Aruna Revolution

🌟 Is your workplace looking to provide menstrual pads in the bathrooms? At Aruna Revolution, we offer truly compostable, toxin-free menstrual pads that are perfect for promoting sustainability and supporting menstrual health in the workplace. If your organization is interested in sustainable menstrual products or you know someone who might be, please send me a message! Let's make a positive impact together. 💚 #Sustainability #MenstrualHealth #WorkplaceWellness #EcoFriendly #ArunaRevolution #Clean #Toxinfree

Making luck happen! A few weeks ago, Permjot Valia and I were talking about how really lucky people make luck happen. How? They get themselves into places and rooms full of people, that you collide with, share ideas and opportunities with, moving forward with new perspectives which ultimately manifests itself in the form of fortunate outcomes that appear to be luck! Well, I've been busy getting out and talking to people, a lot of people! Over the past 5 weeks: - Provided site tours of Aruna's facility and participated on a panel with the brilliant Barbara M. Campbell, Nivatha Balendra Quinn Cavanagh ANDREW HEBARD at Atlantic BioCon 2024 from Greenspring Bioinnovation Hub - Gave a Keynote talk as an Industry member at Dalhousie University's Biomedical Research Day, with Jeremy Brown Cheryl Quenneville - Attended BIO 2024 in San Diego with Life Sciences Nova Scotia where we had some great conversations about Aruna’s global impact - Participated in Toronto's Collision Conf with YSpace, York University and Invest Nova Scotia - Attended the big CDL Super Session with CDL-Atlantic (fan girled over meeting astronauts Chris Hadfield and Anousheh Ansari ) - Flew across the pond to UK to participate in Propel@YH's Healthtech Bootcamp with Life Sciences Nova Scotia and Invest Nova Scotia, and the brilliant Johanna Mercer Darren Stillman, CPA, CA Bonnie Cochrane RN, MSc CHE Nevin Pick (Thank you Permjot Valia Neville Young Ferdinand Rex Tim East and Jo!) - Attended Startupfest with YSpace, York University (so much love to David K. Nafis Ahmed for being such big cheerleaders) It was lovely catching up with Sevrine Labelle Neema Rimber Davina MacPhail! And a massive congrats to my friend Nanette Sene! 5 absolute non-stop weeks in Halifax, San Diego, Toronto, Montreal and UK, that I'm SO massively grateful for because I've truly met so so many incredible people, founders, experts, investors and dreamers that I know I'll be making magic with. Thank you to every single person for taking the time to hear about Aruna Revolution. Excited to make some luck happen!

We had a BLAST at Startupfest 2024 in Montreal! 🚀 The YSpace team had a great time at Startupfest, Canada’s original startup conference dedicated to providing entrepreneurs with remarkable opportunities. We had an amazing time connecting with the startup communities that are paving the way in the #techentrepreneurship sector. Here’s our breakdown: ⭐️ We attended the IMpact Investor event, an amazing opportunity we received from Spring's Davina MacPhail. ⭐️ Attended our longtime partner YES Employment Entrepreneurship 's ELLEvate Demo Day where the Women Entrepreneurs cohort wowed us with their pitches! ⭐️ Networked at our ELLA sponsor Desjardins Happy Hour where we chatted with Mirela Pirlea, Lead Partnerships Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Ontario - Atlantic - West Canada, and Emily Smiley, Director at DMZ. ⭐️ Enjoyed the ImpactFest Breakfast hosted by CIVIC and BDC, where we kickstarted the day in the best way possible – by discussing future opportunities with attendees! ⭐️ Watched our YSpace startups achieve major wins! Aruna Revolution did an amazing job pitching at our partner BDC's stage and the Startup Showcase stage. Our startups Kiwi Charge and Onecliq.io | Marketing Co-Worker / AI Content Tool also made the finals for the Black entrepreneur prize! ⭐️ The event was a great chance to see our startups and community partners while forging new connections that support our continuous passion to support startups. We already have our calendars marked for next year’s Startupfest! #YSpace #YorkU #YRtech #Entrepreneurship #StartupLife Black Entrepreneurship Alliance and The Firehood

🌟 Startupfest 2024: A Resounding Success! 🌟 We are thrilled to share that Startupfest was an incredible experience this year! Not only are we already looking forward to attending next year, but we strongly recommend it to all startups seeking inspiration and growth. The sessions were exceptionally well-organized, featuring relevant and powerful content. While many stood out, here are some founders, pitches, experts, and panels that deeply resonated with us: 🏆 Alex Husarewych, DMZ - Always smiling, always helping, and always encouraging/backing founders. Thank you for being a great champion of startups. 🚀 Ranah Chavoshi of PhyCo Technologies Inc. - We need more of Ranah and her vision in the world! 🌱 Kimia Shafighi of Biocene Solutions - This needs to happen STAT. 💡 Artmiz Golkaramnay of LATYS - Your leadership and vision make the hard business of hardware look easy. Amazing story! 🔬 Amirreza Ataei of Chemia Discovery Inc. - Fantastic vision, intention, and resolve. More like Chemia, please. 🍫 Sheena Russell of Made with Local - Your product is amazing, delicious, and needs to be in every store. 👗 Adilya Dragan of Starluv Inc. - Brilliant path to combat sustainability in fashion. 📈 Ethan Wu of Desautels Capital Management - Great VC angle and initiative. 🌱 Casey Reid of Thin Air Labs - More companies need Thin Air Labs and your expertise. 🩸 Rashmi Prakash of Aruna Revolution - Revolutionizing menstrual health with sustainable and environmentally friendly solutions. What’s not to like? We met so many amazing people that one post can’t contain them all. Besides, I want to leave some space to speak about the great panels and sessions. Most were informative and inspiring, but some were just exceptional. One of the most impactful was, you guessed it, The State of Impact. This session was absolutely thrilling and uplifting, reinforcing that there are forces working towards not just gains but true positive impact. 👏 Pierre-laurent Macridis, M.Sc of Rally Assets - Great moderation, Insight, and informative perspective. 👏 Lyne Landry, ICD.D of AgeTech Capital - Thank you for focusing on a cohort often forgotten by all. 👏 Louis Delorme, CPA, CFA of Amplify Capital - Love that science plays a big part in your selection and ethical stance. 👏 Hilary Kilgour of Audaxa Ventures - Investing in diverse women and non-binary founders who are looking to improve the world and our communities. A big thanks to all the sponsors, and organizers for a job well done. We need more events like this to help us all grow towards a better, healthier, and more diverse economy and social structure. We took some photos, recorded some videos, and wish we could have met even more people. There’s always next year! #StartupFest2024 #Innovation #Entrepreneurship #CashewResearch #GrowthMindset #Inspiration #StartupCommunity

Our team had a fantastic experience representing ONSIDE and the Start Now Incubator at #StartupFest2024 this past week! Engaged in insightful discussions on inclusive innovation and the entrepreneurial mindset, attended inspiring pitch competitions featuring Atlantic companies like Aruna Revolution and Made with Local, and gained valuable insights from panels and sessions on storytelling, impact investing, and building effective pitch decks. We're excited to bring these learnings back to our community and continue driving inclusive innovation and impact together. #inclusiveinnovation The Firehood ALPE Conception Startupfest Geneviève Grenier Graham Hill Marianne Lépinoit, CPA Marc-André Forget P.Eng. Audaxa Ventures The Carbonauts Melissa Allen Annick Charbonneau Accelia Capital BDC

A fabulous Impact Showcase yesterday at Startupfest. Thank you to Sevrine Labelle and the BDC Thrive Lab team for bringing together the national co-investment partners and their founders for this event. Special thanks to Tara Wood for keeping everything on time and everyone organized. Over twenty founders of impact companies presented their companies including four members of SheBoot’s upcoming cohort. Rashmi Prakash, CEO & Co-Founder of Aruna Revolution Lynn Doughane Co-Founder & COO of Juno Technologies Stephanie Lipp, Co-Founder & CEO of MycoFutures Bronwyn Bridges Bridges, Co-Founder & CEO of PragmaClin Research Inc. Research Inc. We also had a SheBoot Alumnae join us - Julia Slanina of Treehouse. Wonderful to see all these presentations. Great to hear how each of the 20 plus women founders are helping to create a better world for all of us. Special thanks to Annick Charbonneau , Hilary Kilgour, Melissa Allen and Graham Hill for kicking things off with your panel discussion.

⚠️ Arsenic, Lead & Other Heavy Metals Found in Period Products⚠️ Why do we need safer, compostable menstrual products? This article says it all. Arsenic and other harmful chemicals being found in menstrual products isn't surprising to me at all. In fact, if you've heard my pitch - you probably already know about this problem too! Cotton has been thought of as a sustainable alternative for materials but it comes with a list of challenges including using a large amount of resources to grow, unethical and unsafe labor practices, and now the presence of heavy metals too. Other harmful (sometimes carcinogenic) chemicals are introduced during the manufacturing processes. At Aruna Revolution, we're taking control of the manufacturing process, including the materials we use to make sure that our products won't be harmful and we're bringing menstrual products that are better for our bodies and our planet. https://lnkd.in/gKDn--Zw

The energy at Collision Conf is always inspiring ✨ Enjoyed the #HealthTech parts of the conference, especially the session by Guardant Health CMO Craig Eagle on the future of cancer detection and how tech can help enable precision tumour detection. Their team has built a leading liquid biopsy test for cancer that is FDA approved. I hope it becomes available in Canada soon! Take a peek at the pic with the yellow stickers - most attendees said #healthcare is where #AI can do the most good 💛 Loved bumping into you both - Eric (FoundersBeta) & Gurleen (Aruna Revolution) Muhammad - it was amazing to learn more about Goodable and how you’re helping rewire brains with positive news. To those who are exhibiting and pitching here, including team Actuality, I sure hope you had an amazing few days! The startup hustle is real 🙏🏽 #Collision #Health

Yesterday was our last day at #CollisionConf 2024. We went from one moment of inspiration to the next connecting with founders of women-owned tech #startups at the exhibition, as well as sharing DELIA & StrikeUP Canada opportunities. Coast to coast s/o in order for Aruna Revolution, Savyn, MeepMeep, Parmazip, Habitomic Coach and INTEGRITI! From all of us at NCFDC, we want to wish you every continued success in your entrepreneurial journeys.

The CEO’s role is distinct in its breadth of responsibility and the level of influence they have over the company’s direction and success. They must balance multiple aspects of the business, from strategic planning and financial management to leadership and public representation. The Life Sciences Nova Scotia CEO Circle began in January 2024, and over the past six months, an incredible group of professionals has gathered monthly to share and learn from each other. Nick Matheson from NewGround Leadership Inc. facilitated these group discussions, aiming to elevate leadership potential and drive success of the individuals in this cohort in the dynamic landscape of life sciences. The cohort has concluded for the summer, but stay tuned for more from this group.... #ceo #peersupport #cohort #lifesciences #LSNS #ceocircle #mentorship #mentorshipmatters #leadership #leadershipdevelopment