Tom Hwang

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Akhil SharmaAkhil Sharma

AI Mortgage Underwriting

End-to-end real estate AI assistant, starting with mortgage underwriting

Akhil has GTM exp, tens of millions in revenue. Start niche with mortgage underwriting. Chat pending.

Akhil SharmaAkhil Sharma
Ignacio PujolIgnacio Pujol

Service-as-Software (Legal/Finance)

AI agents replacing manual services in law and finance

Ignacio (ex-Factorial unicorn, GTM/sales). Competitor: Kastle AI. Meeting rescheduled to his personal email.

Ignacio PujolIgnacio Pujol
Casey LoweryCasey Lowery

Bot-Free Social Platform

Next-gen social media platform centered on authentic connection, AI + bot free

Casey has 6M followers + Meta/Coca-Cola/TikTok/Spotify campaigns. Has beta MVP. Messaged on WhatsApp.

Casey LoweryCasey Lowery
Diana Van der KooijDiana Van der Kooij
Ownergyⓘ

Clean energy investment platform for retail investors

Diana Van der Kooij (Ottawa, 29). Chemical Eng BSc + MBA candidate (Telfer 2026). Ex-CNL Special Advisor. Call completed Mar 10.

Diana Van der KooijDiana Van der Kooij
Benjamin SmolkinBenjamin Smolkin

Benji AI

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AI SDR for food ingredients manufacturers and wholesalers

Benjamin Smolkin (Munich, 28). Ex-JPM, CEO Ofengeym (6->8-fig ARR, sold 30K+ MT). CALL TOMORROW Mar 12 @ 5-9pm CET. Has design partners lined up.

Benjamin SmolkinBenjamin Smolkin
Dushyant KumarDushyant Kumar

Exploratory (GovPrism pitch)

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Repeat founder — taken products 0-to-revenue across India, US, Japan

Dushyant Kumar. Repeat founder, raised from top accelerators. CALL FRIDAY Mar 14. Pitch GovPrism to him — strong GTM builder.

Dushyant KumarDushyant Kumar
Juan BeltranJuan Beltran

EdTech / Books Startup

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Education amplified by technology — books, publishing, writers, readers

Juan Beltran (SF, 32). Ex-Frubana YC W19 founding team ($275M raised), ex-Ontop YC W21 CFO. CALL FRIDAY Mar 14. Great person but weak fit — education isn't Tom's space.

Juan BeltranJuan Beltran
Emmanuel OganaEmmanuel Ogana

AI + Fintech MVPs

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Two MVP-ready companies — AI and Fintech. Ex-Goldman Sachs, 2 exits.

Emmanuel Ogana. Ex-Goldman, 4+ startups (2 exits), can self-fund. CALL SATURDAY Mar 15 @ 12-2pm EST. Two MVPs ready but vague on details.

Emmanuel OganaEmmanuel Ogana
Austin HandmakerAustin Handmaker

AOVMAX

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Shopify app for dynamic cart-level upsells, 100% performance-based pricing

Austin Handmaker. Scaled & exited multi-7-fig startup before 24. 8 years e-commerce. Call scheduled Mar 10 @ 7:30pm EST.

Austin HandmakerAustin Handmaker

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GovPrismⓘ

Government procurement intelligence platform — Bloomberg Terminal for Canadian gov contracts

PRIMARY VENTURE. Co-founder: Bade Adepegba (CEO). Tom = CTO. MVP live. ETL pipeline ingesting 1.9M+ records from 6+ gov data sources. Next.js + Supabase + Vercel.

Bade AdepegbaBade Adepegba
Grocery Price Tracker

Live grocery prices in Canada

Solo. Scraping pipeline for Canadian grocery prices. Low priority - maintenance mode.

👑Solo

Logoff Club

Community-forward social media platform — no AI, no bots, authentic connection

Casey Lowery (6M followers, LA/SF). Has beta MVP. Pitched Communyon as starting point. Low priority — Casey's vision is anti-AI.

Casey LoweryCasey Lowery
Outcome Canada

Canadian outcomes data platform

Solo. Visualizing Canadian government outcomes data. Python build_site.py pipeline.

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Advocase

AI lobbying intelligence and policy analysis platform

MVP skeleton done. Garrett demoing to clients (Bell as POC). Next: real data scraping (provincial level), Slack integration. Garrett wants quick demo with extracted impact areas for one client. Slack workspace created.

Garrett AudetGarrett Audet

Lingumon

Language exchange app with 1-1 chat, feed, and connect features

With Naseem Shah (@NS4K_TV). React Native Expo. SPC fellowship rejected. Need to regroup on next steps and funding.

Naseem ShahNaseem Shah

Project Hub

Personal project management kanban board

This app. Next.js. Personal use only.

👑Solo

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Communyon

Community platform with Stripe payments

Paused. Supabase + Stripe built. May revisit after co-founder search.

👑Solo

IRCC Tracker

Immigration application tracker

Track IRCC application processing times.

👑Solo

Sunshine List

Ontario public sector salary disclosure

Ontario sunshine list data tool.

👑Solo
HangulGogo

Korean language learning platform

Paused. Deployed on Fly.io. Korean learning - personal passion project.

👑Solo

Done5

FedPay.ca

Government salary transparency tool

Live, getting organic traffic. Flagship portfolio piece. Could expand to provincial.

👑Solo
My Public Portfolio

Developer portfolio site

Live at tomhwang.dev

👑Solo
ApplySmith

AI job application automation

Chrome extension live on Web Store. Stopped job apps - pivoting to entrepreneurship.

👑Solo
Go Game

Modern Go (Baduk) web platform

Clean web Go client with AI review.

👑Solo
Internal Trade Data Hub

Canadian open data platform

StatCan project. Shipped and live on statcan.gc.ca.

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GovBid Intelligence

Bloomberg Terminal for government procurement

Top co-founder idea with Aurimas.

Aurimas StripeikisAurimas Stripeikis

AI Procurement Advisor

AI co-pilot for government procurement officers

Fallback idea if GovBid is too crowded.

Aurimas StripeikisAurimas Stripeikis

Environmental Permitting AI

Automate environmental permit review

Aurimas GA DNR background.

Aurimas StripeikisAurimas Stripeikis

DOT Right-of-Way Automation

Automate DOT property acquisition workflows

48 contracts in Georgia alone.

Aurimas StripeikisAurimas Stripeikis

Org Structure & Governance AI

AI-powered org structure and governance management for enterprises

Andrew K (ex-SAP, Kira acquired, London). ERP gap - existing ERPs lack AI governance. Straightforward MVP.

Andrew KanapatskiAndrew Kanapatski

Colour Theory for Brands

AI tool that analyzes brand attributes and outputs consistent colour and visual language

Andrew K idea. B2B pivot on consumer colour theory. AI analyzes brand attributes -> visual language. Targets SMBs.

Andrew KanapatskiAndrew Kanapatski

RFP Wizard

AI-powered RFP response tool for asset & wealth management

TOP PRIORITY. Priya (ex-BlackRock Dir, $250B AUM). Call Tue Mar 10 @ 12pm. Has prototype on Lovable + client network. Build MVP before call.

Priya Panse, CFAPriya Panse, CFA

Inpathy

AI-powered mental health journaling and emotional wellness platform

Ziarekenya Smith. Invite sent Mar 10. Awaiting response.

Ziarekenya SmithZiarekenya Smith