2025 WINNERS

In 2021, two Toronto founders, Francesca Albo and Lea Burbidge Izquierdo, had a wild idea: What if you could fix a bad day with puppies?

They started hosting tiny pop-up puppy yoga sessions — a mix of wellness, chaos, and pure serotonin.

Fast forward a few years, and Puppy Sphere is pulling in over $5M a year, running events in 14 cities across North America, and partnering with Google, TikTok, and The New York Times. Their community of 200,000+ fans and over $50,000 raised for mental health and animal welfare prove it’s more than cute content: it’s connection.