Age-Well has just launched the National Impact Challenge 2022 which is a Canadian competition for Agetech startups.
The annual competition includes top startups and supports entrepreneurship in Canada’s Agetech sector. It is open to any entrepreneur or startup with a technology-based solution that can support the health and quality of life of older adults or their caregivers.
This year’s competition will be held on the 19th of October 2022 as part of the AGE-WELL Annual Conference.
The winner will receive $20.000 in cash plus in-kind prizes. A runner-up will be eligible for a $5.000 cash prize.
The Ontario Brain Institute is the key sponsor of the competition with sponsorship also coming from Bearskin & Parr.
The deadline to submit an application is the 2nd of September 2022 at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time. From these applications, finalists will be selected to pitch their innovative technologies and services to a panel of expert judges on the 19th of October 2022.
Alex Mihailidis, scientific director and CEO of Age-Well, said: “The Age-Well National Impact Challenge has become a high-profile event for showcasing top innovators in Canada’s growing Agetech sector.
“We are thrilled to be hosting this competition, and to be spotlighting and rewarding entrepreneurship in the Agetech sector, which has such enormous potential to improve quality of life as we age, create good jobs and spark economic growth.”
President of OBI Tom Mikkelsen said: “We are proud to be a sponsor of the Age-Well National Impact Challenge for the second year in a row.
“As a champion of the ecosystem approach to to supporting early-stage neurotic companies with key stakeholders, through our relationship with Age-Well, which also encompasses promoting entrepreneurship through OBI’s Nerve programme, we are ensuring that technology-based solutions that support healthy ageing are made available to all Canadians.”
