NEWS & AWARDS
We're making a splash.
Awards
Canada's Ocean Startup Challenge
Winner ($40k CAD)
Ocean Impact Organization's Sustainable Fisheries Tech Award
($10k AUD)
The Dempsey Startup Competition
First Place ($25k USD)
Sustainable Ocean Alliance Innovation Grant
($20k CAD)
WashU Olin's Big IdeaBounce
Second Place ($5k USD)
The Environmental Defense Fund x Sustainable Ocean Alliance
Leadership for Climate-Resilient Fisheries Fellowship ($12.5k USD)
Glympse Best Internet of Things Idea Prize
($5k USD)
Canada's Ocean Idea Challenge
First Place ($10k CAD)
Key Conferences
The Fifth International Marine Protected Areas Conference (IMPAC5)
OnDeck presented at the Ocean Innovation & Technology Series, and at the UN Constituency of Youth Non-Governmental Organizations. (Canada)
The 1st International Symposium on Catch Identification Technologies
Hosted by the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries in Bergen, Norway.
PEW Charitable Trust Global Summit on AI in Fisheries Monitoring
An invitational for leaders of AI in electronic monitoring to build solutions to modernise gloabal fisheries monitoring. (USA)
Economist World Ocean Tech and Innovation Summit
Key discussions with the Prime Minister of Canada and industry stakeholders. (Canada)
Recent articles about us:
June 14th, 2022
Tracking fish: University students use machine learning for fishery monitoring startup
GeekWire
With millions of boats across the world, it is difficult for regulators to stop fishers who exceed catching limits. Even those with no malicious intent can accidentally catch too much because of manual reporting practices. Enter OnDeck Fisheries AI, a Vancouver, B.C.-based startup developing software to automatically scan how many fish are brought onto a ship.
June 14th, 2022
Tracking fish: University students use machine learning for fishery monitoring startup
GeekWire
With millions of boats across the world, it is difficult for regulators to stop fishers who exceed catching limits. Even those with no malicious intent can accidentally catch too much because of manual reporting practices. Enter OnDeck Fisheries AI, a Vancouver, B.C.-based startup developing software to automatically scan how many fish are brought onto a ship.
The OnDeck team won $10,000 in the Ocean Idea Challenge, presented by Canada's Ocean Startup Project! Read more:
The OnDeck team won $10,000 in the Ocean Idea Challenge, presented by Canada's Ocean Startup Project!
May 27th, 2022
Fishery monitoring software wins $25K at Univ. of Washington student startup competition
GeekWire
The OnDeck team won first place and a total of $30,000 at the University of Washington's Dempsey Startup Competition!
On to the finals: the OnDeck team is being flown to St. Louis to compete for $50,000!
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Out of 167 teams from around world, OnDeck was selected as one of 12 finalists for the Big IdeaBounce pitch competition hosted by the Washington University Olin School of Business and Poets & Quants.
