Jason Carvalho

Portal Space Systems is a Seattle-based space start-up solving the need for mobility in space. Our flagship product, the Supernova satellite bus, is engineered for rapid and long-range in-space maneuverability. Our payload-agnostic, 500 kg spacecraft features a novel solar-thermal propulsion system, which enables an ultra-high delta-v, a 50X improvement over existing products on the market. The company was founded in 2021 by industry leader Jeff Thornburg, alongside COO Ian Vorbach and VP of Engineering Prashaanth Ravindran. We are on a mission to empower the next generation of space operators to maintain space superiority.

Covering 🇨🇦 SpaceTech Startup stories you need to know. We publish Propulsion, a monthly newsletter that goes out at 12 pm every 1st Tuesday of the month.

Mission Control empowers explorers by innovating to make advanced software viable for use in space. Using our software, customers can simplify mission development and operations while unlocking the potential of new scientific and commercial opportunities on the Earth, Moon, Mars, and beyond. Our software is used by mission controllers, scientists, and software developers who seek faster deployments, lower-cost mission development, and valuable data returns.

Helicity Space develops critical propulsion and power technology necessary for enabling humanity's expansion into the solar system. Based on rigorous science and modern technologies, our unique Helicity Drive magneto-inertial fusion technology is innovative, compact, and realistic.

Wyvern is a space company located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada delivering Earth Observation imagery from satellite platforms.

Elysium Health’s mission is to solve the biggest challenges in health with science, to help people live healthier for longer. Elysium works directly with top scientists, clinicians and health professionals around the world to translate advances in science and technology into innovative health products that work. Our product development pipeline begins with research and development, continues with preclinical studies, and culminates with human clinical trials to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of products. Throughout this process, Elysium’s focus is to develop compounds found in nature that allow people to support their health proactively. Elysium is guided by a Scientific Advisory Board, which includes multiple winners of the Nobel Prize, as well as researchers and doctors who are experts in chemistry, physiology, neuroscience, complex chemical systems, biochemistry, and many other fields of study. Basis, Elysium Health’s first product, is a proprietary formulation of two ingredients designed to support long-term health at the cellular level. Basis is clinically proven to increase NAD+ levels, which decline with age. NAD+ is required for energy creation, regulating circadian rhythms, maintaining healthy DNA, and hundreds of other biological functions.

Rollup is a mission-driven software company with the aim to help accelerate the development and optimization of complex hardware and systems.

Breath, water, food, shelter, and clothing—these are the foundation of human needs. At ECOLOGYST, we make clothing and we take great pride in fulfilling this essential. It is only recently in human history that we have become disconnected from who actually makes our clothing and how and with what it is made. Restoring this connection is our work and fundamental to how we contribute to restoring harmony between people and the planet. Ecology is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment; it seeks to understand the vital connections between plants and animals and the world around them. We have taken this all-encompassing approach to our work over the past twenty years of studying the clothing ecosystem. This ensures a respect for all that are part of the given system. It’s no secret that what has become the standard in the clothing manufacturing system is broken. Our research has led us to simple solutions. Although simple and sometimes obvious on the surface, these practices do require the dismantling of complex systems and the rebuilding of new ones to allow for a more regenerative standard to become the norm.

Creativology, also referred to as Creativology Studios Inc, is a privately held Canadian animation studio incorporated and based in Toronto, Ontario.

Thirsty is a live Post-Cable Network focused on covering the most innovative products, technologies, and services transforming our lives. The network covers this news through the lens of the companies and executives driving these changes. We are committed to producing live content focused on socially relevant themes. We aspire to be a leading media company dedicated to covering live news and stories that inspire and compel social change.

Creativology, also referred to as Creativology Studios Inc, is a privately held Canadian animation studio incorporated and based in Toronto, Ontario.

Portal Space Systems is a Seattle-based space start-up solving the need for mobility in space. Our flagship product, the Supernova satellite bus, is engineered for rapid and long-range in-space maneuverability. Our payload-agnostic, 500 kg spacecraft features a novel solar-thermal propulsion system, which enables an ultra-high delta-v, a 50X improvement over existing products on the market. The company was founded in 2021 by industry leader Jeff Thornburg, alongside COO Ian Vorbach and VP of Engineering Prashaanth Ravindran. We are on a mission to empower the next generation of space operators to maintain space superiority.

Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) is a nonprofit organization that delivers an objectives-based program for massively scalable, seed-stage, science- and technology-based companies. The nine-month program employs an objectives-based mentoring process to enhance the performance of technical founders who learn from the insights of experienced entrepreneurs, with the goal of maximizing equity-value creation. Founded by Professor Ajay Agrawal in 2012 at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, the program has expanded and now has 11 sites across six countries: Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal, Halifax, Paris, Madison, Seattle, Estonia, Berlin, and Melbourne. The program combines 5 elements to help companies transition from science projects to scalable and financeable companies: - An emphasis on objective-setting, helping companies focus on what’s most important to their business - Focused mentorship from experienced entrepreneurs who have founded, led, and sold significant tech companies - Technical advice from world-leading scientists, engineers, and economists - Hands-on support from top business students, who embed within the company to provide business support - Opportunities to raise capital, including angels and VCs from Europe and North America The successful commercialization of cutting-edge science and technology achieved through the program has led to the creation of over CAD $35 billion in equity value.

Covering 🇨🇦 SpaceTech Startup stories you need to know. We publish Propulsion, a monthly newsletter that goes out at 12 pm every 1st Tuesday of the month.

Mission Control empowers explorers by innovating to make advanced software viable for use in space. Using our software, customers can simplify mission development and operations while unlocking the potential of new scientific and commercial opportunities on the Earth, Moon, Mars, and beyond. Our software is used by mission controllers, scientists, and software developers who seek faster deployments, lower-cost mission development, and valuable data returns.

Helicity Space develops critical propulsion and power technology necessary for enabling humanity's expansion into the solar system. Based on rigorous science and modern technologies, our unique Helicity Drive magneto-inertial fusion technology is innovative, compact, and realistic.