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Nikhil Kalghatgi, SoftBank Capital selections for OFFICE HOURs

Michael Cayley 2012-10-24T21:56:07+00:00

Thank you to the top players from Ottawa, Waterloo, Silicon Valley, Montreal, Vancouver and Toronto who confidentially referred all of the startups who have been considered for this opportunity. More dets on that process here.

Here are Nikhil's final selections for OFFICE HOURs tomorrow at Gowlings and the schedule:

4 pm - Shelflife

ShelfLife is the future of collecting with next-generation e-commerce and collection management tools. Whether you collect action figures, H&M designer sales, skateboards, Japanese kaiju, video games, or books, ShelfLife will provide everything you need to make your collecting experience faster, cheaper and more fun.

4:10 pm - Uken Games

Uken is one of the truly cross platform gaming companies around. We build fun social and mobile games that make people stare, smile, jump, and feel awesome inside.

4:20 pm - UNATA

Unata supplies technology that allows retailers to connect their loyalty program to digital platforms such as mobile & web, automatically personalizing content for every user so as to enhance the at-home and in-store shopping experience and thereby increase customer loyalty. The platform includes a real-time analytics & marketing platform that delivers all the benefits of online marketing to bricks & mortar operations, allowing retailers to monetize new data and become more efficient marketers.

Break

4:40 - BUNCH

Bunch is a mobile platform to share and discuss your passions with like-minded people. The Bunch iPhone app is live in private beta and has had 1.1 million pre-signups via a Facebook marketing app. Bunch will test launch Sept 2012 in Canada, with a US launch to follow.

4:50 - Shiny Ads

Allows (small) advertisers to build their ad banner, set up their campaign and pay for it all in an automated fashion without the need of a direct sales force. The advertising is automatically placed in the web publisher's ad server and all payment and optionally refunds are handled automatically.

Startups - you can pitch, ask for advice or an introduction or just forge that relationship for future consideration.

Thanks to Nikhil and everyone who participated this experiment. We hope some great new relationships evolve from it!

About the Author

Michael Cayley

Hi I'm Michael Cayley, Founder of Cdling (pronounced "seedling"), a platform that builds trust between investors, startups and mentors. I'm also Founder of the Ontario Cross-border Technology Innovation Ecosystem (OCTIE) Study. I've been doing the startup grind my whole career across Canada, the US, in Europe and China over the years. I hope that helps add some value to this conversation!