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Top Companies
OCRI Takes Top Canadian Companies to Meet Investors in New York and Boston
OTTAWA - Winners of the Canada's Top 10(TM) Competition head to Boston and New York next week for a series of U.S. investor forums. The companies will take part in one-on-one meetings and formal presentations during their week-long tour which exposes Canada's leading life science, cleantech and technology companies to American venture capital investors, angels, licensing executives and potential strategic partners.
This year's schedule includes a three-day forum in Boston followed by two days in New York City. OCRI has been working closely with the consulates in both cities to ensure that the forums provide these elite companies with an exclusive opportunity to present to top tier venture capitalist firms and other potential investors, partners and customers, in a series of invitation only events.
BOSTON FORUM: January 25 - 28, 2009
NEW YORK FORUM: January 28 - 29, 2009
Participating companies include:
From British Columbia: - Paradigm Environmental, Vancouver, Cleantech - Sempa Power Systems, North Vancouver, Cleantech
From Alberta: - DataGardens, Edmonton, Technololgy From Manitoba: - Diamedica, Winnipeg, Life Sciences - Kane BioTech, Winnipeg, Life Sciences - Sanomune, Winnipeg, Life Sciences
From Ontario: - Artenga, Ottawa, Life Sciences (alumni) - Plantform Corporation Guelph, Life Sciences - Profound Medical, Toronto, Life Sciences - Elementa Group, St. Catharines, Cleantech - REGEN Energy, Toronto, Cleantech - Taransys, Ottawa, Cleantech - Thinkflex Solar, Hamilton, Cleantech - Quadra Solar, Ottawa, Cleantech - BelAir Networks, Ottawa, Technology - I Love Rewards, Toronto, Technology - IPeak Networks, Ottawa, Technology
From Quebec: - SiXtron Advanced Materials, Dorval, Cleantech - Accedian Networks, St-Laurent, Technology - Trellia Networks, Montreal, Technology From Nova Scotia: - Immunovaccine, Halifax, Life Sciences
A complete listing of this year's winners is available online at www.topcanadiancompanies.ca.
The Canada's Top 10(TM) Competition showcases some of the most promising life science, cleantech and technology companies from across Canada to Canadian and international investors and strategic partners.
Winners are chosen by an independent expert jury composed of Canadian and U.S. venture capitalists, private equity partners and angel investors. Winners receive both targeted and broad based exposure to international investors and industry insiders that are important to their continued growth and success. Since the launch of the competition in 1999, winners and alumni have secured more than $600M in venture capital financing.
The Canada's Top 10(TM) Competition, an OCRI program, is made possible through the platinum sponsorship of Borden Ladner Gervais, sectoral sponsor htx.ca - the Health Technology Exchange and the collaborative efforts of many organizations including the Government of Canada, the Province of Ontario, the City of Ottawa, Choate Hall & Stewart LLP and a broad network of economic development organizations and associations from across Canada that promote this program in their region.
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