At its best, Toronto is a city of dreamers and strivers whose ambition and resilience shape not just who we are but who we wish to become. Our third-annual Rising Stars list, a companion piece to our 50 Most Influential Torontonians package, celebrates 25 young visionaries turning those hopes into reality. On this list, Xatoms Co-Founders’ Diana Virgovicova, 24, Shirley Zhong, 22, and Kerem Topal Ismail Oglou, 23 for their work as a cleantech startup, helping world clean its polluted water, their recent pre-seed funding of $3M and their growing team of 11 members.

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Published on November 13, 2025
Originally published by Toronto Life