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Welcome to 2015

Tonight's sponsor

Platinum sponsorLondon Economic Development Corporation

Speakers Tonight

Justin Leushner – TechAllianceAllyson Tighe – TechAlliance

Sergio Aguirre – Ontario Centres of Excellence

Meeting agenda

5:30 – 5:45 – Open networking5:45 – 6:30 – Speakers

6:30 – 7:00 – Open networking

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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.

London Bridge Network 2015

Ontario Centres of Excellence

Accelerate innovation through game-changing research leading to successful commercialization

and vibrant collaboration between industry, academia and

government

Our Mission

Capital Enabler

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

Committee Members

Doug Bailey Lisa Kraft Maureen Harrison Jordan Sojnocki Paul Lambert