I got my COVID booster last week. That’s the good news. Getting there was a bit fraught with frustration and an unnecessarily bad customer experience. When I learned that boosters would be coming available, I went online to see if…
News from across the Regional Innovation Centres
We have gathered news from all the regional innovation centres (RICs) in Ontario. Be sure to connect with your local RIC to be a part of your local ecosystem.
Value Proposition
Protecting Your Startup During an Economic Slowdown: Leading US & Canadian Investors Share How to Navigate Changing Valuations
originally published: 2022-07-21 11:04:08 Jessica Peltz-Zatulove, founding partner of Hannah Grey VC and Cofounder of Women in VC, challenges founders to think two chess moves ahead: “Venture Capital and business planning is not only thinking about what valuation can I grow…
Funding News
Malgré la pandémie, le fonds d’investissement de SheBoot bondit à près d’un demi-million de dollars
Posted in News, Press Releases Jul 21, 2022 30 investisseures providentielles contribuent au succès des entrepreneures canadiennes et à l’expansion nationale d’un programme moteur de succès Ottawa, le 21 juillet 2022. – Le Capital Angel Network (CAN), un groupe d’investisseurs providentiels d’Ottawa-Gatineau, et…
Sudbury, July 21, 2022 – Verv Technologies Ltd (Verv) is proud to announce a $3.8M CAD seed round from internationally recognized biotechnology and laboratory services leader, Randox Laboratories, UK. Two out of three people want to be able to test…
Photo illustration by Monica Guan Net-zero commitments are a critical first step in the fight against climate change. But to stave off the worst effects of a warming planet, we actually have to ensure governments and business leaders live up…
Digital Media and ICT Wellness & Mental Health
Why the internet is barely usable for some people with disabilities
Despite some progress on accessibility, users still face countless frustrations online, says entrepreneur and activist Alwar Pillai. For people living with disabilities, the internet can be almost as full of annoying barriers as the real world. Poor design choices can…
Advanced Manufacturing & Materials Entrepreneur Stories
Spotlight on Portable Intelligence: An Interview with Jeff Lem
Portable Intelligence is transforming warehouses into a competitive advantage. This sounds like a big task, but with integrated solutions, Portable Intelligence makes getting complete inventory visibility and creating warehouse optimization without extra space or labour finally attainable. With a wide…
A skin printer developed by the University of Toronto and Sunnybrook hospital extrudes a “bio ink” that has been shown to help heal severe burns quicker.CREDIT: University of Toronto This week, scientists sent stem cells to the International Space Station…
MANCHESTER, N.H., July 18, 2022 – Bellwether Community Credit Union and Senso have partnered to improve the homebuying experience for existing and incoming members. With Senso's AI solution branded Bellwether HomeInsight, Bellwether can proactively identify home-buying behavior and initiate personalized…
Q: When was the moment you first knew you were meant to be an entrepreneur? My path to business ownership was less about wanting to become an entrepreneur and more about a passion for this particular business. I worked part…
Vienna Zhou was inspired to take on a career in technology and clean energy in the early aughts around the time of the dot com boom. “The idea that we could create many things to change the world was inspiring to…
The Waterloo-Toronto corridor shines brightly in the latest CBRE Scoring Tech Talent report, which ranks the top 50 tech centres in the U.S. and Canada based on competitive advantage and appeal to tech employers and talent. Waterloo Region was once…
Hiring has slowed from last years’ blistering pace, but skilled tech workers are still in demand Despite soaring inflation and rising interest rates, Canada’s job market remains tight. According to the Centre for Policy Alternatives, June’s employment numbers suggest we…
What/where do you consider your hometown? I was born and grew up in Windsor, Ontario. Do you have a talent, hobby or skill people wouldn’t expect? If so, do tell! One hobby people may not expect is that I enjoy…
Posted in Blog, Expert Series Jun 20, 2022 This blog is provided by Invest Ottawa’s proud sponsor, Smart & Biggar, as part of our Expert Series. View the full series here. Authored by: Jamie-Lynn Kraft, Associate, Smart & Biggar 5…
Education Life Sciences and Advanced Health
New Audio CARL and CARL platform released by AHead Simulations
AHead Simulations brings accessibility and affordability to education and research in hearing health care through their release of the all-new Audio CARL and a newly updated CARL platform. Based on more than four years of user feedback and requests, the…
Auto & Transportation LGBTQ+ Women
Going for a ride? Wilma’s women-driven ride hailing fleet starts driving in London this month
When an opportunity comes knocking, you call up a good friend and make a venture out of it. That’s how the saying goes, right? Inspired by a heartbreaking story to make lifechanging innovation, Terri Phipps and Mary Morrison Co-founded Wilma, Canada’s…
Jul 14, 2022 1010 words | 4 minutesBy: Tim WarlandThere is a lot of hype about 5G networks. Some carriers claim to have the fastest 5G network or the largest 5G network or 5G built right. But you probably don’t…
Advanced Manufacturing & Materials Entrepreneur Stories Featured
PEER Group employees recognized for contributions to the semiconductor industry
KITCHENER, ONT., July 13, 2022 – PEER Group, the largest supplier of innovative semiconductor factory automation software, is proud to share that two members of its engineering team have been recognized by SEMI during SEMICON West 2022 for contributions they’ve made…
Advanced Manufacturing & Materials Entrepreneur Stories
Spotlight on AutoMetrics: An Interview with Mike Mohseni
This company is building the machine brain for industrial automation. Meet AutoMetrics who, with cutting-edge technology, is bringing Inspection 4.0 to proactively monitor quality with intelligent deception. Leveraging machine learning, AI and analytics, AutoMetrics is ensuring that experienced industrial work…
ORIGINAL ARTICLE, Angela Gemmill, CBC News, July 12, 2022 When Maria and Jose Andrade arrived in Canada in January 2021 they didn’t have any credit scores in this country. That made it difficult to try to get a mortgage for a…
As the Canadian tech sector navigates some tough headwinds, health-records company PointClickCare Technologies continues to sail forward. The valuation of the privately held company – a member of Communitech’s Team True North roster – has jumped to more than US$5…
Companies Funded / Acquired Education Fintech
Transact Campus Acquires Valued Partner Hangry; Further Enhances Mobile-Centric Campus Interaction Solutions
ORIGINAL ARTICLE, July 13, 2022, businesswire.com Transact, the leader in innovative payment and mobile credential solutions for a connected campus, today announced the acquisition of the Canadian company, Hangry, an established and valued Transact partner. The acquisition of Hangry, a leading…
originally published: 2022-07-13 16:20:46 Patrick McGuire (00:00)Hey, it’s Patrick. Before we start, at the time of this recording, we went through a bit of a name rebranding from RIC Centre to Altitude Accelerator. With that in mind, we hope you…
Profound Impact is a woman-founded startup that helps educational, research and community organizations measure the impact of their programs to help inform their strategy. Sherry Shannon-Vanstone founded the startup in 2018 after she completed the sale of her previous startup,…
Illustrations by Remie Geoffroi Three years ago, a Georgia Tech study uncovered a major flaw in self-driving vehicles: they find it much harder to see darker-skinned pedestrians. The researchers were testing how accurately the vehicles’ artificial intelligence–based object detection models…
MEDIA RELEASE via WETechAlliance WINDSOR, ON (July 12, 2022) – WETechAlliance is currently accepting applications for the sixth cohort of its award-winning ScaleUP Tech Accelerator program. Now in its sixth iteration, ScaleUP, powered by Libro Credit Union in…
The Greenhouse Technology Network https://onfloriculture.com/2021/11/26/funding-opportunity-the-greenhouse-technology-network/ Powered by funding from the Government of Canada through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, GTN members help businesses de-risk innovation activities and help new and improved technologies get to greenhouse growers faster…
Entrepreneur Stories Food & Beverage Women
The Big Questions – Morgan Mitchell, Green Goddess Fromagerie
Q: When was the moment you first knew you were meant to be an entrepreneur? I’m not sure that I ever really knew that I was meant to be an entrepreneur. Green Goddess Fromagerie is the single mama side hustle…
Digital Media and ICT Entrepreneur Stories Intellectual Property
Patent Pending – Aquatell’s road to IP Innovation
Having filed his #HardTech water treatment innovation with the US Patent Trademark Office in January of 2022 and patiently awaiting the year-long process of patenting, Aquatell’s founder and General Manager, Reid Thornley, sat down to chat with TechAlliance about his…
Cleantech Featured
Zap it, trap it, transform it: Canada’s innovators have some ideas for sinking our carbon problem
After a brief lull during the pandemic, we’re back to our old habit of blowing past climate-change targets. Greenhouse gas emissions are rising again and reached their highest-ever level last year. As a recent report from the International Energy Agency…
Entrepreneur Stories Life Sciences and Advanced Health
New product adds fun and subtracts anxiety for pediatric injections
ORIGINAL ARTICLE, PLUMP’d Inc., newswire.ca, June 28, 2022 The dreaded needle-based appointments can be a thing of the past! Needle Buddies® is a syringe clip on that disguises the scary needle and syringe. Created by a Canadian mother-daughter/healthcare worker team…
Digital Media and ICT Entrepreneur Stories
StarTech.com Ranked One of Canada’s Top 500 Corporations by Financial Post
For the first time in its history, the London, Ontario based company has been included in the FP500 ranking of Canada’s largest corporations based on revenue StarTech.com, a global leader in connectivity accessories for IT professionals, is proud to announce its…
Photo illustration by Kelvin Li Trees have an incredible ability to absorb carbon — which means protecting, planting and restoring forests are a (relatively) easy way to address global warming. Climate change, however, is making it more complicated. Our forests…
Digital Media and ICT Entrepreneur Stories
Spotlight on DeepSight: An Interview with Nicolas Bearzatto
DeepSight is creating the most accessible augmented reality on the market. Their augmented reality software has nearly limitless capabilities in enabling industrial companies to solve labour shortage and training issues. With their tech, users can create and visualize 3D work…
Invest WindsorEssex (IWE) has launched a marketing campaign in Michigan, Ohio, Illinois and Indiana targeting small to medium-sized technology companies to expand their operations in Canada’s rapidly growing automobility capital. The campaign, Windsor-Essex: A Bridge to Your Future, showcases the…
Position Description: Program Facilitator Reporting to: Program Manager – CFE iHub The Program Facilitator will ensure that IG’s Circular Food Economy Innovation Hub (CFE iHub) provides effective circular economy business support programming through the Circular Opportunity Innovation Launchpad (COIL). The…
Building a company from the ground up is one of the most challenging things one can do. In the early stages, the nitty-gritty of finance may be one of the last things you want to focus on. Still, it’s something…
If you haven’t yet scheduled your appointment to have your snow tires removed, don’t fret– one local entrepreneur might have an easy solution for you. With life so busy and typical Canadian snow returning as soon as we’re all convinced…
Imagine a Canada with vertical farms, digital twins, soil-monitoring sensors and mushroom-picking robots. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY KELVIN LI In the future, it might just take one person to handily operate a farm — and they wouldn’t even break a sweat. While…