞪羚企业、猎豹企业和31岁以下创业先锋（U30）排名；特色榜单，包括《胡润慈善榜》、《胡润品牌榜》、《胡润艺术榜》、《胡润财富报告》、《胡润中国国际学校百强》、《胡润中国最具投资潜力区域百强榜》等。随着榜单的发布，胡润百富每年在全球各地举办近百场极具高端社交与公关价值的精彩交流活动，线上线下紧密结合。

胡润百富也是全球领先的研究中国高净值人群的权威机构，长期追踪记录中国高净值人群的变化，携手金融机构、房地产、地方政府，以及高端生活方式品牌等合作伙伴，发布了一系列专题报告，比如：携手中信银行发布《中国高净值人群需求管理白皮书》、《解码中国“新生力”白皮书》、《中国企业家家族传承白皮书》、《中国高净值人群财富管理需求白皮书》、《出国需求与趋势白皮书》和《海外教育特别报告》，携手建信信托发布《中国家族财富可持续发展报告》，携手泰康发布《中国高净值人群医养白皮书》，携手碧桂园发布《中国企业社会责任白皮书》等。此外还有始自2005年的《至尚优品——中国高净值人群品牌倾向报告》等。

胡润百富至今投资了十余家企业，涵盖出国留学与国际学校、知识产权和旅游等行业；孵化了数家子公司，包括：21世纪百富学院，以百富榜企业家导师制、全程实战互动为特色，旨在打造国际化实战商学院；胡润百学，国际教育平台，为中国家长提供子女出国留学、夏令营和成功学课程；胡润光谷，设计、地产、金融跨产业资源整合运营平台；胡润马道，多年支持华天参加奥运马术，并于2016年成立了胡润英国马主会；胡润艺术荟，计划在十年内推出500位具有发展潜力的艺术家。

胡润百富目标成为全球最受认可的企业家创业精神推动平台，鼓励阳光财富观，鼓励人们实现创业梦想，鼓励企业家发展企业的同时，重视文化与社会责任，希望合作伙伴能在我们的生态中找到价值，希望我们的团队能在各自领域赢得尊重。

向上向善，引领由富及贵的格调。

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