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THE FUTURE OF
INNOVATION
IN CANADA

ADVANCED MANUFACTURING.
ADVANCED MATERIALS.
CLEANTECH.

October 16, 2017 Innovation4d.ca

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INNOVATION4D?
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THE FUTURE OF The Four Dimensions (4D) of innovation for any
INNOVATION IN CANADA successful venture include:

Innovation4D connects the investor community MARKET- ACCESS TO STRONG INDUSTRY
to best-in-class start-ups working in the Xerox FOCUSED CAPITAL MANAGEMENT EXPERTISE ON
Research Centre of Canada’s Innovation Hub. INNOVATIVE SCALING-UP
This premier event features guest speakers, TECHNOLOGY TEAM
a tour of a state-of-the-art pilot plant, pitch AND DE-
sessions, and networking opportunities. RISKING

Since 2014, the Xerox Research Centre of The Innovation Hub aims to help shape and grow municipal, provincial,
Canada has been nurturing an innovation hub in and federal economies by:
Mississauga, Ontario. With the help of our hub
partners – RIC Centre and GreenCentre Canada • Capturing synergies from industry, public, and academic investments
– we’ve developed an ecosystem focused on
advanced materials, advanced manufacturing, • De-risking the development and deployment of commercially viable
and Cleantech. materials technologies

• Bridging the gaps between laboratory demonstration and industrial
scale manufacturing.

• Providing open innovation opportunities for pre-competitive research
projects among founding members [and future constituents]

We believe that that Canada’s future prosperity requires a strong Canadian
foundation for supporting materials innovation and commercialization
initiatives, like Innovation4D, and the creation of an effective eco-system
that can help Canadian small businesses be successful.

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MINISTER MORIDI MAYOR CROMBIE
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Ministry of Research, Ministère de la Recherche, October 16th, 2017
Innovation and Science de l’Innovation et des Sciences

Office of the Minister Bureau du ministre

12th Floor, Ferguson Block Édifice Ferguson, 12e étage
77 Wellesley Street West 77, rue Wellesley Ouest
Toronto ON M7A 1N3 Toronto ON M7A 1N3
Telephone: 416-326-9500 Téléphone : 416 326-9500

Personal Message from Mayor Bonnie COrcotombebr 1i6eth, 2017

October 16, 2017 On behalf of the City of Mississauga and Members of Council, I would like

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Centre of Canada, the RIC Centre and GreenCentre Canada, who worked
On behalf of the Ontario Ministry of Research, Innovation and
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Innovation Hub.
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Please accept my best wishes for a successful and informative event.
In Mississauga, we mean business when it comes to supporting thought leaders, start-ups and
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success of leading businesses and transformative ideas that continue to emerge from here.

Warmest Regards,

Warmest Regards,

Reza Moridi Bonnie Crombie, MBA, ICD.D
Minister Mayor, City of Mississauga
Bonnie Crombie, MBA, ICD.D
Mayor, City of Mississauga

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XEROX RESEARCH RESEARCH GREENCENTRE
CENTRE INNOVATION CANADA
OF CANADA COMMERCIALIZATION
(RIC) CENTRE greencentrecanada.com
xerox.ca/xrcc
riccentre.ca GreenCentre Canada, takes
The Xerox Research Centre of a hands-on approach to
Canada (XRCC) is home to a The Research Innovation commercializing emerging
world-class team of scientists and Commercialization (RIC) Centre Green Chemistry innovations
engineers with broad expertise in helps technology entrepreneurs originating from academia and
materials chemistry, formulation that want to fast-track their the entrepreneurial community.
design, prototyping, testing, business to market. From the Formed in 2009 and funded
chemical process engineering, and idea and concept stage, to the by the Government of Ontario,
scale-up. XRCC works across all growth and expansion stage of the Government of Canada,
stages of the innovation process their business, RIC Centre has and various industry partners,
to deliver solutions for a wide supported more than 700 start- GreenCentre is a member of
range of application areas, as well up clients since 2013. RIC Centre the Centres of Excellence for
as electronic materials, consumer clients have raised over $240M in Commercialization and Research
packaging, sustainable chemical capital, generated over $115M in (CECR) and is headquartered
processes, coatings, security/ revenue and created over at Innovation Park at Queen’s
authentication, and advance 650 jobs. University in Kingston, Ontario,
manufacturing. Canada.

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Dr. Paul Smith, Pam Banks, Pete Piggot,
Vice President and Centre Manager Executive Director Executive Director
Xerox Research Centre of Canada RIC Centre GreenCentre Canada

In a global economy, SME’s and Innovation 4D’s initiative to GreenCentre Canada generates
start-ups are critical to Canada’s collaborate with hub partners, solutions that improve both the
future prosperity. Key to this is GreenCentre Canada, XRCC and environment and the economy.
the ability to bridging the gap RIC Centre, is a great opportunity Our partnership with the Xerox
between lab scale demonstration for early stage companies to Research Centre of Canada and
and manufacturing, de-risking and connect with potential investors. the RIC Centre is a great example
developing commercially viable Raising funds is a critical step for of value added collaboration.
technologies for commercial entrepreneurs to achieve impactful We welcome this partnership to
deployment. The Xerox Research commercial sales. At the RIC Centre enable GreenCentre to connect
Centre of Canada’s Innovation we work with credible entrepreneurs and further our contribution to the
Hub is the only model of its kind who are focused on commercializing commercialization of innovative
in the advanced materials space their tech innovation. The unique green chemistry technologies.
and aims to capture synergies from partnership and co-location with
industry, government, and academic XRCC allows clients to leverage
investments to build a skilled industry relationships to accelerate
workforce that supports next- time to market. The exclusive
generation Canadian manufacturing. incubator program is like a boutique
Innovation4D is an exciting initiative offering as we are small enough to
that advances this important work. know our clients and really care. We
invest time to help them achieve
their significant milestones with a
focus on maximizing resources from
GreenCentre Canada and XRCC.

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Time Event Leader
8:30 am Registration and Networking Nexus Room
Breakfast
9:00 am Address by the Minister of Dr. Paul Smith,
Research, Innovation and Science Vice President and
9:05 am Centre Manager
Address by the Minister of The Hon. Reza
9:15 am Research, Innovation and Science Moridi
Remarks by the Mayor Her Worship,
9:20 am of Mississauga Mayor Bonnie
9:25 am Crombie
Overview of the Innovation Hub Dr. Paul Smith
9:30 am RIC Centre Pam Banks,
Executive Director
9:35 am Green Centre Canada Pete Pigott,
Executive Director
10:00 am Pilot Plant Tour
10:10 am Pitch Sessions Mark Andrews
10:15 am Anomera Lily Lam
10:25 am OCE Market readiness Kousay Said
10:30 am Green Mantra Martin Vroegh
10:40 am OCE GHG Andrew Martinko
11:15 am Suncayr
11:25 am Coffee Break Harjeet Bajaj
11:30 am Savormetrics Pierre Paffenhoff
11:40 pm SDTC Amir Azhari
11:45 pm AOMS Allen Porstner
12:00 pm (1 hour) IRAP Hadi Hosseinzadeh
NanoCnet Nexus Room
Networking Lunch

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Anomera AOMS
Technologies
Gary Moskovitz,
President and CEO Hamid Alemohammad, CEO
[email protected] [email protected]
anomera.ca aoms-tech.com

Anomera™ is an Advanced Materials Sciences company that uses AOMS Technologies has commercialized over a decade of R&D in a world-
sustainable manufacturing methods to convert Forest Stewardship Certified class research institution to develop an unparalleled fiber optic sensor
cellulose into sulfate-free ingredients for everyday living. technology for harsh environment sensing where existing sensors fail
or lose performance. We have invented a series of incredibly powerful
A dramatic shift in consumer awareness about health and wellness, technologies that changes the landscape of sensing in applications where
sustainability and ethical sourcing is stimulating rapid growth of the multi- accurate, high-fidelity, and reliable measurement of data is paramount.
billion dollar natural beauty market. Anomera makes naturally sourced
ingredients with new benefits and human synergies for natural cosmetics. AOMS has developed a fiber optic sensing technology for high-fidelity
measurement of multiple parameters (i.e., temperature, pressure, and
humidity/moisture) in harsh environments, such as contaminated
brownfields, heavy manufacturing plants, and processing industries.
AOMS sensors are more durable, come at a lower total cost, and more
accurate than industry standards electrical sensors.

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GreenMantra NanoCnet
Technologies
Dr. Hadi Hosseininzadeh,
Kousay Said, CEO Founder and CEO
[email protected] [email protected]
greenmantra.ca nanocnet.com

GreenMantra™ Technologies is a specialty chemical company that has NanoCnet Ltd. is a Waterloo-based startup company established in 2016
commercialized a patented and proprietary catalytic depolymerisation to manufacture silver nanostructure ink and transparent conductive film.
technology to economically produce a variety of waxes and specialty NanoCnet introduces a new generation of nanomaterials for flexible
chemicals using an innovative and environmentally friendly process. transparent electrodes. Highly transparent electrodes with high electrical
conductivity and thermal stability can be fabricated using NanoCnet’s silver
GreenMantra Technologies’ proprietary thermos-catalytic process based ink.
convert hard-to-recycle plastics into speciality chemicals. From all of the
possible downstream applictions, the company has selected to enter the NanoCnet has developed “Nanosilvex”, the state-of-the-art, cost-effective
$2 B synthetic wax market. The company owns and operates the first nanomaterial which is a game-changer for flexible transparent/non-
commercial plant. The company also employs a demand creation model transparent conductors. The unique properties of Nanosilvex make it a
working directly with specifiers to create pull through the supply chain. superior option for the next generation of electronic devices including
touch panels, displays, sensors, antennas, smart windows and transparent
heaters and circuitry.

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Savormetrics Suncayr

Harjeet Bajaj, Andrew Martinko,
President and CEO Co-founder and CEO
[email protected] [email protected]
savormetrics.com suncayr.ca

Savormetrics is a leader in ultralow cost, portable, sensor-based Artificial Suncayr Inc. develops a colour changing marker which changes its ink when
Intelligence (AI) Driven technologies for the food sector. We have two lines sunscreen is no longer protecting the user from blocking the ultraviolet
of technologies. Our FoodSafe Analyzer technologies detect biophysical rays. The company is based in Kitchener, Canada.
and biochemical characteristics in food. These characteristics allow us
to predict meaningful business metrics such as: the remaining shelf life, Suncayr is a UV-detection technology company that develops technologies
nutritional value, contaminant detection, and taste metrics. that consumers can use to raise their awareness about their health so
they can better protect themselves. Founded in 2014 by nanotechnology
FoodSafe Analyzer is a fully integrated solution that enables non-destructive engineers, Suncayr has been recognized by leading technology and
quantitative and qualitative measurements of grains and pulses using entrepreneur organizations as a simple yet important innovation in helping
cutting-edge hardware and software. reduce the risk of skin cancer.

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Ambiance data Arylla

Nisha Sarveswaran Perry Everett
[email protected] [email protected]
www.ambiencedata.com
www.getarylla.com
Ambience Data is a remote, real-time environmental monitoring company
that provides a full software and hardware solution for air quality, water Arylla makes invisible ink to fight the counterfeiting of luxury goods. We
quality, and agricultural monitoring. Our mission is to collect a wide target the most vulnerable segment of the fashion industry - the online
array of globally significant environmental data in order to provide secondhand market. Brands partner with us to apply the ink directly to
comprehensive analytics and insights not currently available due to the lack products so that secondhand sellers can authenticate with our app. Arylla
of effective networks of environmental monitoring stations. is at the seed stage and is backed by leading investors in fashion and
technology, including Y Combinator, Zappos, and U-Start.
Ansik (Shocklock/Pitstop)
ColdBlock Technology
Shiva Bhardwaj
[email protected] Nick Kuryluk
[email protected]
www.shocklock.ca www.coldblock.ca

Pitstop is transforming the service industry, moving away from ColdBlock™ Digestion is a novel sample digestion technology that dissolves solid
reactive maintenance towards predictive. Our mobile engagement matter into solution for multi-element analysis. It is the first sample digestion
platform makes it easy for dealerships to communicate with their technology that uses focused short-wave infrared radiation (IR) and a cooling
customers off the lot and bring them back to the dealership when they block to set a new performance standard for sample digestion.   ColdBlock™
need maintenance! This improves customer retention by nearly 40% for Digestion delivers excellent recoveries of elements (accurate and precise),
dealerships. Pitstop uses machine learning on aggregated data to predict fast digestion rates (minutes compared to hours), is safer (by eliminating
future maintenance for vehicles.  the need for dangerous reagents) and  easy to automate.  The benefits are
substantial,  taking efficiency and productivity to a new level for numerous
large industries including mining, metal alloys, environmental, food, agriculture,
pharmaceuticals and other industrial applications.

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e-Zn Inc Fidure Corp

Arthur Watson Armand Raz
[email protected] [email protected]
www.e-zn.com/contact-us.html
www.fidure.com
Toronto-based e-Zn Inc. has developed breakthrough electrochemical
technology for storing electrical energy in zinc metal.  The novel design Fiduré Corporation designs and manufactures Wireless Smart Thermostats
utilizing zinc material that offers e-Zn’s patent-protected technology unrivaled, for commercial, hospitality, and multi-residential properties. Our solutions
low-cost energy storage. With superior flexibility for scale-up and include mesh networks such as ZigBee as well as traditional protocols (e.g.
deployment,  the technology provides many functional advantages such as Wifi, Bluetooth).
low-cost capacity scaling,  inherently long-life with no capacity fading and
improved safety- capabilities far beyond those of conventional batteries. EnviroSen

FireRein Inc. William Moniz
[email protected]
Rui Resendes www.envirosen.com
[email protected]
www.firerein.com EnviroSen was founded in 2013 with the mission of improving quality of
life and furthering environmental sustainability through smart sensing
FireRein Inc. is a Napanee, Ontario-based company dedicated to providing technologies. Launched by 3 co-founders, the company has designed sensing
the firefighting community with effective, innovative and sustainable solutions that can be used in machine vision, medical and motion monitoring
firefighting technologies. FireRein has created Eco-Gel™ - the world’s applications. The company has been principally funded through engineering
first and only 100% bio-sourced and 100% food-grade firefighting water contract work. Recent proprietary developments have allowed for expansion
additive. When deployed through standard firefighting equipment, Eco-Gel™ into the consumer water quality market. Highlights of our work include the
transforms water into a potent firefighting gel that “sticks and stays” to any design and development of custom full-frame CMOS image sensors for
surface in any orientation. Eco-Gel™ outperforms incumbent water additives environmental monitoring applications and CMOS analog-front-end sensor
by knocking down fires faster while using less water and protecting the IP blocks. In addition, a fully-automated custom electrochemical sensing
environment. Eco-Gel™ represents a new class of firefighting water additive platform and electrochemical sensing electrodes have been produced. The
that addresses the performance and environmental needs of firefighting. company currently has patents filed for its chemical sensing platform and
electrodes, and more than 15 IP blocks related to CMOS sensors.

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FlexCap Energy Ltd GoNextGrid Inc

Harvey Shi Brent Mackinnon
[email protected] [email protected]
www.flexcap.ca http://www.gonextgrid.com/

FlexCap Energy Ltd., focuses on the development and manufacturing of lightweight NextGrid Inc. manufactures and sells combined heat and power (CHP)
flexible energy storage solutions including thin-film supercapacitors and alkaline systems based on the revolutionary Green Turbine. These systems generate
batteries. These energy storage solutions are customized for the demanding between 1-45 KWh of electricity and up to one million BTUh of heat. They
textile/wearables market. As part of the expertise of the team, FlexCap is able to can run on any fuel type including natural gas, propane, bio-fuel, biomass
provide fully packaged thin-film supercapacitors quickly and designed specifically and waste heat. NextGrid CHP systems boast combined efficiency in the
to suit the customers’ needs. Our experienced technical design team, which 95% range. Emissions are amongst the lowest in the industry. They are
includes mechanical engineers and materials scientists, were able to investigate highly affordable, easy to install and environmentally friendly.
into novel materials for various components of the energy storage cell in order to
provide truly flexible energy storage while retaining high performance. In addition, IB Labs
by making these cells inherently safe, our products can be utilized for near-body
and other biomedical applications without posing any safety risks to the users. Mark Kovler
[email protected]
Forward Water Technologies ibeamlabs.com

Howie Honeyman IB Labs’ team of elite engineers has been developing industry leading
[email protected] equipment and applications for customers in semiconductors,
nanotechnology, materials and life science.  Recently the team has invented
www.forwardwater.com and patented the Universal Ion Beam (UIBTM), a superior technique
for surface material removal with nanometer depth precision and real-
Forward Water (FWT) is delivering a superior waste water management time controlled imaging.  Initially targeting the semiconductors and
solution that removes clean water from the source waste at a fraction of nanotechnology industries, UIBTM will be used to prepare samples for
the cost of conventional technologies. Forward Water can deliver compact materials and electrical failure analysis and imaging.
and modular water treatment processes with low operating costs and
minimal capital equipment expenses. FWT was a 2015 LAUNCH System
Challenge: Green Chemistry finalist sponsored by NASA, US Department of
State, US Agency of International Development, and Nike. 

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Industrial Cyber Sensing Li_Cycle Corp

Joe McLeod Ajay Kochhar
[email protected] [email protected]
www.industrialcybersensing.com
www.li-cycle.com/about
ICS develops and produces specialized wireless sensors and a one-of-a-kind
data communication devices with GPS (Smart Sensor Hub) for the transport Lithium-ion (li-ion) batteries are electrifying our world in automotive, consumer
industry. The sensors and the data they report are increasingly valuable to electronic, and energy storage applications. However, is the world prepared to
fleet owners as they struggle to meet increased regulatory requirements deal with millions of dead li-ion batteries? An estimated 11+ million tonnes of
while at the same time identifying areas for profitability improvement. ICS li-ion batteries will be discarded between 2017 and 2030 globally, worth $65+
has completed the development of its go-to-market product introduction – billion in residual value. The currently best available li-ion recycling technologies
A Smart Sensor Hub Platform, and a wireless tire pressure sensor. are typically unprofitable and can only achieve ≤30% recycling efficiency. Li-
Cycle is an emerging li-ion battery recycler based in Ontario, Canada. Patent-
InMotive pending and validated Li-Cycle Technology™ is an environmentally friendly
recycling solution for all li-ion batteries. The technology enables profitable, safe,
Paul Bottero and scalable recycling, with >90% recycling efficiency. Li-Cycle is on a mission
[email protected] to solve the global li-ion battery recycling challenge and meet rapidly growing
demand for critical battery materials.
www.inmotive.com
ModGarden
InMotive’s inGear transmission directly addresses the biggest challenges
mainstream automakers have with Electric Vehicle powertrains – range, Aamar Khwaja
performance and cost. Ideally suited for EVs, its unique morphing pulley [email protected]
technology makes it the world’s most efficient multi speed transmission, www.modgarden.com
providing double-digit improvements to range, acceleration and top
speed while allowing for cost reduction by downsizing batteries and other Modgarden’s tinyFarm is an indoor, self-contained farm. It enables people to grow
components.  No other transmission is capable of providing these benefits living organic vegetables in their own home. The tinyFarm operates as a modular
at a viable cost. inMotive has been granted patents for the core inGear appliance—meaning it comes in various sizes that stack, making it ideal for any
technology in all major automotive markets and is currently in trials with urban home. tinyFarm’s App helper, LED lights and internal watering system
one of Asia’s largest automotive manufacturers. automates growing of vegetables ranging from leafy greens, herbs, micro greens
and some root vegetables. Just set it and leave it and you have fresh, real food.

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Nanophyll Salient Energy

Charles Boudreault Ryan Brown
[email protected] [email protected]
www.nanophyll.ca www.salientenergy.ca

Headquartered in Quebec, with R&D laboratories in Waterloo, Ontario Salient Energy is commercializing a revolutionary type of battery called the
and Montreal, Quebec, NanoPhyll Inc., currently employs 5 people zinc-ion battery. Designed from the atom up for the unique needs of the
to developing and manufacturing smart coatings* for industrial and electrical grid, the zinc-ion battery is a cheaper, safer, and longer-lasting
commercial customers in the construction, industrial and oil and gas substitute for lithium ion batteries. This is the perfect solution for the $30
industries. * Smart Coatings: Smart coatings combine functionality with billion market for grid storage batteries.
design to offer the usual functions of coatings, such as protection and
decoration, as well as unique functions based on environmental stimuli. Think Mindset
Nanophyll has developed and is currently marketing highly efficient/low
cost spray-on hydrophobic self-cleaning/easy clean coatings....In simpler Alyssa Spagnolo
terms: we offer highly efficient low cost spray-on Teflon like coatings. [email protected]
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mindset/
Panvista headphones

Michael Younder Humans today have the shortest attention span in history - the ability to
[email protected] focus without distraction is now ranked the #1 workplace issue. Mindset’s
over-ear headphones use brain-sensors embedded in the band to improve
www.panvistamobile.com your concentration while you work, so you can focus on what matters to you.
Mindset is partnered with ONKYO, and graduate of the HAX accelerator. Our
Our technology is cost-effective and easy to implement in all types of recent Kickstarter raised over $1M, and we’re working with Tier-1 headphone
outdoor conditions. Due to its design, it is flexible and can be used to manufacturers in China to deliver by mid-2018.
monitor many scenarios— from ambient air quality to microclimatology.
All data is displayed in real time on our web-based dashboard accessible to
our users from anywhere. ‘Historical trends’, ‘map view’, and ‘daily reports’
are just some of the features offered on the dashboard for data analysis.

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3M Canada Ventures
Angel One Network Inc.
BDC Capital
Bioindustrial Innovation Canada
Canadian Venture Capital Association (CVCA)
Cycle Capital
Cycle Capital Management
Emerald Technology Ventures
EnerTech Capital
GM Ventures
Golden Triangle Angel Network (GTAN)
GreenCentruy Investments GCI Ventures
GreenSky Capital
GreenSky Capital
Hatch Ltd.
MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund (IAF)
Pangaea Ventures
Quantius
Saudi Aramco
Suez Ventures
Trellis Capital
Yaletown Partners

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