Primo takes top prize at Cassels Brock pitch competition
Friday, June 16, 2017 - 3:45pm
Pitch competition winners, Richard Revie and Victor Lam
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 of Primo
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.