A full room at the SixTwentyTwo Showcase as the moderator opens the fireside on The Problem, with Cohort 1 companies on the screen.

Cohort 1

From Zero to One.

SixTwentyTwo Showcase

Founders one step ahead told the room what actually happened on the way from zero to one.

The night

Saturday, October 3, 2026Etobicoke, ON

Two people in SixTwentyTwo shirts, seen from behind.

Date

Saturday, October 3, 2026

Evening

5:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Place

1377 The Queensway

Etobicoke, ON

Cohort 1

13 founders

11 companies · 12 weeks in

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Community

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Who was in the room

13

founders

11

companies

12

weeks in

These founders had just spent twelve weeks finding out what's real. They told the version that doesn't make it onto LinkedIn: the pivots, the walls, what worked, what didn't, and what they're still figuring out.

The most useful person in the room isn't always ten years ahead of you. Sometimes they're one step ahead. Close enough to spot your mistake because they made it three weeks ago.

Rows of guests seated in the showcase room.
Guests in the front row.
Guests standing together beside the Build What Lasts poster.
Founders on the couch, one holding a microphone.
Guests seated along the windows.

The night

What the room looked like.

5:00 PM

Open floor

The room opened. People met the founders.

Guests talking beside the windows before the program.
Two guests in conversation at the showcase.

6:00 PM

The Problem

How do you know the thing you're solving is real?

Moderated by Omar Hashlamoon, Salam Founders Network

Founders on the couch during the fireside on The Problem.
Guests listening from the front rows.

7:00 PM

Maghrib and dinner

Pray, eat, keep talking.

Two people talking over plates at dinner.
A Rommana Cafe cup from the SixTwentyTwo Accelerator, October 3, 2026.
Guests at the drink station during dinner.

8:00 PM

The Market

Who actually buys, and why?

Moderated by Farhan Zia, TMU and The Narrative Arc

A founder speaks during The Market, with Cohort 1 companies on the screen.
Founders seated for The Market.

8:30 PM

Investment Ready or Not

Should you raise at all?

A founder speaks during Investment Ready or Not.
The audience during the fireside, seen from the side of the room.
Meet the companies

Cohort 1

  • Gauge27
  • Sharkforce
  • AthenaGuard
  • Boulai
  • Nazah
  • Presence Platform
  • Antithesis
  • Cwuick
  • MyMamia
  • Hiredoc
  • Moatly

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