Chimoney and Clavis Studio, two Startups with African founders have been selected as part the 12 startups to participate in 2023 Google for Startups Accelerator Canada cohort. They are the only two African startups in cohort.

Google for Startups Accelerator Canada is an equity free program, created to support Canadian startups and help the next generation of founders succeed. Over the next three months, this cohort will receive mentorship and technical project support from Google, deep dives and workshops focused on areas like product design, customer acquisition and leadership development. They will have access to Google experts and technology to help enhance their strategy and navigate their most pressing technical and business needs.

Chimoney

Chimoney, founded by Uchi Uchibeke and based in Toronto, enables businesses to send payments to phones, emails and Twitter, regardless of scale, currency, country and other factors. Chimoney is building ambitious APIs and infrastructure to enable the movement of “value” globally between different asset types and ledgers. The startup helps ambitious businesses and developers to unleash the utility of their amazing projects.

Clavis Studio

Clavis Studio (Edmonton) is an AI and /machine learning (ML)-driven design, visualization, and sourcing platform that provides a marketplace for designers and decorators to source new clients and use supporting tools to deliver their projects. It was co-founded by Adetoun Abby Aiyeleye and Ayo Aiyeleye.

The other 10 startups in this cohort are listed below:

• Bidmii (Toronto) is an online marketplace that quickly connects homeowners and contractors for home improvement projects, guaranteeing payment security for each party by holding payments in trust.
• Foqus Technologies (Toronto) is an AI and quantitative imaging technology company that designs and develops software solutions to enhance the speed and quality of MRI scans.
• Gryd Digital Media (Winnipeg) is a PropTech company that has developed a suite of products and services designed to deliver increased efficiencies, increased asset value, and reduced costs to property owners, managers, and REITs nationwide.
• Morpheus.Network (Burlington) focuses on helping companies and government organizations eliminate inefficiencies and remove barriers to optimize and automate their supply chain operations.
• Moves (Toronto) is building the collective of the gig economy, solving financial challenges associated with being a gig worker, and the lack of representation and ownership gig workers experience.
• My Choice (Toronto) is an insurance aggregator that partners with insurance companies and brokerages to bring customers the power of choice and transparency through seamless, personalized user experiences and automation.
• SalonScale Technology Inc. (Saskatoon) is the salon industry’s leading B2B SAAS provider in professional goods management, providing solutions that address the rising cost of salon supplies.
• ShareWares (Vancouver) Has developed a platform that pairs technology with current city infrastructure to allow reusable cups and food containers to be bought, returned, tracked, and processed for resale. Stay tuned as food packaging is just the beginning.
• Tablz (Ottawa) is a 3D bookings platform that lets diners upgrade to the seat of their preference, while generating net new profit for restaurants.
• TrojAI (Saint John) helps enterprises manage AI risk through stress testing and audit of AI/ML models.

Google for Startups Accelerator Canada kicks off on March 21, 2023

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