Innovation & Entrepreneurship

YukonGrow

Looking for high-quality, local, eco-friendly living soils? Meet Michel Duteau, owner and operator of[ YukonGrow](https://www.yukongrow.com/). YukonGrow provides products and services adapted to our grow conditions and practices up North.

Yukon Built

It's time for Myles and Tanner Hougen to bring [Yukon Built](https://www.yukonbuilt.com/), our beloved local lifestyle apparel brand, to the next level! We're pumped to have them in our Incubate North program.

Firebean Coffee

Meet Michael Russo, Owner of [Firebean Coffee](https://www.firebeancoffee.ca/).  Firebean Coffee is a traditional coffee roaster based in Whitehorse, Yukon, preserving the art and craft of wood-fire roasted coffee.

Neighbourly North

Meet Ben Pereira, President & CEO of [Neighbourly North](https://neighbourlynorth.com/). His vision: breaking new ground in hospitality sector in the north, walking the talk already with Neighbourly North. 

Free Pour Jenny's

Meet Jennifer Tidesley, founder of [Free Pour Jenny's](https://freepourjennys.com/). The award-winning startup creates small-batch, handcrafted cocktail bitters, tonic syrups, and shrubs using homegrown and wild, foraged ingredients in the Yukon. 

Aurora Wellness Group

YZED projects

We're so excited to have [YZED projects](https://www.yzedprojects.com/)' team as part of IncubateNorth crew! Wendy Morrison is leading the trailblazing Yukon-based social innovation company with the ambition to create big impacts for the voluntary, private and public sectors.

ColdAcre

[ColdAcre Food Systems](https://www.coldacre.ca/) is a Yukon based agriculture growing solutions company founded by Tarek Bos-Jabbar. Cold Acre's focus is to offer year-round growing solutions for northern communities, businesses and families. 

NorthStar Agriculture

Wild Yukon Furs

Meet Vanessa Aegirsdottir, jewelry designer and co-owner of [Wild Yukon Furs](https://www.aegirsdottir.com/). Vanessa is a serial business-owner and through her work she advocates for Indigenous-sourced furs and a sustainable livelihood for Indigenous trappers in the Yukon.

Kaska Dena Designs

[Kaska Dena Designs](https://www.instagram.com/kaskadenadesigns/?hl=en) is a Yukon-based fashion and jewelry design company created by Natasha Peter. Her designs have been featured in both art galleries and on runways internationally. 

La Petite Maison

Northern Focus

Earthrise Building Services

Shaks Chocolate

Mark Kelly Photography

Elements Hair Studio and Day Spa

Aurora Wellness Group

Stephanie Leithhead is a Canadian Certified Counsellor and director of Aurora Wellness—a group of clinical counsellors and psychologists who provide quality mental health care to Canadians, in person in Whitehorse or over telehealth elsewhere in Canada. 

NorthStar Agriculture

Sonny Gray is CEO of NorthStar Agriculture, an agriculture development company that provides innovative food sovereignty solutions to communities of all sizes.

La Petite Maison

Edwine Veniat and Émilie Morin are co-owners of Creperie La Petite Maison. Edwine, Émilie and their team are passionate about creating beautiful experiences around sweet and savoury crêpes and French pastries.  

Northern Focus

Meet Joseph Graham (Canadian Certified Counsellor), and Tayo Adamek (Registered Provisional Psychologist) of Northern Focus Counselling and Support Services in the Yukon. Their multidisciplinary approaches helps clients live healthy and productive lives. 

Earthrise Building Services

Matthew Ooms founded Earthrise Building Services in order to provide building owners more convenient options to access the services they need to improve and maintain their buildings. Earthrise aspires to revolutionize the way we interact with our buildings, and currently provides energy assessment and reality capture services with plans to add additional services for building owners in the coming months.

Shaks Chocolate

Shakiba Kazemi is the Chef Chocolatier of Shaks Chocolate. Shak’s chocolates bring together Persian-inspired flavours combined with Yukon ingredients.  

Mark Kelly Photography

Mark Kelly is an award winning photographer based in Whitehorse, Yukon. His photography is dedicated to the creation of compelling imagery from around the globe. 

Elements Hair Studio and Day Spa

Meet Ammanda Partridge, owner of Elements Hair Studio and Day Spa. Step into Elements spa and their team will take care of the rest. Elements prides itself on their exceptionally talented team of service providers, exquisite products and modern, professional location.