As we prepare to welcome Nikhil Khalghatgi from SoftBank’s NYC office to a Startup Grind Fireside Chat + OFFICE HOURS on October 25,  we have reached out to the most important players involved in the cross-border commercialization of technology in Canada.

Many thanks to our collaborators at MaRS Commons, the MaRS Mentor Network and top players from Waterloo, Silicon Valley, Ottawa, Montreal, Vancouver and Toronto who responded.

If you see a startup below, it has been confidentially recommended by a top player for this WatchList.  Often by more than one player. Between now and October 20, we would be grateful for any further opinions about these startups that you may share via Cdling.

To say the least, this list is diverse. First impulse: many of these companies do not even belong on the same list for a variety of reasons.  However, I suppose the diversity is a function of the diversity of Canadian startups, top players’ perception of SoftBank’s investment profile (everyone was given the same criteria for recommendations) and SoftBank’s diverse interests.

Here is a reminder of Nikhil’s investment profile.  Cdling will prepare a report for him incorporating all input and he will make his final 5 selections for one on one meetings.

Remember: Cdling is a work in progress. This is an alpha stage experiment for us. Thank you again to everyone for their input and thanks in advance for your participation and understanding.

Startups:

Here is how to take advantage of the opportunity.

Here is what to do.

In no particular order, we would like input on the following startups:

Maluuba
Triggerfox
Hammeratti
Horizons
Chango
Creative D
Cream HR
ConnectedN
Enflick
Fixmo
SurfEasy
Uken Games
UNATA
Shiny Ads
VidYard
Pair
Interaxon
Viafoura
Engagio
Engrocer
XYZ Interactive
Uniiverse
Shopcaster
Privacy Analytics
Flixel
Weddingful
Granify
Lemonstand
Canopy Labs
Vantrix
Datacratic
In the Chat
Well.ca
Digital Journal
Notesolution
Massive Damage
Hovr
Picatic
Bunch
Keek
Locationary
Atomic Reach
EventHoller
GameDay Interactive
MyGoodNight
HitSend
Spenz
EatSleepRide
Syncapse
Komodo
KytePhone
Moonrider
Claystone
Shelflife
Kik

We look forward to your feedback.