Tydra

What an incredible day at #BPI #Connect2024! 🎉🌟 Grateful for the inspiring speakers, talented showcase presenters, and everyone who made this event remarkable. Congratulations to all the award winners, including our own team for the People’s Choice Award! 🏆 #Innovation #Sustainability"

Day 3 of my #AdventCalendarOfConnections Today, I’m spotlighting Jaiya Varshney, co-founder of Tydra Labs, a true innovator tackling the fashion industry's biggest challenge: pollution. Jaiya and her co-founders Vikramaditya G. Yadav, Ph.D., P.Eng. and Athanasios Kritharis, ph.d. have created the world's first bio-derived, like-for-like spandex alternative. It’s always a pleasure to speak with Jaiya and hear her pitch Tydra —her energy is contagious! Can't wait to see what the future holds for her and this groundbreaking innovation.🤩

It was a really exciting day yesterday at the new COAST (Centre for Ocean Applied Sustainable Technologies) building in Victoria! Big shout out to everyone on the COAST team, the event was an incredible opportunity to network with likeminded people building technology that can improve our society's relationship with the ocean. I was really impressed with every single pitch. Congratulations to Ocean AID for taking home the prize, and runner ups FIBR.BIO, Miha Biotech Inc., Celerity Craft, and Canadian Pacifico Seaweeds. Incredible ideas and I can't wait to see where these projects will go. Looking forward to many more fantastic connections and project building with the community at COAST! #sdg14 #sustainableoceans #oceanhealth

We are thrilled to congratulate the finalists of the COAST (Centre for Ocean Applied Sustainable Technologies) Pitchfest that took place yesterday, all of whom are part of the Ocean Startup Project | Projet Startup Des Océans community. We’re so happy to see so many familiar faces representing the future of ocean innovation: 🔹 Majid Hajibeigy from Canadian Pacifico Seaweeds 🔹 Dr. Minh-Hai Tran from Miha Biotech Inc. 🔹 Richard MacKellar from Celerity Craft 🔹 Jaiya Varshney from FIBR.BIO 🔹 Andrew Polanyi 🐋 from Ocean AID A special shoutout to Andrew from Ocean AID for taking home the win! 🏆 Your dedication to solving critical challenges like ghost gear removal is making waves, and we're excited to see what the future holds for you and your team. Well done to all, and let's keep pushing boundaries in the blue economy! #OceanInnovation #BlueEconomy #OceanTech #COASTPitchfest #Entrepreneurship --- Nous sommes ravis de féliciter les finalistes du Pitchfest de COAST (Centre for Ocean Applied Sustainable Technologies) qui s'est déroulé hier, qui font tous partie de la communauté du Projet Startup des Océans. Nous sommes ravis de voir autant de visages familiers représentant l'avenir de l'innovation océanique: 🔹 Majid Hajibeigy de @Canadianpacific 🔹 Minh-Hai Tran de Miha Biotech Inc. 🔹 Richard MacKellar de Celerity Craft 🔹 Jaiya Varshney de FIBR.BIO 🔹 Andrew Polanyi de Ocean AID Un coup de chapeau particulier à Andrew d'Ocean AID qui a remporté la victoire! 🏆 Votre dévouement à résoudre des défis critiques tels que l'enlèvement d'engins fantômes fait des vagues, et nous sommes impatients de voir ce que l'avenir vous réserve, à vous et à votre équipe. Bravo à tous, et continuons à repousser les limites de l'économie bleue!

We are delighted to congratulate the members of the 2024 Ocean Startup Challenge cohort...50% of whom hail from British Columbia! 🌊 COAST is a proud partner of the Ocean Startup Project | Projet Startup Des Océans, and is pleased to announce that this cohort will all receive a complimentary 12-month COAST Crew membership, as well as a hot desk at the COAST Ocean Innovation Hub in Victoria, BC for the duration of the challenge. We can't wait to get to know this cohort over the next few months, and to support them on their journeys ahead!

Check out our latest article for Startup Canada in Mediaplanet’s 2024 Support Small Business Campaign! The article highlights the 2024 finalists of the Startup Global Pitch Competition, featuring: 💚 Eunice Wu, PharmD of Asepha 💚 Kevin Danner of Carbon Lock Tech 💚 Athanasios Kritharis, ph.d. of FIBR.BIO 💚 Daniel Lirette of GrowDoc 💚 Helen Yin of Inoki Bathhouse 💚 Dr. Mallory Flynn of insporos 💚 Amir Soleimani, Ph.D. of TreeTrack Intelligence Inc. 💚 Azadeh Dastmalchi of VitalTracer Ltd. Read the full article at https://lnkd.in/eUkw5n_d

🔥 British Columbia’s first-ever TNT Summit is here! 🔥 On October 10th at Venture Labs, 20 innovative companies will pitch LIVE in this inaugural event, showcasing the incredible talent and solutions coming out of BC. From sustainable fashion to advanced AI and mental wellness, these startups are leading the way in technology and impact. Here’s why you should attend: - Support Local Innovation: Discover groundbreaking ideas like BuildSmartr’s eco-friendly construction solutions, TreeTrack Intelligence’s drone-powered reforestation, and Fibr.Bio’s sustainable spandex alternative for fashion. BC startups are creating real change! - Mental & Physical Wellness: Companies like BrainSwitch Labs, with its FloatVR mental health platform, and ElderPRIME’s senior care tools are using technology to improve well-being for individuals and communities. - Tech & AI Leaders: Experience the future with Vast’s real-time collaborative coding platform, and see how Open Waters is reducing GHG emissions through vehicle-integrated solar. Adherity Ai Inc | Atome Bakery | Backflow Club | Benny | Bookt Solutions | BrainSwitch Labs (FloatVR) | BuildSmartr Robotics | Capiche Capital Technologies Corporation | CloudMind Software Inc. | ElderPRIME | FabriSight | Fibernx | FIBR.BIO | MeepMeep | Open Waters Solar | Tiny Ghost Studios | TreeTrack | Vast Technology Inc. | Workforce Wellness Join us in supporting BC’s brightest innovators, connecting with entrepreneurs, and witnessing the future unfold at Summit X. 📅 October 10th | Venture Labs (BC) | https://bit.ly/3Xv0qB #SummitX #BCStartups #Innovation #SupportLocal #VentureLabs #StartupTNT #TechInBC

Batman and Robin. Buzz Lightyear and Woody. Holmes and Watson. These iconic duos have left an indelible mark on popular culture. Now, it's time to add Vancouver and yoga pants to this illustrious list. In Vancouver, yoga pants aren't mere attire – they are a reflection of the city's spirit. Like the resilient peaks that adorn our shores and the fluid grace of the ocean, yoga pants remind Vancouverites to breathe, stretch, and embrace each moment fully. But let's pause this poetic musing. Our beloved cultural phenomenon harbors a dark secret. The global production of yoga pants annually guzzles water equivalent to 10,000 Olympic-sized pools, devours energy comparable to the output of two Hoover Dams, and spews more CO2 than 3 million cars. As if that weren't enough, they also contain forever chemicals. Yikes indeed! I am honoured and proud to be part of the founding team of FIBR.BIO. We are rewriting the future of fashion by creating greener, better alternatives to synthetic fibres such as spandex, nylon, and Kevlar. Our solution is built on two principles: (1) developing better materials from the molecule up, and (2) building one of the most productive and economical biomanufacturing processes. We are assembling an AI-powered design engine that conjures novel biomaterials with customized physical attributes like stretchability and strength. Our biomanufacturing process, which is rapidly advancing in technology readiness levels, directly converts waste biomass into fibres. We have also engineered advanced processing methods to extrude these fibres from the fermenter and spin them into yarn, which can then be woven into fabrics. We have already developed a 100% bio-based spandex, and third-party testing has confirmed that our product outperforms conventional spandex. It will also be cheaper to manufacture at commercial scales. To all the yogis out there - our mantra is simple: Good karma starts with good engineering. We would like to thank the clean- and deep tech communities in Vancouver and beyond for their support and validation. We were recently recognized by Innovate BC as one of BC's Top 10 New Ventures and won the pitch competition at the entrepreneurship@UBC Immersion Week. We were also inducted into the Spring Top 15 list for climate innovation and we are finalists in the 2024 Startup Canada Global Pitch Competition (please vote for us at https://lnkd.in/gQ_K6vdy if you can!) I would like to thank our advisors at entrepreneurship@UBC , especially Hassan Pardawalla. Your energy is infectious, and your insights are catalytic. To my co-founders Athanasios Kritharis, ph.d. and Jaiya Varshney, let's keep fighting for a better, cleaner planet. #syntheticbiology #biomanufacturing #netzero #decarbonization #fashion #circulareconomy #biofibres #AI #impact #innovation #change

Immersion Week Day 1 was incredible! Thank you to everyone who presented, pitched, and networked. Our team couldn't be more impressed by the expertise in our community, and we're thrilled to support entrepreneurship and innovation at UBC and beyond! As John Steen stated in our opening keynote, universities are collaborating and are the best place to do the research to solve grand challenges. Special congratulations to Jaiya Varshney and Athanasios Kritharis, ph.d. from FIBR.BIO (cohort 48) who were selected as the People's Choice Award and to join the Spring Invest Together in Climate Innovation program! Here's some snapshots of the day! Make sure to stop by tomorrow for another incredible line-up of events and speakers.