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Niv Yahel

Co-founder, Vanhawks

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Niv Yahel co-founded Vanhawks, the Toronto company that built the Valour connected carbon-fibre commuter bike, and was its chief technology officer, according to Yahel's own profile. A former Queen's University student and AMS web developer there, Yahel worked with Ali Zahid on the Bluetooth link behind the bike's turn-by-turn LED directions.

Niv hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Niv co-founded Vanhawks, which appears in 1 talk in the archive.

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Vanhawks Raises $800,000 To Build A High-Tech Bike For Battle-Weary CommutersDesignlines Magazine
2014
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Former Queen's Students Develop Revolutionary Smart BikeKingston Herald
2014

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Did Niv Yahel co-found Vanhawks?

Yes. A Kingston Herald article published May 2, 2014 names Niv Yahel as a Vanhawks co-founder, and Pursuit, on August 12, 2014, lists Yahel among Ali Zahid's co-founders with Adil Aftab and Sohaib Zahid.

What was Niv Yahel's role?

Yahel's own Wellfound profile, checked September 24, 2026, reads Ex-Co-Founder and CTO at Vanhawks. Designlines Magazine, on August 7, 2014, says Yahel and Ali Zahid integrated the low-energy Bluetooth that links the bike to a phone's GPS navigation.

What was Niv Yahel's background before Vanhawks?

The Kingston Herald article of May 2, 2014 describes Yahel as a former Queen's University student who was an AMS web developer at Queen's.

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