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Speakers Tonight
Justin Leushner – TechAllianceAllyson Tighe – TechAlliance
Sergio Aguirre – Ontario Centres of Excellence
Mr. Leushner has had an extensive and diverse business career in the life sciences and biotechnology industries. He has participated in many entrepreneurial start-up companies, which have included medical devices, diagnostics, and therapeutics. He was also responsible for developing a national molecular diagnostics program for MDS Inc., Canada's largest life science's company, and served as a business analyst and portfolio advisor to the Canadian Medical Discoveries Fund. In 2004, Mr. Leushner co-founded Sernova Corp. currently traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange. In addition he developed an Islet Transplant Program for the London Health Sciences Centre and served as a Director for Health Care Restructuring. Mr. Leushner is currently the Vice President, Operations & Startup Services at TechAlliance of South Westen Ontario, where he manages a team of advisors, analysts and Entrepreneurs-in-Residence who work with more than 200 technology companies in a variety of industries (Digital Media/ICT, Life Sciences, Clean Tech and Advanced Manufacturing).
Allyson is the Manager of Business Development and Measured Innovation at TechAlliance of Southwestern Ontario, a regional innovation centre focused on supporting tech entrepreneurs in London, Sarnia, and the surrounding region. Prior to TechAlliance, she worked as a start-up consultant and an investment analyst in the life science field. She has a keen interest in financing small businesses and recently set up a partnership with Indiegogo, with fee discounts and campaign help for TechAlliance clients and other members of the community.
Sergio is a passionate individual that thrives in connecting the dots of opportunity. Currently, he works for the Ontario Centres of Excellence as a business development manager leading industry-academic projects and start-up opportunities in Southwestern Ontario. As an architect of change, his primary role is to work alongside private and public stakeholders to identify key innovation opportunities and de-risk their development and commercialization through investment. His areas of expertise range from advanced health technologies to information technologies and digital media.
Prior to joining OCE, Sergio worked as a commercialization consultant for The Hospital for Sick Children, the University of California Irvine and was an integral member of SteriSense Inc., a biotech venture creating new detection and diagnostic tools for bacterial infection and contamination control.
Accelerate innovation through game-changing research leading to successful commercialization
and vibrant collaboration between industry, academia and
government
Our Mission
Program overview
• Market Readiness Program
– Market Readiness (Customer Creation)
– Market Readiness (Company Building)
• AdvancingHealth Program
COMMERCIALIZATION
• Collaboration Voucher Program
– Voucher for Industry Association R&D
Challenge (VIA)
– Voucher for Innovation and Productivity
(VIP I & VIP II)
– Voucher for E-Business (VEB)
• Alberta-Ontario Innovation Program
• Connected Vehicle/Autonomous Vehicle
Research Program (CVAV) for Road
Vehicles
• TalentEdge
– Internships
– Fellowships
• OCE/CQDM Explore Program
INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC R&D COLLABORATION
• On-Campus Entrepreneurship Activities
• Campus Linked Accelerators
• SmartStart Seed Fund
• Entrepreneurship Fellowships
– Martin Walmsley Award for
Entrepreneurship
– David McFadden Energy Entrepreneur
Challenge
• High School Competition
– Young Entrepreneurs, Make Your Pitch
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Advanced Manufacturing
Energy and Environment
ICT and Digital Media
Advanced Health
Our Focus Industries
Collaboration Voucher Program • Voucher for Innovation and Productivity (VIP I)
• $20,000 to address technical challenges that will have a commercial impact, with a focus on export development
• Voucher for Innovation and Productivity (VIP II)• Up to $75,000 plus TalentEdge for business to commercialize IP
developed in Ontario academic research institutions via start-ups or licensing
• Voucher for E-Business (VEB)• Up to $2,500 for “main street” SMEs to connect with Ontario colleges
to take advantage of online tools to drive e-business, market expansion and exports
• Voucher for Industry Association R&D Challenge (VIA) • Enables cross-sector partnerships between industry associations or
consortia of companies and academia to address R&D challenges
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TalentEDGE
Gaining real-world experience and applying expertise to industry problems.• TalentEdge Internship Program
• College and university students (undergrad and grad) and recent grads work on collaborative industry-driven projects
• TalentEdge Fellowship Program• Ontario-based Postdoctoral Fellows (PDFs) work on industry-driven
research and development projects
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Market Readiness
The Market Readiness Program directly funds early-stage commercialization by start-up companies. The ultimate goal of the program is to support the growth of start-ups into scalable businesses.
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Market Readiness (Company Building)
• $250,000, 100% cash
• OCE invests $250,000, partner must match with a minimum of $250,000 in cash
Market Readiness (Customer Creation)
• Minimum $100,000 - Maximum $125,000
• 50% cash, 50% in-kind, OCE invests $125,000, partner must match with a minimum of $62,500 in cash and $62,500 in-kind
SmartStart Seed Fund
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• Supports new ventures led by Ontario's next generation of entrepreneurs
• Assists young entrepreneurs from 18 to 29 move their start-ups from product development to market entry and company building
• Provides seed financing and entrepreneurship skills training • Applicants:
‾ students and recent grads affiliated with CLAs and OCEA programs ‾ Young entrepreneurs from across the province of Ontario with
technology or innovation based start-ups