Venn Innovation, a New Brunswick startup hub, has added a pair of ideation-stage software companies to its Venn Garage incubator via one of its open pitch events. Judges chose Oz Health and DYOFOX from a field of largely immigrant-led businesses.
Of the five startups that took part in the most recent pitch competition on Oct. 21 and 22, four had immigrant founders, Venn spokesperson Nandhini Venkateswaran told Entrevestor in an email.
Beginning last year and so-far held online because of COVID-19, the Open Pitch Competitions require entrepreneurs to submit a five-minute video pitch and