The initial focus of the Centre will be on commercializing new technology discoveries related to the environment, natural resources and energy; health and related life sciences; and digital media.
INVESTMENT ACCELERATOR FUND (IAF) Overview
The Investment Accelerator Fund (IAF) is an early stage seed fund managed by the Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) that is designed to help Ontario based, start up and early stage technology companies bring their products and services to market. Through investment of up to $500K, the IAF helps launch high potential technology ventures.
In addition to critical seed investment that is often challenging for early stage companies to secure, the IAF provides access to valuable services such as market research and business mentoring through the Business Mentorship and Entrepreneurship Program. For more information about this program visit www.marsdd.com.
The IAF is part of the Ontario Market Readiness Program, which OCE is delivering in partnership with MaRS and the National Angel Organization. Together these organizations provide a platform of programs and resources that entrepreneurs and innovators can access to help create successful businesses.
Medical
Devices with the Human Touch Ontario
company is bringing robotics out of space and science fiction to where
it can touch the lives of those in need of a helping hand.
SlipStream:
Catching Tomorrow. Consider the
benefits of a mathematical formula that is so advanced, it could speed
up every moment of your Internet experience.
Exactatherm:
Beyond the Surface. In the solar
glare of a vacuum furnace, a tray of steel tools glows brighter than
neon as their illuminated surfaces harden.
Air
Quality Systems: Green Power. The
air that we inhale everyday is a source of growing concern–What
can we do? The answer is: plenty.
FOX-TEK,
Sensing Opportunity: Imagine a
fiber optic sensor so finely tuned–it could prevent major structural
disasters from ever happening.
BTI
Photonics Systems: Channeling the Flow. There
comes a point where even optic systems hit the limit. Where networks
stretch to the breaking point. One company stands at the gates–ideally
positioned to turn the tide.
PET-PAL:
Learning at the speed of light. Picture
a classroom filled with the possibilities of light. Where students come
to learn about a science so innovative, the textbooks are still being
written.
May 11-12, 2009, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario
