Real Voices. Real Impact.
“What Avatar helps you do is to take those ideas and actually build a product, or build a solution out of the idea that's in your head that you need to get on paper.”
— Kent Swanlund, Avatar Ventures 2022- CO2Brew
“In talking to a lot of these corporations, they're interested in the innovation...and by doing something like Avatar, what it allows for is basically an outsourcing of this innovation that can be integrated when it's ready into the core business and drive further value, sustainability and social acceptance”
— Tristan Walker, Avatar Ventures 2024-Ryugen
“I never thought that I could, be a CEO or co-founder of a startup to I never imagined myself as an entrepreneur. And now that I'm on this journey and that we’re developing something is really amazing, it's a big part of my life now, and it's really has transformed my opportunities, my ability, my personality, my, my learnings.”
— Taban Sabih, Avatar Ventures 2023-Splice N Connect
“The Avatar program really emphasized for me the longevity of a career in the energy industry. It highlighted how multifaceted and multidisciplinary it is, and how it's really evolving at a very quick pace.
Being able to to work in ways where you can evolve and not get super set in your ways, really makes me feel excited about what's to come for the future, for me and for the energy industry.”
— Maddie Watt, Avatar Studio 2024 Alumni
“It gave me the confidence to propel my vision forward. I think the Avatar leaders also provided me with a platform to lead in my own style, in my own way, and being given that opportunity, I was able to flourish and learn a lot more about myself as a leader and build up leaders around me.”
— Amber Rushton, Avatar Ventures 2023- Traverse Analytics
“The impact of the network that I've become a part of or created, of successful professionals, has really reinforced my desire to continue bettering myself. It's pushed me to continue pursuing opportunities and to continue networking and reaching out to meet new people and start those conversations.”
— Erich Chmiel, Avatar Studio 2024 Alumni
“I joined the Avatar program in 2023 and went through as a hydrogen participant. Our team at the time didn't make it through to the Studio phase, but we were actually, through our network, able to join another team with two of our members. Through Avatar Studio, we actually joined a waste heat startup, and were able to pitch that to investors..”
— Tom Connell, Avatar Studio 2023/2024 Alumni
“Since finishing the Avatar program, the reality is I couldn't just move on. I had so much fun in the program, and I really saw an opportunity to keep that connection alive amongst all the like minded members of the Avatar community.
We provide the alumni opportunities to get to see the speakers that we have the Avatar program getting exposure to, as well as gaining CPD hours for their formal training, and also our newsletter and LinkedIn page, just to just to keep that community in touch on an ongoing basis”
— Jenna Richardson-Prager, Avatar Alumni Committee Executive