BETAKIT MOST AMBITIOUS—2026

Simran Kanda

Montreal, QC

Kanda often creates a platform for others through ElanTech, whose Montreal tech community events drew more than 10,000 participants last year.

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2026 Partners

Presenting Sponsors

Uber

DMZ

National Bank of Canada

Premier Sponsors

City of Toronto

Borden Ladner Gervais

CPA Ontario

Toronto Pearson

National Angel Capital Organization

University of Toronto

University of Waterloo

Startup TNT

Heidi

Small Ideas

Program Sponsors

Bonsai Growth

Fasken

Garage Capital

Intellectual Property Ontario

Invest Ottawa

IDEA Mississauga

MaRS Discovery District

Lemon

Nomad

OVHcloud

ventureLAB