[Toronto – February 13, 2024] – Evoco Ltd., an innovation company focused on creating sustainable plant-based materials, announces our Official Selection by the 2024 CIX Selection Committee as a CIX Top 10 Growth company. 

As a CIX Top 10 Growth recipient, Jason Robinson, Evoco’s Co-Founder and CEO, will speak at the 2024 CIX Summit, powered by Elevate, taking place March 26-27, 2024 at the Design Exchange, 234 Bay Street, Toronto. Elevate hosts the world’s fastest-growing tech and innovation festival, helping solve global challenges. 

Evoco will present in-person on the Summit Stage on Wednesday, March 27, part of a full day of programming from 8am to 7pm. Now in its 17th year, CIX brings together over 250+ tech founders, 200+ global investors, and 500+ delegates, all to find innovative companies and power new investment deals. 

In taking part in the ceremony of recognition as a CIX Top 10 Growth company, Evoco will also be present at the TMX Market Open on Tuesday, February 27, to be broadcast on BNN Bloomberg and on the TMX website. 

Evoco is proud to be recognized by the CIX Selection Committee as a Top 10 disruptive company to watch for the investor community, ranked among over 450 other applicant companies, on six major critiera: Business Model, Quality of Product, Service Offering, Market Opportunity, Depth of Management, and Diversity of Leadership. 

As Evoco develops its plant-based chemistry platform to impact a wide range of applications, the company remains at the forefront of biomaterials by pushing their innovative technologies to match the performance of traditional materials while contributing to signficantly reducing CO₂e emissions.

Public Relations Contacts:

Gérald Alvoët
VP of Marketing
galvoet@evocoltd.com

About Evoco Ltd.

Evoco Ltd. is a global innovation company developing scalable, next generation materials. Harnessing the power of nature, Evoco leverages its plant-based chemistry platform to create scalable novel materials to help its brand partners develop the next generation of high-performing, low-carbon products, with minimal impact at the end of life. Starting with footwear, Evoco’s solutions have been adopted by various global brands, such as Vans, Kodiak, Bared, Timberland, and Keen.

Through an expansive innovation roadmap led through our R&D center in Toronto, Canada, Evoco is expanding its material solutions to positively impact everything we walk on, sit on, drive in, and sleep on.

To learn more, please visit: evocoltd.com

About CIX

Founded in 2008, CIX is an annual conference that showcases and awards Canada’s most promising early-stage and scaling startups. Attracting North American VCs and private equity investors, CIX has grown to become an internationally recognized tech investment conference where connections are made and deals get done. 

To learn more, please visit: CIXsummit.com

About Elevate

Founded in 2017, Elevate is a Canadian non-profit that builds and unites world-class innovators through tech training courses, entrepreneurship programs, and industry-leading events at the intersection of technology, arts, and social innovation. Through strategic partnerships, an affiliation with the UN, and a roster of powerhouse speakers, Elevate inspires and invites its community to co-create a more equitable and sustainable future.

Elevate has hosted global icons such as former First Lady and author Michelle Obama, businesswoman Martha Stewart, former CEO of Google Eric Schmidt, and Vice President Al Gore on the Elevate Main Stage, each of whom has inspired millions worldwide.  

To learn more, please visit: elevate.ca