A little about what I've been up to recently...

TEDx - Montreal HEC 2017

The story of my first start up - Motorleaf.

Going from an idea, to millions of dollars in funding.

In the time since this talk was recorded: 
       
> Early investors saw a 300+ % increase in their investment 

​>Motorleaf raised another 3 million in funding

> doubled its team
 
> pivoted away form hardware 

> become the worlds leading provider of AI powered solutions for controlled environment agriculture (greenhouses)
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> has clients worldwide.

Accolades:

  • ​One of 6 companies selected (from 400 applicant companies) for FounderFuel Accelerator program, providing pre-seed funding - ran by RealVentures - Montreal.
  • Winner Best Pitch - StartUpFest
  • Winner IBM SmartCamp Montreal (semi finalist in global competition)
  • Top 20 StartUp - Fruit Logistica
  • Top 20 StartUp - FoodBytes - by RaboBank
  • Speaker TEDx ‘Zero to One’
  • C2 - up and coming entrepreneur - North America​
  • Speaker - Indoor AgCon - Vegas
  • Speaker - AgriTech Summit - Tokyo
  • Selected by AgFunder as a featured Investment Opportunity
Julien Smith, Co-Founder + CEO of Breather

“While working with Alastair, I grew to appreciate his understanding of how both media and the sales process is evolving in our changing business world.

He sees new ways to communicate with existing customers and takes steps to develop relationships with them." 

Note: Breather has raised over 200MM and is valued at over a Billion Dollars.