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
Providing eligible technology-based
start-ups with up to $500K in seed investment. More...
Market Readiness
OCE's Market Readiness program is designed to support the development
of commercial applications for technology created within Ontario's universities,
colleges and research hospitals. The goal of the initiative is to further develop
technology for the next stage of commercialization - the transfer
to an existing company or the creation of a new enterprise. Market Readiness
support can be applied to a range of activities including:
Technology and Market Assessment
I.P. Protection
Prototype Development
Material Characterization
Demonstration
Business Plan Development
New Company Start-up
Typical investments range from $25,000 to $150,000.
Eligibility
Intellectual property developed at an Ontario college, university
or research hospital.
Application Process
The inventor will work together with an OCE Business Development Manager
to define the goals of the initiative and draft an application for review.
The proposal must be approved by the academic institution's Office of Research,
technology transfer office or equivalent
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.
2008
May 11-12, 2009, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario
