Live Pitch
Event

Six founders raising capital, pitching live to investors, angels, and partners.

July 29, 2026 · 9:30 AM Pacific
Date
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
Time
9:30 AM Pacific
18:30 CEST Budapest
Format
5-min live pitch + 5-min live Q&A per founder
Where
LinkedIn Live
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Why this event

SparkNorth Ventures helps experienced founders launch and scale in Canada, bridging European innovation with the North American ecosystem. This is our first public live pitch: six founders raising capital, presenting five minutes each with live audience Q&A, in front of investors, angels, and partners.

Four Canadian and two European teams, across EV charging, digital trust, health tech, and more — all preparing for North American expansion.

Your hosts

Peter Szarvas
Peter Szarvas
Founder & Director · Host

Serial tech founder with 25+ years scaling companies across Europe and North America. Based in Vancouver, connecting European innovation with the Canadian ecosystem.

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Ghazaleh Vaziri
Ghazaleh Vaziri
Venture Operations Manager · Host

Supports founders entering the North American market by coordinating startups, investors, and advisors across the SparkNorth Ventures ecosystem.

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Meet the founders

Six teams pitching live — in presentation order.

Voltie
Voltie
Scale stage Hungary
Tamas Binder
Founder

Premium smart EV charging platform combining hardware, software and AI-powered remote monitoring, with dynamic load management and building system integration. 2,500+ charge points installed. SNV portfolio company.

Notarify
Notarify
Scale stage Italy
Federico Monti
Founder

Digital trust company providing blockchain-based certificates of authenticity for documents, e-signatures and Digital Product Passports. 200,000+ active users, 100+ corporate clients.

OP/AID
OP/AID
MVP stage Hungary
Zsofia Kiraly & Dr. Gergely Olah
Founder

SaaS platform using AI avatars of a patient's own care team to explain surgical procedures and pre-op instructions in any language. Validation partner: PTE Clinical Center.

Synetiq
Synetiq
MVP stage Canada
Javad Shariatzadeh
Founder

Multi-sensor wearable system (wrists and ankles) delivering real-time, coach-quality technique feedback, letting coaches digitally encode and monetize their training methods. Two launch partner gyms (Monarc Boxing, Boxerfit). Raising EUR 500K.

Adventure House Swap
Adventure House Swap
MVP stage Canada
Dov Schafer
Founder

Private, members-only home exchange marketplace for adventure property owners, using a token system instead of cash transactions. Pre-launch. Raising EUR 550K.

Petawatts
Petawatts
MVP stage Canada
Attila Molnar
Founder

Hardware conversion kit that turns conventional RVs into solar-powered electric vehicles: expanding solar roof, electric drivetrain and battery system. Raising EUR 400K.