Introducing the Spring 2026 Founder Lab: Visionary Women in Motion
Women across Canada are transforming the entrepreneurial landscape - scaling ventures that fuse bold vision with meaningful impact and profit with principle.
Movement51’s Founder Lab was created to fuel that momentum. Beginning this Spring, a new group of women founders will embark on a dynamic, immersive experience over several months - strengthening their financial acumen, building conviction in investor conversations, and gaining the tools to fund and grow their ventures on their own terms.
This incoming cohort reflects the diversity and strength of Canada’s innovation ecosystem. From MedTech, AI, clean energy, healthcare, consumer goods, and more, these founders are doing more than starting companies — they’re shaping markets and modeling a new standard of leadership.
None of this happens alone. Our heartfelt thanks to Alberta Innovates and NRC IRAP for fueling the ecosystem that makes this work possible.
To the women shaping what’s next — and making sure the path is wider for those who follow.
Adherm Therapeutics is a Canadian MedTech startup developing advanced controlled-release hydrocolloid therapeutic patches for skin and nail conditions. Our products improve treatment adherence, clinical outcomes, and quality of life.
Location: Ontario
Chocovate Labs is a B2B ingredient Technology Company, recreating the key functional behaviors of Chocolate without Cocoa.
Location: Ontario
Doc247: Connecting Alberta Patients with Care. Instantly. Skip the waiting room uncertainty. Manage your appointments, join walk-in queues remotely, and book virtual consults securely.
Location: Alberta
With Drawbridge, brands create branded engagement experiences that attract and retain audience attention in fun ways, turning passive followers into active sales leads. What Canva did for design, we do for engagement.
Location: Saskatchewan
Drift Golf solves the expensive fragmentation problem in golf course technology. Our integrated platform replaces 3-4 separate systems courses currently purchase, while our patent-pending ultrasonic anemometer provides real-time wind data.
Location: Alberta
Elate Cosmetics redefines beauty through high-performance, refillable products designed to reduce waste without compromising results. We create thoughtfully formulated, sustainable colour cosmetics that empower our customers to buy less, choose better, and build intentional beauty rituals.
Location: British Columbia
FLOWforms: A safety software for high risk industries that digitize safety documents and automates safety processes.
Location: Alberta
InceptionU is a learning experience company focused on building the MetaSkills—the timeless operating system of your brain; the cognitive skills that define our future success—as much as your technical expertise.
Location: Alberta
My Breast Day Inc. is a social impact company dedicated to closing the gap in breast health awareness and screening access for women, especially in rural and Indigenous communities. Through our culturally sensitive digital platform, we empower women to take control of their health with education, early detection tools, and community support.
Location: Alberta
NICE CANS: We are a Boldly Delicious Canned Food Brand
Location: Ontario
OnLocation is bringing mobile beauty and wellness services to life. We aim to deliver the kind of bliss and relaxation you’d expect from your favourite spa, in the comfort of your home. We understand convenience is necessary, and that’s why we bring luxury beauty and wellness to your doorstep.
Location: Alberta
Pills on Wheels is a healthtech venture operating across Alberta that provides a last-mile delivery system for pharmacies, enabling them to offer free prescription medication deliveries to patients, making medication access more convenient and efficient.
Location: Alberta
Popoff is a better-for-you craft soda brand creating products that fuel health & wellness rituals while letting people live fully and guilt-free! Inspired by my late dad's passing, my own health journey & the frustration with the lack of functional yet flavourful products on the market.
Location: British Columbia
Prévoir is an AI-powered merchandising platform built specifically for fashion brands. It transforms raw sales and inventory data into visual, attribute-driven insights, helping teams make smarter decisions around markdowns, assortment strategy, and seasonal range planning.
Location: Alberta
Rude Mama is a hot sauce brand crafting authentic Vietnamese flavors with clean, locally sourced Canadian ingredients. Founded by immigrant entrepreneur Vian Nguyen, the brand blends bold heat with real culinary versatility—designed for cooking, marinating, and sharing.
Location: Ontario
Serenity Power is developing compact, fuel-flexible solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) systems to decarbonize remote and off-grid power generation. Our mission is to accelerate the clean energy transition by replacing conventional generators (internal combustion units like diesel, natural gas, and thermoelectric).
Location: Alberta
Social Jet is an AI-powered platform leading the shift to social-led travel demand intelligence.
Location: Manitoba
Teacher Time Machine is an AI-powered instructional design platform that helps teachers create high-quality, customized learning experiences rooted in best educational practice.
Location: Alberta
Traverse Analytics is an emergency management intelligence company modernizing how communities and organizations prepare for disasters. We unite people, data, and technology to make risk understandable, collaboration seamless, and resilience achievable.
Location: Alberta
Yewtwist: created to solve a persistent and often overlooked clinical challenge: safely disconnecting tight IV and enteral tubing connections. After repeatedly witnessing how stuck connections slowed workflow, increased nurse frustration, led to unsafe workarounds, the solution was clear.
Location: Ontario
Founder Lab goes far beyond education — it’s a catalyst for momentum. Throughout the program, participants build the financial sophistication, strategic focus, and meaningful relationships needed to secure aligned investment and grow with intention.
Graduates of the program have raised more than $50 million collectively, gaining national recognition while building companies that are reshaping industries and accelerating innovation.
This incoming cohort brings that same determination and bold thinking. They represent the future of Canada’s entrepreneurial landscape — and we’re proud to support them as they step into what’s next.
Want to join our next cohort? Join the waitlist here so you’re the first to know when applications open.
