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Founded by Amir Fard and Ali Ghobadzadeh, CityOptima is reimagining urban planning through a GIS-powered platform that helps cities manage assets more efficiently and serve citizens more effectively
Our Winners Over The Years
| Intake 28 Winners | |||
| Bita Azad | PeerCred | Stage 1 | |
| Santiago Galvis | Rentr | Stage 1 | |
| Brian Patel | Greenfuel Innovations | Stage 1 | |
| Asna Aslam | S.C.O.P.E. | Stage 1 | |
| Fahmida Parvage | Project CAHTA | Stage 1 | |
| Mahdis Zareie | FireSense | Stage 1 | |
| Ahmed Baz | NeuroNest | Stage 1 | |
| Zeul Mordasiewicz | Sonic Avionics | Stage 1 | |
| Neuroaerial Studio | Pegah Khozeimeh | Stage 1 | |
| Kameryn Viegas | The Listener | Stage 1 | |
| Amir Ata Ajami | SpermSelect | Stage 1 | |
| Forough Sharifi | Design and optimization of double coaxial mixing bioreactors for gas dispersion in shear-thinning fluids | Stage 1 | |
| Victor Do | The Fluid Toy | Stage 1 | |
| Naanki Singh | I.R.I.Se (“I Rise”) |
Stage 1 | |
| Andisheh Khanehzar | SootWise | Stage 1 | |
| Sevarakhon Normukhamedova | O'rgan | Stage 1 | |
| Nearhos Hatzinikolaou | SeeSure | Stage 1 | |
| Hayden McGreal | Biobased Radiative Cooling Structures for Thermally Optimized Sustainable Packaging Solutions | Stage 1 | |
| Mahin Haynes | TerraLoop | Stage 1 | |
| Mohammad Saleh Shafaghatian | Budget Trust | Stage 1 | |
| Husanmeet Singh | Revolutionizing Millets | Stage 2 | |
| Shima Ahmadvand | DementiaConnect | Stage 2 | |
| Rime El Bakri | Salleo | Stage 2 | |
| Prateek Awasthi | AI-Driven Ip Renewal Management Platform | Stage 2 | |
| Mohammadmahdi (Sina) Keshavarz | Gastrodyne | Stage 2 | |
| Amir Ghanavati | RentShield | Stage 2 | |
| Amir Fard | CityOptima | Stage 3 | |
| Intake 29 Winners | |||
| Abdul Rahman Nakaweh | Electrophysiology-Based Multi-Sensor Fitness Tracker | Stage 1 | |
| Ali Abedinpour | Smart Lung Physio — Bedside Airway‑Clearance for long-term-care (LTC) | Stage 1 | |
| Aman Kumar | Answer Buddy | Stage 1 | |
| Daniela Cruz Barrera | VocalMedica | Stage 1 | |
| Hamidreza Rezaei | Automated Visa Document Pre-Check Platform | Stage 1 | |
| Hao Lam Shum | The Root Principle | Stage 1 | |
| Hillary Santos | Vitalis | Stage 1 | |
| Joshua Lyttle | Mindfully | Stage 1 | |
| Kamal Nassereddine | CIPAF Biotech | Stage 1 | |
| Mahdiyar Ali Akbar Alavi | HomeBase Canada | Stage 1 | |
| Marwan Khoudeir | Pure Flow | Stage 1 | |
| Masoud Khalili | Electrochemical recovery of Platinum | Stage 1 | |
| Matthew Olver | Retrofit.ai | Stage 1 | |
| Mohammad Erfan Ajami | EchoCollect | Stage 1 | |
| Rehan Nakhooda | ARCHFP | Stage 1 | |
| Seraphim Fahmy | CoronNet | Stage 1 | |
| Seyed Mohammad Hosseini | CortexRoute | Stage 1 | |
| Sina Azarsa | FlowPace: Antiscalant micro dilution module for reverse osmosis | Stage 1 | |
| Tenzin Dhonyoe | GlucoSolutions | Stage 1 | |
| Abbas Saleminezhad | Cardiovascular 4D | Stage 2 | |
| Amir Ata Ajami | SpermSelect | Stage 2 | |
| Brian Patel | GREENFUEL INNOVATIONS | Stage 2 | |
| Jermaine Walters | Sequential Optometry | Stage 2 | |
| Mahin Haynes | terraLoop | Stage 2 | |
| Parsa Faramarzian | Sort Out | Stage 2 | |
| Soroor Mazraeh | ReGen Bottle | Stage 2 | |
| Rime El Bakri | Salleo | Stage 3 | |
| Sina Keshavarz | Gastrodyne | Stage 3 |
| Omid Shokrollahi | A Bridge in the Third Space: Adaptive AI Solutions for Cultural Integration and Identity Representation | Stage 1 |
| Faraz Sadrzadeh | Audiovisual Gamma Stimulation Device for Dementia | Stage 1 |
| Vivian Ho | Automatic Crochet Fabrication Tool | Stage 1 |
| Anahita Abbasnejad Seresti | BreathSync Diagnostics | Stage 1 |
| Mohammad Reza Rostamian Delavar | Brio | Stage 1 |
| Arman Aghaee | Cardiovascular 4D | Stage 1 |
| Awabeen Danish | Converso | Stage 1 |
| Shima Ahmadvand | DementiaConnect | Stage 1 |
| Fazele Karimian Bahnamiri | Diagnosis of diabetes using optical fiber-based biosensors | Stage 1 |
| John Prasad Alber Alber Mathiarasu | Fetch | Stage 1 |
| Carol Tse | HabituAI | Stage 1 |
| Saba Sabet | IrExp (Iranian Expatriates) | Stage 1 |
| Iwan Rahman | MedPass | Stage 1 |
| Oleg Savinov | Advance Diagnostics | Stage 1 |
| Rime El Bakri | Reclame | Stage 1 |
| Soroor Mazraeh | ReGen Bottle | Stage 1 |
| Jermaine Walters | Sequential Optometry | Stage 1 |
| Mahdi Darvishi | Advanced Solar Power Forecasting | Stage 1 |
| Nicholas Medrano | Smart Dual Fuel Switching System | Stage 1 |
| Sachin Kumar | TerraDialogue | Stage 1 |
| Pegah Emami Moghaddam | Transdermal Smart Enzyme Patch for Efficient Alcohol Detoxification | Stage 1 |
| Prateek Awasthi | AI-Driven IP Renewal Management Platform | Stage 1 |
| Golnaz Safaverdi | ArtfullMinds | Stage 2 |
| Amy Do | Tunetide | Stage 2 |
| Negar Afra | ASD Project | Stage 2 |
| Amir Fard | CityOptima | Stage 2 |
| Chintan Shah | CricVis | Stage 2 |
| Syddonna Brown Grizzle | Foobric | Stage 2 |
| Talha Ince | Path X | Stage 2 |
| Issam El Missaoui | Yadag | Stage 3 |
| Mohammad Khoobani | Bunion Aid product by Theradarman Inc | Stage 3 |
| Saina Khoshdouni | ShieldMate | Stage 3 |
| Yusuf Abderrahman | Stock Shock | Stage 3 |
| Aiman Mahrat |
LipGuide AI |
Stage 1 |
| Alireza Monsef Zadeh |
WeCover |
Stage 1 |
| Armin Ghanavati |
BatPalAi |
Stage 1 |
| Behrad Ghazinouri |
Synchronized driving of multiple micromirrors for scanning LiDAR |
Stage 1 |
| Hadi Rezvani |
Fibter |
Stage 1 |
| Jaskirat Gill |
Balance Brush |
Stage 1 |
| Junseo Kim |
Coffee Waste Carbon Filter |
Stage 1 |
| Mansaran Baath |
Smart Electrical Fault System |
Stage 1 |
| Michael Diatlov |
Auto IV |
Stage 1 |
| Mohammad Khoobani |
Bunion Aid |
Stage 1, Stage 2 |
| Nafis Ahmed |
Toy Swap |
Stage 1 |
| Nilaya Pappu |
Wearable Orthosis for Parkinson's Disease Tremors |
Stage 1 |
| Rafsan Ahmed |
Reflect |
Stage 1, Stage 2 |
| Saalih Arif |
DigestivePULSE |
Stage 1 |
| Saina Khoshdouni |
ShieldMate |
Stage 1 |
| Vivek Agrawal |
EV-Mob |
Stage 1, Stage 2 |
| Christina Kayastha | LingoVRse | Stage 1 |
| Charles Anate | RaSh | Stage 1 |
| Amir Fard | InfraWise | Stage 1 |
| Syddonna Brown Grizzle | Foobric | Stage 1 |
| Ali Al-Dadah | Style with Serenity | Stage 1 |
| Ahmad Sear Sultani | AIMate | Stage 1 |
| Maya Jokar | CreditChain | Stage 1 |
| Amir Ghanavati | RentShield | Stage 1 |
| Parsa Faramarzian | Sort Out | Stage 1 |
| Riya Aggarwal | SEAPAX | Stage 1 |
| Chinmay Shah | BrainBolt | Stage 1 |
| Elham Rafati | WellPower | Stage 1 |
| Heeral Gawade | Non-Invasive Technique for early diagnosis of Cancer | Stage 1 |
| Seyed Mohammad Ali Manzourolajdad | Transforming Deaf Individuals' Finger Movements into Voice with a Wristband | Stage 1 |
| Honey Rajput | SKillMatrix | Stage 1 |
| David Hasanov | Mental Health Pocket Companion | Stage 1 |
| Abdur Syed | VisioGuide | Stage 1 |
| Alexander Dunn |
CathGraft | Stage 2 |
| Amirhossein Kouhpour |
Design and Fabrication of Multifunctional and Stimuli-responsive Coating |
Stage 2 |
| Arezoo Najafi |
PINION |
Stage 2 |
| Bofa Udisi |
ecotapp |
Stage 2 |
| Elham Shams Zadeh Amiri | Greenlight | Stage 2 |
| Parsa Hajy-Zadeh | AltSource | Stage 2 |
| Sagar Paul | RaiseIt | Stage 2 |
| Narjes Allahrabbi | Fertilead | Stage 2 |
| Karan Vir Singh | Vector | Stage 2 |
| Jakob Lawrence Strozbeg | Viable Ads | Stage 2 |
| Issam El Missaoui | Yadag | Stage 2 |
| Aleeza Khan | Fibra Inc. | Stage 3 |
| Paria Zabihi | Mode Swap | Stage 3 |
| Katrina Carlton | GroundsUp | Stage 3 |
| Ali Goodarzi | aêtava | Stage 3 |
| Samson Abioye | Fembas Technology | Stage 1 |
| Masoume Ehsani | Biodegradable and water-soluble cigarette filters (cigarette butts) with high compatibility, toxin removal efficiency and flexible dose of nicotine consumption | Stage 1 |
| Elham Shams Zadeh Amiri | GREENLIGHT | Stage 1 |
| Kayla Javadifar | BetterBrace | Stage 1 |
| Habon Abdi | Inertial Measurement Unit-Based Patient Tracking for Radiation Therapy | Stage 1 |
| Arezoo Najafi | PINION | Stage 1 |
| Faraz Javaheri | Sturent |
Stage 1 |
| Pruthal Merchant | PhysioCare | Stage 1 |
| Narjes Allahrabbi | Fertilead | Stage 1 |
| Mahsa Hajialibabaei | Green thermal comfort | Stage 1 |
| Karan Singh | Vector | Stage 1 |
| Hadrian Hu | 13278247 CANADA INC. | Stage 2 |
| Philip Januszyk | Herz | Stage 2 |
| Mitchell Lee | Maternal-Fetal Imaging Lab | Stage 2 |
| Maria Butt | Fibra Inc | Stage 2 |
| Masoumeh Janitabardarzi | TEGO | Stage 2 |
| Katrina Carlton | GroundsUp | Stage 2 |
| Will MacLaughlin | Formify | Stage 3 |
| Dev Chitale | Airtasks | Stage 3 |
| Azadeh | NanoPurist | Stage 2 |
| Abhishek Menon | Ares Prosthetics | Stage 1 |
| Adham El-Khadem | Buzz! | Stage 1 |
| Adrian Nash | DKBioChip | Stage 1 |
| Ali Goodarzi | aêtava | Stage 1 |
| Azadeh Hashem Nia | REGENERATIVE NANO-SAND FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT | Stage 1 |
| Daniela Cavazos | Cosh | Stage 1 |
| Emily Usick | Eco-Cups | Stage 1 |
| Huishi Huang | ENVEST | Stage 1 |
| Karan Bagga | Quantum Bolt Technologies | Stage 1 |
| Karandeep Saini | DockerNET | Stage 1 |
| Mohsen Rostami | Knots Aviation | Stage 1 |
| Samer Harten | Battery Management System | Stage 1 |
| Sanaz Soleimani | UpZone | Stage 1 |
| Seyed Ali Mirtaheri | Lococharge Inc. | Stage 1 |
| Shaghayegh (Shaya) Goudarzi | 12228912 Canada Inc. | Stage 1 |
| Somayeh Norouzi-Ghazbi | Fun-exercise | Stage 1 |
| Shane Sigesmund | SpeechApp | Stage 1 |
| Sheng Xu | Community Bridge | Stage 1 |
| Talha Ince | Auto-Injector | Stage 1 |
| Tishana Phagoo | alt.source | Stage 1 |
| Zachary Cohen | CoMark | Stage 1 |
| Awais Ullah | MainNet Labs | Stage 2 |
| Daniel Martinovic | uCast | Stage 2 |
| Morgan Kool | MiRhythm | Stage 2 |
| Muhammad Zuberi | UNCIDENT | Stage 2 |
| Samer Loubieh | Spogo | Stage 2 |
| Will MacLaughlin | Formify | Stage 2 |
| Ali Mehrkish | Precare | Stage 3 |
| Anum Khan | Knos Technology | Stage 3 |
| Alexander Boukin | Scatr | Stage 3 |
| Michael Melville | Superwake | Stage 3 |
| Muhammad Abdul Ahad | Pandos | Stage 3 |
| Durga Praveena Lingala | Tech Driver | Stage 1 |
| Alex Zidros | Gauss Fitness | Stage 1 |
| Samer Loubieh | Spogo | Stage 1 |
| Armita Roozbeh | KidsHub | Stage 1 |
| Grusha Shahpuri | PAL (play and learn) | Stage 1 |
| Adham El-Khadem | buzz | Stage 1 |
| Rohan Syal | ThermaFlo | Stage 1 |
| Vladislav Gnatenko | Ease of Mind | Stage 1 |
| Abrham Bisrat | Addis East International | Stage 1 |
| Abdul Rehman Khan | Magnetic CMM | Stage 1 |
| KARANDEEP SAINI | p7-automate.ai (Proposed) | Stage 1 |
| Muhammad Zuberi | UNCIDENT - Accurate Fearless Reporting | Stage 1 |
| Sutharsan Rajaratnam | findMePronto Inc. | Stage 1 |
| Awais Ullah | Alternative real estate marketplace | Stage 1 |
| Rimika Kapoor | Red2Green | Stage 1 |
| Shima Razzaghi | Eco-Chain Market | Stage 1 |
| Morteza Gharaee | Clothing Swap Platform | Stage 1 |
| Hala Al-Amine | Gardenlix | Stage 1 |
| Omair Sandhu | Winnow | Stage 1 |
| Dhvanit Desai | Automated Flight Dispatching and Payload Forecasting Software | Stage 1 |
| Will MacLaughlin | Formify | Stage 1 |
| Joel Ramjist | High-Sensitivity Fiber-Bragg Grating Sensor for Physiological Monitoring | Stage 1 |
| Sheyda Goodarzzadeh | I-Ziba | Stage 2 |
| Ronald Noronha | Sprinkler Mental Health | Stage 2 |
| Mohammadhassan Shakourirad | teeem | Stage 2 |
| Michael Lawton | Assisted Construction | Stage 2 |
| Alexander Boukin | Scatr | Stage 2 Stage 1 |
| Adrian Best | Brodin Tech | Stage 2 |
| Anum Khan | Knos Technology | Stage 2 Stage 1 |
| Faisal Mahmood | MULTI-LEVEL CONCUSSION MITIGATING FOOTBALL HELMET: A NOVEL DESIGN | Stage 2 Stage 1 |
| Adham El-Khadem | Buzz | Stage 2 |
| Ali Kermani | KeenPillow | Stage 2 |
| Shahab Ghorbani | Galloping monitoring of transmission lines with wireless technology | Stage 2 |
| Armin Sejfic | Takionics | Stage 3 Stage 2 |
| Michael Lawton | Machine Learning Estimation | Stage 3 |
| Liam Bell | Glucose Vision | Stage 3 Stage 2 |
| Alexandre Coutu | Rosor Corp. | Stage 3 |
| Lucas Gigliozzi | Quanta Vici - Weardasun | Stage 3 |
| Seyed-Youns Sadat-Nejad | Emerlet by Veebar Tech | Stage 3 |
| Roger Deo | CRMP Solutions | Stage 3 |
| Shahram Zarpk | SMAIR | Stage 1 |
| Ali Kermani | SmartBUGGY | Stage 1 |
| Binh Nguyen & Michael Zara | Sleep Apnea Detector | Stage 1 |
| Shahab Ghorbani | Galloping monitoring of transmission lines with wireless technology | Stage 1 |
| Liam Bell | Glucose Vision | Stage 1 |
| Ruba Kassem | DARRS | Stage 1 |
| Armin Sejfic | Food Foretell | Stage 1 |
| Syed Jameel Al Hassani | Alien Express - Settle with ease | Stage 1 |
| Michael Lawton | Assisted Construction | Stage 1 |
| Wiley Tam | LineSafe | Stage 1 |
| Nathan Battersby | May Contain | Stage 1 |
| Masiullah Asim | Allocentric | Stage 1 |
| Mohammad Shakourirad | teeem | Stage 1 |
| Ronald Noronha | Mental Health Sprinkler | Stage 1 |
| Ibrahim Abdulhafiz | Intelligent Prosthetic Hand | Stage 1 |
| Devarsh Patel | SafeBand | Stage 1 |
| Raheleh Rahebi | MyCoBuild | Stage 1 |
| Soroush Khodayar | FermoPlastic | Stage 1 |
| Gagan Chatkara | Pawplate | Stage 1 |
| Natasha Gilani | Kita | Stage 1 |
| Ashraf Elshorbagy | CropWatch | Stage 1 |
| Morgan A. Kool | Lift by Tetra | Stage 1 |
| Manuel Rincon Mora | Kargo Space is Money | Stage 1 |
| Sheyda Goodarzzadeh | I-ziba | Stage 1 |
| Huzaifa Ahmed | EyeSee | Stage 1 |
| Adrian Best | Barbell Accelerometer Attachment | Stage 1 |
| Jafer Kamoonpuri | veREM Inc. | Stage 2 |
| Roger Deo | CRMP Solutions | Stage 2 |
| Reza Eslami | Sensofine | Stage 2 |
| Nima Feizi | A.R.I.S | Stage 2 |
| John Sirdevan | P2P Marketplace for C&D Waste | Stage 2 |
| Alyson Burtch | uBioDiscovery | Stage 2 |
| Rojyar Gandomi | Build with no Waste | Stage 2 |
| Vaishak Pandian | pardONE | Stage 2 |
| Anish Patel | Travelot | Stage 2 |
| Thomas Martin | SWTCH | Stage 3 |
| Ilija Jovanovic | Taiga Robots | Stage 3 |
| Arta Momtazi | ClaimIT | Stage 3 |
| Daniel McCammon | Nanosatellite Launch System | Stage 1 |
| Mohammed Nabeel Ahmed | Wireless Mesh Concrete Sensors for Remote Monitoring of Curing Temp. Gradients | Stage 1 |
| Sasan Salehi Sasan | Trailer Lights and Breaks Tester | Stage 1 |
| Catherine Cook | North Logistics | Stage 1 |
| Idi Qinami | Dine and Dash | Stage 1 |
| Saad Ahmed | eStethoscope | Stage 1 |
| Nabila Abraham | The Vulcan Training System | Stage 1 |
| Valentin Lyashenko | Kombucha Innovation Labs | Stage 1 |
| Anish Patel | Travelot | Stage 1 |
| Veylan Deva | Toronto Net-Positive Modular Tiny Homes | Stage 1 |
| Shebel Alsabbah | eCUBE | Stage 1 |
| Saad Hameed | EnerEd Tech | Stage 1 |
| Gurpinder Harika | Organic Waste Recycling Facility | Stage 1 |
| Rojar Gandomi | Build with NO waste | Stage 1 |
| Armin Baig | Rescued Treats | Stage 1 |
| Chitransh Vishway | EasyDishwasher (EZ Dish) | Stage 1 |
| Amir Asadian | Neptune | Stage 1 |
| Jamil Wahid | Udomio | Stage 1 |
| King Tung | Terra Flooring | Stage 1 |
| Feroz Balsara | ION | Stage 1 |
| Roger Deo | CHEMQRA Mobile Simulator | Stage 1 |
| Vaishak Pandian | ParDONE Inc. | Stage 1 |
| Lam Thieu | Liquid-crystal battery | Stage 1 |
| Sandeep Suri | Certus | Stage 1 |
| Thomas Martin | Exploring Impact of Autonomous Electric Vehicles | Stage 1 & Stage 2 |
| Haifa Al Harz | MobiFoodNic | Stage 1 & Stage 2 |
| Zoe Thomson | Sonus - Lucid | Stage 1 & Stage 2 |
| Wesley Kosiba | Piezoelectricity Generated Road Heating | Stage 1 & Stage 2 |
| Aly Nour | Cooked With Love | Stage 2 |
| Jeff Schwartzentruber | Retent | Stage 2 |
| Robnier Reyes Perez | Ekardio | Stage 2 |
| Rehman Ata | sara.education | Stage 2 |
| Ilija Jovanovic | Taiga Robotics' IRIS | Stage 2 |
| Udai Hassein | Safe Passing System | Stage 2 |
| Ayda Naserialiabadi | Emerlet | Stage 2 |
| Tyler Neil | Emulus Robotics | Stage 2 |
| Aditya Modi | Chat Automate | Stage 2 |
| Waleed Mahmood | Werk | Stage 3 |
| Maleeha Alvi | Eatonomy Corporation | Stage 3 |
| Joseph Fida | Blade Filters Inc. | Stage 3 |
| Amino Ali | Co-Play Games & Tech Features | Stage 3 |