The Second Act - Magazine - Page 27
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NEXT Canada's Venture week saw some of the most engaging activities
and events that attracted over 400 attendees in-person and across Canada
virtually, bringing together some of the most brilliant minds in Canadian
business to celebrate the ideas and ambitions of the NEXT Canada 2022
graduating cohort. The selected founders to pitch on stage at Venture Day
included Akshay Maharaj, Chirag Jadhwani, and Athiya Rastogi from Next
36, Jonny Yvon Kalambay, and Yara Mohajerani from Next AI, and Megan
Takeda-Tully, Livia Han, and Cody Ruberto fromNext Founders.
CAMP NEXT
Following the awards ceremony, the graduating cohort let their inner
child enjoy 30,000 square feet of unique team-building activities at
Canada's largest indoor obstacle course, Pursuit OCR.
PERFECTED PITCHES
The graduating cohort set up kiosks to share their ideas, business
models and display their prototypes to our guests. Pictured left to
right: Parnian Majd (Next 36, 2022), Yin Qi Xie (Next Founders, 2022)
& Mohammed Wasif (Next 36, 2022)
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