High-growth Innovative Companies
Majority of Ontario’s high-growth companies apply this enabling technology for their products / solutions / services?
What is artificial intelligence?
Chair of the Special Implementation on Intellectual Property.
Who is “Jim Balsillie”?
This often overused buzzword is used to describe the process by which ideas are translated into new sources of economic value.
What is “innovation”?
This colleague is known to have some mad dance skills.
Who is Shazad?
Ontario’s “second” largest export market
United Kingdom
This cybersecurity company was the first Waterloo-based company to issue an IPO in 15 years.
Who is Magnet Forensics?
Established in 2002, this provincial innovation program delivery partner was focused initially on industry-academic collaboration projects.
What is the “Ontario Centre of Innovation”?
Announced in Ontario Budget 2021, this $400M “fund” will support investments in life sciences, advanced manufacturing and digital technology?
What is the Invest Ontario Fund?
This colleague is a proud parent of four kids.
Who is Rafel?
What is Ontario’s “biggest” export product?
Motor vehicles & parts
This Toronto-based quantum computing start-up raised $100M USD in Series B funding earlier this week.
Who is Xanadu?
Based in Toronto, this institute is dedicated to applied research and commercialization of AI technologies.
What is the “Vector Institute”?
Ontario Budget 2021 committed $56.6M to create this program focused on accelerating the development of electric and connected and autonomous vehicle technologies.
What is the Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network (OVIN)?
“Bella” is the beloved pet of this colleague
Who is Greg?
Invented in Ottawa, Ontario, this delicious pastry comes in the shape of an animal part.
Beaver Tails
This Montreal-based AI company, which received significant government supports, was recently acquired by a California-based software company.
Who is Element AI?
This Sudbury-based Regional Innovation Centre specializes in smart mining.
What is the “NORCAT”?
Ontario Capital Growth Corporation directly manages the investment portfolio of this fund.
What is the “Ontario Emerging Technologies Fund”?
Canadian guitarist and country singer, Gordon Lightfoot, is a favorite of this colleague.
Who is Matt?
The largest provincial park in Ontario
Polar Bear Provincial Park
This Toronto-based tech company was recently acquired by South Korean internet giant for $600M USD
Who is Wattpad?
The Advanced Manufacturing Constrtium is partnership between the University of Waterloo, University of Western Ontario and this third university.
What is McMaster University?
2021 Federal Budget announced $5B for this initiative to support projects that help reduce domestic GG emissions.
What is the “Net Zero Accelerator” program?
This colleague has lived and taught English in China.
Who is Kyle?
A purple gemstone and Ontario's official mineral
The Amethyst