Each year, C100 welcomes the founders of 20 of the most promising early-stage Canadian-led startups to its flagship mentorship program, C100 Fellows. This 8-month long program is dedicated to supporting these founders via curated mentorship, and peer-to-peer support. Fellows also receive a complimentary C100 Membership throughout the course of their program.
2022 was a record year for the Fellows program with over 450 applications from Canadian founders based all around the globe. The resulting cohort is a talented, visionary, and diverse group of Canadian founders. Represented across 9 cities, 60% of the cohort have one or more founders who identify as a visible minority, and 35% with at least 1 female founder, 5 of whom are CEO or President – plus, 40% of the startups have an affiliation with the University of Toronto. Instrumental in shaping this year’s cohort is each individual who participated on the Fellows Selection Committee.
This year, 8 of the 20 companies selected for the Fellows cohort are founded by U of T alumni, Creative Destruction Lab alumni, or both.
| Fellows | Company Name | U of T Affliation |
| Inessa Karlinksy | Aviron | Alum |
| Félix Bélisle-Dockrill | Axya | Creative Destruction Lab |
| Kathleen Chan | Calico | Alum |
| Jeff Schnurr | Jaza | Creative Destruction Lab |
| Anthony Lee | Lydia AI | Alum |
| Christina Cai | Lydia AI | Alum |
| Jeremy Greven | Manifest Climate | Creative Destruction Lab |
| Laura Zizzo | Manifest Climate | Alum; Creative Destruction Lab |
| Tahseen Shabab | Penfield.AI | Creative Destruction Lab |
| Matthew Gubasta | RockMass Technologies | Creative Destruction Lab |
| Shelby Yee | RockMass Technologies | Creative Destruction Lab |