Flash Forest Inc.

A Canadian reforestation company that merges ecological science with RPAS, automation, and GIS technology to scale the rate of ecological restoration globally.

  • Stage Full Product Ready
  • Industry Clean Technology
  • Location Toronto, ON, Canada
  • Currency CAD
  • Founded May 2019
  • Employees 11
  • Incorporation Type C-corp
  • Website flashforest.ca

Company Summary

Flash Forest™ (FF) is a drone reforestation company offering 3 unique patented products, partnered with governments, universities, and private companies for planting trials across Canada, Hawaii, Australia, and Latin America in 2020/2021. FF has been covered by 160+ different media outlets, resulting in 50+ countries reaching out to us. FF earns revenue via a service agreement structure through projects site-specific, per tree-planted basis.

Team

  • Marc Apduhan
    Innovation and Business Development

    Specialist with global IP commercialization experience for environmental and engineering applications.

  • Bryce Jones
    Chief Executive Officer

    Mechatronics engineering specialist with a BSc in ecology, background in tree planting and over a decade in entrepreneurship.

  • ANGELIQUE AHLSTROM, MA
    Chief Strategy Officer

    Chief Operations Officer of a tech education firm and graduate of the Florida Institute of Technology’s Commercial Space Entrepreneurship Program at NASA.

  • Andrew Lauder
    Chief Design Officer

    Senior Product Designer for Shopify, recipient of five national awards in design and experience working for RBC, Rogers and the Nature Conservancy of Canada.

  • Greg Matthew Crossley, BSc-Eng
    Engineer Lead (Hardware/Software)

    CTO and designer of software app (with over 130,000 users) and experience as a designer for three multinational firms.

  • Joshua Calafato, BSc-Eng
    Support Engineer

    Graduate and valedictorian from the University of Toronto’s Engineering Science Program.

  • Marc Apduhan
    Chief Operating Officer

    Sustainability Instructor for the University
    of Alberta and Dalhousie, with a background in project management and experience as Chief of Staff for the Government of Alberta.

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