Primo takes top prize at Cassels Brock pitch competition

 

Friday, June 16, 2017 - 3:45pm

OCAD University’s newest entrepreneurs from the Imagination Catalyst squared off at the Cassels Brock Pitch Competition on June 15, competing for $5000 in start-up funding.  Richard Revie and Victor Lam, founders of Primo, took the top prize, out-pitching their colleagues from OCAD U’s business incubator.

Primo is a company that tailors to the initial fears behind skateboarding. The company has created a skateboard tool and a social platform to help people safely learn the sport.

Other Imagination Catalyst companies that took part:

  • SHIFT  ̶   Donovan Jesse and Graeme Anderson
  • The Dunya Project ̶   Tania De Gasperis and Sugeevan Shan
  • Thousand Stars Studio  ̶   Sally Luc, Anth Rodi and Parth Soni

The judges panel comprised:

  • Aly Somani  ̶  Lawyer, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
  • Jeannette Wiltse  ̶   Operating Partner and CFO, Relay Ventures
  • Valerie Fox  ̶  Chief Innovation Consultant, The Pivotal Point

Imagination Catalyst is a creative industries, design and social innovation ecosystem at OCAD University that supports design-driven entrepreneurs from all sectors with learning, business incubation and talent solutions.

Victor Lam
Victor Lam of Primo

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Richard Revie and Victor Lam
Friday, June 16, 2017 - 3:45pm

OCAD University’s newest entrepreneurs from the Imagination Catalyst squared off at the Cassels Brock Pitch Competition on June 15, competing for $5000 in start-up funding.  Richard Revie and Victor Lam, founders of Primo, took the top prize, out-pitching their colleagues from OCAD U’s business incubator.

Primo is a company that tailors to the initial fears behind skateboarding. The company has created a skateboard tool and a social platform to help people safely learn the sport.

Other Imagination Catalyst companies that took part:

  • SHIFT  ̶   Donovan Jesse and Graeme Anderson
  • The Dunya Project ̶   Tania De Gasperis and Sugeevan Shan
  • Thousand Stars Studio  ̶   Sally Luc, Anth Rodi and Parth Soni

The judges panel comprised:

  • Aly Somani  ̶  Lawyer, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
  • Jeannette Wiltse  ̶   Operating Partner and CFO, Relay Ventures
  • Valerie Fox  ̶  Chief Innovation Consultant, The Pivotal Point

Imagination Catalyst is a creative industries, design and social innovation ecosystem at OCAD University that supports design-driven entrepreneurs from all sectors with learning, business incubation and talent solutions.

Poster: 
Victor Lam