TeamLinkt has become one of Saskatchewan tech's standout stories, a Saskatoon-built company now serving thousands of sports organizations worldwide while staying close to home, sponsoring local events and championing the tech community it grew up in. Co.Labs has had a front-row seat for that climb. From the company's scrappy early days through the programs built to help it scale, Co.Labs was in TeamLinkt's corner, offering the network, mentorship, and intensity that helped turn a homegrown idea into a company expanding across North America. It's the kind of relationship that doesn't end at graduation, and the founder of TeamLinkt is about to prove it.
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From a Saskatoon idea to 3 million+ users
TeamLinkt is an all-in-one sports management software trusted by sports organizations to simplify scheduling, registration, communication, and team operations. Powered by AI assistant Emi, administrators can tackle hours of work in just a few clicks. The platform now serves more than 4000 sports organizations worldwide, and last year the company raised an $8.3 million Series A led by Growth Street Partners, becoming the first Canadian company to receive investment from the San Francisco-based investment firm. Now with the lead they've developed, TeamLinkt is setting out to become the operating system for youth and amateur sports, scaling its AI tools, payments, and team across North America.
Before the Breakthrough
Before TeamLinkt, Jay and the team had built ClientLinkt, an app that helped real estate agents increase customer referrals. Building it taught them how to turn a clunky, manual process into something simple through a single app, and they realized youth sports needed exactly that. Coaches, parents, and volunteers were stuck juggling spreadsheets, group texts, and pricey software just to run a season. From day one, TeamLinkt's mission has been to empower organizers to build stronger communities through sports. That meant making powerful technology accessible to every organization, not just those that could afford expensive software subscriptions. All that work paid off in a product sports organizations love, and TeamLinkt is now growing at a serious clip.
"Co.Labs was one of the most impactful organizations that backed us early on. The mentors, the introductions, and the honest feedback came at exactly the stage we needed them."
— Jay Maharaj, Founder and CEO, TeamLinkt
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Why a founder gives 1% back
Co.Labs exists to help ambitious founders build something big in Saskatchewan. Jay hopes to help strengthen that flywheel for the founders coming up behind him. This isn't the first time Jay has supported the community that backed him. TeamLinkt sponsored the Co.Labs Community Night in February, then Uniting the Prairies, Saskatchewan's premier tech conference. Now, as they graduate, Jay is making the pledge to continue supporting Co.Labs for years to come.
The 1% pledge is simple in spirit: allow TeamLinkt's success to directly support Co.Labs and the next generation of founders in writing their own story.
"Co.Labs played an important role in TeamLinkt's journey, but more importantly, they've played an important role in building the Saskatchewan startup ecosystem. This pledge is simply my way of expressing gratitude and helping ensure future founders have access to the same opportunities we did."
— Jay Maharaj, Founder and CEO, TeamLinkt
Every founder that Jay's pledge helps is another company that may one day be able to pay it forward themselves. This is how the Saskatchewan tech ecosystem compounds: each generation of founders fuelling the next.
Graduation closes one chapter, but the bond it creates with Co.Labs only grows from here. Congratulations, Jay and TeamLinkt: from a free sports registration, scheduling & communication platform for local leagues, to millions of users and a pledge that keeps it all going. That's a win worth ringing the bell for. 🔔
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